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 2025-2026:

Chair: Kristine Urschel

• Steven Arthur — Arts and Sciences
• Jessica Barfield — Communication and Information
• Arryn Blaine — Pharmacy
• Nathan Congleton — Registrar
• Sarah Cprek — Public Health
• Cory Curl — Graduate School
• Dustin Faulstick — Honors
• Kate Field — Fine Arts
• Regina Hannemann — Engineering
• Miranda Hines — UK Online
• Shelita Jackson — Social Work
• John Kirn — Business and Economics
• Alicia Modenbach — Agriculture, Food and Environment
• Justin Nichols — Education
• Mark O’Bryan — Design
• Katherine Paullin — Arts and Sciences
• Ashley Vowels — Health Sciences
• Joe Lewis — Advising Network

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 2025-2026:

Chair: Kathleen Montgomery

• Mark Abel — Education
• Sheila Barnhart — Social Work
• Rusty Barrett — Arts and Sciences
• Tyrone Borders — Nursing
• Amada Ellis — Public Health
• Greg Erhardt — Engineering
• Fatima Espinoza-Vasquez — Communication and Information
• Neal Hutchens — Education
• Dave Jensen — Arts and Sciences
• Kyle Kosik — Health Sciences
• Priscilla McCutcheon — Arts and Sciences
• Pavel Ortinski — Medicine
• Kelly Pennell — Engineering
• Julie Riesenweber — Design
• Howard Roberts — Dentistry
• Michael Sama — Agriculture, Food and Environment
• Jessica Santollo — Arts and Sciences
• Jill Schinberg — Fine Arts
• Doug Slaymaker — Arts and Sciences
• Haoying Sun — Business and Economics
• Jason Swanson — Agriculture, Food and Environment
• Jill Turner — Pharmacy

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 2025-2026:

Chair: Paula Arnett

• Howard Roberts — Dentistry
• Pam Stein — Dentistry
• Travis Thomas — Health Sciences
• Cheryl Vanderford — Health Sciences
• Melinda A. Eshelman — Medicine
• Ali Slone — Medicine
• Candice Falls — Nursing
• Holly Chitwood — Nursing
• Daniela Moga — Pharmacy
• Oleg Tsodikov — Pharmacy
• Martha Riddell — Public Health
• Sarah Wackerbarth — Public Health