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School of Arts & Sciences - Graduate Studies

Arts and Sciences Graduate Council AY 08-09

The Arts and Sciences Graduate Council advises the associate dean for graduate studies and research on matters of concern for Arts and Sciences graduate students such as placement opportunities, health insurance, time-to-degree, and graduate student support. Policy concerns include approval of curriculum and instructional programs, admissions, degree requirements, and other academic matters. Every year the committee reviews TA training, supervision, and evaluation in two departments. Six faculty members and five graduate students sit on this committee. Meeting minutes are published in the A&S Gazette as they are approved.

Minutes AY 2008-09, from the A&S Gazette (PDF):

Membership AY 2008–09:

Nicole Constable, Associate Dean for Graduate Studies and Research
Stephen Carr, Assistant Dean for Graduate Studies and Research
Runette Brown, Support Staff
Faculty Members:
Andreas Blume, Department of Economics
Lucy Fischer, Film Studies Program/Department of English
Susan Kalisz, Department of Biological Sciences
Paula Kane, Religious Studies
Scott Morgenstern, Department of Political Science
Linda Rinaman, Department of Neuroscience
Graduate Student Members:
Julien Comte, Department of History
Kristen Flanagan, Department of Political Science
Carleton Gholz, Department of Communication
Marguerite Matthews, Department of Neuroscience
Michael Tamir, Department of Philosophy