Graduate Council & Committee Members

Graduate Council

College of Agricultural & Environmental Sciences

• Alexa Lamm (2027)
• Jack Huang (2028)

Franklin College of Arts & Sciences

• Luis Correa-Diaz (2027)
• Vivian Appler (2028)
• Andrew Grundstein (2028)
• Kelly Hines (2029)
• Michael White (2029)

Terry College of Business

• Ted Christensen (2027)
• Anindita Chakravarty (2029)
• Svetlana Pashchenko (2029)

Odum School of Ecology

• John Wares (2029)

Mary Frances Early College of Education

• Jenny Brown (2028)
• Jennifer Graff (2028)
• Janette Hill (2027)

College of Engineering

• Matthew Bilskie (2028)

College of Environment & Design

• Qiong Wang (2029)

College of Family & Consumer Sciences

• Alex Anderson (2028)

Warnell School of Forestry & Natural Resources

• Ginger Orton (2027)

McBee Institute of Higher Education

• Amy Stich (2028)

Grady College of Journalism & Mass Communication

• Sanghoon Lee (2029)

College of Pharmacy

• Neil Grimsey (2029)

School of Public & International Affairs

• Geoffrey Sheagley (2027)

College of Public Health

• Brian McKay (2029)

School of Social Work

• Mary Ager (2027)
• Rebecca Matthew (2027)

College of Veterinary Medicine

• Melinda Brindley (2027)
• Canaan Whitfield-Cargile (2029)

GSA Representatives

• Ankush Sharma, GSA President
• TBD, GSA Vice President
• TBD, Graduate Student Representative

Administrative Committee – VP/Dean Ron Walcott, ex officio

• “Rotating”, Chair
• Jenny Brown — Communication Sciences and Special Ed – MFE COE (2028)
• Geoff Sheagley — Political Science – SPIA (2027)
• Amy Stich — Institute of Higher Education (2028)

Appeals Committee – Associate Dean Anne Shaffer, ex officio

• Geoff Sheagley, Chair
• Mary Ager — Social Work — SSW (2027)
• Alex Anderson— Nutritional Sciences – FACS (2028)
• Vivian Appler — Theatre Arts/Performance Studies — Franklin, Fine Arts (2028)
• Luis Correa-Diaz — Romance Languages – Franklin, Humanities (2027)
• Neil Grimsey — Pharmaceutical and Biomedical Sciences — Pharmacy (2029)
• Janette Hill — Workforce Ed and Instruction Technology – MFE COE (2027)
• Sanghoon Lee — Film, TV, Digital Media– Grady  (2029)
• Svetlana Pashchenko — Economics — Terry (2029)
• Geoffrey Sheagley — Political Science — SPIA (2027)
• TBD — Graduate Student Representative — Grad Student Association (2026/27)

Policy & Planning Committee – VP/Dean Ron Walcott, ex officio

• Amy Stich, Chair
• Matthew Bilskie — ECAM — Engineering (2028)
• Ted Christensen — Accounting – Terry (2027)
• Jennifer Graff — Language and Literacy Education — MFE COE (2028)
• Kelly Hines — Chemistry — Franklin, Physical/Math Sciences
• Alexa Lamm — Ag Leadership, Education, and Communication — CAES (2027)
• Amy Stich — Institute of Higher Education (2028)
• Qiong Wang — Environment and Design — CED (2029)
• John Wares — Ecology – Ecology (2029)
• Canaan Whitfield-Cargile — Large Animal Medicine — Vet Med (2029)
• Ankush Sharma — President — Graduate Student Association — (2026/27)

Program Committee – Associate Dean Anne Shaffer, ex officio

• Jenny Brown, Chair
• Melinda Brindley— Infectious Diseases, Pop Health, Poultry Diagnostics – CVM (2027)
• Jenny Brown — Communication Sciences and Special Ed — MFE COE (2028)
• Anindita Chakravarty — Marketing — Terry (2029)
• Andrew Grundstein — Geography — Franklin, Social Sciences (2028)
• Jack Huang — Crop & Soil Sciences — CAES (2028)
• Rebecca Matthew — Social Work – SSW (2027)
• Brian McKay — Epidemiology and Biostatistics — CPH (2029)
• Ginger Orton — Natural Resources Science Communication – Warnell (2027)
• Michael White — Genetics — Franklin, BioSciences
• TBD — Vice President — Graduate Student Association (2026/27)