Launched in June 2023, the Sustaining Teaching and Research Task Force, or START, will assess challenges, prioritize strategies and recommend specific actions to bring about substantive improvements to our education, research and service models, thereby enhancing our ability to fulfill our mission at the highest levels of achievement.
The Future of Graduate Education Committee will assess current and future challenges in providing excellent graduate education; develop new education and enrollment models; and improve the structure and funding models for graduate students, department-based graduate programs, and graduate groups.
The committee's members are:
- Co-Chairs
- Jean-Pierre Delplanque, Vice Provost and Dean, Graduate Studies
Cynthia Schumann, Professor, Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences - Members
- Erum Abbasi Syed (Staff), Executive Assistant Dean, Graduate Studies
Alisha Bartolomucci, Graduate Staff Advisor, Graduate Group in Nutritional Biology
Ian Blake, Executive Assistant Dean, College of Letters and Science
Michael Brown (Ex-Officio), Past Provost and Executive Vice President, UC Office of the President
Richard Corsi, Dean, College of Engineering
Janet Foley, Professor and Agronomist, Medicine and Epidemiology
Ben Ruilin Fong, President, Graduate Student Association
Brian Gaylord, Professor, Evolution and Ecology
Rana Jaleel, Vice Chair and Associate Professor, Gender, Sexuality, and Women's Studies
Pamela Jennings, Associate Vice Provost for Graduate Studies, UC Office of the President
Anita Oberbauer, Distinguished Professor and Executive Associate Dean, College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences
Nicole Rabaud, Executive Director, Student and Postdoctoral Support
Jeffrey Schank, Chair, Graduate Council
Rao Unnava, Dean, Graduate School of Management
Working Groups
The Future of Graduate Education Committee has formed working groups that will focus on specific topics and address the full range of questions submitted to START. The working groups, their conveners, and members are:
- Graduate Education Financial Support
- Convener:
Jeffrey Schank, Chair, Graduate Council
Members:
Steven Albrecht, Director of Student Financial Support, Graduate Studies
Alisha Bartolomucci, Graduate Staff Advisor, Graduate Group in Nutritional Biology
Ian Blake, Executive Assistant Dean, College of Letters and Science
Rachel Chen, Professor, Graduate School of Management
Natasha Costa, Labor Relations Consultant, Human Resources
Rachael Goodhue, Professor and Chair, Agricultural and Resource Economics
Eleonora Grandi, Professor and Chair, Biophysics Graduate Group
Jessica Lewis, Principal Budget Analyst, Budget and Institutional Analysis
Dean Tantillo, Professor, Chemistry - Graduate Education Structures
- Convener:
Rana Jaleel, Vice Chair and Associate Professor, Gender, Sexuality, and Women's Studies
Members:
Elva Diaz, Professor, Pharmacology
Janet Foley, Professor and Agronomist, Medicine and Epidemiology
Robert Irwin, Professor, Spanish
Anita Oberbauer, Distinguished Professor and Executive Associate Dean, College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences
Duncan Temple Lang, Associate Dean for Graduate Programs, Graduate Studies - Non-Doctoral Graduate Education
- Convener:
Richard Corsi, Dean, College of Engineering
Members:
Jasmine Durias Bonite, Director of Policy and Programs, Graduate Studies
Beth Greenwood, Associate Dean for International Programs and Director of LL.M. Programs, School of Law
Erich Muehlegger, Professor, Economics
Menesh Patel, Professor, School of Law
Woutrina Smith, Professor, Agronomist, and Associate Dean for Global Programs, School of Veterinary Medicine
Francene Steinberg, Professor and Chair, Nutrition
Rao Unnava, Dean, Graduate School of Management - Re-imagining Doctoral Education and Training
- Convener:
Nicole Rabaud, Executive Director, Student and Postdoctoral Support
Members:
Ben Ruilin Fong, President, Graduate Student Association
Brian Gaylord, Professor, Evolution and Ecology
Aldrin Gomes, Professor, Neurobiology, Physiology, and Behavior
Ellen Hartigan-O'Connor, Associate Dean for Graduate Students and Postdoctoral Scholars, Graduate Studies
Jill Huynh, Ph.D. Candidate, School of Veterinary Medicine
Pamela Jennings, Associate Vice Provost for Graduate Studies, UC Office of the President
Cynthia Schumann, Professor, Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences
Brian Trainor, Professor and Vice Chair, Psychology