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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