Graduate Council & Committee Members

Graduate Council

College of Agricultural & Environmental Sciences

• Kristen Navara (2024)
• George Vellidis (2025)
• Jeff Mullen (2026)

Franklin College of Arts & Sciences

• John Bray (2025)
• Kelly Dyer (2026)
• Don Nelson (2025)
• Scott Nelson (2025)
• Phil Stancil (2026)

Terry College of Business

• Sundar Bharadwaj (2024)
• Jim Conklin (2026)

Odum School of Ecology

• Craig Osenberg (2026)

Mary Frances Early College of Education

• AnnaMarie Conner (2025)
• Ruth Harman (2024)
• Jill Manners (2025)

College of Engineering

• Mark Eiteman (2025)

College of Environment & Design

• Alison Smith (2026)

College of Family & Consumer Sciences

• Yoo-Kyoung Seock (2025)

Warnell School of Forestry & Natural Resources

• Jacek Siry (2024)

McBee Institute of Higher Education

• Erik Ness, Higher Education (2025)

College of Journalism & Mass Communication

• Bart Wojdynski (2026)

College of Pharmacy

• Cory Momany (2026)

School of Public & International Affairs

• Edward Kellough (2024)

College of Public Health

• Kerstin Emerson (2026)

School of Social Work

• Vivian Burrell (2024)
• Jennifer Elkins (2024)

College of Veterinary Medicine

• Sheba Mohankumar (2026)
• David Peterson (2024)

GSA Representatives

• Abigail Grimes, GSA President
• TBD Member
• TBD Member

Administrative Committee – VP/Dean Ron Walcott, ex officio

• “Rotating”, Chair
• Kristen Navara — Poultry Science — CAES (2024)
• Don Nelson — Anthropology – A&S (2025)
• Yoo-Kyoung Seock — Textiles, Merchandising, & Interiors– FACS (2025)

Appeals Committee – Associate Dean Anne Shaffer, ex officio

• Don Nelson, Chair
• John Bray — Theatre & Film Studies – A&S (2025)
• Mark Eiteman — Chemical, Materials, & Biomed Engineering – ENG (2025)
• Jennifer Elkins — Social Work – SSW (2024)
• Kerstin Emerson — Gerontology, Health Policy & Management — CPH (2026)
• Ruth Harman — Language & Literacy Education — MFCOE (2024)
• Edward Kellough – Public Administration & Policy – SPIA (2024)
• Don Nelson — Anthropology – A&S (2025)
• David Peterson — Infectious Diseases– CVM (2024)
• Alison Smith — Environment and Design– CED  (2026)
• TBD — Graduate Student Association (2024)

Policy & Planning Committee – VP/Dean Ron Walcott, ex officio

• Yoo-Kyoung Seock, Chair
• Sundar Bharadwaj — Marketing – Terry (2024)
• AnnaMarie Conner — Math, Science, and Social Studies Ed – MFCOE (2025)
• Kelly Dyer— Genetics – A&S (2026)
• Sheba Mohankumar — Biomedical Sciences – CVM (2026)
• Jeff Mullen — Agriculture and Applied Economics – CAES (2026)
• Erik Ness — Institute of Higher Education (2025)
• Yoo-Kyoung Seock — Textiles, Merchandising, & Interiors – FACS (2025)
• Jacek Siry — Forestry & Natural Resources – Warnell (2024)
• Bart Wojdynski — Journalism – Grady (2026)
• Abigail Grimes — Graduate Student Association — President (2024)

Program Committee – Associate Dean Anne Shaffer, ex officio

• Kristen Navara, Chair
• Vivian Burrell – Social Work – SSW (2024)
• Jim Conklin — Insurance, Legal Studies, and Real Estate – Terry (2026)
• Jill Manners — Kinesiology – MFCOE (2025)
• Cory Momany — Pharmaceutical and Biomed Sciences – Pharmacy (2026)
• Kristin Navara — Poultry Science – CAES (2024)
• Scott Nelson — History – A&S (2025)
• Craig Osenberg — Ecology – Ecology (2026)
• Phil Stancil — Physics & Astronomy – A&S (2026)
• George Vellidis — Crop & Soil Sciences — CAES (2025)
• TBD — Graduate Student Association (2024)