Graduate Faculty Council

The Graduate Faculty Council was created to support the Graduate School in ensuring excellence and equity across all academic disciplines, and to approve, oversee, and regulate the creation of new graduate degrees, graduate programs, and certificate programs.

Officers & Executive Committee

•  Mark Wallace, Chair
•  James P. Byrd, Secretary

 In addition to the officers, the following graduate faculty council members serve on the Executive Committee:

Kathryn H. Anderson William R. Doyle Aniruddha Gokhale Jeffrey N. Johnston

Christine T. Konradi Paul A. Kramer Sheila Ridner

Graduate Faculty Council Members, 2019-2020

College of Arts & Science

• Phillip Ackerman-Leiberman, Jewish Studies
• Scott F. Aikin, Philosophy
• Kathryn H. Anderson, Economics
• Mark N. Ellingham, Mathematics
• Jeffrey N. Johnston, Chemistry
• Lutz P. Koepnick, German
• Paul A. Kramer, History
• Robert Scherrer, Physics
• John Weymark, Economics

 Divinity School

• James P. Byrd, Religion

School of Engineering

• Joshua Caldwell, Mechanical Engineering
• Aniruddha Gokhale, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science
• Cynthia A. Reinhart-King, Biomedical Engineering
• Jamey D. Young, Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering

 School of Medicine

• Jin Chen, Cell and Developmental Biology
• Christine L. Konradi, Pharmacology
• William P. Tansey, Cell and Developmental Biology

School of Nursing

• Sheila Ridner, Nursing Science

Peabody College

• Erin E. Barton, Special Education
  
• William R. Doyle, Leadership, Policy, and Organizations

Ex Officio

• Susan R. Wente, interim chancellor; provost and vice chancellor for academic affairs
• Jeffrey R. Balser, dean of the School of Medicine
• Camilla P. Benbow , dean of Peabody College
• Philippe M. Fauchet, dean of the School of Engineering
• John Geer, dean of the College of Arts and Science
• Chris Guthrie, dean of the Law School
• Lawrence J.Marnett, dean of Basic Sciences
• Linda D. Norman, dean of the School of Nursing
• Emilie M. Townes, dean of the Divinity School
• Graduate School Faculty:
  
  • Bunmi Olatunji, Associate Dean
  • Clare McCabe, Associate Dean
  • Mary Michael-Woolman, Assistant Dean
  • Ruth Schemmer, Assistant Dean
  • Don Brunson, Assistant Dean