The Graduate Council develops and monitors policies relating the graduate programs, graduate students, and graduate faculty. The Director of Graduate Studies chairs the Graduate Council. The Council serves to inform and advise the Director of Graduate Studies in pursuit of the Director’s duties in graduate admissions, program review, graduate student concerns, and graduate faculty concerns. The Graduate Council is composed of representatives from each of the graduate programs and of the graduate faculty. Graduate faculty are Kentucky State University faculty with significant teaching, research, and professional accomplishment.
The Current Members of the Graduate Council are:
Director of Graduate Studies (TBA)
Dr. Chris Daniel, Program Coordinator, School of Public Administration
Dr. James Obielodan, Interim Program Coordinator, Master of Business Administration Degree Program
Dr. James Tidwell, Professor and Chair of the Division of Aquaculture
Dr. Mike Unuakhalu, Program Coordinator, Master of
Science in Computer Science Technology
Ex Offico:
Dr. Tsehai Alemayehu, Dean of the College of Business & Computer Science
Dr. Gashaw Lake, Dean of the College of Professional Studies
Dr. Sam Oleka, Dean of the College of Arts, Social Sciences, and Interdisciplinary Studies
Dr. Teferi Tsegaye, Dean of the College of Agriculture, Food Studies & Sustainable Systems
Dr. James Tidwell, Chair of the Division of Aquaculture
Dr. Abdul Turay, Interim Chair of the School of Business
Dr. George Antonious, Interim Chair of the Division of Environmental Studies & Sustainable Systems
Dr. Sylvia Mason, Interim Chair of the School of Education
Mr. John Martin, Registrar