Current Members
The Graduate Council consists of members of the graduate faculty elected by and from the graduate faculty members within each college or school by processes determined by the college or school to serve a five-year term. The Chair of the Graduate Council notifies the Dean of the college or school in advance of the expiration of each member’s term.
Andreas Giger, Chair
College of Music & Dramatic Arts
agiger1@lsu.edu
Term Ends: 2024-25
Chad Seifried, Associate chair
College of Human Sciences & Education
cseifried@lsu.edu
Term Ends: 2027-28
Fereydoun "Fred" Aghazadeh
College of Engineering
aghazadeh@lsu.edu
Term Ends: 2028-29
Jeffery Blackmon
College of Science
blackmon@lsu.edu
Term Ends: 2028-29
Areendam Chanda
College of Business
achanda@lsu.edu
Term Ends: 2028-2029
William Corbett
Paul M. Hebert Law Center
wcorbe1@lsu.edu
Term Ends: 2025-26
Anne Grove
College of Science
agrove@lsu.edu
Term Ends: 2025-26
Robert Holton
College of Art & Design
rholton@lsu.edu
Term Ends: 2025-26
Mark Mitchell
School of Veterinary Medicine
mmitchell@lsu.edu
Term Ends: 2024-25
Ken Reichelt
College of Business
reichelt@lsu.edu
Term Ends: 2026-27
Robert Rohli
College of the Coast & Environment
rohli@lsu.edu
Term Ends: 2028-29
Meghan Sanders
School of Mass Communicaion
msand@lsu.edu
Term Ends: 2028-29
Samuel Stroope
College of Humanities &
Social Sciences sstroope@lsu.edu
Term Ends: 2028-29
Sabrina Taylor
College of Agriculture
staylor@agcenter.lsu.edu
Term Ends: 2026-27
