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The Graduate School
Graduate School Staff
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, 2025
Chair: Greg Kaplan
Chair-Elect: Louis Rocconi
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| Herbert College of Agriculture |
Bonnie Ownley |
July 31, 2028 |
Toni Wang |
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| College of Architecture and Design |
Jennifer Akerman |
July 31, 2028 |
Tricia Stuth |
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| College of Arts and Sciences |
J. Leigh Garcia |
July 31, 2028 |
Sean Morey |
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Asafa Jalata |
July 31, 2028 |
Chad Black |
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Stefanie Ohnesorg |
July 31, 2028 |
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Luis Finotti |
July 31, 2026 |
Erik Zinser |
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Daniel Hembree |
July 31, 2026 |
Konstantinos Vogiatzis |
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Ian Down |
July 31, 2027 |
Greg Reynolds |
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| Haslam College of Business |
Pam Donovan |
July 31, 2027 |
Paul Dittman |
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Aaron Garvey |
July 31, 2027 |
Mike Yates |
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Russell Zaretzki |
July 31, 2026 |
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Jama Summers |
July 31, 2028 |
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Georg Schaur |
July 31, 2028 |
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| College of Communication and Information |
Jenny Crowley |
July 31, 2027 |
Moonhee Cho |
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Erin Whiteside |
July 31, 2027 |
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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Kai Shum |
July 31, 2028 |
Mari Beth Coleman |
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Dawn Coe |
July 31, 2028 |
Samara Akpovo |
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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 |
Jim Ostrowski |
July 31, 2028 |
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Andrew K. Dickerson |
July 31, 2028 |
Tayfun Ertop |
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Maik Lang |
July 31, 2028 |
Nick Brown |
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Kai Sun |
July 31, 2028 |
Hua “Kevin” Bai |
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Aly Fathy |
July 31, 2028 |
Haixuan Xu |
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Dan Wilson |
July 31, 2027 |
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Colleen Crouch |
July 31, 2028 |
Bryan Good |
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| Frank Winston College of Law |
Eliza Boles |
July 31, 2028 |
Rebecca Bryan Kite |
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Harold Heck |
July 31, 2028 |
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, 2028 |
Anne Conway |
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Rob Lucio |
July 31, 2028 |
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Dashawna Fussell-Ware |
July 31, 2028 |
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Phyllis Thompson |
July 31, 2028 |
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| Howard H. Baker Jr. School of Public Policy and Public Affairs |
Xuhong Su (Su Su) |
July 31, 2026 |
Zoe Webb |
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| Bredesen Center for Interdisciplinary Research and Graduate Education |
Todd Reynolds |
July 31, 2028 |
Scott Emrich |
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| Comparative and Experimental Medicine |
Madhu Dhar |
July 31, 2027 |
Michael Mahero |
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| College of Veterinary Medicine |
Chika Okafor |
July 31, 2027 |
Kim Newkirk |
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Brian Whitlock |
July 31, 2028 |
Zenithson Ng |
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| Graduate Student Senate |
Harkeet “Kittu” Pannu |
July 31, 2026 |
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Chasidy Harris |
July 31, 2026 |
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| Office of Research and Engagement |
Joshua Penney |
July 31, 2027 |
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Ex-Officio Members
Marieke Van Puymbroeck, 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, Frank Winston 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
Eric Lukosi, College of Emerging and Collaborative Studies
Gretchen Neisler, Director, Center for Global Engagement
, Research Council
Elyssa Gould, University Libraries
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