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Message from the Graduate Program Director

I am responsible for helping the PhD students fulfill their degree requirements, and navigate the bureaucratic, and other, hurdles to completing the program. If you have questions about the mechanics of the program, I am the person with the answers. I can also dispense advice, or steer you to the right resource, should you have problems of any sort that affect your career in the program.

On this page you will find links to useful resources for graduate students. Most important among those are the graduate handbook, which spells out in detail the requirements and regulations that govern the graduate program. If you're a prospective student, this handbook will give you a sense of how our graduate program works: its extensive mentoring system, its requirements and its pace. If you're a new student, you should download the handbook and read through it to familiarize yourself with its requirements. If you're an advanced student, the handbook can help you deal with forming a dissertation committee and completing the necessary paperwork to advance to candidacy on schedule.

Should you want to see me, drop in during my office hours or .

Kyle Johnson