Executive Committee of the Graduate Faculty

The Executive Committee of the Graduate Faculty consists of an elected faculty chair plus four representatives from each of the academic divisions of humanities, biological sciences, physical sciences, and social sciences. (The chair may be one of those representatives.) Faculty representatives are elected by their respective divisions for staggered two-year terms. The Dean and the Associate Dean sit as ex officio members of the committee. The graduate faculty, which meets on call, depends upon the Executive Committee for the formation of policy with respect to graduate study at Duke University, as well as for other delegated responsibilities. The Executive Committee normally meets twice a month on matters affecting the Graduate School.

The composition for the Executive Committee for the 2007-08 academic year is:

  • Phillip Costanzo, Psychology and Neuroscience, Chair
  • Earl Dowell, Mechanical Engineering and Materials Science, Vice Chair
  • Dean Jo Rae Wright, ex officio
  • Dean David Bell, ex officio
  • Bertie Belvin, ex officio
  • Jackie Looney, ex officio
  • Andrew Armacost, ex officio
  • Heather Wake, GPSC Representative

Humanities

  • Toril Moi, Literature
  • Ann Marie Rasmussen, German
  • Alexander Rosenberg, Philosophy
  • Gennifer Weisenfeld, Art , Art History, and Visual Studies

Biological Sciences

  • Blanche Capel, Cell Biology
  • Dona Chikaraishi, Neurobiology
  • Ann Marie Pendergast, Pharmacology and Cancer Biology
  • Jonathan Shaw, Biology

Physical Sciences

  • Michael Fitzgerald, Chemistry
  • Nan Jokerst, Electrical and Computer Engineering
  • William (Monty) Reichert, Biomedical Engineering
  • Stephen Teitsworth, Physics

Social Sciences

  • Kerry Haynie, Political Science
  • Marjorie McElroy, Nursing
  • Diane Nelson, Cultural Anthropology
  • Lynn Smith-Lovin, Sociology