Rackham Executive Board
The Rackham Graduate School has an Executive Board of fourteen faculty members who meet semimonthly during the academic year. Twelve are elected for three-year terms by faculty of the Ann Arbor campus, representing each of the four divisions of the Graduate School: Biomedical Sciences, Physical Sciences and Engineering, Social and Behavioral Sciences, and Humanities and the Arts. In addition, the Board includes one faculty representative from the Flint campus and one from the Dearborn campus, each of which has Rackham programs. The Rackham Dean serves as chair and is also a member of the Board. In addition to providing advice to the Dean regarding the operations of the Graduate School, the Rackham Executive Board oversees and approves academic policy, proposals for new degree and certificate programs, and decisions of Rackham faculty panels for student fellowships and awards.
Members of the 2012 - 2013 Rackham Executive Board
- Marlyse Baptista (July 1, 2012 to June 30, 2015)
- Professor of Afroamerican and African Studies and Linguistics, College of Literature, Science, and the Arts
- Nuria Calvet (July 1, 2011 to June 30, 2014)
- Professor of Astronomy, College of Literature, Science, and the Arts
- Margaret Dewar (July 1, 2010 to June 30, 2013)
- Professor of Urban Planning, College of Architecture and Urban Planning
- Jeffrey A. Fessler (July 1, 2012 to June 30, 2015)
- Professor of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science and Biomedical Engineering, College of Engineering, and Professor of Radiology, Medical School
- Marion Guck (July 1, 2010 to June 30, 2013)
- Professor of Music (Music Theory), School of Music, Theatre and Dance
- Martin Hershock (July 1, 2010 to June 30, 2014)
- Associate Provost, Office of the Provost and Associate Professor of History, Department of Social Sciences, College of Arts, Sciences and Letters, The University of Michigan - Dearborn
- J. Wayne Jones (July 1, 2010 to June 30, 2013)
- Arthur F. Thurnau Professor and Professor of Materials and Metallurgical Engineering, College of Engineering
- James M. Joyce (July 1, 2011 to June 30, 2014)
- Professor of Philosophy and Statistics, College of Literature, Science, and the Arts
- Shinobu Kitayama (July 1, 2012 to June 30, 2015)
- Robert B Zajonc Collegiate Professor of Psychology, Professor of Psychology, College of Literature, Science, and the Arts; Faculty Associate, Research Center for Group Dynamics, School of Public Health
- Matthew D. Lassiter (July 1, 2011 to June 30, 2014)
- Professor of History, College of Literature, Science, and the Arts and Professor of Architecture and Urban Planning, College of Architecture and Urban Planning
- Rita Loch-Caruso (July 1, 2010 to June 30, 2013)
- Professor of Toxicology, School of Public Health; Professor of Environment, College of Literature, Science, and the Arts
- Christopher A. Pearson (designate)
- Professor of Physics, Department of Computer Science, Engineering and Physics, College of Arts and Sciences, The University of Michigan-Flint
- Ivette Perfecto (July 1, 2012 to June 30, 2015)
- George Willis Pack Professor and Professor of Natural Resources and Environment, School of Natural Resources and Environment
- Michele S. Swanson (July 1, 2011 to June 30, 2014)
- Professor of Microbiology and Immunology, Medical School
- Janet Weiss (Chair)
- Dean and Vice Provost for Academic Affairs, Rackham Graduate School
- Michael Benson
- Rackham Student Government (RSG)
- Leslie Upton
- Students of Color of Rackham (SCOR)
Other Participants
- Sara Blair
- Associate Dean
- Tabbye Chavous
- Associate Dean
- Peter Hitchcock
- Associate Dean
- Michael J. Solomon
- Associate Dean
- Shelly Conner
- Assistant Dean
- John Godfrey
- Assistant Dean