CLAS Graduate Educational Policy Committee

The Graduate Educational Policy Committee (GEPC) meets on a regular basis during the semester.  The Associate Dean for Graduate Education, Christine Getz, serves as chair.

Committee duties and composition are discussed in the CLAS Manual of Procedure, Article VIII.  The committee will be composed of six members elected by the faculty.  One member shall be elected from each of the four CLAS Electoral Voting Groups. Two faculty members shall be elected by faculty At Large, but there may be no more that two faculty members from any one Electoral Voting Group.  A graduate student member is appointed by the Dean or Associate Dean on the basis of nominations from one or more appropriate student groups and organizations.  The student is a full member of the committee.  The Dean of the Graduate College shall identify an Associate Dean of the Graduate College who will serve as an ex officio member of the CLAS Graduate Policy Committee.

2023-24 GEPC Membership

Name

Department

Term End Date

Jennifer Buckley Associate Professor, English Spring 2024
Christine Getz Associate Dean for Graduate Education and Outreach and Engagement ex officio
*Kate Magsamen-Conrad Associate Professor, Communication Studies Spring 2025
Tara Hicks Graduate Student Representative, Biology Spring 2024
Bryan Phillips Professor, Biology Spring 2025
Ted Powers Associate Professor, Anthropology Spring 2024
David Puderbaugh Associate Professor, Music Spring 2025
Jodie Plumert Professor, Psychological and Brain Sciences Spring 2024

*Brian Ekdale, Associate Professor, Journalism and Mass Communication will substitute for Spring 2024 Semester.