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The Graduate Council is composed of a representative body of graduate faculty that advises the provost on matters related to the development, coordination and evaluation of graduate programs, policies, and procedures. Additionally, the Graduate Council discusses issues related to graduate student life, student support, and other noncurricular matters.

Its role is advisory to the provost, rather than one of final-decision-making. The Graduate Council’s future scope and operations will be reviewed beginning in Summer 2025 in light of CGS report recommendations, and updates will be provided as appropriate.

The selection process for Graduate Council members is in accordance with policies of each school and college. In some units, deans appoint members; in others, an election process determines representation. Membership on the Graduate Council is reserved for graduate faculty members. This selection process may be reviewed in implementation of CGS report recommendations in 2025-26. 

Members include:

• Mike Wunder (chair, non-voting), Special Assistant to the Provost, Associate Professor, CLAS

• Robert Hobbins, Assistant Professor & Clinical Assistant Professor, BUS

• Catalin Grigoras, Associate Professor & Director for the National Center for Media Forensics, CAM

• Joern Langhorst, Associate Professor, CAP

• Arunprakash Karunanithi, Associate Professor, CEDC

• Jeffrey Jacot, Associate Professor, CEDC
• Tim Lei, Associate Professor, CEDC

• Bassem Hassan, Associate Professor & Undergraduate Program Director, CLAS
• Jamie Hodgkins, Associate Professor & Graduate Director, CLAS
• Martin Huber, Professor & Director for Masters of Integrated Sciences, CLAS
• Soumia Bardhan, Associate Professor & Director of International Studies, CLAS
• Troy Butler, Professor & Associate Dean of Research & Creative Activities, CLAS
• Ester de Jong, Associate Dean for Research & Academic Affairs, SEHD

• Franci Crepeau-Hobson, Professor & Program Director, SEHD

• Nina Buchanan, Associate Teaching Professor, SEHD

• Mary Dodge, Professor & Program Director, SPA

• Tanya Heikkila, Professor, Program Director, & Co-Director of the Center for Policy & Democracy, SPA
• Keith Teeter, Interim Director, Auraria Library

• Lara Medley, (non-voting, ex-officio) Assistant Vice Chancellor for University Registrar

Graduate Council members serve three-year terms.

Graduate programming is proposed, developed, and implemented by graduate faculty within academic primary units. The Graduate Council’s role is to hear school and college proposals for new graduate programs and certificates, provide a campus-level review to ensure programs and credentials meet faculty-developed standards, and address considerations such as program distinctiveness, accreditation, campus strategy, and cross-disciplinary collaboration. These determinations are simply advisory to the provost, whereas primary decisions related to programming reside with deans, who collaborate with chairs and faculty to understand, vet, put forward, and advocate for graduate programs that are seeking Board of Regents approval.

Prevailing guidance on policies and processes is reflected , but as previously noted this manual will be revised in accordance with CGS recommendations.