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Graduate Faculty and Staff
Graduate Faculty
Graduate faculty can have full or adjunct status. There are also special members of the graduate faculty who are scholars with no affiliation to the University. You can learn more about the criteria by visiting the Graduate Catalog.
Current Graduate Faculty
| Name | Department or Affiliate | Start Date |
| Asherah N. B. Allen | Kinesiology and Recreation Administration | Spring 2019 |
| TaKeia N. Anthony | History | Spring 2018 |
| Arthur F. Beeler, Jr. | Criminal Justice | Spring 2018 |
| Kristen Bell-Hughes | Psychology | Spring 2017 |
| Kathi Beratan | Biological and Biomedical Sciences | Spring 2017 |
| Kwang Bin Bae | Criminal Justice | Spring 2017 |
| Pierre R. Bushel | Biological and Biomedical Sciences | Fall 2017 |
| Omar E. Christian | Chemistry and Biochemistry | Fall 2016 |
| Tirupapuliyur Damodaran | Biological and Biomedical Sciences | Spring 2016 |
| Lopez Dayami | Pharmaceutical Science/BRITE | Fall 2016 |
| Elizabeth C. Dickey | NCSU Department of Materials Science & Engineering | Spring2019 |
| Christopher L. Edwards | Psychology/Duke University Medical Center | Spring 2016 |
| Katherine Garman | Integrated Biosciences Program (INBS) | 2015 |
| Carresse Gerald | Environmental, Earth, and Geospatial Sciences (EEGS) | Spring 2017 |
| Simon G. Gregory | Duke Molecular Physiology Institute | Spring 2018 |
| Maulin Chris Herring | Criminal Justice | Fall 2015 |
| Harvey Hinton | School of Education | Spring 2017 |
| Garrett Johnson | Mathematics and Physics | Fall 2017 |
| Jinhong Jung | Kinesiology and Recreation Administration | Fall 2015 |
| Ballington Kinlock | Biological and Biomedical Sciences | Fall 2017 |
| Terry Kougoulos | Integrated Biosciences Program (INBS)/Process Development Group LDR | 2015 |
| Deepak Kumar | Mathematics and Physics | Fall 2017 |
| Odessa J. LeMay-Smith | Social Work | Fall 2015 |
| Amy Linder | Kinesiology and Recreation Administration | Spring 2019 |
| Michael B. Major | Integrated Biosciences (INBS) | 2015 |
| Rakesh Malhotra | Environmental, Earth and Geospatial Sciences (EEGS) | Fall 2017 |
| Abdul K. Mohammed | Chemistry and Biochemistry | Spring 2016 |
| Scott E. Parnell | Biological and Biomedical Sciences | Fall 2017 |
| Srikanth Patala | NCSU Department of Materials Science & Engineering | Spring 2019 |
| Christopher J. Paul | Public Administration | Spring 2017 |
| Daniel K. Price | Criminal Justice | Fall 2016 |
| Brian K. Reich | NCSU Department of Statistics | Spring 2019 |
| John K. Sollers III | Psychology | Spring 2017 |
| Milicia Tedder | Psychology | Spring 2017 |
| Mark D. Walters | Environmental, Earth and Geospatial Sciences (EEGS)/Director SMiF | 2015 |
| Makeba Wilbourn | Duke University/Developmental Psychology | Fall 2015 |
| Shanika L. Wilson | Social Work | Spring 2016 |
| Nathan J. Wymer | Chemistry and Biochemistry | 2015 |
Graduate Council
The Graduate Council develops and recommends necessary rules, regulations, policies and guidelines that govern academic programs leading to advanced degrees.
View More About the Graduate Council
Don’t know who represents your department on the Graduate Council? Browse the current member listing to learn who is your current Graduate Council member representative and which subcommittee they serve on. The Graduate Council subcommittees were developed to allow a more focused advisory for curriculum, faculty affairs, student affairs and strategic planning.
Faculty Research Award Program (FRAP) in Collaboration with the Institute for Artificial Intelligence and Equity Research (IAIER)
Objective: Empower and support tenured/tenure-track, full-time faculty members in conducting innovative research within their respective fields of study.
Grant Amount: Provide small grants of up to $10,000 to facilitate research projects.
Scope: Address pressing issues at the local, regional, state, and national levels.
Goals:
- Promotion of impactful research: Encourage the pursuit of research that advances knowledge within specific academic disciplines and contributes to solving real-world problems.
- Encouragement of collaboration: Foster collaboration among faculty members through the promotion of interdisciplinary research proposals.
- Holistic problem-solving: Support the development of holistic solutions by encouraging collaborative research projects that address complex challenges comprehensively.
- Fairness and transparency: Conduct a limited and competitive selection process, ensuring funding is contingent upon the availability of resources and based on the merit and potential impact of research proposals.
- Contribution to academic excellence and societal betterment: Facilitate the pursuit of excellence in research and scholarship while promoting the generation of knowledge that addresses pressing societal needs.