Academic Councils

The Undergraduate Council (UC) reviews and considers proposals for undergraduate courses and provides recommendations to the Graduate Council (GC) for graduate courses.

This includes proposals to establish new undergraduate programs as well as those to change existing undergraduate programs. 

For the academic year 2026-2027:

Chair: Kristine Urschel

• Steven Arthur — Arts and Sciences
• Jessica Barfield — Communication and Information
• Arryn Blaine — Pharmacy
• Cory Curl — Graduate School
• Dustin Faulstick — Honors
• Miranda Hines — UK Online
• Shelita Jackson — Social Work
• Nancy Jones — Fine Arts
• Kaitlyn Key — Nursing
• John Kirn — Business and Economics
• Alicia Modenbach — Agriculture, Food and Environment
• Justin Nichols — Education
• Mark O’Bryan — Design
• Katherine Paullin — Arts and Sciences
• Tim Taylor — Engineering
• Sarah Vos — Public Health
• Ashley Vowels — Health Sciences
• Joe Lewis — Advising Network
• VACANT — Registrar

The Graduate Council (GC) reviews and considers proposals for graduate courses and provides recommendations to the Undergraduate Council (UC) for courses in where there is overlap (i.e., courses numbered 400G-499G).

This includes proposals to establish new graduate programs as well as those to change existing graduate programs. 

For the academic year 2026-2027:

Chair: Kathleen Montgomery

• Sahar Alameh-Navalesi — Education
• Greg Erhardt — Engineering
• Fatima Espinoza-Vasquez — Communication and Information
• Bill Hoyt — Graduate School
• Dave Jensen — Arts and Sciences
• Kyle Kosik — Health Sciences
• Priscilla McCutcheon — Arts and Sciences
• Kristin Monroe — Arts and Sciences
• Pavel Ortinski — Medicine
• Kelly Pennell — Engineering
• Howard Roberts — Dentistry
• Michael Sama — Agriculture, Food and Environment
• Jessica Santollo — Arts and Sciences
• Doug Slaymaker — Arts and Sciences
• Jason Swanson — Agriculture, Food and Environment
• Jill Turner — Pharmacy
• Xiafei Wang — Social Work
• David Wischer — Fine Arts
• VACANT — Design
• VACANT — Business and Economics
• VACANT — Public Health

The Health Care Colleges Council (HCCC) reviews and considers proposals for courses in professional health care programs or those that involve students in health care practices housed within a college represented on the HCCC.

This includes proposals to establish new professional programs as well as those to change existing professional programs. 

For the academic year 2026-2027:

Chair: Amanda Ellis

• Shelby Oberst — Dentistry
• Kara Hourdas — Dentistry
• Chris Awartz — Health Sciences
• Cheryl Vanderford — Health Sciences
• Gaby Gabriel — Medicine
• Ali Slone — Medicine
• Candice Falls — Nursing
• Julie Perry — Nursing
• Doug Oyler — Pharmacy
• Oleg Tsodikov — Pharmacy
• Marc Kiviniemi — Public Health
• Min-Woong Sohn — Public Health