Graduate Committee 2025-2026
Bylaws (2022). SECTION 10. THE GRADUATE COMMITTEE
The responsibilities of the Graduate Committee shall be as follows:
- Recommend policy and procedures concerning graduate programs and curricula and maintain continuous review of such programs; review and approve all changes to graduate courses, graduate programs, and degrees; review and approve policies for the appointment and retention of faculty members to the graduate faculty; and address other specific questions in this area that may be requested by the Senate Executive Committee.
- Voting membership of the Graduate Committee shall be composed of senators or senate alternates representing each unit, one per unit, appointed by the Senate Executive Committee and one elected faculty member per unit representing each college and the libraries and two elected faculty alternates per unit. An alternate for a unit may substitute for the elected faculty member of that unit or the Senate Executive Committee appointee of that unit at meetings. Non-voting membership shall be composed of the Provost and Vice President for Academic Affairs, or their delegate, the Dean of the Jack N. Averitt College of Graduate Studies, a representative from the Office of Institutional Assessment and Accreditation, and a graduate student elected by the Graduate Student Organization. Senate and faculty representatives must be members of the graduate faculty.
Note: At the January 2024 Faculty Senate meeting, a change to membership was approved. See page 51 of the agenda at https://drive.google.com/file/d/10Hk4a6pUXqEASmBBycaNT4rfCV9lswfH/view for the language of the change.
| COLLEGE | NAME | MEMBERSHIP STATUS | TERM ENDING | CAMPUS |
| Voting Member (SEC Appointed) | 2026 | |||
| College of Arts and Humanities (CAH) | Sarah McCarroll | Voting Member (Elected) | 2027 | Statesboro |
| College of Arts and Humanities (CAH) | Christina Olson | Voting Member (Elected) | 2026 | Statesboro |
| College of Behavioral and Social Sciences (CBSS) | Adam Bossler | Voting Member (Elected) | 2026 | Armstrong |
| College of Behavioral and Social Sciences (CBSS) | Kate Perry | Voting Member (Elected) | 2026 | Statesboro |
| College of Education (COE) | Elise Cain | Voting Member (Elected) | 2027 | Statesboro |
| College of Education (COE) | Ming Fang He | Voting Member (Elected) | 2026 | Statesboro |
| College of Science and Mathematics (COSM) | Yi Hu | Voting Member (Elected) | 2027 | Statesboro |
| College of Science and Mathematics (COSM) | John Carroll | Voting Member (Elected) | 2026 | Statesboro |
| Jiann-Ping Hsu College of Public Health (JPHCOPH) | Logan Cowan | Voting Member (Elected) | 2027 | Statesboro |
| Jiann-Ping Hsu College of Public Health (JPHCOPH) | Bobbie Jo Newell | Voting Member (Elected) | 2026 | Statesboro |
| Paulson College of Engineering and Computing (PCEC) | Jung Hun Choi | Voting Member (Elected) | 2027 | Statesboro |
| Paulson College of Engineering and Computing (PCEC) | Hossein Taheri | Voting Member (Elected) | 2026 | Statesboro |
| Parker College of Business (PCOB) | Constantin Ogloblin | Voting Member (Elected) | 2026 | Statesboro |
| Parker College of Business (PCOB) | Errol Stewart | Voting Member (Elected) | 2026 | Statesboro |
| University Libraries (LIB) | Voting Member (Elected) | 2026 | ||
| University Libraries (LIB) | Ann Fuller | Voting Member (Elected) | 2027 | Armstrong |
| Waters College of Health Professions (WCHP) | Jim Karnes | Voting Member (Elected) | 2027 | Armstrong |
| Waters College of Health Professions (WCHP) | Voting Member (Elected) | 2026 | ||
| College of Arts and Humanities (CAH) | Julie de Chantal | Alternate | 2027 | Statesboro |
| College of Behavioral and Social Sciences (CBSS) | Nicolette Rickert | Alternate | 2027 | Statesboro |
| College of Education (COE) | Stephanie Devine | Alternate | 2026 | Statesboro |
| College of Science and Mathematics (COSM) | Christine Hladik | Alternate | 2026 | Statesboro |
| Jiann-Ping Hsu College of Public Health (JPHCOPH) | Bettye Apenteng | Alternate | 2027 | Statesboro |
| Paulson College of Engineering and Computing (PCEC) | Francisco Cubas-Suazo | Alternate | 2026 | Statesboro |
| Parker College of Business (PCOB) | Alternate | 2027 | ||
| University Libraries (LIB) | Alternate | 2026 | ||
| Waters College of Health Professions (WCHP) | Alternate | 2027 | ||
| Provost and Vice President for Academic Affairs, or their delegate: | Non-Voting Member | Permanent Member | ||
| Provost and Vice President for Academic Affairs, or their delegate: | Cindy Groover | Non-Voting Member | Permanent Member | Statesboro |
| Student Government Association Representative: | Brandon Moore | Non-Voting Member | Permanent Member | |
| Dean of Graduate Studies | Ryan Schroeder | Non-Voting Member | Permanent Member | Statesboro |
| Office of Institutional Effectiveness, their delegate | Delena B. Gatch | Non-Voting Member | Permanent Member | Statesboro |
| Graduate Student Organization Representative: | Jessica Lindbom | Non-Voting Member | Permanent Member |
Last updated: 8/26/2025