The graduate faculty, which meets on call, depends upon the Executive Committee of the Graduate Faculty for the creation of policy with respect to graduate study at Duke University, as well as for other delegated responsibilities. The ECGF normally meets regularly on matters affecting The Graduate School.

The ECGF consists of an elected faculty chair and four representatives from each of the academic divisions—humanities, biological sciences, physical sciences, and social sciences. The chair may be one of those representatives. Faculty representatives are elected by their respective divisions for staggered two-year terms. The dean and the associate dean for academic affairs sit as ex officio members of the committee.

ECGF Minutes

ECGF members can access meeting minutes: Go to Canvas, open ECGF site, click on "Files" then click on "Resources" to browse/open files.

Go to Canvas

2023-2024 Committee Members

OFFICERS

  • Meta Kuehn, Chair, Biochemistry
  • Alessandro Arlotto, Vice Chair, Business Administration
  • Suzanne Barbour, Ex Officio, The Graduate School
  • John Klingensmith, Ex Officio, The Graduate School

STUDENT REPRESENTATIVE

  • Kamillah Kassam, Materials Science/Electrical and Computer Engineering

LIBRARY OBSERVER

  • Liz Milewicz, Digital Scholarship and Pub Services

STAFF

  • Helene McAdams, The Graduate School
  • Courtnea Rainey, The Graduate School

BIOLOGICAL & BIOMEDICAL SCIENCES

  • Meta Kuehn, Biochemistry
  • Dennis Ko, Molecular Genetics and Microbiology
  • David MacAlpine, Pharmacology and Cancer Biology
  • Paul Magwene, Biology

HUMANITIES

  • Lauren Ginsberg, Classical Studies
  • Laura Lieber, Religious Studies
  • Scott Lindroth, Music
  • Tom Rankin, Art, Art History and Visual Studies

PHYSICAL SCIENCES AND ENGINEERING

  • Jim Hench, Marine Science and Conservation
  • Maiken Mikkelsen, Electrical and Computer Engineering
  • Jianfeng Lu, Mathematics
  • Emily Derbyshire, Chemistry

SOCIAL SCIENCES

  • David Siegel, Political Science
  • Alessandro Arlotto, Business Administration
  • Michael Relf, Nursing
  • Jim Moody, Sociology

2023-2024 Meeting Schedule

Via Zoom
Tuesdays, 3:00pm – 5:00 pm

FALL SEMESTER

  • September 12
  • September 26
  • October 10
  • October 24
  • November 7
  • November 21
  • December 5

SPRING SEMESTER

  • January 23
  • February 6
  • February 20
  • March 5
  • March 19
  • April 2
  • April 16

ECGF Minutes

ECGF members can access minutes to past meetings. To do so, they must first login with their NetID to the ECGF Canvas site where they are stored.  To view current or prior year meeting minutes, click on "Files" on the left Navigation pane, then click on "Resources" to browse/open files.