The Graduate School

Graduate Faculty Council

The Graduate Council is a representative body of the graduate faculty which serves to conduct the business of faculty affairs, student affairs, program development and review, and to advise the Dean of The Graduate School on all issues related to The Graduate School.

Curriculum Subcommittee

Faculty Appointment Procedures



Meeting Schedule

August 11, 2023

JSAC Ballroom

 11:30 am - 1:30 pm
November 10, 2023

JSAC Coffeehouse

 11:30 am - 1:30 pm
February 9, 2024

JSAC Hardy Room 232

 11:30 am - 1:30 pm
May 17, 2024

Pavillion III (CJ), Room 1106

 12:00 pm - 2:00 pm

Council Members

Administrative (Non-Voting)

Jennifer Sullivan, PhD

  • Dean & Chair of the Graduate Council
  • The Graduate School

Patricia L. Cameron, PhD

  • Vice Dean
  • The Graduate School

Voting Members

Craig Albert, PhD

  • Pamplin College of Arts, Humanities & Social Sciences

Darren Browning, PhD

  • Medical College of Georgia

Jie Chen, PhD

  • Medical College of Georgia

Michelle Cox-Henley, DNP

  • College of Nursing

Gianluca De Leo, PhD

  • College of Allied Health Sciences

Jack Eisenman, PhD

  • College of Education & Human Development

Ahmed El-Marakby, PhD

  • Dental College of Georgia

Dariusz Kowalski, PhD

  • School of Computer & Cyber Sciences

Meghan McGee-Lawrence, PhD

  • Medical College of Georgia

Wesley Meares, PhD

  • Pamplin College of Arts, Humanities & Social Sciences

Regina Messer, PhD

  • Dental College of Georgia

Beth NeSmith, PhD

  • College of Nursing

Lester Pretlow, PhD

  • College of Allied Health Sciences

Mohan Wakade, MBBS

  • College of Allied Health Sciences

Sabina Widner, PhD

  • College of Science & Mathematics

Julie Zadinsky, PhD

  • College of Nursing

Meeting Minutes

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