Graduate Policy Committee

The Graduate Policy Committee shall consider University-wide policies relating to graduate education. Members of this Committee shall be appointed by the Steering Committee, with the advice and consent of the Senate, for staggered three-year terms. Each college shall have one representative; the Colleges of Education, Business, and Social Sciences shall have one additional representative; and the College of Arts and Sciences shall have four additional representatives. The Provost and Executive Vice President for Academic Affairs, or their designee, and the Dean of The Graduate School, or their designee, shall be non-voting ex-officio members; and membership shall include two graduate student representatives from different colleges appointed for a one-year term by the President of Student Government.

The Committee shall annually elect its chairperson from the faculty representatives. The Committee will make its recommendations to the Steering Committee, which will transmit the recommendations to the Senate for action.

Membership

2023-2026
Todd Adams, Arts and Sciences
Luis Balicas, Arts and Sciences 
LeeAnn Barfield, Nursing
Juliann Cortese (2025-2026) 
Vanessa Denne, Education, Health and Human Sciences
Jessica Greil-Burkhart, Social Work
Elizabeth Osborne, Fine Arts
Stacy Van Dyke, Applied Studies
Yue Wang, Medicine

2024-2027
Cecilia Chouchy Algorta, Criminology and Criminal Justice
Diana Dumlavwalla, Music (2025-2027)
Marianan Fuentes, Arts and Sciences (2025-2027)
Annika Kulver, Arts and Sciences (2025-2027)
Greg Marcks, Motion Picture Arts (2025-2027)
Miles Romney, Business (2025-2027)
Arda Vanli, Engineering (2025-2027)
Hongtao Yi, Social Sciences and Public Policy (2025-2027)

2025-2028
Amy Burdette, Social Sciences and Public Policy
Jessica Ridgeway Clayton, Entrepreneurship
Tarik Dogru, Hospitality
K. Ann Horsburgh, Arts and Sciences
Steve Johnson, Law
Amy Thompson, Education, Health, and Human Sciences

Ex-Officio Members
Amy Guerette, Assoc. VP Faculty Development and Advancement, Provost designee 
Dean of The Graduate School, or their designee

Other Members:
Two graduate student representatives from different colleges appointed for a one-year term by the President of Student Government.

Year-End Reports

 

Graduate Policy Database - The Graduate School Website

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