Graduate Affairs Committee

The Graduate Affairs Committee (GAC) is responsible for reviewing program and course proposals and revisions prior to submission to the UMaine Graduate Board. It shall oversee graduate policies and procedures, as well as other matters that cross program and school boundaries, such as doctoral programs and research/foundation courses. Each graduate program will select one representative to serve on the GAC. It is highly recommended that graduate programs select their program coordinators for this responsibility. Faculty members must have full graduate faculty status. The committee will be chaired by the Associate Dean of Graduate Studies.

Graduate Affairs Committee:

• Jim Artesani, Chair
• Elizabeth Allan, Professor of Higher Education
• Susan Bennett-Armistead, Associate Professor of Literacy
• Sandra Caron, Professor of Family Relations and Human Sexuality
• Sara Flanagan, Assistant Professor of Special Education
• Robert Lehnhard, Professor of Kinesiology and Physical Education
• Ian Mette, Assistant Professor of Educational Leadership
• Christopher Nightingale, Assistant Professor of Athletic Training and Physical Education
• Deborah Rooks-Ellis, Assistant Professor of Special Education
• Bryan Silverman, Lecturer in Curriculum, Assessment and Instruction
• Meredith Swallow, Assistant Professor of Elementary Education, UMaine Farmington

Meeting Agendas & Minutes

Graduate Research Methods Course Schedules

Course & Program Approval Procedures

Graduate Faculty Criteria

Doctoral Advising Workload Policy

Graduate Appeals Process