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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)
  • Azlin Mustapha (2021-2024)
  • Jeff Wood (2023-2025)

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

  • Dan Edidin (2023-2026)
  • John Kerns (2022-2025)
  • Marcello Mogetta (2022-2025)

Business/Accountancy (1)

  • Kuntara Pukthuanthong (2023-2026)

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

  • Angie Zapata (2021-2024)
  • Matt Easter (2022-2025)

Engineering (2)

  • Yuwen Zhang(2021-2024)
  • Maria Fidalgo (2022-2025)

Graduate School-Interdisciplinary Programs (1)

  • Chi-Ren Shyu (2021-2024)

Health Sciences (1)

  • Erin Robinson (2022-2025)

Journalism (1)

  • Keith Greenwood (2021-2024)

Law (1)

  • Paul Ladehoff (2023-2026)

Medicine (2)

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

Nursing (1)

  • Julie Miller (2023-2026)

Veterinary Medicine (2)

  • Wenjun Ma (2021-2024)
  • Leslie Lyons (2023-2026)

Director of Graduate Study (DGS), elected at large (1)

  • Kristin Kopp (2023-2026)

Graduate Professional Council (1)

  • Parker Owens
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.

2023-24 Executive Committee Members

Keith Greenwood, President
Miriam Butler, Past President
John Kerns, Vice President
Angie Zapata, Academic Affairs Subcommittee Chair
TBD, Awards Subcommittee Committee Chair
Chi-Ren Shyu, Policy Ad Hoc Committee Chair
Erin Robinson, Member-at-Large