Committees
Below, find a list of the committees that are regularly appointed for GSA business. In addition, the GSA sometimes creates ad hoc committees as unique needs or tasks arise.
Co-Presidents
The GSA President organize everyone else, run GSA meetings, and send email communication to the rest of the graduate students. This is the most time-consuming position and requires good communication skills and organization skills. Students elected to this position should be in at least the third year.
Current: Genesis Arteta and Hana Gebremariam
Treasurer/Secretary
This person is in charge of our student organization funds. Works directly with co-chairs and with Student Activities/Temple Student Government. Responsible for filling out and turning in paperwork regarding budget, allocations applications, etc. Takes and maintains organizational records including meeting minutes.
Current: Ewa Protasiuk
Faculty Meeting Representatives
Faculty Meeting Representatives attend faculty meetings, generally once a month or so, and represent the department’s graduate students. Reps should take notes at meetings and share relevant information with the rest of the graduate students. Reps are also granted voting privilege on department affairs and act as a liaison between grad students and faculty.
Current: Tyler Burgese and Alexis Carrion
Graduate Students Admissions Committee
The Admissions Committee assists the department faculty in admissions decisions for the following academic year. Only one member is permitted by the department, and this must be an upper-level graduate student. Admissions Committee member is also responsible for looking for ways to include the GSA in the admissions process by communicating with faculty and making new students aware of our organization (including sharing the GSA website). Admissions committee happens one time a year in the late winter/early spring and involves reading applications, ranking them, and attending meetings.
Current: Kent Rigg
Communications Chair
The Communications Chairs organizes all of our social and web-based media in an effort to build a source of knowledge for all graduate students in the department. They are also responsible for keeping the GSA website, public and private calendars, Owl Connect and Facebook group up to date.
Current: Genesis Arteta
Executive Committee
The Executive Committee assists the department faculty in making funding decisions. They do not assist in funding decisions regarding graduate assistantships, but they do help to make determinations regarding small research funding, travel funding, and other allocations of financial resources. Only one member is permitted by the department, and this must be an upper-level graduate student.
Current: Shannon Hitchcock
Faculty Search Committee
Reviews incoming applicants to help narrow down candidates for a new faculty hire. Responsibilities are heaviest in the fall semester and the first part of the second semester.
Current: N/A
Graduate Committee
The Graduate Committee works with the Sociology Graduate Program chairperson, Josh Klugman, as well as several other faculty members, in discussing and addressing issues important to the graduate program and to graduate life in the department as a whole. The Graduate Committee is responsible for bringing issues about the program raised by the GSA to the attention of the department faculty through working with the Faculty Meeting Representatives.
Current: Kent Rigg
Social Committee
The GSA Social Committee is responsible for organizing social events for graduate students, such as full parties to informal happy hours, study groups, and other activities/outings. These are focused primarily on graduate students in the department, but including graduate students from other departments is also encouraged. The social committee should ideally consist of a first-year student and an advanced student.
Current: N/A
Workshops Committee
This is our own committee which organizes events and professional development for grad students such as "Writing a CV" and "How to Publish." Responsibilities include identifying themes that grad students want to learn more about, contacting appropriate facilitators, scheduling workshops, and moderating the events.
Current: Hana Gebremariam and Nicole Cochran