The Graduate Council
The Graduate Council is the primary all-University advisory body responsible for the development and review of Graduate School policy and student affairs initiatives, and review of graduate curriculum.
The Provost’s Office has created a Canvas Community for Curriculum Forms and Resources. There you can find a number of resources for graduate program development, including forms for proposing new or altered graduate programs. If you are planning to submit a graduate curriculum proposal, please take a look at some of the examples available in Canvas.
Officers
Chair: Matthew Schuler
Vice Chair: Brad van Eeden-Moorefield
Secretary: Michele Fisher
Curriculum Committee
This committee reviews all new graduate program proposals and all proposed changes in existing graduate programs which do not have as their primary focus teacher education or professional education and makes recommendations to the Graduate Council for its action.
Policy Committee
This committee reviews all questions of graduate policy and makes recommendations to the Graduate Council for its action.
Student Affairs Committee
This committee reviews issues related to student affairs and makes recommendations to the Graduate Council for its action.
Graduate Council Membership – AY 2024-2025
Elected Faculty Members: Two year terms (June 1 – June 30)
Graduate School Appointees and Students: One year terms (June 1 – June 30)
COLLEGE FOR COMMUNITY HEALTH
| Name | Program | Committee | Years |
|---|---|---|---|
| Amanda Baden | Counseling | Curriculum | 2025–2027 |
| Matt Shurts | Counseling | Policy | 2024–2026 |
| Brad van Eeden-Moorefield | FSHD | Student Affairs | 2025–2027 |
| Alternate: Meena Mahadevan | Nutrition and Food Studies | 2024–2026 | |
| Student: Cameron Nail / Laiba Ishtiaq | Audiology AuD / Audiology AuD | 2025–2026 |
COLLEGE OF THE ARTS
| Name | Program | Committee | Years |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aaron Helgeson | Cali School of Music | Curriculum | 2025–2026 |
| Marcus D. Harvey | Theatre and Dance | Student Affairs | 2025–2027 |
| Vacant | 2023–2025 | ||
| Alternate: Vacant | 2024–2026 | ||
| Student: TBD | 2024–2025 |
COLLEGE FOR EDUCATION AND ENGAGED LEARNING
| Name | Program | Committee | Years |
|---|---|---|---|
| Danne Davis | Teaching and Learning | Student Affairs | 2025–2027 |
| Rachel Garver | Educational Leadership | Policy | 2025–2027 |
| Rebecca Goldstein | Teaching and Learning | Curriculum | 2025–2027 |
| Alternate: Suman Rath | Educational Leadership | 2025–2027 | |
| Student: TBD | 2025–2026 |
SCHOOL OF BUSINESS
| Name | Program | Committee | Years |
|---|---|---|---|
| Vidya Atal | Economics | Curriculum | 2025–2027 |
| Rashmi Jain | Info Mgmt & Bus Analytics | Student Affairs | 2025–2027 |
| Ethne Swartz | Management | Policy | 2024–2026 |
| Alternate: Te Wu | Management | 2024–2026 | |
| Student: TBD | 2025–2026 |
COLLEGE OF COMMUNICATION AND MEDIA
| Name | Program | Committee | Years |
|---|---|---|---|
| Yi Lou | Communication and Media | Policy | 2025–2027 |
| Vacant | 2025–2027 | ||
| Vacant | 2025–2027 | ||
| Alternate: Vacant | 2025–2027 | ||
| Student: TBD | 2025–2026 |
COLLEGE OF HUMANITIES AND SOCIAL SCIENCES
| Name | Program | Committee | Years |
|---|---|---|---|
| Emily Douglas | Social Work & Child Advocacy | Policy | 2024–2026 |
| Daniela Peterka-Benton | Justice Studies | Student Affairs | 2025–2027 |
| Valerie Sessa | Psychology | Curriculum | 2025–2027 |
| Alternate: Yasir Ibrahim | Religion | 2024–2026 | |
| Student: Elana Gabriel | Clinical Psychology PhD | Student Affairs | 2025–2026 |
SCHOOL OF NURSING
| Name | Program | Committee | Years |
|---|---|---|---|
| Brenda Marshall | Nursing | Curriculum | 2024–2026 |
| Vacant | 2025–2027 | ||
| Vacant | 2025–2027 | ||
| Alternate: Vacant | 2025–2027 | ||
| Student: TBD | 2024–2025 |
COLLEGE OF SCIENCE AND MATHEMATICS
| Name | Program | Committee | Years |
|---|---|---|---|
| Eli Lee | Chemistry & Biochemistry | Policy | 2025–2027 |
| Hao Liu | Computer Science | Student Affairs | 2024–2026 |
| Matt Schuler | Biology | Curriculum | 2025–2027 |
| Alternate: Vaibhav Anu | Computer Science | 2024–2026 | |
| Student: TBD | 2024–2025 |
THE GRADUATE SCHOOL
| Name | Program | Committee | Years |
|---|---|---|---|
| Michele Fisher | Kinesiology | Policy | 2024–2026 |
| Chris King | Psychology | Curriculum | 2025–2027 |
| Vacant | 2025–2027 | ||
| Student: TBD | 2025–2026 |
Rotation for Election of Graduate Council Representatives
The number of elected faculty to Graduate Council is 24 (three per College/School). In addition to the three elected representatives, an alternate should be elected from each College/School to serve if an elective representative is unable to participate in Graduate Council activities. Smaller Colleges/Schools with fewer than 10 faculty members may choose to elect fewer than three representatives. When possible, at least one of the elected representatives from each College/School shall be a graduate program coordinator or doctoral program director.
Elections of faculty members to the Graduate Council take place during the spring semester leading into the following academic year. The election of faculty from each college is staggered so that two faculty members are elected one year, and one faculty member plus an alternate are elected in the following year. The rotation of elected faculty members for each College/School is maintained by The Graduate School.
2024-25
- Graduate Council Meeting Minutes – September 18th, 2024
- Graduate Council Meeting Minutes – October 23rd, 2024
- Graduate Council Meeting Minutes – November 13th, 2024
- Graduate Council Meeting Minutes – December 11th, 2024
- Graduate Council Meeting Minutes – January 27th, 2025
- Graduate Council Meeting Minutes – February 19th, 2025
- Graduate Council Meeting Minutes – March 26th, 2025
- Graduate Council Meeting Minutes – April 23rd, 2025
- Graduate Council Meeting Minutes – May 5th, 2025
The policy development mission of The Graduate School is to provide an authoritative, accessible, and current repository for policies that impact the members of the University community across all graduate programs. These policies have broad application throughout the University to help ensure coordinated compliance with applicable laws and regulations, promote operational efficiency, and reduce institutional risk.
The Policy Committee of the Graduate Council is charged with reviewing and proposing revisions and additions to university-wide policies concerning graduate students and study. To inform its continual work, the Policy Committee welcomes any ideas or suggestions from faculty, staff, administrators, and graduate students. If you have any ideas or suggestions for matters that the Policy Committee might consider taking up, please let the Policy Committee know using the following form.