Graduate Council

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
Sarah F. Poissant

Dept. Chair/Communication Disorders

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Poissant
Membership

Faculty Members

Maria Jose Botelho

Education

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Botelho
Tom Braden

Mathematics and Statistics

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Braden
Ana Caicedo

Biology

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caicedo
Mary Ellen Burke

Nursing

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ellen-burke
Jennifer Friedman

Library

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Friedman
Ela Gezen

German and Scandinavian Studies

Ela Gezen
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Ela Gezen
Traci Hess

Operations & Information Management

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hess
Favorite Iradukunda

Nursing

Iradukunda
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Iradukunda
Beth Jakob
Beth Jakob
Beth Jakob
Alexandra Jesse

Psychological and Brain Sciences

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jesse
Amanda Marcotte

Student Development

Marcotte
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Marcotte
Andrew McGregor

College of Information & Computer Sciences 

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McGregor
Stephen Nonnenman

Senator

Department of Mechanical and Industrial Engineering 

Stephen Nonneman
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Stephen Nonneman
Sarah F. Poissant

Dept. Chair/Communication Disorders

Poissant
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Poissant
Darrel Ramsey-Musolf

Senator

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

 

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Ramsey-Musolf
Rebecca Reznik-Zellen

Library

Rebecca Reznik-Zellen
Rebecca Reznik-Zellen
Memnun Seven

Nursing

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seven
Corine Tachtiris

Comparative Literature

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tachtiris
Rae Walker

College of Nursing

Rae Walker
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Rae Walker

Ex-officio Members

Anthony Paik

Secretary of the Faculty Senate

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Sarah Pfatteicher

Dir Five Colleges/Designee

Sarah Pfatteicher
Sarah Pfatteicher
Patrick Sullivan

Univ Registrar or Designee

Patrick Sullivan
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Patrick Sullivan
Jacqueline Urla

Graduate School Dean/Designee

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urla
Laura Vandenberg

Associate Vice Chancellor for Research and Engagement 

Laura Vandenberg
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Laura Vandenberg
Tilman Wolf

Provost/Designee

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Kate Woodmansee

Assoc Registrar Grad School/Designee

Kate Woodmansee
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Kate Woodmansee
Kalpen Trivedi
Chair Int'l Studies Council/Designee
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Ex-officio Students

John Arigbede

President - Graduate Student Government 

John Arigbede
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John Arigbede
Omogbolahan Bello

GSS Appointment

University Writing Committee

Graduate Council

Omogbolahan Bello
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Omogbolahan Bello
Gaurav Mitra

GSG Representative 

Gaurav Mitra
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Gaurav Mitra
John Raisbeck

Graduate Student

John Raisbeck
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John Raisbeck
Dhruv Vinod Tiwari

GSG Vice President

Dhruv Tiwari
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Dhruv Tiwari

Vacancies

Grad Faculty (Bos, Dart, Lowell or Worc)
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
Dean (selected by Dean's Council)
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

10
Sep
12:00 pm - 1:30 pm ET
Graduate Council Meeting 09/10/25
08
Oct
12:00 pm - 1:30 pm ET
Graduate Council Meeting 10/08/25
12
Nov
12:00 pm - 1:30 pm ET
Graduate Council Meeting 11/12/25

Spring Meetings

11
Feb
12:00 pm - 1:30 pm ET
Graduate Council Meeting 02/11/26
11
Mar
12:00 pm - 1:30 pm ET
Graduate Council Meeting 03/11/26
08
Apr
12:00 pm - 1:30 pm ET
Graduate Council Meeting 04/08/26
Documents

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