Graduate Council Members

Academic Year: 2024 — 2025

Graduate School

ed pohl
Ed Pohl
Dean for the Graduate School and International Education
475-575-4401
epohl@uark.edu 

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

(Elected by College Faculty)

Ioannis E. Tzanetakis
2022 — 2026
Academic Appeals Committee Member
Professor
479-575-3180
itzaneta@uark.edu
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Amanda Terrell
2024 — 2028

Associate Professor
479-575-7538
amandat@uark.edu
 

Architecture & Design (3-year Term)

(Appointed by Dean)

Dr. Jinoh Park
Dr. Jinoh Park
2024 — 2027
Academic Appeals Committee Member
Assistant Professor
(919) 917-1298

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
2024 — 2027
Academic Appeals Committee Member
University Professor
479-575-5895
jwhayne@uark.edu

Business Administration (4-year Term)

(Elected by College Faculty)

Elizabeth Keiffer
Elizabth Keiffer
2024 — 2028
Teaching Assistant Professor
479-575-4035
ekeiffe@uark.edu
Adam Stoverink
2023 — 2027
Academic Appeals Committee Member
Associate Professor
479-575-4171
astoveri@uark.edu

Education & Health Professions (2-year Term)

(Elected by College Faculty)

suzanne kucharczyk
Suzanne Kucharczyk
2023 — 2025
Academic Appeals Committee Member
Associate Professor
479-575-6210
suzannek@uark.edu
Kenda Shea Grover
Kenda Shea Grover
2024 — 2026
Associate Professor
479-575-2675
kgrover@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
479-575-3376
kbalacha@uark.edu

Interdisciplinary Programs (3-year Term)

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

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

 

 

 

 

School of Law (Appointed)

Tiffany Murphy
2024 — 2026
Professor
479-575-5601
Votes on courses and programs
tiffanym@uark.edu

Graduate Professional Student Congress

BGSA President
Clement Asamoah
President
Black Graduate Student Association
casamoah@uark.edu 
GPSC President
Kolade Olatunde
Academic Appeals Committee Member
President
Graduate Professional Student Congress
gpscpres@uark.edu
BGSA Vice President
Ndotimi Apulu
Vice-President
Black Graduate Student Association
napulu@uark.edu 
GPSC Vice President
Kaylin Oliver
Academic Appeals Committee Member
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

College of Arts & Sciences
Graduate Faculty Representative
479-575-3787
dmcnabb@uark.edu 
Adriana Gonzalez
University Libraries
479-575-3638
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 Kulczak
Provost's Office
(479) 575-7456
lkulcza@uark.edu 
Suzanne Kenner
Global Campus
(479) 575-6494
skenner@uark.edu
Ed Bengston
Graduate School and International Education
Chair of the Graduate Council
Chair, Academic Appeals Committee
479-575-4401
egbengts@uark.edu