Graduate Group Chairs

The Graduate Group Chair is responsible for supervising graduate study in his/her Graduate Group, including planning and carrying out graduate student recruitment, ensuring that each graduate student is assigned an individual Faculty Advisor and mentor, ensuring the progress of graduate students through the program, determining resource needs and administration of the group’s budget, determining both graduate course offerings each semester and curriculum changes. 

AY 2020-21 Graduate Group Chairs 

• Roummel Marcia, Applied Mathematics
• Victor Muñoz, Bioengineering
• Christine Isborn, Chemistry & Biochemistry
• Paul Smaldino, Cognitive & Information Sciences
• Justin Cook, Economics
• Shawn Newsam, Electrical Engineering & Computer Science
• Martha Conklin, Environmental Systems
• Kevin Dawson, Interdisciplinary Humanities
• Sarah Kurtz, Materials and Biomaterials Science and Engineering
• John Abatzoglou, Management of Innovation, Sustainability & Technology, Management of Complex Systems
• YangQuan Chen, Mechanical Engineering
• Chih-Chun Chien, Physics
• Courtenay Conrad, Political Science
• Jan Wallander, Psychological Sciences
• Irene Yen, Public Health
• Chris Amemiya, Quantitative & Systems Biology
• Irenee Beattie, Sociology

Meeting Schedule

Admissions Resources

• Admissions Requirements
• Admissions Review Tool- Pending
• Admissions Review Tool Guide- Pending
• CGS An Essential Guide to Graduate Admissions
• CGS Doctoral Initiative on Minority Attrition and Completion 
• CGS Holistic Review
• National Academies Press- To Recruit and Advance: Women Students and Faculty in Science & Engineering

Graduate Council

• Course Request Form
• Course Approval and CRF Process 
• Graduate Policies & Procedures Handbook (AY 20-21) - Approved by GC on June 30, 2020
• Graduate Policies & Procedures Handbook (AY19-20)
• Website: https://senate.ucmerced.edu/GC  

Graduate Division

• Graduate Division Events & Deadlines Calendar (Fall 2020) - Last updated 8/28/20
• Graduate Division Student Forms
• Graduate Group Chairs Manual
• Graduate Group Chairs FAQ
• Master's Degree Completion Checklist
• Doctoral Degree Completion Checklist
• UC Merced Thesis & Dissertation Formatting Guide

Mentoring

• Mentoring Guidelines
• Mentoring Resources 
• Nature's Checklist 
• Nature Guide for Mentors