Rackham Executive Board

The Rackham Graduate School has an Executive Board of 15 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. The Board’s responsibilities include establishing academic policies and general graduate admissions policies, approving proposals to establish new Rackham degree programs, and providing advice and guidance to the dean regarding the administration of academic policies and the operations of the graduate school and the graduate programs.

Bylaws of the Executive Board of the Horace H. Rackham School of Graduate Studies

Members of the 2025–2026 Rackham Executive Board

Eric Bell

  • Arthur F. Thurnau Professor and Professor of Astronomy, College of Literature, Science, and the Arts
  • Term: July 1, 2023, to June 30, 2026

Julie Biteen

  • Janine Maddock Collegiate Professor of Chemistry and Biophysics, Professor of Chemistry, Professor of Biophysics, College of Literature, Science, and the Arts
  • Term: July 1, 2025, to June 30, 2028

Susan V. Brooks

  • Christin Carter-Su Collegiate Professor of Physiology, Professor of Molecular and Integrative Physiology,
    Medical School and Professor of Biomedical Engineering, College of Engineering
  • Term: July 1, 2024, to June 30, 2027

Scott Greer

  • Professor of Health Management and Policy, Professor of Global Public Health, School of Public Health, and Professor of Political Science, College of Literature, Science, and the Arts
  • Term: July 1, 2023, to June 30, 2026

Nicholas Kingsley

  • Associate Professor of Chemistry and Biochemistry, College of Innovation and Technology, University of Michigan-Flint
  • Term: August 26, 2024, to June 30, 2025

Joy Knoblauch

  • Associate Professor of Architecture, Alfred A. Taubman College of Architecture and Urban Planning
  • Term: July 1, 2023, to June 30, 2026

Ishani Maitra

  • Professor of Philosophy and Professor in the Honors Program, College of Literature, Science, and the Arts
  • Term: July 1, 2025, to June 30, 2028

Anne Pitcher

  • Joel Samoff Collegiate Professor of Political Science and Afroamerican and African Studies, Professor of Afroamerican and African Studies, Professor of Political Science, College of Literature, Science, and the Arts and Research Professor, Center for Political Studies, Institute for Social Research
  • Term: July 1, 2025, to June 30, 2028

Joan Remski

  • Associate Provost for Integrative Learning and Faculty Development, Office of the Provost and Executive Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs, Interim Vice Provost, Office of the Provost and Executive Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs and Professor of Mathematics, Department of Mathematics and Statistics, College of Arts, Sciences and Letters, The University of Michigan-Dearborn
  • Term: July 1, 2025, to June 30, 2026

Nathan Sanders

  • Professor of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, College of Literature, Science, and the Arts
  • Term: July 1, 2025, to June 30, 2028

Emily Scott

  • F. F. Blicke Collegiate Professor of Pharmacy, Professor of Medicinal Chemistry, College of Pharmacy, Professor of Pharmacology, Medical School, Professor Biophysics, College of Literature, Science, and the Arts
  • Term: July 1, 2023, to June 30, 2026

Megan Sweeney

  • Arthur F. Thurnau Professor, Professor of English Language and Literature, Professor
    of Afroamerican and African Studies, and Professor of Women’s and Gender Studies, College of
    Literature, Science, and the Arts
  • Term: July 1, 2024, to June 30, 2027

Natalie Tronson

  • Associate Professor of Psychology, College of Literature, Science, and the Arts
  • Term: July 1, 2024, to June 30, 2027

Angela Violi

  • Arthur F. Thurnau Professor, Professor of Mechanical Engineering and Professor of Electrical Engineering
    and Computer Science, College of Engineering
  • Term: July 1, 2024, to June 30, 2027

Michael J. Solomon

  • Dean, Rackham Graduate School
  • Vice Provost for Academic Affairs – Graduate Studies

Other Participants

  • Ethriam Brammer, Assistant Dean
  • Rita Chin, Associate Dean
  • Azia Harris-Martin, Students of Color of Rackham (SCOR)
  • Rhonda Jacobs, Executive Board Secretary
  • Yuxin Liu, Graduate Rackham International (GRIN)
  • Anna Mapp, Associate Dean
  • Brahim Medjahed, Associate Dean
  • Angelica Previero, Rackham Student Government (RSG)
  • Catherine Sanok, Associate Dean
  • Laura Schram, Senior Academic Director
  • David Sept, Associate Dean
  • Emily Swafford, Assistant Dean