Graduate Council

Council Members

Council Leadership College Term Email
Ayesha Johnson, Chair NR 24-27 arjohns2@usf.edu
Linda Callejas, Vice-Chair BC 25-28 callejas@usf.edu
Andrea Efre, Secretary NR 25-28 efre@usf.edu
Policy/Fellowship Committee
Name College Term Email
Ashwin Parthasarathy Engineering 25-28 ashwinbp@usf.edu
Bill Campbell, Chair Education 24-27 bcampbell@usf.edu
Caleb Sawyer pending confirmation Arts and Sciences - GS Rep. 26-27 calebsawyer@usf.edu
Cameron Ainsworth pending confirmation Marine Science  - ainsworth@usf.edu
Giti Javidi Sarasota-Manatee 25-28 javidi@usf.edu
Heike Scharm Arts and Sciences -At Large 24-27 heikescharm@usf.edu
Richard Mbatu St. Petersburg At-large 25-28 mbatu@usf.edu
Shyam Mohapatra Medicine 26-29 smohapat@usf.edu
Victor Weeden Public Health 26-29 vweeden@usf.edu
TBA Arts and Sciences-SNSM -  
TBA Behavioral Comm Sci -  
TBA Business -  
TBA Design, Art and Performance -  
TBA Global Sustainability -  
TBA Pharmacy -  
TBA Grad Student Rep -  
       
Curriculum Committee
Name College Term Email
Ahmad Vaselbehagh Engineering 25-28 vaselbehagh@usf.edu
Alfredo Weitzenfeld Bellini College of Artificial Intelligence, Cybersecurity and Computing 25-28 aweitzenfeld@usf.edu
Andrea Efre Nursing, Council Secretary 25-28 efre@usf.edu
Bertie Kibreah Design, Art and Performance 25-28 bkibreah@usf.edu
Elizabeth Hanks Arts and Sciences 25-28 ehanks@usf.edu
Emily Norton Libraries 25-28 emilynorton@usf.edu
Jacqueline Sherbuk Morsani College of Medicine 24-27 sherbuk@usf.edu
Jill Roberts Public Health, Curr. Chair 25-28 jcrobert@usf.edu
Linda Callejas Behavioral Comm Sciences, Council Vice-Chair 25-28 callejas@usf.edu
Noemy Nagy Education 25-28 nnagy@usf.edu
Yashwant Pathak pending confirmation Taneja College of Pharmacy -  
Yuting DiGiovanni Business 24-27 yuting2@usf.edu
TBA Arts and Sciences - SSS -  
TBA Patel College of Global Sustainability -  
TBA Marine Science -  
TBA Morsani College of Medicine -  
TBA Grad Student Rep -  
Ex-Officio (Non-Voting) Members
Name Position College/Dept Email
Derek Wildman Dean Graduate Studies dwildman@usf.edu
TBA VP Research and Innovation  
Janice Zgibor Dean, Taneja College of Pharmacy USF Health jzgibor@usf.edu
Kaushik Dutta Vice Provost, Academic Planning University Accreditation Liaison duttak@usf.edu
Tessa Barber President Graduate Assistants United (UFF-USF-GAU) tabarber@usf.edu
Jelena Milosavljevic President Graduate and Professional Student Council (GPSC) jelenam@usf.edu
Liaisons
Name Position College/Department Email
Carol Hines-Cobb Director, Graduate Academics Graduate Studies cdh@usf.edu
Joseph Butts Tech. & Sys. Mgr.  Graduate Studies tron@usf.edu
Noelle Schero Acad. Svcs. Admin. Graduate Studies nlsanchez@usf.edu
TBA Campus Assistant Dean, St. Petersburg Graduate Studies  
Sandra Stone Assistant Dean, Sarasota-Manatee Teach-Out Site Graduate Studies sandrastone@usf.edu
Gary Oliver Associate Director, Grad Stdt Outreach and Engagement Graduate Studies oliverg@usf.edu
Katie Wagner Associate Director Admissions cwagner1@usf.edu
Francisco Vera Assistant Director Graduate Admissions fvera@usf.edu
Catherine Long University Registrar Registrar's Office cmund@usf.edu
Lynn Lynch

Associate Registrar

 Registrar's Office lynnlynch@usf.edu
Toure Rider

Acad. Svcs Admin

 Innovative Education trider@usf.edu
Chris Combie Asst. VP and Inst. Accreditation Liaison Office of Decision Support combie@usf.edu
Kyna Betancourt

Associate Vice Provost of Academic Planning

 Academic Planning kbetancourt@usf.edu
Mary Collins Assistant Director; Academic Planning Alternate Liaison Academic Planning mcuthber@usf.edu
Kristina Delbridge Asstistant Director  Financial Aid delbridgek@usf.edu