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 josepgh.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 Steidi Non-Voting CAHS christina.steidi@uah.edu
Yi Tan Voting Business yi.tan@uah.edu
Ryan Weber Voting CAHS ryan.weber@uah.edu

Minutes

Graduate Council did not meet during May, June, July, or August.

April 2022

March 2022

February 2022

January 2022

Graduate Council did not meet in December.

November 2021

Graduate Council did not meet during June, July, August, September, or October

May 2021

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February 2021

January 2021

December 2020

November 2020

October 2020

September 2020

August 2020

Graduate Council did not meet in June or July.

May 2020

April 2020