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