Executive Graduate Council

Reference: Article I, Section 2-G, Louisiana State University Board of Supervisors Regulations

There shall be an Executive Graduate Council of the University Graduate Division. It shall consist of:  

  1. The chief academic officer of the University, who shall serve as chair.
  2. The chief graduate officer for each campus. 
  3. An appointed member of the graduate faculty from each campus of the University offering resident graduate work. These appointees shall be recommended to the President for appointment by the Chancellor of each campus or, for LSU, the President’s designee after consultation with the chair of the Executive Graduate Council, in order to avoid a concentration of representation from any general subject area. 
  4. A single member, representing those campuses not offering graduate work, appointed by the President. 
  5. A single member-at-large of the Graduate faculty to be appointed from any campus of the University by the President.

The member-at-large shall be appointed for two years and the members from individual campuses shall be appointed for staggered terms of three years.

Purpose

The Executive Graduate Council shall coordinate all graduate work and approve new programs and degrees recommended by the several chancellors and their graduate councils for transmittal to the President for review before presentation to the Board.

Members

Name Title Campus
Angela Amedee Interim Dean of Graduate Studies LSU Health New Orleans
Jacqueline Bach Vice Provost for Academic Programs & Support Services LSU A&M
Tammy Dugas Associate Dean for Research & Graduate Education, School of Veterinary Medicine LSU A&M
Emily Elliott Professor and Department Chair, Psychology LSU A&M
Eamon Halpin Associate Vice Chancellor and Vice Provost for Academic Affairs LSU Alexandria
Chris Kevil Vice Chancellor for Research and Dean of the School of Graduate Studies LSU Health Shreveport
Elisabeth Liebert Associate Dean of the College of Arts & Sciences LSU Shreveport
Sanjay Menon Dean of Graduate Studies LSU Shreveport
Kevin McCarthy Chair, Cellular Biology and Anatomy LSU Health Shreveport
Janet Southerland Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs LSU Health New Orleans
Keena Arbuthnot Dean of the Pinkie Gordon Lane Graduate School and Vice President & Chief Data Officer LSU A&M