Graduate Assembly Members

The 2025 - 2026 Graduate Assembly consists of 35 elected members, 6 student members, 20 ex-officio members and 14 executive committee representatives.

Elected Members (Faculty)

Ashish Agarwal, Information, Risk and Operations Management

Hal Alper, Chemical Engineering

Tim Andeen, Physics

Mary-Ellen Brown, Social Work

Kate Catterall, Design

Erica Ciszek, Advertising and Public Relations

Jonathan Cohn, Finance

North Cooc, Special Education

Stephanie Corliss, Dell

Maria Croyle, Pharmacy

Denise Davila, Curriculum and Instruction

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

Jacek Gwizdka, Information

Joe Hahn, Associate Dean for MBA Programs

Karen Johnson, Nursing

Kate Juschenko, Mathematics

Heather Leidy, Nutritional Sciences

Mia Markey, Biomedical Engineering

Ram Ranganathan, Management

Ashanté Reese, African and African Diaspora Studies

Navid Saleh, Civil, Arch. and Envir. Engineering

Tim Shanahan, Geological Sciences

David Taylor, Molecular Biosciences

Herschel Thomas, Public Affairs

Stathis Tompaidis, Finance

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

Jamie Warner, Mechanical Engineering

Student Members (Voting)

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 (Non-Voting)

Tracy Demchuk, GCN Rep

Ex-Officio Member (Voting)

Edward Castillo, Chair, Faculty Council, Biomedical Engineering

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, School of Social Work

James E. Davis, Interim President

JR DeShazo, Dean, LBJ School of Public Affairs

Justin Dyer, Dean, School of Civic Leadership

Eun-Ok Im, Dean, School of Nursing

William Inboden, Executive Vice President and Provost

Claudia F. Lucchinetti, Dean, Dell Medical School

Charles Martinez, Jr., Dean, College of Education

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

David Sosa, Interim 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