Graduate Assembly Members

The 2024 - 2025 Graduate Assembly consists of 35 elected members, 6 student members, 20 ex-officio members and 14 executive committee representatives.

Elected Members (Faculty)

Amelia Acker, Information

Ashish Agarwal, Information, Risk and Operations Management

Anthony Brown, Curriculum and Instruction

Kate Catterall, Design

Erica Ciszek, Advertising and Public Relations

Fiona Conway, Social Work

North Cooc, Special Education

Maria Croyle, Pharmacy

Penelope Davies, Art & Art History

David DiCarlo, Petroleum Engineering

John Diegh, Law

Anthony Dudo, Advertising and Public Relations

Caroline Faria, Geography and the Environment

Michael Garrison, Architecture

María González-Howard, Curriculum and Instruction

Scott Graham, Rhetoric and Writing

Maria Gualdani, Mathematics

Lauren Gutterman, American Studies

Joe Hahn, Associate Dean for MBA Programs

Heather Houser, English

Sirkka Jarvenpaa, Information, Risk and Operations Management

Kerry Kinney, Civil Engineering

Heather Leidy, Nutritional Sciences

Naomi Lindstrom, Latin American Studies

John Luk, Dell Medical

Mia Markey, Biomedical Engineering

Paola Passalacqua, Civil Engineering

Francisco Polidoro, Management

Manuel Rausch, Aerospace Engineering

Ashanté Reese, African and African Diaspora Studies

Hyekyun Rhee, Nursing

Katherine Rittenhouse, Public Policy, Public Affairs

Tim Shanahan, Geological Sciences

David Taylor, Molecular Biosciences

Anita Vangelisti, Senior Associate Dean for Faculty Affairs and Graduate Education

Student Members

Alfonso Ayala III, Mexican American and Latina/O Studies

Ishita Chitturi, Information Studies

Maddie Del la Torre, Law

Maddie Lorenz, Law

Alex Neahusan, Law

Galina Peebles, MBA

GCN Representative

Katie Traughber Dahm, GCN Rep

Ex-Officio Member (Voting)

Stella Flores, Chair, Faculty Council, Curriculum and Instruction

Ex-Officio Member (Non-Voting)

Sarah Ades, Dean, The Graduate School

Roger T. Bonnecaze, Dean, Cockrell School of Engineering

Robert Chesney, Dean, School of Law

Allen Cole, Dean, Steve Hicks School of Social Work

JR DeShazo, Dean, LBJ School of Public Affairs

Justin Dyer, Dean, School of Civic Leadership

Jay Hartzell, President

Eun-Ok Im, Dean, School of Nursing

Claudia F. Lucchinetti, Dean, Dell Medical School

Charles Martinez, Jr., Dean, College of Education

Rachel Davis Mersey, Interim Executive Vice President & Provost

Lillian Mills, Dean, McCombs School of Business

Claudia Mora, Dean, Jackson School of Geosciences

Samuel M. Poloyac, Dean, College of Pharmacy

Soo Young Rieh, Interim Dean, School of Information

Ramón Rivera-Servera, Dean, College of Fine Arts

Ann Stevens, Dean, College of Liberal Arts

David Vanden Bout, Dean, College of Natural Sciences

Anita L Vangelisti, Interim Dean, Moody College of Communication

Heather Woofter, Dean, School of Architecture