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Senators

Each graduate department and each graduate degree-granting area program shall be affiliated with the Graduate Faculty Senate.

Every school or college led by a dean and has graduate programs is represented on the Senate. No more than 3 representatives per unit will be allowed. In addition, one member is elected as an at large member representing Directors of Graduate Studies and one member represents the Graduate and Professional Council. Senators serve a 3-year elected term.

College/School Representatives

Agriculture, Food & Natural Resources/Natural Resources (3)

  • Abed Rabbani (2023-2026)
  • Jeff Wood (2023-2025)
  • Jacqueline Limberg (2024-2027)

Arts & Science/Visual Studies/Music/Public Affairs/Languages, Literatures, & Cultures (3)

  • Dan Edidin (2023-2026)
  • John Kerns (2022-2025)
  • John Frymire (2024-2025)

Business/Accountancy (1)

  • Kuntara Pukthuanthong (2023-2026)

Education and Human Development/Information Science & Learning Technologies (2)

  • Christa Copeland (2024-2027)
  • Matt Easter (2022-2025)

Engineering (2)

  • Yi Shang (2024-2027)
  • Maria Fidalgo (2022-2025)

Graduate School-Interdisciplinary Programs (1)

  • Chi-Ren Shyu (2022-2025)

Health Sciences (1)

  • Erin Robinson (2022-2025)

Journalism (1)

  • Cristina Mislán (2024-2027)

Law (1)

  • Paul Ladehoff (2022-2025)

Medicine (2)

  • David Beversdorf (2022-2025)
  • Gillian Bartlett-Esquilant (2023-2026)

Nursing (1)

  • Julie Miller (2023-2026)

Veterinary Medicine (2)

  • Rajiv Mohan (2024-2027)
  • Leslie Lyons (2023-2026)

Directors of Graduate Study (DGS) (1)

  • Kristin Kopp (2023-2026)

Graduate Professional Council (1)

  • Jessica Osaze
Total voting membership = 22

Representatives from the Graduate School, including the dean and associate dean of the graduate school, regularly attend GFS meetings but are non-voting members.

2024-25 Executive Committee Members

Chi-Ren Shyu, President
Keith Greenwood, Past President
Gillian Bartlett-Esquilant, Vice President
Julie Miller, Academic Affairs Subcommittee Chair
John Kerns, Awards Subcommittee Committee Chair
Maria Fidalgo, Policy Ad Hoc Committee Chair
TBD, Member-at-Large