Graduate Studies Council Members

MEMBERSHIP: The composition of the council can be found in the Faculty Senate Bylaws, Article VI: Councils, Sec. 1

The GSC requires 8 out of 15 voting members to be in attendance to establish quorum, as long as there are no Vacant seats, any Vacant seat(s) should be removed from the voting member total so that one more than half of the new total is needed for quorum. (*indicates a non-voting member)

Council officers

Marcellis Zondag, Chair

Jennifer Fiore, Vice Chair

Dianna Sachs, Secretary

Ex Officio member

Paul Pancella
Faculty Senate Executive Board

Permanent members

Christine Byrd-Jacobs
Dean, Graduate College

Carrie Cumming
Registrar

Lisa DeChano-Cook
Curriculum Manager

Elected members

Upul Attanayake (2025)
Engineering and Applied Sciences

Jennifer Fiore (2024)
Fine Arts

Lori Gray (2026)
Health and Human Services

Regina Garza Mitchell (2025)
Education and Human Development

Chansheng He (2026)
Arts and Sciences (Sciences and Mathematics)

Cindy Linn (2025)
Arts and Sciences (Sciences and Mathematics)

Dianna Sachs (2025)
Unaffiliated Unit (University Libraries)

Tova Sanders (spring 2024 substitute for Louann Bierlein Palmer) (2026)
Representative-At-Large (Education and Human Development)

Marcellis Zondag (2024)
Business

Vacant (2024)
Arts and Sciences (Humanities or Social Sciences)

Student members

Leslie Solares
Graduate student

Kristen Hodge
Graduate student