Graduate Advisory Council

Charge

The Graduate Advisory Council is a work group of the Graduate Council with the following charge:  monitoring the graduate education needs of the University and making recommendations to the Graduate Council; reviewing policies and procedures to ensure that current graduate education policies and procedures are equitable and fair; examining the need for new policies and procedures that will strengthen the quality of graduate education at UNA; examining market trends to identify new areas of graduate education growth; working with departments to market current programs; and providing a report at each Graduate Council meeting.  The GAC is advisory to the Graduate Council, and all action items recommended by the GAC will be reviewed and considered by the Graduate Council prior to adoption.

Membership

Committee Member  2025-2026                                 
Dr. Korinne Babel Counselor Education
Dr. Jana Beaver SCOBT Associate Dean
Dr. Joy Brown M.A.Ed. Secondary Education Traditional and Alternative
Dr. Jian Chen GIS
Dr. Lisa Clayton M.A.Ed. Elementary Traditional
Ms. Hillary Coats Associate Director of Graduate Operations
Dr. Kyle Conkle M.S. in Sport & Recreation Management
Dr. Jeffrey Cornelius Ed.S, all concentrations
Dr. Helen Coronel Nursing Graduate Program
Dr. Carrie Crawford History
Ms. Corrie Dalrymple Registrar
Dr. Wes Davenport MBA, EDBA
Ms. Lindsey Goode Associate Director of Online Recruitment
Dr. Felecia Harris Instructional Leadership, Teacher Leader
Dr. Erin Henthorne Professional Studies
Dr. John Hodges Chair of the Graduate Council, Social Work
Dr. Faith Kelley Early Childhood Education
Dr. Rebecca Hopkins M.A.Ed. Collaborative Education
Dr. Rick Lester Associate Vice Provost for International Affairs
Dr. Natasha Lindsey Instuctional Technology and Design
Dr. Scott Lyons M.S. in HHP, all concentrations
Dr. Meghan Merciers CASE Associate Dean
Dr. Nick Mauriello Writing
Dr. Michelle Nelson ACONHP Associate Dean
Dr. Katie Owens-Murphy English
Dr. Cheryl Price CASE Associate Dean, Chair
Dr. Sayeed Shohag Applied Manufacturing Enginnering
Ms. Leigh Stanfield Collier Library faculty representative
Dr. Jessica Stoval CASE Associate Dean
Dr. Suzanna Taylor Criminal Justice
Dr. Laura Williams Assistant Dean of Graduate and Online Education, Provost designee
Dr. Yaschica Williams-Jackson Family and Community Services
Dr. Amanda Willingham MBA, MAcc, MHA, EDBA
Dr. Xiaonan Zhu Mathematics

Updated LaB10.13.25