Rackham Executive Board
The Rackham Graduate School has an Executive Board of fifteen 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. In addition to providing advice to the Dean regarding the operations of the Graduate School, the Rackham Executive Board oversees and approves academic policy, proposals for new degree and certificate programs, and decisions of Rackham faculty panels for student fellowships and awards.
Bylaws of the Executive Board of the Horace H. Rackham School of Graduate Studies
Members of the 2022-2023 Rackham Executive Board
Colleen M. Conway
- Professor of Music Education, School of Music, Theatre, & Dance
- Term: July 1, 2020 through June 30, 2023
Marina A. Epelman
- Professor of Industrial and Operations Engineering
- Term: July 1, 2021 to June 30, 2024
Sara Forsdyke
- Josiah Ober Collegiate Professor of Ancient History, Professor of Greek and Latin, Department of Classical Studies and Professor of History, College of Literature, Science, and the Arts
- Term: July 1, 2022 to June 30, 2025
Lorraine M. Gutierrez
- Arthur F. Thurnau Professor, Professor of Social Work, School of Social Work and Professor of Psychology, College of Literature, Science, and the Arts
- Term: July 1, 2020 through June 30, 2023
Nicholas Kingsley
- Associate Professor of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Associate Dean for Research and Graduate Programs, College of Arts and Sciences, The University of Michigan-Flint
- Term: January 2, 2023 to June 30, 2023
Maureen Linker
- Associate Provost and Director, Mardigian Library
- Professor of Philosophy, University of Michigan-Dearborn
- Term: November 15, 2020 to June 30, 2023
Nestor L. Lopez-Duran
- Associate Professor of Psychology
- Term: July 1, 2021 to June 30, 2024
Sunitha Nagrath
- Professor of Chemical Engineering, College of Engineering
- Term: July 1, 2022 to June 30, 2025
Acrisio M. Pires
- Professor of Linguistics
- Term: July 1, 2021 to June 30, 2024
Charles Shipan
- Ira and Nicki Harris Professor of Social Science, Professor of Political Science, College of Literature, Science, and the Arts and Professor of Public Policy, Gerald R. Ford School of Public Policy
- Term: July 1, 2022 to June 30, 2025
Kristen J. Verhey
- A. Kent Christensen Collegiate Professor and Professor of Cell and Developmental Biology, Medical School
- Term: July 1, 2020 through June 30, 2023
Nils G. Walter
- Francis S. Collins Collegiate Professor of Chemistry, Biophysics and Biological Chemistry, Professor of Chemistry, Professor of Biophysics, Professor of Biological Chemistry, Medical School
- Term: July 1, 2022 to June 30, 2023
Patricia J. Wittkopp
- Sally L. Allen Collegiate Professor of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology and Molecular, Cellular, and Developmental Biology; Arthur F. Thurnau Professor of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology; Professor of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology; and Professor of Molecular, Cellular, and Developmental Biology
- Term: July 1, 2021 to June 30, 2024
Chuanwu Xi
- Professor of Environmental Health Sciences and Professor of Global Public Health, School of Public Health
- Term: July 1, 2022 to June 30, 2025
Michael J. Solomon
- Dean, Rackham Graduate School
- Vice Provost for Academic Affairs – Graduate Studies
Other Participants
- Ethriam Brammer, Assistant Dean
- Rita Chin, Associate Dean
- Harsha Gouda, Graduate Rackham International (GRIN)
- Rhonda Jacobs, Executive Board Secretary
- Shana Littleton, Students of Color of Rackham (SCOR)
- Claire Liu, Rackham Student Government (RSG)
- Anna Mapp, Associate Dean
- Brahim Medjahed, Associate Dean
- David Sept, Associate Dean
- Emily Swafford, Assistant Dean
- Arthur Verhoogt, Associate Dean