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
• Sandra Caron, Professor of Family Relations and Human Sexuality
• Maria Frankland, Lecturer of Educational Leadership
• Susan Bennett-Armistead, Associate Professor of Literacy
• Rebecca Buchanan, Associate Professor of Curriculum, Assessment and Instruction
• Justin Dimmel, Associate Professor of Mathematics Education and Instructional Technology
• Sara Flanagan, Assistant Professor of Special Education
• Craig Mason, Professor of Education and Applied Quantitative Methods
• Mia Morrision, Lecturer of Instructional Technology
• Robert Lehnhard, Professor of Kinesiology and Physical Education
• Shannon Wright, Assistant Professor of Athletic Training

Meeting Agendas & Minutes

Graduate Research Methods Course Schedules

Course & Program Approval Procedures

Graduate Faculty Criteria

Doctoral Advising Workload Policy

Graduate Appeals Process