Graduate Council Members

Academic Year: 2023 — 2024

Graduate School

ed pohl
Ed Pohl
Dean for the Graduate School and International Education
epohl@uark.edu 

Agricultural, Food, & Life Sciences (4-year Term)

(Elected by College Faculty)

Ioannis E. Tzanetakis
2022-2026
Professor
479-575-3180
itzaneta@uark.edu
John Rupe
2020 — 2024
Academic Appeals Committee Member
Professor
479-575-2778
jrupe@uark.edu

Architecture & Design (3-year Term)

(Appointed by Dean)

Jennifer D. Webb
2022 — 2025
Academic Appeals Committee Member
Associate Professor
479-575-6662
jwebb@uark.edu

Arts & Sciences (3-year Term)

(Elected by College Faculty)

Jeffery Lewis
2022-2025
Associate Professor
Biological Sciences
479-575-7740
lewisja@uark.edu
Jennifer Veilleux
Jennifer C. Veilleux 
2023 — 2026
Associate Professor
479-575-5329
jcveille@uark.edu
Jeannie Whayne
2021 — 2024
Academic Appeals Committee Member
University Professor
479-575-5895
jwhayne@uark.edu

Business Administration (4-year Term)

(Elected by College Faculty)

T. Paul Cronan
2023 — 2027
Academic Appeals Committee Member
Professor — WCOB
479-575-6130
cronan@uark.edu
Adam Stoverink
2023 — 2027
Associate Professor
479-575-4171
astoveri@uark.edu

Education & Health Professions (2-year Term)

(Elected by College Faculty)

suzanne kucharczyk
Suzanne Kucharczyk
2023 — 2025
Associate Professor
suzannek@uark.edu
Mike Miller
2022 — 2024
Academic Appeals Committee Member
Professor
479-575-3582
mtmiller@uark.edu

Engineering (4-year Term)

(One elected by College Faculty, one appointed by Dean)

Kevin Hall
2021 — 2025 (appointed)
Academic Appeals Committee Member
Graduate Faculty Representative
Associate Dean and Distinguished Professor
479-575-8695
kdhall@uark.edu
 
 
Kartik
Kartik Balachandran
2022 — 2026
Professor
kbalacha@uark.edu

(Recommended by the Interdisciplinary Program Directors and Appointed by Graduate Dean)

Interdisciplinary Programs (3-year Term)

Adnan Alrubaye
2022 — 2025
Academic Appeals Committee Member
Assistant Professor
479-575-2095
aakhalaf@uark.edu
 
 

 

 

 

 

School of Law (Appointed)

Tiffany Murphy
2022 — 2024
Professor
479-575-5601
Votes on courses and programs
tiffanym@uark.edu

Graduate Professional Student Congress

Camille Gilmore
President
Black Graduate Student Association
cjgilmor@uark.edu 
Kolade Olatunde
President
Graduate Professional Student Congress
gpscpres@uark.edu
Henry Akwah
Vice-President
Black Graduate Student Association
hoakwah@uark.edu 
Miguel Rodriguez
Vice-President
Graduate Professional Student Congress
gspcvice@uark.edu

Ex Officio Non-Voting Members

Alan Ellstrand
Walton College of Business
Graduate Faculty Representative
479-575-6145
aellstra@uark.edu

Lona Robertson
Bumpers College of Agricultural, Food, & Life Sciences
Graduate Faculty Representative
479-575-2252
ljrobert@uark.edu
Leslie May Yingling
Division of Student Affairs
479-575-7183
lyinglin@uark.edu
david mcnabb
David McNabb
Graduate Faculty Representative
Arts & Sciences
dmcnabb@uark.edu 
Adriana Gonzalez
University Libraries
ag131@uark.edu
Matthew S. Ganio
College of Education & Health Professions
Graduate Faculty Representative
479-575-2956
msganio@uark.edu
Ethel Goodstein-Murphee
Fay Jones School of Architecture & Design
Graduate Faculty Representative
479-575-3806
egoodste@uark.edu
Lisa Kalczak
Provost's Office
lkulcza@uark.edu 
Suzanne Kenner
Global Campus
skenner@uark.edu