Graduate Council

Graduate Council Members

Alessandra Adami, Kinesiology
2026, CHS Representative, aadami@uri.edu, 4-5541

Ali Akanda, Civil & Environmental Engineering
2025, COE Representative, akanda@uri.edu, 4-7050

Araceli Bonifant, Mathematics
2025, A & S Natural Sciences Representative, bonifant@uri.edu, 4-4394

Susan DeSanto-Madeya, Nursing
2025, CON Representative, sdesanto-madeya@uri.edu, 4-2038

Emilijia Djurdjevic, Management
2026, COB Representative, edjurdjevic@uri.edu

Marta Gomez-Chiarri, Aquaculture/Fisheries
2026, CELS Representative, gomezchi@uri.edu, 4-2917

Emmett Goods, Music
2025, A & S Humanities Representative, emmettgoods@uri.edu, 4-2553

Asta Habtemichael, GSA President
2024, Student Representative, ahabtemichael@uri.edu

Karen Morse, Library
2025, University Library Representative, kwmorse@uri.edu, 4-2981

Martha Rojas, English
2024, Graduate School At-Large Representative, martharojas@uri.edu, 4-7880

David Rowley, Biomedical & Pharmaceutical Sciences
2026, Graduate School At-Large Representative, drowley@uri.edu, 4-9228

Hans Saint-Eloi Cadely, Human Development & Family Studies
2026, CHS Representative, hsainteloicadel@uri.edu, 4-2575

Yang Shen, Marine Geology and Geophysics
2025, GSO Representative, yshen@uri.edu, 4-6811

Minsuk Shim, Secondary Education
2026, COEDU Representative, mshim@uri.edu, 4-4162

Helani Singhapura, Student
2024, Student Representative, shasinghapura@uri.edu

Angela Slitt, Biomedical & Pharmaceutical Sciences, Chair
2024, COP Representative, angela_slitt@uri.edu, 4-5020

Karolina Wojcik, Student
2024, Student Representative, karolina_wojcik@uri.edu

Ping Xu, Political Science (replacing Cheryl Foster)
2024, A & S Social Sciences Representative, pingxu@uri.edu, 4-4053

Eric Beretta, Enrollment Services Officer (Ex Officio)
Graduate School, eric_beretta@uri.edu, 4-2602

Jessica Coyle, Graduate Council Secretary (Ex Officio)
Graduate School, jgmartinez@uri.edu, 4-2873

Brenton DeBoef, Ph.D., Dean (Ex Officio)
Graduate School, bdeboef@uri.edu, 4-9480

Corinne Kulesh, Ph.D., Director of Graduate Enrollment Management (Ex Officio)
Graduate School, corinne_kulesh@uri.edu, 4-4459

Cara Mitnick, Esq. Director of Professional Development (Ex Officio)
Graduate School, cmitnick@uri.edu, 4-2644

Colleen Mouw, Ph.D., Associate Dean (Ex Officio)
Graduate School, cmouw@uri.edu, 4-6506