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2014-2015 University Catalog

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2014-2015 University Catalog [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

Graduate Council Membership, 2014-2015

Ex Officio Members:

Mark J. T. Smith	Dean of the Graduate School, Michael J. and Katherine R. Birck Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering, and Chair
Frank J. Blalark	University Registrar
James L. Mullins	Dean of Libraries and Professor of Library Science
Debasish (Deba) Dutta (Candiss Vibbert, Provost’s Representative)	Executive Vice President for Academic Affairs and Provost; and Professor of Industrial and Enterprise Systems Engineering

Non-Voting Ex Officio Members:

Thomas W. Atkinson	Associate Dean of the Graduate School
Joy L. Colwell	Director of Graduate Studies and Professor of Organizational Leadership and Supervision (PUC)
Christopher F. Kulezsa	President, Purdue Graduate Student Government, and Doctoral Student in Political Science
Cynthia S. Roberts	Professor of Organizational Behavior and Leadership / Teddy Jacobi Dean, College of Business (PNC)
Linda J. Mason	Associate Dean of the Graduate School and Professor of Entomology
Carol S. Sternberger	Associate Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs / Director of Graduate Studies and Professor of Nursing (IPFW)
Phillip E. Pope	Senior Associate Dean of the Graduate School and Professor of Forestry
Mary A. Sadowski	Dean of Purdue Extended Campus and Professor of Computer Graphics Technology
John H. Schild	Associate Professor of Biomedical Engineering, School of Engineering and Technology (IUPUI)(interim non-voting member during M. Razi Nalim’s 1-year sabbatical)
Jon A. Story	Senior Associate Dean of the Graduate School and Professor of Nutritional Physiology
Howard N. Zelaznik	Associate Vice President for Research and Partnership and Professor of Health and Kinesiology

Graduate Council (Voting) Faculty Members:
(Members serve 3-year terms)

For a Period of One Year:

John M. (Jack) Barron	Professor of Economics
Frederick S. Gimble	Associate Professor of Biochemistry
Inez Hua	Professor of Civil Engineering
Bill V. Mullen	Professor of English and American Studies
Glenn R. Parker	Distinguished Professor of Political Science
Li Qiao	Associate Professor of Aeronautics and Astronautics
David G. Skalnik	Associate Dean for Research and Graduate Education, School of Science and Professor of Biology (IUPUI)
J. Jill Suitor	Professor of Sociology
H. Holly Wang	Professor of Agricultural Economics
Yan Ping Xin	Professor of Educational Studies

For a Period of Two Years:

Subramanian (Bala) Balachander	Professor of Management
Barrett S. Caldwell	Professor of Industrial Engineering
Jessica E. Huber	Professor of Speech, Language, and Hearing Sciences
Eric P. Kvam	Professor of Materials Engineering
Mark A. Lipton	Associate Professor of Chemistry
Suresh K. Mittal	Professor of Comparative Pathobiology
Keith E Schwingendorf	Professor of Mathematics (PNC)
Joseph Thomas III	Professor of Pharmacy Practice
Jane A. Walker	Associate Professor of Nursing (PUC)
Jeffrey L. Whitten	Professor of Computer Technology

For a Period of Three Years:

Bedrich Benes	Associate Professor of Computer Graphics Technology
David S. Cochran	Associate Professor of Systems Engineering (IPFW)
Lucy M. Flesch	Associate Professor of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences
Michael A. Jenkins	Associate Professor of Forestry and Natural Resources
Kathryn M. Obenchain	Associate Professor of Curriculum and Instruction
Wenbin Yu	Associate Professor of Aeronautics and Astronautics