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Former GC Members

2023-2024

Michael Scheibner, Chair, CCGA representative
  SNS
John Abatzoglou, Vice-Chair
  SOE
Roberto Andresen Eguiluz
  SOE
Rebeca Arevalo   SNS
Christina Baker   SSHA
Marilia Gaiarsa   SNS
Jennifer Howell   SSHA
Min-Hwan Lee
  SOE
Karl Ryavec
  SSHA
Matt Hibbing, ex-officio, non-voting (Spring 2024)
 
Senate Chair, SSHA
Kevin Mitchell, ex-officio, non-voting (Spring 2024)
 
Senate Vice-Chair, SNS
Patricia LiWang, ex-officio, non-voting (Fall 2023)
 
Senate Chair, SNS
Matt Hibbing, ex-officio, non-voting (Fall 2023)
 
Senate Vice-Chair, SSHA
Hrant Hratchian, ex-officio, non-voting
  Vice Provost and Dean of Graduate Education
Derek Devnich, Committee Consultant, non-voting
  Director of UC Merced Center for Data Services, Library
Erin Webb, Committee Consultant, non-voting
  University Registrar

 

2022-2023

Michael Scheibner, Chair, CCGA representative
  SNS
John Abatzoglou, Vice-Chair, PROC representative
  SOE
Rebeca Arevalo
  SNS
Roberto Andresen Eguiluz
  SOE
Sandie Ha
  SSHA
Nigel Hatton
  SSHA
Min-Hwan Lee
  SOE
Kara McCloskey (served through February 2023)
  SOE
Clarissa Nobile
  SNS
Karl Ryavec
  SSHA
Hrant Hratchian, ex-officio, non-voting
  Vice Provost and Dean of Graduate Education
Patti LiWang, ex-officio, non-voting
  Senate Chair, SNS
Holley Moyes, ex-officio, non-voting (Spring 2023)
  Senate Vice-Chair, SSHA
Albert Dibenedetto, ex-officio, non-voting
  Graduate Student Representative
Syeda Tajin Ahmed, ex-officio, non-voting
  Postdoctoral Scholar, SOE (Materials Science & Engineering)
Jerrold Shiroma, ex-officio, non-voting
  Library Representative
Erin Webb, ex-officio, non-voting
  Registrar

 

2021-2022

Erin Hestir, Chair, CCGA representative, PROC representative (Spring 2022)
  SOE
Sandie Ha, Vice-Chair, PROC representative (Fall 2021)
  SSHA
Nigel Hatton   SSHA
Hrant Hratchian (Term ends July 18, 2022)   SNS
Boaz Ilan (Fall 2021)   SNS
Changqing Li   SOE
Kara McCloskey   SOE
Karl Ryavec   SSHA
David Strubbe   SNS
Frederick Wolf (Spring 2022)   SNS
Chris Kello, ex-officio, non-voting   Interim Vice Provost and Dean of Graduate Education* 
Hrant Hratchian, ex-officio, non-voting 
  Vice Provost and Dean of Graduate Education** 
Patti LiWang, ex-officio, non-voting
  Senate Chair, SNS
LeRoy Westerling, ex-officio, non-voting 
  Senate Vice-Chair, SOE
Edgar Perez-Lopez, ex-officio, non-voting
  Graduate Student Representative
Mikahl Banwarth-Kuhn, ex-officio, non-voting
  Postdoctoral Scholar Representative
Jerrold Shiroma, ex-officio, non-voting
  Committee Consultant
Erin Webb, ex-officio, non-voting
  Committee Consultant

 

*Until July 18, 2022

**Effective July 19, 2022

 

2020-2021

Hrant Hratchian, Chair, CCGA representative
  SNS
Erin Hestir, Vice-Chair, PROC representative 
  SOE
Linda-Anne Rebhun   SSHA
Boaz Ilan   SNS
YangQuan Chen   SOE
Jennifer Lu   SOE
Sarah Depaoli   SSHA
Sandie Ha   SSHA
Stephanie Woo   SNS
Chris Kello, ex-officio, non-voting   Interim Vice Provost and Dean of Graduate Education
Robin DeLugan, ex-officio, non-voting
  Senate Chair, SSHA
LeRoy Westerling, ex-officio, non-voting 
  Senate Vice-Chair, SOE
Shayna Bennett, ex-officio, non-voting
  Graduate Student Representative
Jerrold Shiroma, ex-officio, non-voting
  Committee Consultant
Erin Webb, ex-officio, non-voting
  Committee Consultant

 

2019-2020

Leroy Westerling, Chair, CCGA representative
  SOE
Hrant Hratchian, Vice-Chair 
  SNS
Maria DePrano, PROC representative   SSHA
Alex Theodoridis   SSHA
Chih-Wen Ni   SOE
Ahmed Arif   SOE
Shawn Newsam   SOE
Linda-Anne Rebhun   SSHA
Stephanie Woo   SNS
Marjorie Zatz, ex-officio, non-voting   Vice Provost and Dean of Graduate Education
Tom Hansford, ex-officio, non-voting
  Senate Chair, SSHA
Robin DeLugan, ex-officio, non-voting 
  Senate Vice-Chair, SSHA
Ritwika Vallomparambath PanikkasserySugasree, ex-officio, non-voting
  Graduate Student Representative
Erin Webb, ex-officio, non-voting
  Committee Consultant

 

2018-2019

Leroy Westerling, Chair, CCGA representative
  SOE
Hrant Hratchian, Vice-Chair 
  SNS
David Ardell (Spring 2019)   SNS
Maria DePrano, PROC representative   SSHA
Teamrat Ghezzehei   SNS
Rose Scott   SSHA
Andy LiWang, LASC representative   SNS
Chih-Wen Ni   SOE
Christina Torres-Rouff   SSHA
Fred Wolf (Fall 2018)   SNS
Marjorie Zatz, ex-officio, non-voting   Vice Provost and Dean of Graduate Education
Kurt Schnier, ex-officio, non-voting
  Senate Chair, SSHA
Anne Kelley, ex-officio, non-voting 
  Senate Vice-Chair, SNS
Thaddeus Seher, ex-officio, non-voting
  Graduate Student Representative
Erin Webb, ex-officio, non-voting
  Committee Consultant

 

2017-2018 

Teamrat Ghezzehei, Chair
  SNS
Leroy Westerling, Vice-Chair 
  SOE
Maria DePrano   SSHA
Hrant Hratchian   SNS
Fred Wolf   SNS
Matthew Hibbing   SSHA
Liang Shi (Spring 2018)   SNS
Kyle Dodson (Spring 2018)   SSHA
Andy LiWang (Fall 2017)   SNS
Sholeh Quinn (Fall 2017)   SSHA
Marjorie Zatz, ex-officio, non-voting   Vice Provost and Dean of Graduate Education
Susan Amussen, ex-officio, non-voting
  Senate Chair, SSHA
Kurt Schnier, ex-officio, non-voting 
  Senate Vice-Chair, SSHA
Lauren Stark, ex-officio, non-voting (Spring 2018)
  Graduate Student Representative
Sabah Ul-Hasan, ex-officio, non-voting (Fall 2017)   Graduate Student Representative

 

2016-2017 

Ramesh Balasubramaniam, Chair
  SSHA
Teamrat Ghezzehei, Vice-Chair 
  SNS
Nancy Burke   SSHA
Ming-Hsuan Yang   SOE
Andy LiWang   SNS
Hrant Hratchian   SNS
Fabian Filipp   SNS
Fred Wolf   SNS
Marjorie Zatz, ex-officio, non-voting   Vice Provost and Dean of Graduate Education
Susan Amussen, ex-officio, non-voting
  Senate Chair, SSHA
Kurt Schnier, ex-officio, non-voting 
  Senate Vice-Chair, SSHA
Nicholas Dove, ex-officio, non-voting 
  Graduate Student Representative

 

2015-2016

Michael Dawson, Chair
  SNS
Ramesh Balasubramaniam, Vice-Chair 
  SSHA
Sachin Goyal   SOE
Ricardo Cisneros   SSHA
Changqing Li   SOE
Victor Munoz   SOE
Nancy Burke   SSHA
Ming-Hsuan Yang (Spring 2016)   SOE
Kurt Schnier   SSHA
Marjorie Zatz, ex-officio, non-voting   Vice Provost and Dean of Graduate Education
Cristian Ricci, ex-officio, non-voting
  Senate Chair, SSHA
Josh Viers, ex-officio, non-voting 
  Senate Vice-Chair, SOE
Jason Davis, ex-officio, non-voting 
  Graduate Student Representative
Laura Martin, ex-officio, non-voting    Coordinator of Institutional Assessment
Tsu Ya, ex-officio, non-voting    Graduate Admissions and Academic Services Manager

 

2014-2015

Kathleen Hull, Chair
  SSHA
Michael Dawson, Vice-Chair 
  SNS
Sachin Goyal   SOE
Ramesh Balasubramaniam   SSHA
Sayantani Ghosh   SNS
Changqing Li   SOE
Victor Munoz   SOE
Kurt Schnier   SSHA
Miriam Barlow (Spring 2015)   SNS
Ignacio Lopez-Calvo, ex-officio, non-voting
  Senate Chair, SSHA
Jian-Qiao Sun, ex-officio, non-voting 
  Senate Vice-Chair, SOE
Chris Kello, ex-officio, non-voting 
  Acting Dean of the Graduate Division
Laura Martin, ex-officio, non-voting    Coordinator of Institutional Assessment
Tsu Ya, ex-officio, non-voting    Graduate Admissions and Academic Services Manager

 

2013-2014

Valerie Leppert, Chair
  SOE
Kathleen Hull, Vice-Chair 
  SSHA
Sachin Goyal   SOE
Paul Almeida   SSHA
Sayantani Ghosh   SNS
Erin Johnson   SNS
Ignacio Lopez-Calvo, ex-officio, non-voting
  Senate Chair, SSHA
Jian-Qiao Sun, ex-officio, non-voting 
  Senate Vice-Chair, SOE
Chris Kello, ex-officio, non-voting 
  Acting Dean of the Graduate Division
Laura Martin, ex-officio, non-voting    Coordinator of Institutional Assessment
Tsu Ya, ex-officio, non-voting    Graduate Admissions and Academic Services Manager

 

2012-2013

Valerie Leppert, Chair
  SOE
Ruth Mostern, Vice-Chair 
  SSHA
Stefano Carpin   SOE
David Noelle   SSHA
Sayantani Ghosh   SNS
Erin Johnson   SNS
Jason Hein   SNS
Eric Brown (Spring 2013)   SNS
Roummel Marcia   SNS
Peggy O'Day, ex-officio, non-voting
  Senate Chair, SNS
Ignacio Lopez-Calvo, ex-officio, non-voting 
  Senate Vice-Chair, SSHA
Chris Kello, ex-officio, non-voting 
  Acting Dean of the Graduate Division

 

2011-2012

William Shadish, Chair
  SSHA
David Kelley, Vice-Chair 
  SNS
Stefano Carpin   SOE
Robert Innes   SSHA
Erin Johnson   SNS
Ignacio Lopez-Calvo   SSHA
Roummel Marcia   SNS
Susan Amussen, ex-officio, non-voting
  Senate Chair, SSHA
Peggy O'Day, ex-officio, non-voting 
  Senate Vice-Chair, SNS
Samuel Traina, ex-officio, non-voting 
  VC for Research and Dean of the Graduate Division

 

2010-2011

Chris Kello, Chair
  SSHA
William Shadish, Vice-Chair 
  SSHA
Carolin Frank   SNS
David Kelley   SNS
Ignacio Lopez-Calvo   SSHA
Matthew Meyer   SNS
Shawn Newsam   SOE
Sholeh Quinn   SSHA
Michael Spivey   SSHA
Ariel Escobar   SOE
Evan Heit, ex-officio, non-voting
  Senate Chair, SSHA
Anne Kelley, ex-officio, non-voting 
  Senate Vice-Chair, SNS
Samuel Traina, ex-officio, non-voting 
  VC for Research and Dean of the Graduate Division

 

2009-2010

Chris Kello, Chair
  SSHA
David Kelley, Vice-Chair 
  SNS
Raymond Chiao   SOE & SNS
Yarrow Dunham   SSHA
Carolin Frank   SNS
Ignacio Lopez-Calvo   SSHA
Matthew Meyer   SNS
Michael Modest   SOE
Shawn Newsam   SOE
Sholeh Quinn   SSHA
Martha Conklin, ex-officio, non-voting
  Senate Chair, SOE
Evan Heit, ex-officio, non-voting 
  Senate Vice-Chair, SSHA
Samuel Traina, ex-officio, non-voting 
  VC for Research and Dean of the Graduate Division

 

2008-2009

Valerie Leppert, Chair
  SOE
Patricia LiWang, Vice-Chair 
  SNS
Michael Dawson   SNS
Qinghua Guo   SOE
Raymond Chiao   SOE & SNS
Yarrow Dunham   SSHA
Maurizio Forte   SSHA
Sayantani Ghosh   SNS
Wolfgang Rogge   SOE
Ignacio Lopez-Calvo   SSHA
Martha Conklin, ex-officio, non-voting
  Senate Chair, SOE
Michael Colvin, ex-officio, non-voting 
  Senate Vice-Chair, SNS
Samuel Traina, ex-officio, non-voting 
  VC for Research and Dean of the Graduate Division

 

2007-2008 

Anne Kelley, Chair
  SNS
Patricia LiWang, Vice-Chair 
  SNS
Michael Dawson   SNS
Qinghua Guo   SOE
Thomas Hansford   SSHA
Michelle Khine   SOE
Jennifer Manilay   SNS
David Noelle   SOE & SSHA
Wolfgang Rogge   SOE
Shawn Kantor, ex-officio, non-voting
  Senate Chair, SSHA
Roger Bales, ex-officio, non-voting 
  Senate Vice-Chair, SOE

 

2006-2007

David Kelley, Chair
  SNS
Valerie Leppert, Vice-Chair 
  SOE
Thomas Hansford   SSHA
Thomas Harmon   SOE
Shawn Kantor   SSHA
Jennifer Manilay   SNS
Matthew Meyer   SNS
David Noelle   SSHA
Peggy O'Day   SNS
Tony Westerling   SOE
Shawn Kantor, ex-officio, non-voting
  Senate Chair, SSHA
Thomas Harmon, ex-officio, non-voting 
  Senate Vice-Chair, SSHA
Liz Duran   Student Representative

 

2005-2006

Shawn Kantor, Chair
  SSHA
David Kelley, Vice-Chair 
  SNS
Thomas Harmon   SOE
Gregg Herken   SSHA
Valerie Leppert   SOE
Rudy Ortiz   SNS
Belinda Reyes   SSHA
Roland Winston, ex-officio, non-voting (Fall 2005)   Senate Chair, SOE
Anne Kelley, ex-officio, non-voting (Spring 2006)
  Senate Chair, SNS
Henry Forman, ex-officio, non-voting 
  Senate Vice-Chair, SNS

 

2004-2005

Thomas Harmon   SOE
Valerie Leppert   SOE
Manuel Martin-Rodriguez   SSHA
Peggy O'Day   SNS
Shawn Kantor, ex-officio, non-voting 
  Senate Chair, SSHA
David Ojcius, ex-officio, non-voting 
  Senate Vice-Chair, SOE