The Senate

Welcome to the Senate homepage! Each graduate department has senate representation to advocate on their respective students' behalf. 

Check out the resources relating to the Senate, find your department senator, or meet our legislative branch leaders.

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The Graduate Student Senate
Senate meeting dates; Feb. 7th, Feb. 21st, March 7th, April 4th, April 18th, May 2nd

Senate Meeting Schedule

All graduate students are invited to attend the meetings of the Graduate Student Senate to express their wants and needs and to hear from their representatives.

All senate meetings in the Spring of 2025 will take place in the Campus Center room 904-08. Each week on the Wednesday before, a zoom webinar link will be shared for students who are interested in attending virtually.

Previous Meeting Minutes
Department Senators

Find your department representative

School/College

Department

Email Address

Name
CICS Computer Science mgohil@umass.edu Maitri Gohil
CICS Computer Science agerasashank@umass.edu Apporva Gerasa Shankarappa Gowda
CICS Computer Science ahrthisuresh@umass.edu Ahrthi Suresh
CNS Chemistry nmassenat@umass.edu Neumiah Massenat
CNS Environmental Conservation nmirzaie@umass.edu Nargis Mirzaie
CNS Food Science aoadeyanju@umass.edu Adenike Adeyanju
CNS Organismic and Evolutionary Biology ekusi@umass.edu Emelia Obodum Kusi
CNS Physics ipliskin@umass.edu Isaac Pliskin
EDUC Education Policy, Research and Administration fainoo@umass.edu Festus Cobena Ainoo
EDUC Student Development sirshamondal@umass.edu Sirsha Mondal
EDUC Teacher Education and Curriculum Studies jihammond@umass.edu Associate Speaker Julie Hammond
HFA Languages, Literatures & Culture nince@umass.edu Nagihan Ince
HFA Linguistics sphadnis@umass.edu Shaunak Phadnis
HFA Music manglin@umass.edu Miles Anglin
ISOM School of Management supriyasharm@umass.edu Supriya Sharma
NUR Nursing eadawudu@umass.edu Emefa Awo Adawudu
PHHS Biostatistics & Epidemiology utejanjalloh@umass.edu Kultumie Tejan - Jalloh
PHHS Health Promotion and Policy rappiahkubi@umass.edu Ruth Appiah Kubi
PHHS Public Health ksgandhi@umass.edu Krishna Gandhi
ENG Biomedical Engineering mcaggioni@umass.edu Michele Caggioni
ENG Civil and Environmental Engineering Gmesole@umass.edu Gabriel Mesole
ENG Electrical and Computer Engineering mdhelia@umass.edu Manav Dhelia
ENG Mechanical and Industrial Engineering aevansjanes@umass.edu Aaron Evans-Janes
ENG Mechanical and Industrial Engineering ujjawalgupta@umass.edu Ujjawal Gupta
SBS Communication ifilani@umass.edu Ibukun Filani
SBS Economics athim@umass.edu Alexander Thim
SBS Data Analytics and Computational Social Science apabal@umass.edu Aditi Dilip Pabal
SBS Political Science obello@umass.edu Omogbolahan Bello
SBS School of Public Policy Erodonnell@umass.edu Elizabeth O' Donnell
SBS Sociology feihan@umass.edu Speaker Fei Han