Advisory Committee on Advocacy and Public Policy
Advisory Committee on Advocacy and Public Policy charter
Current committee members
Elizabeth Watkins (Chair)
Dean, Graduate Division
University of California, San Francisco
Kinchel Doerner (2018)
Dean, Graduate School
South Dakota State University
Mark Sheridan (2018)
Vice Provost for Graduate Affairs and Dean, Graduate School
Texas Tech University
Roberta Brooke (2019)
Director, Graduate Studies
Eastern Washington University
Ernest Brothers (2019)
Associate Dean, Graduate School
The University of Tennessee, Knoxville
Jennifer Hart (2019)
Associate Vice Chancellor for Graduate Studies and Associate Vice Provost for Advanced Studies
University of Missouri, Columbia
David Jackson, Jr. (2019)
Associate Provost for Graduate Education and Dean of the Graduate College
Florida A&M University
Elizabeth Kenney (2019)
Assistant Dean, Research and Graduate Studies
Salem State University
Jerome J. Kukor (2019)
Dean of the Graduate School
Rutgers University
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