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Dixie L. Thompson, PhD — Vice Provost and Dean
Ernest L. Brothers, PhD — Associate Dean
Carl Collins, MPA — Associate Dean and Director of Graduate Admissions
Marla Bruner, EdD — Assistant Dean and Director of Graduate Student Services
Abby Sherman, MS — Coordinator of Student Services
Catherine Cox — Graduate Catalog Editor and Curriculum Coordinator
The Graduate Council
The mission of the Graduate Council is to promote excellence in graduate education at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville. The Graduate Council establishes standards for admission, retention, and graduation; assesses curricular revisions and new proposals for graduate programs; evaluates interdisciplinary, intercollegiate and international programs; and considers new initiatives and other matters of policy pertaining to graduate programs. Graduate Council is a special committee of the Faculty Senate that works closely with the Graduate School and a variety of other campus bodies to fulfill its mission.
Membership August 1, 2024
Chair: Siris Laursen
Chair-Elect: Greg Kaplan
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| Herbert College of Agriculture |
Bonnie Ownley |
July 31, 2025 |
Toni Wang |
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| College of Architecture and Design |
Jennifer Akerman |
July 31, 2025 |
Katherine Wheeler |
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| College of Arts and Sciences |
Chris Pickart |
July 31, 2025 |
Hong Guo |
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Rachel Patton McCord |
July 31, 2025 |
Konstantinos Vogiatzis |
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Alvaro Ayo |
July 31, 2025 |
Asafa Jalata |
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Luis Finotti |
July 31, 2026 |
Stefanie Ohnesorg |
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Daniel Hembree |
July 31, 2026 |
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Ian Down |
July 31, 2027 |
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| Haslam College of Business |
Jon Holztrager |
July 31, 2027 |
Russell Zaretzki |
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Kelly Hewett |
July 31, 2027 |
Mike Yates |
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David Maslar |
July 31, 2026 |
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Jama Summers |
July 31, 2025 |
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| College of Communication and Information |
Jenny Crowley |
July 31, 2025 |
Moonhee Cho |
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Erin Whiteside |
July 31, 2025 |
Wade Bishop |
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Sifan Xu |
July 31, 2027 |
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| College of Education, Health, and Human Sciences |
Mehmet Aydeniz |
July 31, 2027 |
Melinda Gibbons |
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Adam Love |
July 31, 2025 |
Elizabeth MacTavish |
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Louis Rocconi |
July 31, 2027 |
Carolyn Spellings |
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Ahmed Bettaieb |
July 31, 2026 |
Phoebe Tran |
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Patricia Higgins |
July 31, 2026 |
Lori Caudle |
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Chris Skinner |
July 31, 2026 |
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| Tickle College of Engineering |
Khalid Alshibli |
July 31, 2025 |
Jim Ostrowski |
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Andrew K. Dickerson |
July 31, 2025 |
Colleen Crouch |
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Maik Lang |
July 31, 2025 |
Nick Brown |
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Lee Han |
July 31, 2025 |
Kai Sun |
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Aly Fathy |
July 31, 2025 |
Haixuan Xu |
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Dan Wilson |
July 31, 2027 |
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| College of Law |
Sibyl Marshall |
July 31, 2025 |
Rebecca Bryan Kite |
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Briana Rosenbaum |
July 31, 2025 |
Wendy Bach |
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| Natalie L. Haslam College of Music |
Maria Castillo Rodriguez |
July 31, 2026 |
Victor Chavez |
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| College of Nursing |
Jennifer Patrick |
July 31, 2026 |
Jeremy Mills |
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| College of Social Work |
Katherine Montgomery |
July 31, 2025 |
Kristen Ravi |
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Rob Lucio |
July 31, 2025 |
Lisa Zottarelli |
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Lizzie Bowland |
July 31, 2025 |
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| Howard H. Baker Jr. School of Public Policy and Public Affairs |
Xuhong Su (Su Su) |
July 31, 2026 |
Michael Jones |
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| Bredesen Center for Interdisciplinary Research and Graduate Education |
Zhili Zhang |
July 31, 2025 |
Greg Peterson |
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| Comparative and Experimental Medicine |
Madhu Dhar |
July 31, 2027 |
Michael Mahero |
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| UT Space Institute |
Paul Palies |
July 31, 2025 |
Reza Abedi |
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| College of Veterinary Medicine |
Chika Okafor |
July 31, 2027 |
Kim Newkirk |
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Melissa Hines |
July 31, 2025 |
Stephanie Kleine |
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| Graduate Student Senate |
Iyanuoluwa Oyetunji |
July 31, 2025 |
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Shokoufeh Soleimani |
July 31, 2025 |
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| Office of Research and Engagement |
Joshua Penney |
July 31, 2027 |
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Ex-Officio Members
Dixie Thompson, Vice Provost and Dean of the Graduate School
John Stier, Herbert College of Agriculture
Katherine Ambroziak, College of Architecture and Design
Liem Tran, College of Arts and Sciences
Amy Cathey and Chad Autry, Haslam College of Business
Courtney Childers, College of Communication and Information
Lars Dzikus, College of Education, Health, and Human Sciences
Michael Danquah, Tickle College of Engineering
Michael Higdon, College of Law
Brendan McConville, Natalie L. Haslam College of Music
Shelia Swift, College of Nursing
Javonda Williams Moss, College of Social Work
India Lane, College of Veterinary Medicine
John Scheb, Howard H. Baker Jr. School of Public Policy and Public Affairs
Brynn Voy, Bredesen Center for Interdisciplinary Research and Graduate Education
David Anderson and Agricola Odoi, Comparative and Experimental Medicine
Vandana Singh, College of Emerging and Collaborative Studies
Gretchen Neisler, Director, Center for Global Engagement
Timothy Truster, Research Council
Holly Mercer, University Libraries
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