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The Graduate Council of CSU Dominguez Hills serves as a standing committee to the Academic Senate and in an advisory capacity to the Dean of Graduate Studies and Research. Policy considerations and recommendations will be forwarded to both. Graduate student success relies on consultation, inclusion, and the integration of graduate programs into the larger campus. Ensuring graduate student success includes bringing together the faculty, staff, students, and administration involved in the consultative process that encompasses graduate programs which include graduate program design, modification, assessment and evaluation. In addition to providing a network within the campus community for faculty, staff, students and administrators with responsibility for graduate programs, the Council will play an advocacy role for CSU Dominguez Hills graduate programs both on and off campus. The graduate programs at CSUDH play a vital role in supporting the university鈥檚 mission to enhance and develop academic graduate programs that culminate in globally relevant degrees that are responsive to student interest and regional workforce trends and needs.
The membership of the Graduate Council Committee shall consist of the following voting and non-voting members:
The Graduate Council shall meet at least five times each academic year. Additional meetings may be called at the request of the Chair or of a majority of voting members who petition the Chair.
| Name | Position (Representing) |
| Voting Members: | |
| Kitty Fortner | Chair of Council, ELJ |
| Vacant | student selected by the Associated Students, Inc. |
| Betty Vu | Accounting, MPA |
| Samantha (Sam) Leigh | Biology |
| Jack Han | Computer Science |
| Adriean Mancillas | Counseling |
| Mohsen Beheshti | Cyber Security |
| Sara Diaz-Montejano聽 | Education |
| Debra Best | English |
| Parveen Chhetri | Environmental Science |
| Matthew Luckett | Humanities |
| Courtney Rago | MFT |
| Raquel Warley | MSW |
| Brian Jarrett | NCRP |
| Cathy Andrade | Nursing |
| Heather Kitching | Occupational Therapy (MS) |
| Jennifer Taosuvanna | Occupational Therapy (OTD) |
| Mark Muller | Orthotics & Prosthetics |
| Silvia Santos | Psychology |
| Milton Krivokuca | Quality Assurance |
| Gary Sayed | Radiologic and Imaging Sciences |
| Doron Zinger | School Leadership |
| Kara Dellacioppa | Sociology |
| Conrad Oh-Young | Special Education |
| Antonia Boadi | Systems Engineering |
| Malik Stevenson | TESOL |
| Ex officio (non-voting) members: | |
| Sheree Schrager | Dean of Graduate Studies and Research |
| Coordinator of Graduate Studies | |
| Stephanie Sterling-Brasley | Dean of University Library or designee |
| Carolyn Yarnall | Chair of the Educational Policy Committee |
| Christina Rios & John Hill | Director of Admissions and Records or designee |
| Siskanna Naynaha | Chair of the University Writing Committee |
| Mi-Sook Kim | College Deans or their designees |
| Tim Caron | College Deans or their designees |
| Philip LaPolt | College Deans or their designees |
| Jose Martinez | College Deans or their designees |
| Jessica Pandya | College Deans or their designees |
| Kim McNutt | College Deans or their designees |
Meeting Schedule - 3rd Monday of each month, 11:30am-1:00pm via zoom. Meetings held September, October, November, February, March and April聽
If you would like additional information, please contact Lorna Schallig, Assistant to GSR Dean, at lschallig@csudh.edu or Patricia Suarez, Senate Administrator at psuarez@csudh.edu.