Graduate Academic Council (GAC)
As defined in the Charter of the University Senate
https://www.albany.edu/about/assets/2017_18_Charter_of_the_University_Senate__with_2014_2015_and_2017_amendment_ch
anges_YG_CHP_reviewed.docx the GAC bears governance “responsibility for the conduct of the University’s graduate educational
program.”
2017 -2018 Memberships:
GAC 2017-2018 (as of 2-26-18)
Kevin Williams
Dean
Graduate Education
Magdia DeJesus
Assistant Professor
SPH/Biomedical Science
George Berg
Associate Professor
EAS/Computer Science
Kristie Asaro-Saddler
Associate Professor
EDU/Ed Psych & Methodology
Sean Rafferty (Chair)
Associate Professor
CAS/Anthropology
Keith Chan
Assistant Professor
SSW/Social Welfare
Catherine Lawson
Associate Professor
CAS/Geography & planning
Zina Lawrence
Director Grad Services
BUS/School of Business
Andrea Kordzek
Lecturer
CRJ/Criminal Justice
Johnathan Whyte-Dixon
Graduate Student
EDU/Ed Policy & Leadership
Sydney Faught
Graduate Student
CAS/Philosophy
Natalie Turner
Graduate Student
SSW/Social Welfare
Amanda Demma
Undergraduate Student
GAC Committee on Admissions & Academic Standing (CA&AS) (as of 12-7-17)
Kate Lawson
Geography & Planning
CAS
Kristie Asaro-Saddler
Educational Psychology & Methodology
EDU
Chair
Zina Lawrence
School of Business Dean's Office
BUS
Jonathan Whyte Dixon
Educational Policy & Leadership
EDU
Leslie Halpern
Psychology
CAS
Fall 2017 only
Ryan Torn
Atmospheric & Environmental Sciences
CAS
Spring 2018 only
Sylvia Roch
Psychology
CAS
Marcia Sutherland
Africana Studies
CAS
J. Ramon Gil-Garcia
Public Administration & Policy
ROC
GAC Committee on Curriculum & Instruction (CC&I) (as of 12-7-17)
Keith Chan
Social Welfare
SSW
Chair
George Berg
Computer Science
CEAS
Magdia DeJesus
Biomedical Science
SPH
Elaine Lasda
University Libraries
LIB
Stephen Weinberg
Public Administration & Policy
ROC
Natalie Turner
Social Welfare
SSW
Haijun Chen
Biological Sciences
CAS
Suraj Commuri
Marketing
BUS
Sydney Faught
Philosophy
CAS
GAC Committee on Educational Policy & Procedure (CEP&P)
The CEP&P was not constituted or staffed with members for the 2017-18 academic year.
Graduate Academic Council
2017 – 2018
Meetings:
September 26. 2017
Agenda
Minutes
October 13, 2017
Agenda
Minutes
October 31, 2017
Agenda
Minutes
November 17, 2017
The meeting originally scheduled for 11/17/17 was cancelled.
December 5, 2017
Agenda
Minutes
February 15, 2018
Agenda
Minutes
March 1, 2018
Agenda
Minutes
March 29, 2018
Agenda
Minutes
April 19, 2018
Agenda
Minutes
May 10, 2018
Agenda
Minutes
