Committees

Graduate Administrators Council

The Graduate Administrators Council (GAC) reviews and makes recommendations to strengthen and simplify current University standards, rules, policies, and procedures governing graduate education. GAC also reviews centralized administrative processes and structure to ensure all areas related to graduate education administration is accountable to the Provost and Vice President for Academic Affairs. They also develop a graduate program director's handbook and provide training for new and continuing graduate program directors. Click here for the meeting minutes archive.

  • Robert Wojtowicz, Dean, The Graduate School, Chair
  • Bryan Porter, Associate Dean, The Graduate School
  • Missy Barber, Director for Administration & Academic Services, The Graduate School
  • Megan Corbett, Interim Director and Institutional Effectiveness & Accreditation Analyst, Office of Institutional Effectiveness and Assessment
  • Bill Heffelfinger, Graduate Admissions
  • Yiannis Papelis, Office of Research (Alternate)
  • Jackie Stein, Director of Research Development, Office of Research
  • Mary Swartz, Office of the University Registrar
  • Karen Vaughan, University Libraries
  • Paul Currant, Senior International Officer, Center for Global Engagement
  • Dale Miller, Associate Dean, College of Arts & Letters
  • Regina Karp, Graduate Program Director, College of Arts & Letters
  • Erika Marsillac, Assistant Dean, Strome College of Business
  • Vickie Carnegie, Graduate Program Director, Strome College of Business
  • Wie Yusuf, Strome College of Business - Faculty Senate Representative
  • Maggie Barber, Associate Dean, Darden College of Education & Professional Studies          
  • John Baaki, Graduate Program Director, Darden College of Education & Professional Studies
  • Petros Katsioloudis, Associate Dean, Darden College of Education & Professional Studies (Alternate)
  • Jeffrey LaCombe, Associate Dean, Batten College of Engineering & Technology
  • Barbara Kraj, Associate Dean, College of Health Sciences
  • Lesley Greene, Associate Dean, College of Sciences
  • Piotr Kraj, Graduate Program Director, College of Sciences
  • Rafael Diaz, Graduate Program Director, School of Cybersecurity
  • Janice Hawkins, Graduate Program Director, School of Nursing

Graduate Appeals Committee

Jeffry Moe, College of Education and Professional Studies

Gary Beck, College of Arts and Letters

Jiang Li, College of Engineering and Technology

Jay O’Toole, College of Business

Richard Noren, College of Sciences

Mariana Szklo-Coxe, College of Health Sciences

Dennis Gregory, College of Education and Professional Studies (Faculty Senate appointee)