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Each institution should have a group of faculty members active in graduate programs who serve as a graduate council, review graduate curriculum proposals, set university-wide academic standards for graduate programs, and develop policies and procedures for the effective administration of graduate degrees. All academic matters pertaining to graduate degree programs should be determined by this or a similar group.

Organization and Administration of Graduate Education
A Policy Statement (Council of Graduate Schools, Washington, DC, 1990), pp. 8-9

2025-2026 Graduate Council Members

First	Last	Voting or Non-Voting	College	Email
Michael	Anderson	Non-Voting	Engineering	michael.anderson@uah.edu
Aubrey	Beal	Voting	Engineering	aubrey.beal@uah.edu
Nilsa	Black-Mead	Voting	Nursing	nilsa.black@uah.edu
Max	Bonamente	Voting	Science	max.bonamente@uah.edu
Haihong	Che	Voting	Science	haihong.che@uah.edu
Joe	Conway	Voting	CAHS	joseph.conway@uah.edu
Lingze	Duan	Non-Voting	Science	lingze.duan@uah.edu
Jeremy	Elliott	Non-Voting	Education	jeremy.elliott@uah.edu
Kader	Frendi	Voting	Engineering	kader.frendi@uah.edu
Amanda	Giles	Voting	Education	amanda.giles@uah.edu
Wafa	Hakim-Orman	Non-Voting	Business	wafa.orman@uah.edu
Jon	Hakkila	Non-Voting, Chair	Graduate School	jon.hakkila@uah.edu
Molly	Johnson	Voting	CAHS	molly.johnson@uah.edu
Tracy	Lakin	Voting	Nursing	tracy.lakin@uah.edu
Sophia	Marinova	Voting	Business	sophia.marinova@uah.edu
David	Moore	Non-Voting	Library	david.moore@uah.edu
Yeow Chye	Ng	Non-Voting	Nursing	yeowchye.ng@uah.edu
Maria	Pour	Voting	Engineering	maria.pour@uah.edu
Seyed	Sadeghi	Voting	Science	seyed.sadeghi@uah.edu
Laura	Senn	Voting	Education	laura.senn@uah.edu
Amy	Smith	Non-Voting	Registrar	amy.smith@uah.edu
Lenora	Smith	Voting	Nursing	lenora.smith@uah.edu
Christina	Steidl	Non-Voting	CAHS	christina.steidl@uah.edu
Yi	Tan	Voting	Business	yi.tan@uah.edu
Ryan	Weber	Voting	CAHS	ryan.weber@uah.edu