The Graduate Council (2025-2026)

Name Title E-mail
Jackie Krasas, PhD Dean deanofthecollege@wfu.edu
Dwayne Godwin, PhD Senior Associate Sean (Bowman Gray) dgodwin@wakehealth.edu
Anthony Marsh, PhD Senior Associate Dean (Reynolda) marshap@wfu.edu
Allyn Howlett, PhD Assistant Dean (Bowman Gray) ahowlett@wakehealth.edu
Jennifer Rogers, PhD Associate Dean for Students (Reynolda) rogersjl@wfu.edu

Graduate Council (3 year terms, August 1 - July 1)

Name E-mail Term
Lucy McGowan, Statistics mcgowald@wfu.edu Term Expires: 2025
Grey Ballard, Computer Science ballard@wfu.edu Term Expires: 2025*
Leslie Poole, Biochem & Molecular Bio lbpoole@wakehealth.edu Term Expires: 2025*
Mark Ferris, Neuroscience mferris@wakehealth.edu Term Expires: 2025
Tracy Criswell, Int Phys & Pharm tcriswel@wakehealth.edu Term Expires: 2025*
Adam Hall, Biomedical Engineering arhall@wakehealth.edu Term Expires: 2026*
Fred Salsbury, Physics salsbufr@wfu.edu Term Expires: 2026*
John Lukesh, Chemistry lukes@wfu.edu Term Expires: 2026
Michael Olivier, Internal Medicine & Molecular Medicine molivier@wakehealth.edu Term Expires: 2027
Shannon Mihalko, Health & Exercise Science mihalksl@wfu.edu Term Expires: 2027
John Petrocelli, Psychology petrocjv@wfu.edu Term Expires: 2027
Ken Kishida, Biomedical Research kkishida@wakehealth.edu Term Expires: 2027
*serving second term

Graduate Faculty Representative to Faculty Senate (4 year term)

Name E-mail Term
Kerry Danelson, Biomedical Engineering kdanelso@wakehealth.edu Term: 2022-2026
Melissa Shields Jenkins, English jenkinms@wfu.edu Term: 2021-2025*

The Graduate Faculty

Please visit the Graduate School’s website (https://graduate.wfu.edu/faculty-search/) for a current list of all graduate faculty with their year of appointment and department affiliations.