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Graduate Council Committees

Committee on Graduate Research

Membership

It shall consist of at least seven elected faculty members and one graduate student member of Graduate Council. The Associate Vice President for Research, and the Dean and Senior Associate Dean of the Graduate School shall be ex officio members of this Committee.

Duties

This committee meets jointly with the University Faculty Senate Committee on Research, Scholarship, and Creative Activity. It may also meet separately as needed. It shall be responsible for and is authorized to select Subcommittees as needed for the following activities:

  1. Advise the Graduate Council on policies and procedures that affect graduate research.
  2. Foster graduate research at The Pennsylvania State University by aiding the Graduate Council in recognizing and rewarding outstanding graduate research performed by faculty and students of The Pennsylvania State University.
  3. Support efforts, at all University levels, to enhance the funding of graduate research.
  4. Support efforts to attract and retain excellent graduate students.
  5. Inform and advise the Graduate Council on issues and opportunities associated with industrial-academic-related research areas, particularly as they affect graduate research and graduate study.
  6. Recommend to the Graduate Council appropriate policies or actions on emerging political, budgetary, and academic issues related to graduate research.

2023-2024 Membership

  • Hans Baumgartner, Smeal Professor of Marketing (Smeal College of Business)
  • Elizabeth Boyer, Professor of Water Resources (College of Agricultural Sciences)
  • E. Christopher Byrne, Teaching Professor (Eberly College of Science)
  • Mahmudul Hasan, Graduate Student (Graduate and Professional Student Association)
  • Joshua Inwood, Professor of Geography and African American Studies (College of Earth and Mineral Sciences)
  • Nicolai Volland, Associate Professor of Asian Studies and Comparative Literature (College of the Liberal Arts)
  • Ming Xiao, Professor of Civil Engineering (College of Engineering) - Chair
  • Jessica Yingst, Assistant Professor of Public Health Sciences (College of Medicine)
  • Jan Reimann, Chair of Graduate Council, Ex Officio
  • Douglas Wolfe, Associate Vice President for Research and Director of Strategic Initiatives, Ex Officio
  • Levon Esters, Vice Provost for Graduate Education and Dean of the Graduate School, Ex Officio
  • Michael Verderame, Senior Associate Dean of the Graduate School, Ex Officio
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