Committee on Graduate Student and Faculty Issues
Membership
It shall consist of six faculty members, three graduate student members of Council, and five ex officio members: the Director of the Office of Graduate educational Equity, the Associate Dean of the Graduate School, a representative from the Student Affairs Office, the International Students and Scholars Office, and the Student Aid Office.
Duties
It shall be responsible for and is authorized to select Subcommittees for the following activities:
- Review existing and proposed policies and make recommendations concerning the welfare and ethics of the Graduate Faculty and graduate students.
- Promote the intellectual development and social welfare of an inclusive graduate community by fostering an awareness and appreciation of cultural and social differences.
- Keep the Dean of the Graduate School apprised of issues of concern to graduate students.
- Assist the Dean of the Graduate School in the review of appeals concerning the violation of accepted norms of professional behavior of graduate faculty members and graduate students with authorization to review and make recommendations to the Dean when it is charged that individual rights have been violated and responsibilities unfulfilled.
Current Members
- Benta Abuya, Graduate Student in Educational Theory and Policy
- Michael Berube, Paterno Liberal Arts Professor of Literature
- Robert Bonneau, Associate Professor of Microbiology and Immunology
- Jessa Dechant, Graduate Student in Music Theory and History
- Marianne Hillemeier, Assistant Professor of Health Policy and Administration
- Kelli Hoover, Associate Professor of Entomology
- Raymond Najjar, Associate Professor of Meteorology
- Victor Sparrow, Associate Professor of Acoustics
- Negar Davis, Director, International Student Services, Ex Officio
- Evelynn Ellis, Senior Director, Graduate Educational Equity Programs, Ex Officio
- Paul Simenson, Associate Director of Student Aid, Ex Officio
- Philip Burlingame, Vice President for Student Affairs, Ex Officio
- Mark Wardell, Associate Dean of the Graduate School, Ex Officio
Staff Support
- Rhonda Perryman