Graduate Committee Membership

Membership for 2024-2025

Member (expiration)DepartmentConstituency
Leslie Schuster (2025)
Executive Committee
HistoryFaculty Arts and Sciences
Anita Duneer (2024)EnglishFaculty Arts and Sciences
Leonardo Pinheiro (2024)MathFaculty Arts and Sciences
Charlie Boisvert (2024
 
EducationFeinstein School of Education and Human Development
Natasha Feinberg (2024)Elementary EducationFeinstein School of Education and Human Development
Julie Horwitz (2024) Executive CommitteeEducational StudiesFeinstein School of Education and Human Development
Sean Cote (2025) ChairAccountingSchool of Business
Joan Walsh (2024)Graduate NursingSchool of Nursing
Aswood Bousseau (2025)
 
Social WorkSchool of Social Work
Lucia PerluckGraduate Studentnon-voting
NoneDean of Graduate Studiesex officio; non-voting​​​​​
 

Graduate Committee Make-Up

The Graduate Committee is comprised of these members, with elected members serving for staggered 2-year terms:

  • 3 graduate program directors or graduate faculty members elected from among the graduate programs in the School of Education. (3)
  • 3 graduate program directors or graduate faculty members elected from among the graduate programs in the School of Arts and Sciences. (3)
  • 1 graduate program director or faculty member elected from the School of Business. (1)
  • 1 graduate program director or graduate faculty member elected from the School of Nursing. (1)
  • 1 graduate program director or graduate faculty member elected from the School of Social Work. (1)
  • 1 graduate student accepted in a graduate program, appointed annually as directed by the Vice President for Academic Affairs. (1)
  • Dean of Graduate Studies. (1; non-voting)

Graduate Executive Committee

The Executive Committee shall consist of the Chair of the Graduate Committee and two other elected members.

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Graduate Committee

The mission of the Graduate Committee is to oversee graduate curricula and programs, and to advance the interest of graduate programs and students at Rhode Island College.