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

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
  • Hynds, DiAnna | Full | 8-31-2021
  • 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 O’Donnell; 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 | Associate | 8-31-2022
  • DeOrnellas, Kathy | Full | 8-31-2019
  • 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, John | 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
  • Mandy Biggers; Temporary; 8-31-19
  • Melinda Cowart; Full; 8-31-20
  • Rita Deyoe-Chiullan; Temporary; 8-31-19
  • Karen Dunlap; Full; 8-31-21
  • Minkowan Goo; Full; 8-31-24
  • Holly Hansen-Thomas; Ex-officio
  • Amanda Hurlbut; Associate; 8-31-23
  • Daniel Krutka; Full; 8-31-21
  • Kathleen Kyzar; Full; 8-31-21
  • Barbara Lerner; Ex-officio
  • Peggy Malone; Full; 8-31-23
  • Syrinithnia Mann; Temporary; 8-31-19
  • Leona McDade; Temporary; 8-31-19
  • Diane Myers; Chair Ex-officio
  • Jane Pemberton; Full; 8-31-19
  • Denise Potter; Temporary; 8-31-19
  • Claudia Sanchez; Full; 8-31-23
  • Patricia Y. Sosa-Sanchez; Assistant; 8-31-21
  • Mary Amanda Stewart; Full; 8-31-21
  • 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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