The Graduate Council
The Graduate Council is the primary all-University advisory body responsible for the development and review of Graduate School policy and the review of graduate curriculum. Here you can find a number of resources for graduate program development, including information about the Graduate Council and its procedures, various forms for proposing new or altered graduate programs, as well as the policies governing graduate programs at Montclair State University.
If you are planning to submit a graduate curriculum proposal, please take a look at some of the examples available on this website. These examples were selected by members of the Graduate Council because they are formatted in a way that makes them easier to read and review. They also contain all necessary information items required for proposal review.
About Us
Chair: Rashmi Jain
Vice Chair: Lisa Lieberman
The Graduate Council is the primary all-University advisory body responsible for the development and review of Graduate School policy and the review of graduate curriculum. The Graduate Council makes curriculum and policy recommendations to the Provost. These include review and recommendation about new graduate programs and revisions in existing graduate programs. The Graduate Council also recommends general graduate admission requirements and guidelines for admission to specific graduate programs. The Graduate Council also recommends guidelines for the admission of faculty to graduate faculty status.
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.
| Voting Members | Non-Voting Members |
| Rashmi Jain (Chair) | Dean Scott Herness (Graduate School) |
| David Witten | Dean Judith Lin Hunt, Library |
| Reva Jaffe-Walter | Registrar |
| Jeremy Fox | Barbara Ritola (Academic Affairs) |
| Arnaud Kurze | Associate Dean Nelly Lejter-Morales (Graduate School) |
| Dawei Li | Bryan Moschel (Graduate School) |
| Jessica Bratter | |
| Vidya Atal | |
| Nastassia Davis | |
| Mary Beth Duffy | |
| Helen Roberts | |
| Student Representatives (3) |
Policy Committee
This committee reviews all questions of graduate policy and makes recommendations to the Graduate Council for its action.
| Voting Members | Non-Voting Members |
| Lisa Lieberman (Vice Chair) | Dean Judith Lin Hunt, Library |
| Yi Luo | (Registrar) |
| Daniel Mengara | Barbara Ritola (Academic Affairs) |
| Andrada Ivanescu | Associate Dean Nelly Lejter-Morales (Graduate School) |
| Katherine Herbert | Bryan Moschel (Graduate School) |
| Michele Fisher | |
| Hal Ravinder | |
| Joan Valas | |
| Matthew Cuellar | |
| James Di Gabriele | |
| Student Representatives (2) |
Doctoral Committee
For AY 2019-2020, this is an ad hoc committee, which will include volunteers from above committees. Depending on bylaws changes, this may become a standing committee with separate membership.
Ex officio members and regular non-member attendees
- Scott Herness, Vice Provost for Research and Dean, Graduate School
- Nelly Lejter-Morales, Associate Dean, Graduate School
- Bryan Moschel, Director of Admissions and Operations, Graduate School
- Yune Tran, Associate Dean for Academic Affairs, CEHS
- Jessica Brandt, Associate Dean, CHSS
- Stefanie Brachfeld, Associate Dean, CSAM
- Ronald Sharps, Associate Dean, CART
- Janice Smolowitz, Dean, NURS
- Nicole Koppel, representing FSBUS Dean
- Elizabeth Rosini, Associate Dean, FSBUS
- Jonida Dervishi, Assistant Director of MBA Program, FSBUS
- Judith Lin Hunt, Dean, Library Services
- Jennifer Robinson, Director Center of Pedagogy
- Dana Levitt, Chair, IRB
- Joanne Cote-Bonanno, Associate Provost for Academic Programs and Assessment
- Barbara Ritola, Curriculum and Instruction, Academic Affairs
- Leslie Sutton-Smith, Registrar
- Rebecca Newton, Graduate School
Graduate Council Voting Membership – AY 2018-2019
Elected Faculty Members: Two year terms (Sept 1 – Aug 31)
Graduate School Appointees and Students: One year terms
College of Education and Human Services (3)
| Lisa Lieberman (Public Health) | 2019-2021 |
| Reva Jaffe-Walter (Counseling) | 2019-2021 |
| Michele Fisher | 2020-2022 |
| Alternate Faculty: Sarah Goldstein | 2020-2022 |
| Student: James Clark | 2020-2021 |
College of Humanities and Social Sciences (3)
| Daniel Mengara | 2019-2021 |
| Jeremy Fox | 2019-2021 |
| Arnaud Kurze | 2020-2022 |
| Alternate Faculty: Jeremy Fox | 2020-2022 |
| Student: TBD | 2020-2021 |
College of Science and Mathematics (3)
| Andrada Ivanescu | 2020-2022 |
| Dawei Li | 2019-2021 |
| Katherine Herbert | 2019-2021 |
| Alternate Faculty: Jorge L. Trueba | 2020-2022 |
| Student TBD | 2020-2021 |
College of the Arts (3)
| Yi Luo (Communications and Media) | 2019-2021 |
| Jessica Bratter | 2020-2022 |
| David Witten | 2020-2022 |
| Alternate Faculty: Elizabeth McPherson | 2020-2021 |
| Student: TBD | 2020-2021 |
School of Business (3)
| Rashmi Jain (Information Management and Business Analytics) | 2019-2021 |
| Vidya Atal (Economics) | 2019-2021 |
| Hal Ravinder | 2020-2022 |
| Alternate Faculty: Ethne Swartz | 2020-2022 |
| Student: TBD | 2020-2021 |
School of Nursing (3)
| Joan Valas | 2019-2021 |
| Nastassia Davis | 2020-2022 |
| Mary Beth Duffy | 2020-2022 |
| Alternate Faculty | 2020-2022 |
| Student: TBD | 2020-2021 |
The Graduate School (3)
| Helen Roberts (Mathematical Sciences) | 2020-2022 |
| Matthew Cuellar | 2020-2021 |
| James Di Gabriele | 2020-2022 |
| Doctoral Student TBD | 2020-2022 |