Chapters

2008-2009 Chapters and Representatives

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In cases where the chapters have websites, the chapter name is a link to that site.

Chapter Representative Alternate
Accounting Carey Stewart Bekgan Reed
Adult Education,Training, and Development Tyler Townsend Rob Gierka
Animal Science Emily Weston Sehwon Koh
Biochemistry Susan Fetics Will Cantara
Bioinformatics Nicholas Hardison Alex Lockhart
Biological and Agricultural Engineering Robert Brown Jacquelyn McNett
Biomedical Engineering Meghan Hegarty Wayne Pfeiler
Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering Jessica Jenkins Casey Galvin
Chemistry Elke Feese Rani Dumarieh
Communication Smitha Kumaraswamy Lauren Kontos
Communication,Rhetoric and Digital Media Kelly Martin Anna Turnage
Computer Science Anjing Wang Joseph Grafsgaard
Crop Science Kristin Kump Tom Seversike
Economics Catherine Chernova Stephanie Riche
Electrical and Computer Engineering Vishwesh Pai Liping Li
English Rachel Flye Justin Neiderhiser
Entomology (EGSA) Mariah Bock Jake Doskocil
Forestry and Environmental Resources Kathryn Reis Joelle Laing
Genetics (GGSA) Cat Dieck Sarah Ayroles
Higher Education Administration (HEA GSA) Anne Aichele N/A
History (HGSA) Jeff Neale Laitlin Lloyd
Horticulture Adam Call Hao Zhu
Industrial and Systems Engineering Bjorn Berg Samyuktha Ravindra Appaji
International Studies Jessica Lucas Anna Lamm
Marine, Earth, and Atmoshperic Science Kevin Hill Laurel Childress
Mathematics Anne Costolanski Shirley Law
MBA Jay Brown Bert Coslow
Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering Alex Hummel Scott Hays
Microbiology Anna Mills Justin Bradshaw
Operations Research Ayca Erdogan Brian Piper
Physics Dustin Combs Keeley Stevens
Plant Biology Chunmiao (Mia) Feng Hai-Nian Zeng
Plant Pathology (PPGSA) Peter Digennaro N/A
Poultry Science Caroline Chewning Meghan Schwartz
Psychology Chia-Lin Ho Jennifer Cowley
Public Administration Charles Nichols N/A
Social Work Erin McGovern Brenda Mullis
Sociology and Anthropology Emily Estrada Clark Goldentyre
Soil Science Colby Moorberg Sang Lee
Statistics and Biomathematics David Vock Funda Gunes
Textiles Rupesh Nawalakhe Priya Malshe
Toxicology Peter Broglie David Anick
Veterinary Medicine Sharon Mason Carmel Martin-Fairey
Zoology Miller Johnstone N/A

Chapter Guidelines

Chapter guidelines delineate requirements for being a valid UGSA chapter. Following these guidelines ensures full voting rights at the UGSA and a full chapter rebate at the end of the year.

Special Interest Groups

At the end of the 2001-2002 school year, the UGSA voted to recognize some special interest groups (SIGs) as being associated with the UGSA. These groups will ensure that important interests of graduate students that stretch beyond individual departments have a voice at our meetings.

About Representing

Representatives are the point of contact between individual Graduate Student Association departmental chapters and the UGSA. They make up most of the UGSA council and vote on
important decisions affecting all graduate students. As a representative, you must:

  • Represent a valid chapter of the UGSA
  • Belong to a UGSA Committee, and
  • Attend UGSA Meetings
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<td>Chapter</td>
<td>Representative</td>
<td>Alternate</td>
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<td>Accounting<br /></td>
<td><a href=”mailto:cestewar@ncsu.edu”>Carey Stewart</a></td>
<td><a href=”mailto:blreed@ncsu.edu”>Bekgan Reed</a></td>
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<td>Adult Education,Training, and Development<br /></td>
<td><a href=”mailto:tyler_townsend@ncsu.edu”>Tyler Townsend</a></td>
<td><a href=”mailto:gierka@ncsu.edu”>Rob Gierka</a></td>
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<td>Animal Science<br /></td>
<td><a href=”mailto:eiweston@unity.ncsu.edu”>Emily Weston</a></td>
<td><a href=”mailto:skoh@ncsu.edu”>Sehwon Koh</a></td>
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<td>Biochemistry<br /></td>
<td><a href=”mailto:skfetics@ncsu.edu”>Susan Fetics</a></td>
<td><a href=”mailto:wacantar@ncsu.edu”>Will Cantara</a></td>
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<td>Bioinformatics<br /></td>
<td><a href=”mailto:nhardis@ncsu.edu”>Nicholas Hardison</a></td>
<td><a href=”mailto:aglockha@ncsu.edu”>Alex Lockhart</a></td>
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<td>Biological and Agricultural Engineering<br /></td>
<td><a href=”mailto:rabrown4@ncsu.edu”>Robert Brown</a></td>
<td><a href=”mailto:jkncnett@ncsu.edu”>Jacquelyn McNett</a></td>
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<td>Biomedical Engineering<br /></td>
<td><a href=”mailto:mshegart@ncsu.edu”>Meghan Hegarty</a></td>
<td><a href=”mailto:wayne_pfeiler@ncsu.edu”>Wayne Pfeiler</a></td>
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<td><a href=”http://www.che.ncsu.edu/chegrads/ChEGSA.html” target=” “>Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering</a></td>
<td><a href=”mailto:jsjenkin@ncsu.edu”>Jessica Jenkins</a></td>
<td><a href=”mailto:cjgalvin@ncsu.edu”>Casey Galvin</a></td>
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<td>Chemistry<br /></td>
<td><a href=”mailto:efeese@ncsu.edu”>Elke Feese</a></td>
<td><a href=”mailto:radumari@ncsu.edu”>Rani Dumarieh</a></td>
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<td>Communication<br /></td>
<td><a href=”mailto:skumara@unity.ncsu.edu”>Smitha Kumaraswamy</a></td>
<td><a href=”mailto:lekontos@ncsu.edu”>Lauren Kontos</a></td>
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<td>Communication,Rhetoric and Digital Media<br /></td>
<td><a href=”mailto:kelly_martin@ncsu.edu”>Kelly Martin</a></td>
<td><a href=”mailto:akturnag@ncsu.edu”>Anna Turnage</a></td>
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<td>Computer Science<br /></td>
<td><a href=”mailto:awang@ncsu.edu”>Anjing Wang</a></td>
<td><a href=”mailto:jfgrafsg@ncsu.edu”>Joseph Grafsgaard</a></td>
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<td><a href=”http://www.cropsci.ncsu.edu/GSA.asp” target=”_blank”>Crop Science </a></td>
<td><a href=”mailto:klkump@ncsu.edu”>Kristin Kump</a></td>
<td><a href=”mailto:tmsevers@ncsu.edu”>Tom Seversike</a></td>
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<td><a target=” ” href=”http://groups.yahoo.com/group/NCSU_EGSA/”>Economics</a></td>
<td><a href=”mailto:shavhany@mail.ru”>Catherine Chernova</a></td>
<td><a href=”mailto:smriche@ncsu.edu”>Stephanie Riche</a></td>
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<td>Electrical  and Computer Engineering<br /></td>
<td><a href=”mailto:vpai@ncsu.edu”>Vishwesh Pai</a></td>
<td><a href=”mailto:lli4@ncsu.edu”>Liping Li</a></td>
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<td>English<br /></td>
<td><a href=”mailto:rsflye@ncsu.edu”>Rachel Flye</a></td>
<td><a href=”mailto:janeider@ncsu.edu”>Justin Neiderhiser</a></td>
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<td><a href=”http://www.ncsu.edu/stud_orgs/egsa/home.htm” target=” “>Entomology (EGSA)</a><br /></td>
<td><a href=”mailto:mjbock@ncsu.edu”>Mariah Bock</a></td>
<td><a href=”mailto:jpdoskoc@ncsu.edu”>Jake Doskocil</a></td>
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<td>Forestry and Environmental Resources<br /></td>
<td><a href=”mailto:kbreis@ncsu.edu”>Kathryn Reis</a></td>
<td><a href=”mailto:jmlaing2@ncsu.edu”>Joelle Laing</a></td>
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<td><a href=”http://www.ncsu.edu/stud_orgs/ggsa/” target=” “>Genetics (GGSA)</a><br /></td>
<td><a href=”mailto:cabeck2@ncsu.edu”>Cat Dieck</a></td>
<td><a href=”mailto:sdkocher@ncsu.edu”>Sarah Ayroles</a></td>
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<td><a target=” ” href=”http://graduate.society.ncsu.edu/hea/”>Higher Education Administration (HEA GSA)</a><br /></td>
<td><a href=”mailto:aeaichel@ncsu.edu”>Anne Aichele</a></td>
<td>N/A</td>
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<td><a href=”http://www.chass.ncsu.edu/history/ncsusaa/ncsusaa.html” target=” “>History (HGSA)</a><br /></td>
<td><a href=”mailto:pjneale@ncsu.edu”>Jeff Neale</a></td>
<td><a href=”mailto:kclloyd@ncsu.edu”>Laitlin Lloyd</a></td>
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<td>Horticulture<br /></td>
<td><a href=”mailto:adcall@ncsu.edu”>Adam Call</a></td>
<td><a href=”mailto:hzhu3@ncsu.edu”>Hao Zhu</a></td>
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<td>Industrial and Systems Engineering<br /></td>
<td><a href=”mailto:bpberg@ncsu.edu”>Bjorn Berg</a></td>
<td><a href=”mailto:sravind4@ncsu.edu”>Samyuktha Ravindra Appaji</a></td>
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<td>International Studies<br /></td>
<td><a href=”mailto:jclucas2@ncsu.edu”>Jessica Lucas</a></td>
<td><a href=”mailto:aflamm@ncsu.edu”>Anna Lamm</a></td>
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<td><a href=”http://www.meas.ncsu.edu/gsa/” target=” “>Marine, Earth, and Atmoshperic Science</a><br /></td>
<td><a href=”mailto:kahill@ncsu.edu”>Kevin Hill</a></td>
<td><a href=”mailto:lbchildr@ncsu.edu”>Laurel Childress</a></td>
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<td>Mathematics<br /></td>
<td><a href=”mailto:ascostol@unity.ncsu.edu”>Anne Costolanski</a></td>
<td><a href=”mailto:selaw@ncsu.edu”>Shirley Law</a></td>
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<td>MBA<br /></td>
<td><a href=”mailto:jmbrow12@ncsu.edu”>Jay Brown</a></td>
<td><a href=”mailto:rrcoslow@ncsu.edu”>Bert Coslow</a></td>
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<td><a href=”http://www.mae.ncsu.edu/org/mae_gsa/” target=” “>Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering</a></td>
<td><a href=”mailto:achummel@ncsu.edu”>Alex Hummel</a></td>
<td><a href=”mailto:sahays@ncsu.edu”>Scott Hays</a></td>
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<td>Microbiology<br /></td>
<td><a href=”mailto:aminnis@ncsu.edu”>Anna Mills</a></td>
<td><a href=”mailto:jmbradsh@ncsu.edu”>Justin Bradshaw</a></td>
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<td><a href=”http://www.or.ncsu.edu/organizations/informs.html” target=” “>Operations Research</a></td>
<td><a href=”mailto:saerdoga@ncsu.edu”>Ayca Erdogan</a></td>
<td><a href=”mailto:bepiper@ncsu.edu”>Brian Piper</a></td>
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<td>Physics<br /></td>
<td><a href=”mailto:dccombs@ncsu.edu”>Dustin Combs</a></td>
<td><a href=”mailto:keeley_stevens@ncsu.edu”>Keeley Stevens</a></td>
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<td>Plant Biology<br /></td>
<td><a href=”mailto:cfeng@ncsu.edu”>Chunmiao (Mia) Feng</a></td>
<td><a href=”mailto:goden_zeng@ncsu.edu”>Hai-Nian Zeng</a></td>
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<td><a href=”http://www.cals.ncsu.edu/plantpath/academics/grad-students/” target=”blank”>Plant Pathology (PPGSA)</a></td>
<td><a href=”mailto:pmdigenn@ncsu.edu”>Peter Digennaro</a></td>
<td>N/A</td>
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<td>Poultry Science<br /></td>
<td><a href=”mailto:cgchewni@ncsu.edu”>Caroline Chewning</a></td>
<td><a href=”mailto:mhschwar@ncsu.edu”>Meghan Schwartz</a></td>
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<td>Psychology<br /></td>
<td><a href=”mailto:cho4@ncsu.edu”>Chia-Lin Ho</a></td>
<td><a href=”mailto:jacowley@ncsu.edu”>Jennifer Cowley</a></td>
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<td>Public Administration<br /></td>
<td><a href=”mailto:plug361@gmail.com”>Charles Nichols</a></td>
<td>N/A</td>
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<td>Social Work<br /></td>
<td><a href=”mailto:elmcgove@ncsu.edu”>Erin McGovern</a></td>
<td><a href=”mailto:bemullis@ncsu.edu”>Brenda Mullis</a></td>
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<td><a href=”http://sasw.chass.ncsu.edu/sgsa/” target=”_blank”>Sociology and Anthropology</a></td>
<td><a href=”mailto:epestrad@ncsu.edu”>Emily Estrada</a></td>
<td><a href=”mailto:crgolden@ncsu.edu”>Clark Goldentyre</a></td>
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<td>Soil Science<br /></td>
<td><a href=”mailto:cjmoorbe@unity.ncsu.edu”>Colby Moorberg</a></td>
<td><a href=”mailto:srlee@ncsu.edu”>Sang Lee</a></td>
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<td>Statistics and Biomathematics<br /></td>
<td><a href=”mailto:dmvock@ncsu.edu”>David Vock</a></td>
<td><a href=”mailto:fgunes@ncsu.edu”>Funda Gunes</a></td>
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<td><a href=”http://www.tx.ncsu.edu/tags” target=” “>Textiles</a></td>
<td><a href=”mailto:rgnawala@ncsu.edu”>Rupesh Nawalakhe</a></td>
<td><a href=”mailto:ppmalshe@ncsu.edu”>Priya Malshe</a></td>
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<td><a target=” ” href=”http://www.tox.ncsu.edu/graduate/gsa.htm”>Toxicology</a></td>
<td><a href=”mailto:pmbrogli@unity.ncsu.edu”>Peter Broglie</a></td>
<td><a href=”mailto:dwanick@ncsu.edu”>David Anick</a></td>
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<td>Veterinary Medicine<br /></td>
<td><a href=”mailto:semason@ncsu.edu”>Sharon Mason</a></td>
<td><a href=”mailto:carmel_martin@ncsu.edu”>Carmel Martin-Fairey</a></td>
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<td><a href=”http://www.ncsu.edu/stud_orgs/zgsa/” target=”_blank”>Zoology </a></td>
<td><a href=”mailto:wmjohnst@unity.ncsu.edu”>Miller Johnstone</a></td>
<td>N/A</td>
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