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Graduate Council

The Graduate Council assists the Dean with review and coordination of programs

Graduate Council

Graduate School Bylaws.pdf


The Graduate Council assists the Dean with review and coordination of all graduate programs, formulation of academic policies governing graduate programs, and with administration of the Graduate School. It meets monthly and is chaired by an elected chairperson. Membership in the Graduate Council consists of the chair of each department offering graduate coursework, or a full member of the faculty designated by the chair, and two student representatives who are selected annually by the Dean of Graduate School and Distance Education. Members of the Graduate Council are listed below.

Graduate Council 2024-2025

Jan Todd

Chair, Faculty Social Sciences

Nancy Albrecht

Vice Chair, Faculty, School Leadership/Mid & Sec Edu

Lei Wen

Faculty, Accountancy & Information Technology

William Jensen

Faculty, Biological Sciences

Stewart Gardner

Faculty, Biological Sciences

Damara Paris

Faculty, Counselor Education

Jerald Liss

Faculty, Elementary Education/Early Childhood/Special Education

Michael Butler

Faculty, Health/Phys Ed/Coaching

Essam Abotteen

Faculty, Mathematics and Economics

Katelyn Haddock

Faculty, Nursing

John Wade

Faculty, Psychology 

Butch Sim

Faculty, School of Business

Yu Xia

Faculty, SLIM & Instructional Design & Technology

Jerald Spotswood

Vice Provost & Graduate School (ex officio)

Maryanne Onwunuma

Graduate Student Representative

Karina Chaparro Silva

Graduate Student Representative (2)