Council on Graduate Education Steering Committee
Chaired by the vice provost and University dean of graduate education and postdoctoral affairs. Composed of the graduate deans in the schools.
Committee Work
Committees are an important service component of graduate education. The committees organized around the University Office of Graduate Education assist with oversight on academic policy and co-curricular activities. Importantly, they create an avenue of discussion between University administration and faculty, students, and staff on all graduate education matters at URochester.
These committees are active and meet at regularly scheduled intervals over the academic year. If you are interested in learning more, please contact our office.
University Council on Graduate Education
Chaired by the vice provost and University dean of graduate education and postdoctoral affairs. Composed of faculty in their role as director of graduate study/education in each department.
Membership list 2026鈥�27
- Nickolas (Nick) A. Vamivakas*, Dean of Graduate Education and Post-Doctoral Affairs and Professor of Optics and Professor of Physics
- Dragony Fu, Professor of Biology and Director of Graduate Affairs and Admissions in Biology
- Jude Mitchell, Associate Professor of Brain and Cognitive Sciences
- Mike Ruggiero, Associate Professor of Chemistry
- Shauna M. Paradine, Associate Professor of Chemistry
- Harry Reis, Professor of Psychology
- Jeremy Jamieson, Professor of Psychology and Chair of the Department of Psychology
- Thomas Weber, Associate Professor and Graduate Studies Director of Earth and Environmental Sciences
- Srihari Govindan, Professor of Economics
- Will Miller, Associate Professor and Director of Graduate Studies of English
- Brianna Theobald, History
- Prof. Sevak Mkrtchyan, Mathematics
- Prof. Jens Kipper, Philosophy
- Prof. Gabriel Landi, Physics & Astronomy
- Prof. David Primo, Political Science
- Assoc. Prof. Anna Rosensweig Visual & Cultural Studies
- Prof. Maya Abtahian, Linguistics
*Member of the Graduate Steering Committee
- Nickolas (Nick) A. Vamivakas*, Dean of Graduate Education and Post-Doctoral Affairs and Professor of Optics and Professor of Physics
- Prof. Ed Lalor, Biomedical Engineering
- Prof. Dan Gildea, Computer Science
- Prof. Wyatt Tenhaeff, Chemical Engineering
- Prof. Ajay Anand, Data Science
- Prof. Gonzalo Mateos, Electrical & Computer Engineering
- Prof. Bradley Nilsson, Materials Science
- Prof. John Lambropoulos, Mechanical Engineering
- Prof. Gary Wicks, Optics
*Member of the Graduate Steering Committee
- Matthew Ardizzone, Associate Dean of Graduate Studies Marie Rolf Dean of Graduate Studies*
- Ricardo Zohn-Muldoon, Professor of Composition
- Sangmi Kang, Associate Professor of Music Teaching & Learning
- Jonathan Dunsby, Professor of Music Theory
- Roger Freitas, Professor of Musicology
*Member of the Graduate Steering Committee
- Richard (Rick) Libby, Vice Provost and University Dean for Graduate Education and Postdoctoral Affairs and Senior Associate Dean, Graduate Education and Post-Doctoral Affairs (SMD) and 笔谤辞蹿别蝉蝉辞谤听– Department of Ophthalmology (SMD)*
- Josh Munger, Ph.D. 鈥� Biochemistry, Molecular & Cell Biology
- Isaac S. Harris, Ph.D. 鈥� Biomedical Genetics and Genomics
- Douglas Portman, Ph.D. 鈥� Co-Director, Biomedical Genetics and Genomics
- David H. Mathews, M.D., Ph.D. 鈥� Biophysics, Structural & Computational Biology
- John D. Lueck, Ph.D. 鈥� Recruitment and First-Year Director, Cellular & Molecular Pharmacology & Physiology
- David M. MacLean, Ph.D. 鈥� Recruitment and Second-Year to Graduation Director, Cellular & Molecular Pharmacology & Physiology
- David Rich, Sc.D., M.P.H. 鈥� Epidemiology
- Yue Li, Ph.D. 鈥� Health Services Research and Policy
- Ruth Serra-Moreno, Ph.D. 鈥� Immunology, Microbiology & Virology
- Christopher Holt, Ph.D. 鈥� Neuroscience
- Madalina Tivarus, Ph.D. 鈥� Associate Director, Neuroscience
- Helene McMurray, Ph.D. 鈥� Pathology
- Benjamin J. Frisch, Ph.D. 鈥� Assistant Director, Pathology
- Matthew McCall, Ph.D. 鈥� Statistics
- Alison Elder, Ph.D. 鈥� Co-Director, Toxicology
- Marissa Sobolewski-Terry, Ph.D. 鈥� Co-Director, Toxicology
- Juilee Thakar, Ph.D. 鈥� Translational Biomedical Science
*Member of the Graduate Steering Committee
- Sally Norton, Senior Associate Dean for Research and Independence Foundation Chair in Nursing and Palliative Care and Professor and PhD Oversight*
- Marie Flannery, Director, PhD Program in Nursing & Health Science and Professor of Clinical Nursing
*Member of the Graduate Steering Committee
- Narayana Kocherlakota, Professor of Finance Louise and Henry Epstein Professor of Business Administration and Senior Associate Dean*
- Christian Opp, Professor and Faculty Director of PhD Program*
*Member of the Graduate Steering Committee
- Cindy Callard, Professor (Clinical) and Associate Dean for Graduate Studies*
- Samantha Daley, Associate Professor and Associate Dean for Research
*Member of the Graduate Steering Committee
- Nicole Sampson, Provost and Chief Academic Officer (ex officio)
- Tina Sturgis, University Registrar (ex officio)
- Jennifer Mathews, Vice Provost for Academic Affairs and Institutional Effectiveness (ex officio)
- Edwin van Wijngaarden, 笔谤辞蹿别蝉蝉辞谤听– Department of Public Health Sciences and Vice Provost for Academic Planning and Policy (ex officio)
Graduate Admissions Committee
Chaired by the assistant vice provost of graduate education and postdoctoral affairs. Comprised of admissions deans and directors at each school graduate admissions unit.
Graduate Student and Postdoctoral Fellow Advisor Committee
Chaired by the vice provost and University dean of graduate education and postdoctoral affairs. Composed of student leaders and presidents of all graduate student/postdoctoral government organizations.
University Postdoctoral Affairs Committee
Chaired by the vice provost and University dean of graduate education and postdoctoral affairs. Composed of vice-provosts, deans, senior leadership and postdoctoral fellow representatives at the University and in the graduate schools of Arts, Sciences & Engineering; School of Nursing; and School of Medicine and Dentistry.
University Council on Graduate Academic Affairs
Chaired by the vice provost and University dean of graduate education and postdoctoral affairs. Composed of University council faculty/staff representatives.
University Committee on Graduate Student Academic Integrity
Chaired by the vice provost and University dean of graduate education and postdoctoral affairs. Composed of University council faculty/staff representatives.