Advisory Committee on Advocacy and Public Policy
Advisory Committee on Advocacy and Public Policy charter
Current committee members
Mark Sheridan (2022) – Chair
Vice Provost for Graduate Affairs and Dean, Graduate School
Texas Tech University
Roberta Brooke (2021)
Director, Graduate Studies
Eastern Washington University
Ernest Brothers (2021)
Associate Dean, Graduate School
The University of Tennessee, Knoxville
David Jackson, Jr. (2021)
Associate Provost for Graduate Education and Dean of the Graduate College
Florida A&M University
Elizabeth Kenney (2021)
Assistant Dean, Research and Graduate Studies
Salem State University
Brian Kloeppel (2022)
Dean, Graduate School and Research
Western Carolina University
Cari Moorhead (2022)
Dean, Graduate School
University of New Hampshire
Michelle Penn-Marshall (2022)
Vice President for Research, Associate Provost, and Dean, Graduate College
Hampton University
Brandy Randall (2022)
Dean, Graduate School
Oakland University
Phil Trella (2022)
Associate Vice Provost and Director, Office of Graduate and Postdoctoral Affairs
University of Virginia
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