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.

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2025-2026 Committee Members

OFFICERS

  • Meta Kuehn, Chair, Biochemistry
  • Jim Hench, Vice Chair, Marine Science and Conservation
  • Suzanne Barbour, Ex Officio, The Graduate School
  • John Klingensmith, Ex Officio, The Graduate School

STUDENT REPRESENTATIVEs

  • Anvita Kulshrestha, GPSG Student Representative
  • Sunag Udupa, GPSG Student Representative alternate

LIBRARY OBSERVER

  • Adhitya Dhanapal, DU Libraries

STAFF

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

BIOLOGICAL & BIOMEDICAL SCIENCES

  • Meta Kuehn, Biochemistry
  • Anne West, Neurobiology
  • Herman Pontzer, Evolutionary Anthropology
  • Jichun Xi, Biostatistics and Bioinformatics
  • Mike Boyce, Biochemistry (Graduate Faculty Fellow)

HUMANITIES

  • Sarah Pourciau, German Studies
  • Gennifer Weisenfeld, Art, Art History and Visual Studies
  • Carlos Rojas, Asian and Middle Eastern Studies
  • John Supko, Music

PHYSICAL SCIENCES AND ENGINEERING

  • Jim Hench, Marine Science and Conservation
  • Joel Meyer, Environment
  • Stefan Zauscher, Mechanical Engineering and Materials Science
  • Phil Barbeau, Physics
  • Sina Farsiu, Biomedical Engineering

SOCIAL SCIENCES

  • Rick Larrick, Business Administration
  • Isaac Lipkus, Nursing
  • Anne-Maria Makhulu, Cultural Anthropology
  • Jolie Olcott, History

 

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.