Graduate Faculty

Applications, Meetings and Policies

Graduate faculty policies

Application information

The Graduate Council meets at 1:15 p.m. on the third Wednesday of the month in September, October, November, January, February, and April. There are no meetings in December or March. A meeting may be held in early May or during the summer only if needed.

Application deadlines for new membership are indicated below.

Meeting dates and locations

Denton Campus: BHL 101
Houston Campus: IHSH 5305
Dallas Campus: IHSD 8720

September 19, 2018 – no new applications considered
October 17, 2018 – applications due September 21, 2018
November 14, 2018 – applications due October 19, 2018
December – no meeting
January 16, 2019 – applications due November 16, 2018
February 20, 2019 – applications due January 18, 2019
March 20, 2019 – applications due February 22, 2019
April 17, 2019 – applications due March 22, 2019
May – no meeting

Please note that the graduate faculty information listed below by department is currently in the process of being updated. If you have any questions please contact Danita Cantu.

Biology

Spencer, Juliet | Chair Ex-Officio
Ahmed, Shazia | Assistant | 8-31-2021
Averitt, Dayna | Full | 8-31-2024
Bergel, Michael | Biology | 8-31-2021
Biggers, Mandy | Temporary | 8-31-2019
Brower, Christopher | Full | 8-31-2024
Conrad-Webb, Heather | Full | 8-31-2023
Grigsby, Susan | Temporary | 8-31-2020
Gumienny, Tina | Full | 8-31-2025
Hammett, Amy Jo | Assistant | 8-31-2021
Hanson, Laura | Full | 8-31-2026
Hynds, DiAnna | Full | 8-31-2021
Maier, Camelia | Full | 8-31-2026
Mills, Nathaniel | Full | 8-31-2020
Pislariu, Catalina | Full | 8-31-2025
Westmoreland, Sandra | Full | 8-31-2021

Chemistry & Biochemistry

Sheardy, Richard | Chair Ex-Officio
Britt, Mark | Full | 8-31-2019
Mirsaleh-Kohan, Nasrin | Full | 8-31-2021
Omary, Manal | Full | 8-31-2021

College of Business

Dallas

Driscoll, Patricia | Full | 8-31-2021
Maurer, Robert | Temporary | 8-31-2021
Wylie, Mary | Temporary | 8-31-2021

Denton

Young, Margaret | Ex-Officio
Baker, Pamela | Full | 8-31-2021
Barua, Maria | Associate | 8-31-2021
Boonme, Kittipong | Associate | 8-31-2023
Brown, Lee Warren | Assistant | 8-31-2020
Collins, Heidi | Temporary | 8-31-2021
Crews, Derek | Full | 8-31-2024
Flanagan, Jennifer | Temporary | 8-31-2020
Harris, Christopher | Associate | 8-31-2021
Irving, Lynn | Temporary | 8-31-2020
Lambert, Jason | Full | 8-31-2024
Li, Zhen | Full | 8-31-2025
Morgan, Eugina | Temporary | 8-31-2021
Nugent, John | Full | 8-31-2021
Pan, David | Full | 8-31-2024
Pomelnikov, Alexey | Associate | 8-31-2024
Radighieri, Jeff | Associate | 8-31-2021
Raisinghani, Michael | Full | 8-31-2020
Raman, Pushkala | Full | 8-31-2020
Russ, Molly | Associate | 8-31-2019
Rylander, David | Full | 8-31-2021
Skibo, James E | Temporary | 8-31-2021
Tengesdal, Mark | Associate | 8-31-2019
Webb, Kerry | Full | 8-31-2021
Werema, Gilbert | Full | 8-31-2025
Zou, Lin | Associate | 8-31-2021

Houston

Carfango, Louis F | Temporary | 8-31-2020
Goodman, Gerald | Full | 8-31-2022
Horn, Dewaynna | Associate | 8-31-2025
Le, Emily | Temporary | 8-31-2021
Malmberg, Eric | Temporary | 8-31-2021
Murdock, Sandra | Full | 8-31-2022
Phelps, Mark | Assistant | 8-31-2021

Communication Sciences

Armstrong, Erika | Chair Ex-Officio
Abellera, Robin | Assistant | 8-31-2019
Allman, Tamby | Full | 8-31-2025
Bharadwaj, Sneha | Full | 8-31-2023
Bolinger, Christopher | Associate | 8-31-2024
Brockett, Alison | Temporary | 8-31-2020
Carrasco Lynch, Catherine | Assistant | 8-31-2020
Chance, Paula | Assistant | 8-31-2019
Fletcher, Catherine | Temporary | 8-31-2020
Gill, Cynthia | Full | 8-31-2021
Green, Laura | Full | 8-31-2023
Levitt, June | Full | 8-31-2021
McCrary, Amy | Temporary | 8-31-2021
Mehta, Jyutika | Full | 8-31-2019
Moorer-Cook, Laura | Associate| 8-31-2019
OleaSantos, Tricia | Temporary | 8-31-2020
Smith, Chad | Full | 8-31-2020
Stockholm, Melissa | Assistant | 8-31-2018
Wainscott, Sarah | Associate | 8-31-2018
Walker-Batson, Delaina | Full | 8-31-2020
Woods, Alisa | Associate | 8-31-2024

Dance

Rosemary Candelario; Full Membership; 8-31-20
Jordan Fuchs; Full Membership; 8-31-21
Matthew Henley; Full Membership; 8-31-22
Ilana Morgan; Full Membership; 8-31-25
Mary Williford-Shade; Chair Ex-officio

Dental Hygiene

Charlene Dickenson; Associate; 8-31-24
Leslie Koberna; Associate; 8-31-24
Lizabeth Spoonts; Associate; 8-31-24

English, Speech & Foreign Languages

Ashley Bender; Full; 8-31-22
Phyllis Bridges; Full; 8-31-20
Matthew Brown; Full; 8-31-22
Gretchen Busl; Full; 8-31-21
Vivian Casper; Full; 8-31-20
Brian Fehler Full; 8-31-21
Russell Greer; Full; 8-31-20
Dundee Lackey; Full; 8-31-21
Alfred Litton; Ex-Officio
Graham Scott; Full; 8-31-21
Stephen Souris; Full; 8-31-20
Lou Thompson; Full; 8-31-20
Genevieve West; Chair Ex-officio

Family Sciences

Joyce Armstrong; Full; 8-21-21
Linda Brock; Full; 8-31-24
Melissa Brown; Full; 8-31-24
Rhonda Buckley; Full; 8-31-23
Nerissa Gillum; Full; 8-31-25
Lisa Grubbs; Full; 8-31-24
Lisa Huffman, Ex-officio
Ryan Holliman; Full; 8-31-21
Erron Huey; Associate; 8-31-20
Shann-Hwa Hwang; Full; 8-31-21
Ruth Johnson; Ex-officio
Veronica Kuhn; Full; 8-31-23
Linda Ladd; Full; 8-31-21
Peggy Lisenbee; Associate; 8-31-25
Jennifer Martin; Ex-officio
Elizabeth McCarroll; Full; 8-31-20
Holly Moore; Associate; 8-31-21
Lin Moore; Full; 8-31-22
Joel Muro; Full; 8-31-21
Lilia Muro; Full; 8-31-23
Aaron Norton; Full; 8-31-22
Katherine Rose; Full; 8-31-21
Brigitte Vittrup; Full; 8-31-23

Health Studies

Ann Amuta; Temporary; 8-31-19
Luis Espinoza; Associate; 8-31-24
Mandy Golman; Full; 8-31-21
Risa Handman-Nettles; Assistant; 8-31-20
Marilyn Massey-Stokes; Full; 8-31-21
Mindy Menn; Associate; 8-31-21
Kristin Wiginton; Full; 8-31-23

History & Political Science

Valentine Belfiglio; Full; 8-31-20
Jacob Blosser, Full; 8-31-23
Sara Fanning; Full; 8-31-23
Parker Hevron; Full; 8-31-21
Lybeth Hodges; Associate; 8-31-20
Timothy Hoye; Full; 8-31-20
Katherine Landdeck; Full; 8-31-21
Jonathan Olsen; Chair Ex-officio
Paul Travis; Full; 8-31-20

Kinesiology

Kevin Becker; Full; 8-31-24
Victor Ben-Ezra; Full; 8-31-20
Kyle Biggerstaff; Full; 8-31-21
Ronald Davis; Full; 8-31-21
Suzanna Dillon; Full; 8-31-24
Anthony Duplanty; Associate; 8-31-25
Ron French; Full; 8-31-20
George King; Ex-officio
Young-Hoo Kwon; Full; 8-31-21
Sangkwon Lee; Temporary; 8-31-19
Mark Mann; Full; 8-31-24
Kim Miloch; Ex-officio
David Nichols; Full; 8-31-21
Manuela Picariello; Associate; 8-31-25
Christopher Ray; Ex-officio
Rhett (Brandon) Rigby; Full; 8-31-24
Terry Senne; Ex-Officio
Lisa Silliman-French; Full; 8-31-20
Gwendolyn Weatherford; Full; 8-31-24

Library & Information Studies

Lynn Akin; Full; 8-31-19
Evelyn Curry; Associate; 8-31-19
Aaron Elkins; Associate; 8-31-21
Gretchen Hoffman; Full; 8-31-19
Ling Hwey Jeng; Director; Ex-officio
Kathryn Masten; Assistant; 8-31-20
Jennifer Moore; Full; 8-31-23
Carol Perryman; Full; 8-31-23
William Senn; Associate; 8-31-24
Sylvia Vardell; Full; 8-31-21

Mathematics & Computer Science

Catherine Banks; Associate; 8-31-21
Marie-Anne Demuynck; Associate; 8-31-19
Don Edwards; Chair; Ex-officio
Brandi Falley; Associate; 8-31-20
Ellina Grigorieva; Full; 8-31-21
Mark Hamner; Ex-officio
Winifred Mallam; Full; 8-31-19
Junalyn Navarra-Madsen; Full; 8-31-21
Ann Wheeler; Full; 8-31-20
Jian Zhang; Full; 8-31-24

Multicultural Women’s & Gender Studies

Agatha Beins; Full Membership; 8-31-19
AnaLouise Keating; Full Membership; 8-31-21
Mark Kessler; Full Membership; 8-31-23
Danielle Phillips; Full Membership; 8-31-19
Claire Sahlin; Ex-officio

Music & Theatre

Vicki Baker; Full; 8-31-21
Carter Biggers; Associate; 8-31-24
Patrick Bynane; Full; 8-31-20
Christopher Madden; Associate; 8-31-24
Paul Thomas; Associate; 8-31-24
Danielle Woolery; Associate; 8-31-20
Pamela Youngblood; Chair Ex-officio
Michael Zanders; Associate; 8-31-20

Nursing

Annie Abraham; Assistant; 8-31-19
Carol Arnold; Associate; 8-31-21
Constance Ayers; Full; 8-31-23
Catherine Bailey; Full; 8-31-20
Brenda Binder; Full; 8-31-21
Anlee Birch-Evans; Associate; 8-31-20
Pinky Budhrani-Shani; Associate; 8-31-24
Sandra Cesario; Full; 8-31-21
Susan Chaney; Full; 8-31-21
Damon Cottrell, Ex-officio
Paula Clutter; Associate; 8-31-21
Sharon Denham; Full; 8-31-21
Joan Edwards; Associate; 8-31-20
Joyce Ennis; Associate; 8-31-23
Karen Esquibel; Associate; 8-31-19
Niki Fogg; Assistant; 8-31-20
Janet Foster; Full; 8-31-20
Nina Fredland; Full; 8-31-21
Wyona Freysteinson; Full; 8-31-20
John Gonzalez; Associate; 8-31-23
Barbara Gray; Full; 8-31-20
Pamela Greene; Associate; 8-31-19
Patti Hamilton; Full; 8-31-20
Trong-Vi Ho; Associate; 8-31-23
Cathy Hueske; Associate; 8-31-21
Anita Hufft; Dean Ex-officio
Becky Keele; Full; 8-31-23
Dorothy Kite-Powell; Associate; 8-31-19
Anne Koci; Full; 8-31-21
Rebecca Krepper; Full; 8-31-21
Peggy Landrum; Full; 8-31-20
Eve Layman; Associate; 8-31-19
Mikyoung Lee; Full; 8-31-21
Fuqin Liu; Full; 8-31-20
Ann Malecha; Full; 8-31-22
Peggy Mancuso; Ex-officio
Judith McFarlane; Full; 8-31-20
Susan Mellott; Full; 8-31-23
Margarita Menendez-Bobseine; Assistant; 8-31-20
Michael Mistric; Full; 8-31-21
Ainslie Nibert; Ex-officio
Rachelle Nurse; Associate; 8-31-19
Karen Pancheri; Full; 8-31-21
Jo-Ann Stankus; Associate; 8-31-24
Travis Poe; Associate; 8-31-19
Elizabeth Restrepo; Full; 8-31-24
Sheila Richey; Full; 8-31-21
Sharon Sell; Full; 8-31-21
Susan Sheriff; Full; 8-31-20
Becky Spencer; Full; 8-31-21
Jo Ann Stankus; Associate; 8-31-24
Lene Symes; Full; 8-31-20
Donna Scott-Tilley, Ex-officio
Sharon Van Sell; Full; 8-31-21
Anne Young; Full; 8-31-20
Vicki Zeigler; Full; 8-31-21

Nutrition & Food Sciences

Kenneth Broughton; Chair Ex-officio
Rose Bush; Assistant; 8-31-21
Kathleen Davis; Full; 8-31-23
Nancy DiMarco; Full; 8-31-20
Xiaofen Du; Full; 8-31-24
Helen Everts; Full; 8-31-23
Shanil Juma; Full; 8-31-21
Monique LeMieux; Associate; 8-31-21
Mindy Maziarz; Full; 8-31-21
Carolyn Moore; Full; 8-31-23
Martha Rew; Assistant; 8-31-19
Rene Scott; Associate; 8-31-21
Parakat Vijayagopal; Full; 8-31-21
Cynthia Warren; Full; 8-31-20

Occupational Therapy

Husny Amerih; Full; 8-31-20
Frances Baxter; Full; 8-31-23
O. Jayne Bowman; Full; 8-31-20
Patricia Bowyer; Full; 8-31-23
Diane Brown; Associate; 8-31-19
Jennifer Cable; Temporary; 8-31-20
Cynthia Evetts; Chair Ex-officio
Claudette Fette; Associate; 8-31-20
Tina Fletcher; Full; 8-31-20
Gayle Hersch; Full; 8-31-19
Shannon Levandowski; Associate; 8-31-24
Alicia Lohmann; Assistant; 8-31-20
Vicki Mason; Associate; 8-31-24
Marsha Neville-Smith; Full; 8-31-21
Morris Owens; Temporary; 8-31-19
Noralyn Pickens; Full; 8-31-21
Gail Poskey; Full; 8-31-24
Angela Shierk; Assistant; 8-31-20
Rachel Sieber; Temporary; 8-31-20
Christina Sinskichott; Temporary; 8-31-20
William Sit; Associate; 8-31-21
Theresa Smith; Full; 8-31-24
Karla Sternberg; Temporary; 8-31-19
Asha Vas; Associate; 8-31-22
Monica Watford; Associate; 8-31-24

Physical Therapy

Dale Anderle; Assistant; 8-31-21
William Bartlett; Full; 8-31-20
Jennifer Bogardus; Assistant; 8-31-20
Wayne Brewer; Full; 8-31-23
Kelli Brizzolara; Full; 8-31-21
Linda Csiza; Full; 8-31-23
Carolyn Da Silva; Full; 8-31-21
Jennifer Ellison; Full; 8-31-24
Peggy Gleeson; Full; 8-31-23
Hui-Ting Goh; Full; 8-31-23
Suh-Jen Lin; Full; 8-31-19
Ann Medley; Chair Ex-officio
Katy Mitchell; Full; 8-31-20
Anne ODonnell; Associate; 8-31-20
Alexis Ortiz; Full; 8-31-20
Rupal Patel; Associate; 8-31-24
Toni Roddey; Full; 8-31-23
Charter Rushing; Temporary; 8-31-19
Martin Rosario-Canales; Associate; 8-31-24
Kathleen Shirley; Assistant; 8-31-20
Catherine Lauren Szot; Assistant; 8-31-21
Chad Swank; Full; 8-31-21
Mary Thompson; Full; 8-31-23
Elaine Trudelle-Jackson; Full; 8-31-21
Shih-Chiao Tseng; Full; 8-31-20
Mark Weber; Assistant; 8-31-24

Psychology & Philosophy

Scott, Shannon | Chair Ex-Officio
Asbury, Edward | Full | 8-31-2026
DeOrnellas, Kathy | Full | 8-31-2026
Harris, Danica | Associate | 8-31-2021
Harding, Brian | Associate | 8-31-2025
Hart, Christian | Full | 8-31-2021
Hasan, Nadia | Associate | 8-31-2021
Johnson, Wendi | Full | 8-31-2023
Kim, Samuel | Full | 8-31-2025
Maricle, Denise | Full | 8-31-2020
Mollen, Debra | Full | 8-31-2019
Na, Elisa | Full | 8-31-2025
Palomares, Ronald | Full | 8-31-2025
Porras, Claudia | Full | 8-31-2023
Rosen, Lisa | Full | 8-31-2025
Rubin, Linda | Full | 8-31-2025
Smith, Gabrielle | Associate | 8-31-2025
Stabb, Sally | Full | 8-31-2020
Terrizzi, Jr., John A. | Full | 8-31-2025

Reading

Nancy Anderson; Full; 8-31-20
Connie Briggs; Chair Ex-officio
Amy Burke; Full; 8-31-20
Claudia Haag; Full; 8-31-19
Elizabeth Kaye; Full; 8-31-23
Anne Simpson; Full; 8-31-19
Patricia Watson; Full; 8-31-20

Sociology & Social Work

Paul Bones; Associate; 8-31-24
Jessica Gullion; Full; 8-31-19
Carolyn Kapinus; Ex-officio
Celia Lo, Chair; Full; 8-31-21
Nila Ricks; Ex-officio
Mahmoud Sadri; Full; 8-31-20
Abigail Tilton; Ex-officio
James Williams; Full; 8-31-21
Philip Yang; Full; 8-31-20

Teacher Education

Gina Anderson; Ex-officio
Melinda Cowart; Full; 8-31-20
Karen Dunlap; Full; 8-31-21
Minkowan Goo; Full; 8-31-24
Holly Hansen-Thomas; Ex-officio
Amanda Hurlbut; Associate; 8-31-23
Barbara Lerner; Ex-officio
Peggy Malone; Full; 8-31-23
Diane Myers; Chair Ex-officio
Jane Pemberton; Full; 8-31-19
Denise Potter; Temporary; 8-31-19
Claudia Sanchez; Full; 8-31-23
Laura Trujillo-Jenks; Full; 8-31-20
Jerry Whitworth; Full; 8-31-20

Visual Arts

Deedra Baker; Temporary; 8-31-19
John Calabrese; Full; 8-31-20
Allison Gillies; Temporary; 8-31-19
Susan Grant; Full; 8-31-20
Diane Gregory; Full; 8-31-20
Julie Libersat; Full; 8-31-25
Colby Parsons; Full; 8-31-21
Jana Perez; Full; 8-31-21
Vagner Whitehead; Chair Ex-officio

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