About

The Graduate Council at UMass Amherst provides advice to the Dean of the Graduate School on all matters relating to the administration of the Graduate Program on the campus.


For a complete description of the council’s charge and membership parameters, please view the Graduate Council section in the Bylaws and Constitution of the UMass Amherst Faculty Senate.

Chair

Senator

Speech, Language, and Hearing Sciences

Jill Hoover
Jill Hoover
Membership

Faculty Members

Audiology Clinic Educator and Lecturer in Speech, Language, and Hearing Sciences

Emily Bambacus
Emily Bambacus

Senator
Communication

 

Dori
Dori

German and Scandinavian Studies

Ela Gezen
Ela Gezen

Operations & Information Management

hess
hess

Senator

Film Studies

Mariana
Mariana

Psychological and Brain Sciences

jesse
jesse

College of Information & Computer Sciences 

McGregor
McGregor

Senator

Department of Mechanical and Industrial Engineering 

Stephen Nonneman
Stephen Nonneman

Senator

**Sabbatical AY 25-26**
Landscape Architecture & Regional Planning

 

Ramsey-Musolf
Ramsey-Musolf

Comparative Literature

tachtiris
tachtiris

Ex-officio Members

Associate Dean for Graduate Education, College of Humanities and Fine Arts

Lisa Green
Lisa Green

Secretary of the Faculty Senate

paik
paik

Vice Chancellor for Student Affairs and Campus Life

Shelly Perdomo-Ahmed
Shelly Perdomo-Ahmed

Dir Five Colleges/Designee

Sarah Pfatteicher
Sarah Pfatteicher

Provost's Designee

Sarah Poissant
Sarah Poissant

Dean of the Graduate School

Katherine Reeves
Katherine Reeves

Associate Vice Chancellor for Research and Engagement 

Laura Vandenberg
Laura Vandenberg

Associate Dean of Faculty Affairs and Graduate Studies

Paige Warren
Paige Warren

Assoc Registrar Grad School/Designee

Kate Woodmansee
Kate Woodmansee
Chair Int'l Studies Council/Designee
kalpen
kalpen

Ex-officio Students

President - Graduate Student Government 

John Arigbede
John Arigbede

GSS Appointment

University Writing Committee

Graduate Council

Omogbolahan Bello
Omogbolahan Bello

GSS Appointee

Fei Han
Fei Han

GSG Representative 

Gaurav Mitra
Gaurav Mitra

Graduate Student

John Raisbeck
John Raisbeck

GSG Vice President

Dhruv Tiwari
Dhruv Tiwari

Vacancies

Vacant Ex-officio Position
VACANT 2

(Special conditions may apply in filling this role. Please contact the Faculty Senate Office for further information.)

VACANT 2
Meetings

Fall Meetings

09
Sep
12:00 pm - 1:30 pm ET
Wednesday, September 9th, 2026
14
Oct
12:00 pm - 1:30 pm ET
Wednesday, October 14th, 2026
18
Nov
12:00 pm - 1:30 pm ET
Wednesday, November 18th, 2026

Spring Meetings

10
Feb
12:00 pm - 1:30 pm ET
Wednesday, February 10th, 2027
10
Mar
12:00 pm - 1:30 pm ET
Wednesday, March 10th, 2027
07
Apr
12:00 pm - 1:30 pm ET
Wednesday, April 7th, 2027
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