Graduate Council

Dr. Andrea Golato, Dean, The Graduate College, Chair
Dr. Taylor Acee, Associate Professor, Curriculum and Instruction (R)
Dr. Farhad Ameri, Professor, Engineering Technology (2019-2025) (R)
Dr. Lisa Baumgartner, Professor, Counseling, Leadership, Adult Education, and School Psychology (R)
Dr. Anthony Cross, Lecturer, Philosophy (2020-2023) (R)
Dr. Jose Carlos de la Puente, Professor, History (2018-2021) (R)
Dr. David Dietrich, Associate Professor, Sociology (2021-2024) (R)
Dr. Ravindranath Droopad, Professor, Ingram School of Engineering (2022-2024) (R)
Dr. Maria Gonzales, Professor, Communication Disorders (2022-2025) (R)
Dr. M. Clay Green, Professor, Biology (R)
Dr. Ronald Hagelman III, Professor, Geography and Environmental Studies (R)
Dr. Michel Haigh, Professor, Journalism and Mass Communication (2017-2023) (R)
Dr. Paul Hart, Professor, International Studies (2016-2025) (R)
Dr. Jan Hodges, Associate Professor, Health and Human Performance (2017-2023) (R)
Dr. Michael Ippolito, Associate Professor, Music (2021-2024) (R)
Dr. Paul Jantz, Associate Professor, Counseling, Leadership, Adult Education, and School Psychology (2020-2023) (R)
Dr. Chang Ji, Associate Professor, Chemistry and Biochemistry (2018-2024) (R)
Dr. Sean Kerwin, Professor, Materials Science, Engineering and Commercialization (R)
Dr. J. David Kilby, Professor, Anthropology (2019-2025) (R)
Dr. James Koschoreck, Associate Professor, Counseling, Leadership, Adult Education and School Psychology (R)
Ms. Alice Lee, Associate Professor, Art and Design (2020-2023) (R)
Dr. David Lemke, Professor, Biology (2006-2024) (R)
Dr. Matthew Logan, Associate Professor, Criminal Justice and Criminology (2022-2025) (R)
Dr. Kasey Martin, Associate Professor, Accounting (2017-2023) (R)
Dr. Ana Martinez, Assistant Professor, Theatre and Dance (2022-2024) (R)
Dr. Yoichi Miyahara, Assistant Professor, Physics (2022-2025) (R)
Dr. Anne Hee-Hiong Ngu, Professor, Computer Science (R)
Dr. Suzanna Okere, Clinical Associate Professor, Physical Therapy (R)
Dr. Greg Passty, Professor, Mathematics (2007-2022) (R)
Dr. Janet Payne, Professor, Finance and Economics (2020-2023) (R)
Dr. Wuxu Peng, Professor, Computer Science (2014-2023) (R)
Dr. J. Yuri Porras, Professor, World Languages and Literatures (2014-2023) (R)
Dr. Indu Ramachandran, Associate Professor, Management (2023-2025) (R)
Dr. Zo Ramamonjiarivelo, Associate Professor, Health Administration (2021-2024) (R)
Dr. Nandhini Rangarajan, Associate Professor, Political Science (2016-2022) (R)
Dr. Diego Vacaflores Rivero, Associate Professor, Finance and Economics (2021-2024) (R)
Dr. Chris Russian, Professor, Respiratory Care (2017-2023) (R)
Dr. Jaymeen Shah, Professor, Information Systems and Analytics (2019-2025) (R)
Dr. Shailen Singh, Assistant Professor, Organization, Workforce, and Leadership Studies (2018-2025) (R)
Dr. Kathy Smith, Assistant Professor, St. David's School of Nursing (2020-2023) (R)
Dr. Sharon Strickland, Professor, Mathematics (R)
Dr. Pratheesh Omana Sudhakaran, Assistant Professor, Agricultural Sciences (2021-2024) (R)
Dr. Nicole Taylor, Associate Professor, Anthropology (R)
Dr. Lindsay Timmerman, Associate Professor, Communication Studies (2019-2025) (R)
Dr. Raphael Travis, Professor, Social Work (2019-2025) (R)
Dr. Donna Vandiver, Professor, Criminal Justice and Criminology (R)
Dr. Susan Waite, Assistant Professor, Curriculum and Instruction (2018-2024) (R)
Dr. Tiankai Wang, Professor, Health Information Management (2015-2024) (R)
Dr. Katherine Warnell, Associate Professor, Psychology (2022-2025) (R)
Dr. Amy Weimer, Professor, Family and Consumer Sciences (2019-2025) (R)
Dr. Gail Zank, Professor, Marketing (2002-2023) (R)

The Graduate Council also has two master's students and one doctoral student serving on the committee. The appointments rotate on a semester-by-semester basis among programs.

Ex Officio

Dr. Gene Bourgeois, Provost and Vice President for Academic Affairs (T)
Dr. Kelly Damphousse, President, Texas State University (T)
Ms. Martha Fraire-Cuellar, University Registrar, University Registrar (T)
Ms. Cynthia Justice, Assistant Vice President, Student Affairs (T)

Function

Recommends Graduate College policies to the Dean of The Graduate College, who in turn administers the policies or submits recommendations to the Provost and Vice President for Academic Affairs and the President's Cabinet.  The Graduate Council also reviews standards for admissions, retention, and enrollment patterns, in concurrence with the Dean.  The Graduate Council also approves membership standards for graduate faculty.