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Senate

What is the Senate? 

The Senate is composed of representatives from all programs within the GradGov constituency (graduate schools with full-time students). It is responsible for enacting and administering all GradGov programs and functions. The Senate maintains standing committees to perform GradGov's basic operations, such as the Advocacy-for-Advocacy Committee, the Transportation Committee, and the Cost-of-Living Committee. 

Though Senate meetings are open to all graduate students, only Senators may make procedural motions and vote on matters before the Senate.

Who Elects the Senate?

Prior to the first Senate meeting of the academic year, the GradGov Executive Board invites the administrative secretaries of all graduate programs in the GradGov constituency to initiate a procedure to select representatives, Senators. Each graduate program establishes its own procedures for selecting its GradGov representatives.

Senate Information

Role Introduction: The Senate, according to GradGov's constitution, is the official legislative body of all graduate students on main campus and most of the medical campus. By joining the Senate, student representatives have a unique opportunity to demonstrate engagement in the University community, advocate for graduate student interests, and represent their program on important decisions relevant to graduate student life here at Georgetown.

Eligibility: All the university-sanctioned graduate degree programs on the main campus and most of the medical campus, including the Graduate School of Arts and Sciences, the Walsh School of Foreign Service, the McDonough School of Business, the McCourt School of Public Policy, the Georgetown University Medical Center, and the School of Nursing & Health Studies, can nominate student representative(s) for their respective programs to GradGov.

Selection: In September, the GradGov invites each program to appoint or elect senator(s). Senators are allocated to each program proportionate to student population (current enrollment size according to university record) of the program.  Official nomination emails are sent to program directors/advisors, and many schools' own student associations assist in selecting the Senators.

Meeting Time: All Senators must be available to attend the monthly, hour-long Senate meetings on Wednesdays, from 5:00 pm to 6:00 pm. The Fall 2019 meetings will fall on the following dates: 09/25, 10/30, 11/27, and 12/04; Spring 2020 meeting dates will be announced after Winter Break. Please be assured that all graduate students are welcome to attend and observe any of our Senate meetings, but only elected Senators have the right to vote on behalf of their programs.

Current Senator List

Graduate school of Arts & Sciences
Program
Senator(s)
Email Contact(s)
Ph.D. in Global Infectious Diseases​
Vacant
N/A
M.A. in Communication, Culture, & Technology
Darshini Parthasaray, Sacha Qasim, Shannon Mairsac
dp904@georgetown.edu, ssq9@georgetown.edu, sem298@georgetown.edu
M.A. in Educational Transformation
Vacant​
N/A
M.S. in Aging & Health
Abigail Bailey
anb98@georgetown.edu
M.S. in Analytics
​Ivy Liu, Xin Lu, Masha Gubenko
xl438@georgetown.edu, xl487@georgetown.edu, mg1865@georgetown.edu
M.S. in Environmental Metrology & Policy
Elizabeth Linske
eml117@georgetown.edu
M.S. in Global Health
Vacant
N/A
M.S. in Health & the Public Interest
Mari Tikoyan
mt1322@georgetown.edu
M.S. in Global Infectious Diseases
Vacant
N/A
M.S. in Epidemiology
Vacant
N/A
Georgetown college
Program
Senator(s)
Email Contact(s)
Ph.D. in Theological & Religious Studies
Vacant
N/A
Ph.D. in Arabic & Islamic Studies
Irene Kirchner
ik337@georgetown.edu
Ph.D. in Biology
Sylvia Min
sm3313@georgetown.edu
Ph.D. in Chemistry
Russell Ayscue, Dane Asuigui
rla41@georgetown.edu, dca37@georgetown.edu
Ph.D. in Computer Science
Vacant
N/A
Ph.D. in Economics
Vacant
N/A
Ph.D. in German
Vacant
N/A
Ph.D. in Government
Vacant
N/A
Ph.D. in History
Rebecca Andrews, Natasha ​De Vasconcellos Otoya
ra914@georgetown.edu, nd515@georgetown.edu
Ph.D. in Linguistics
Jordan MacKenzie, Luopeng Zheng
jam619@georgetown.edu, lz437@georgetown.edu
Ph.D. in Philosophy
Vacant
N/A
Ph.D. in Physics
Vacant
N/A
Ph.D. in Psychology
Mia Hendricks
mjh354@georgetown.edu
Ph.D. in Spanish
Maude Havenne
mh1862@georgetown.edu
M.S. in Mathematics & Statistics
Vacant
N/A
M.A. in Applied Economics
Yi Fang
yf195@georgetown.edu
M.A. in Arabic & Islamic Studies
Shaheer Ahmed
sa1622@georgetown.edu
M.A. in Art & Museum Studies
Vacant
N/A
M.A. in Conflict Resolution
Vacant
N/A
M.A. in English
Julie Winspear
jw1845@georgetown.edu
M.A. in Global, International, & Comparative History
​Sophie Zahner
snz5@georgetown.edu
M.A. in Government (American Govt.)
Taylor Riccard
tnr14@georgetown.edu
M.A. in Government (Democ. & Gov.)
Vacant
N/A
M.A. in Italian Studies
Jordan Brewer
jlb396@georgetown.edu
M.A. in Linguistics
Sara Grzywacz
sxg32@georgetown.edu
M.S. in Linguistics
Vacant
N/A
M.S. in Physics
Vacant
N/A
M.S. in Spanish
Leonardo Carvajal-Gamarra
​lvc12@georgetown.edu
M.S. in Computer Science
Tianjiao Yu, ​Yang Chen
ty262@georgetown.edu, ​yc840@georgetown.edu
M.S. in Economics
Vidhi Gandotra, ​Ryan Jeon
vg256@georgetown.edu, kj483@georgetown.edu
M.A. in Political Economy
Vacant
N/A
M.A. in Development, Management, & Policy
Vacant
N/A
McDonough School of Business
Program
Senator(s)
Email Contact(s)
Executive Master's in Policy Leadership
Kendra Davenport
ked130@georgetown.edu
M.A. in International Business Policy
Vacant
​N/A
M.B.A. - Evening
Matt Harrigan, David Lizza, Stephanie Mitchell
mph89@georgetown.edu, 
dcl43@georgetown.edu, 
​srm133@georgetown.edu
M.B.A. - Full-time
Lavanya Yeleswarapu, Miellette McFarlane, Sorin Ovreiu
aly23@georgetown.edu, 
mgm129@georgetown.edu,
​sao53@georgetown.edu
M.B.A. - International Executive
Vacant
N/A
M.S. in Finance (Online)
Vacant
N/A
M.S. in Management
Pasha Mostaghim
​pm1139@georgetown.edu
McCourt School of Public Policy
Program
Senator(s)
Email Contact(s)
Master of International Development Policy
​Constanze Alarcon
​ca858@georgetown.edu
Executive Master of Policy Management
Abdullah Clark, ​Annette Raveneau
ahc78@georgetown.edu, ​amr396@georgetown.edu
Master of Public Policy
Chenming Ran, ​Rachel Swindle
cr1020@georgetown.edu, ​res128@georgetown.edu
Master of Public Policy - Evening
​Adeline Deyoung
​asd78@georgetown.edu
M.S. in Data Science for Public Policy
Harsha Sharda
​hs957@georgetown.edu
Executive Master in Policy Leadership
Kendra Davenport
​ked130@georgetown.edu
School of Foreign Service 
Program
Senator(s)
Email Contact(s)
M.A. in Arabic Studies
Anas Almassri, ​Jonah Klempner
ana80@georgetown.edu, ​jbk93@georgetown.edu
M.A. in Asian Studies
Moez Hayat, ​Kelly Liu
mh1546@georgetown.edu, ​kl937@georgetown.edu
M.A. in Eurasian, Russian, & East European Studies
Alejandro Perez-Reyes
​ap1130@georgetown.edu
M.A. in German & European Studies
Charles Fritz 
​cmf253@georgetown.edu
M.A. in Latin American Studies
Christina Huntzinger
​ch1205@georgetown.edu
M.A. in Security Studies
Martina Hukel
mh1872@georgetown.edu
Master of Global Human Development
Grace Hulseman, ​Leslie Sligh
kgh49@georgetown.edu, ​las394@georgetown.edu
M.S. in Foreign Service
Dong Ku Lee
​dl1024@georgetown.edu
Biomedical Graduate Education
Program
Senator(s)
Email Contact(s)
Ph.D. in Biochemistry & Molecular Biology
​Ayodeji Olukoya
​aoo42@georgetown.edu
Ph.D. in Biostatistics
Arthur McDeed
apm116@georgetown.edu
Ph.D. in Cell Biology
Vacant
N/A
Ph.D. in Microbiology & Immunology
Vacant
N/A
Ph.D. in Neuroscience
Vacant
N/A
Ph.D. in Pharmacology
Selena Garcia-Dubar
sng46@georgetown.edu
Ph.D. in Tumor Biology
Vacant
N/A
Executive Master's in Clinical Quality, Safety, & Leadership
Vacant
N/A
M.S. in Biochemistry (Bioinformatics)
Lida Wang
lw754@georgetown.edu
M.S. in Biochemistry & Molecular Biology
​Monia Rashid
​mr1658@georgetown.edu
M.S. in Biohazardous Theat Agents & Emerging Infectious Diseases
Kailey Fischer
kaf112@georgetown.edu
M.S. in Biomedical Science Policy & Advocacy
Vacant
N/A
M.S. in Biostatistics
Vacant
N/A
M.S. in Biotechnology
​Demi Tellios, ​Steven Carlson
dot6@georgetown.edu, ​csc135@georgetown.edu
M.S. in Clinical & Translational Research
Vacant
N/A
M.S. in Health Physics
Vacant
N/A
M.S. in Integrative Neuroscience
Max Stevenson
mes407@georgetown.edu
M.S. in Microbiology & Immunology
Vacant
N/A
M.S. in Pharmacology
Hatice Basdag
hb641@georgetown.edu
M.S. in Physiology & Biophysics
​Sikander Khan
​sek108@georgetown.edu
M.S. in Physiology and Biophysics (Compl & Alt Medicine)
​Tayyab Ahmad
​tma85@georgetown.edu
M.S. in Physiology and Biophysics (Special Master's)
Katherine An, Aydan Dilic, ​Ameen Khalil
kja57@georgetown.edu,
 ad1643@georgetown.edu, 
​azk7@georgetown.edu
​M.S. in Systems Medicine
Morgan Cinader
​mkc102@georgetown.edu
​M.S. in Tumor Biology
Vacant
N/A
M.S. in Health Informatics, Data Science
Gaby Rivas
ger51@georgetown.edu
M.A. in Catholic Clinical Ethics
Vacant
N/A
School of Nursing & Health Studies
Program
Senator(s)
Email Contact(s)
D.N.P. Doctor of Nursing Practice
James Gill
​jmg403@georgetown.edu
D.N.P. Doctor of Nursing Practice (BS to DNP)
Vacant
N/A
DNAP in Nurse Anesthesia
Vacant
N/A
M.S. in Health Systems Administration
Mike Cusick
cusickm1@georgetown.edu
M.S. in Health Systems Administration (Online)
Vacant
N/A
M.S. in Nursing
Lindsey Allcock, ​Ameera Crossman
lsa29@georgetown.edu, ​ac2003@georgetown.edu
M.S. in Nursing (Online)
Bailey Weskamp
bmw97@georgetown.edu
D.N.P. Doctor of Nursing Practice (Online)
Taylor Hollingsworth
th857@georgetown.edu
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  • About Us
    • What is GradGov?
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