College of Graduate Studies

2024-2025 Graduate Council Members

Executive Committee

Title Name 
Chair  Barbara Saltzman- MC                                                                                                                                                                                   
Vice Chair Dan Boden - MC
At Large  David Giovannucci - HSC
At Large Nagalakshmi Nadiminty - HSC
At Large Kuo-hui Su - HSC
Past Chair 2022-2023 Patrick Lawrence - MC, Ex-Officio
Acting Vice Provost for Graduate Affairs (COGS)

Dan Hammel - Ex-Officio

Interim Vice President for Research

Connie Schall - Ex-Officio

Graduate Student Association
Vice President     

Saad Andalib - Ex-Officio

 

Elected Members (Voting)

Arts and Letters

Name Term   
Dan Boden 2027
James Ferris  (Bhuiyan Alam -replacement Spring 2025) 2027
Patrick Lawrence 2025
Beth Schlemper 2026
Jerry Van Hoy 2025

 

Business and Innovation

Name Term           
Mai Dao 2026
Marcelo Alvarado Vargas 2025

 

Education

Name Term             
Noela Haughton  2025
Snejana Slantcheva-Durst 2027

 

Engineering

Name Term
Ahmad Javaid  2025
Hossein Sojoudi 2026
Qiuying Zhao 2027

 

Health and Human Services

Name Term    
Ling Na 2025
Megan Petra 2026
Barbara Saltzman 2025

 

Medicine and Life Sciences

Name Term           
David Giovannucci 2026
Andrea Kalinoski 2025
Nagalakshmi Nadiminty 2025
Srinivas Saladi 2027
Kuo-hui Su 2026

 

Natural Sciences and Mathematics

Name Term            
Tomer Avidor-Reiss 2025
Qian Chen 2026
Tim Fisher 2027
Joseph Schmidt (Jianlong Zhu replacement for Fall 2024) 2025

 

Nursing

Name Term
Jennifer DeVries 2026

 

Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences

Name Term   
Yousef Sari 2025
Varun Vaidya 2026

 

Ex-Officio Members (Voting)

Position Name
Vice Provost for Graduate Affairs (COGS)                                                             Daniel Hammel                                                                   
Interim Vice President for Research Connie Schall
Graduate Student Association President Addison Kittel

 

Ex-Officio Members - Associate Deans (Non-Voting)

College Name
Arts and Letters

Kristen Keith

Business and Innovation

Bashar Gammoh

Education

Edward Janak

Engineering

Patricia Relue

Health and Human Services

John Laux

Medicine and Life Sciences

Kandace Williams

Natural Sciences and Mathematics 

Brian Ashburner

Nursing 

Eileen Walsh

Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences

Zahoor Shah

 

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Last Updated: 1/24/25