The University bestows the designation "Graduate Faculty" upon faculty following review of their credentials and recommendation by their colleagues. The University maintains six levels of graduate faculty: (1) Full, (2) Associate, (3) Adjunct, (4) Adjunct Research Co-Mentor, (5) Affiliate, and (6) Adjunct Teaching.

Only Full graduate faculty members may chair doctoral committees. Adjunct Research Co-Mentor members may serve as co-chair of a master's or doctoral committee. Full or Associate graduate faculty may chair master's committees. Only one adjunct or affiliate graduate faculty member may serve as a voting member on any master's or doctoral committee.

Teaching adjunct members may not serve on graduate committees.

DAVID L. APPLEBY, Professor, MFA (1979), Temple University [2008]

JOHN A. CAMPBELL, Professor Emeritus, PhD (1968), The University of Pittsburgh [2008]

M. ALLISON GRAHAM, Professor, PhD (1978), The University of Florida [2012]

KATHERINE G. HENDRIX, Associate Professor, PhD (1994), The University of Washington [2013]

CRAIG LEAKE, Assistant Professor, MA (1969), Memphis State University [2012]

MICHAEL C. LEFF, Professor, PhD (1972), The University of California at Los Angeles [2009]

STEVEN J. ROSS, Professor, MA (1974), New York University [2009]

SANDRA J. SARKELA, Associate Professor, PhD (1982), The University of Massachusetts, Amherst [2010]

AMANDA J. YOUNG, Assistant Professor, PhD (2000), Carnegie Mellon University [2010]

ANTONIO R. DeVELASCO, Assistant Professor, PhD (2005), Emory University [2010]

ROXANA L. GEE, Associate Professor, MA (1973), Memphis State University [2008]

WALTER G. KIRKPATRICK, Associate Professor, PhD (1974), The University of Iowa [2012]

SHU LI, Assistant Professor, PhD (2006), Northwestern University [2012]

KRIS M. MARKMAN, Assistant Professor, PhD (2006), The University of Texas at Austin [2013]

DAVID GRAY MATTHEWS, Assistant Professor, PhD (1993), Pennsylvania State University [2013]

RICHARD R. RANTA, Dean, College of Communication and Fine Arts, and Professor, PhD (1974), The University of Iowa [2013]

WILLIAM BRESCIA, PhD (2002), Indiana University [2011]

VALERIE BRIDGEMAN DAVIS, PhD (2002), Baylor University [2010]

LAWRENCE R. FREY, PhD (1979), The University of Kansas [2009]

MICHAEL OSBORN, PhD (1963), The University of Florida [2010]

RONALD I. SCHORR, MD (1982), Ohio State University [2009]

ADJUNCT RESEARCH CO-MENTOR

PAUL DEKAR, PhD (1978), University of Chicago [2009]

PRADEEP SOPORY, PhD (1999), The University of Wisconsin-Madison [2009]

REECE AUGUISTE, MS (2000), Marlboro College [2010]

NOTE:Termination date of graduate faculty membership is indicated in brackets.
Last revised on: September 9, 2008.