Standing Department Committees

Graduate Student Affairs Committee:

Graduate Affairs Administrator, Kelly Pollock (773)702-3150, serves in a non-voting capacity.
Student Representatives: Miranda Johnson (International) and Anthony Todd (U.S.)

As a group, we administer the graduate curriculum. You will need us most in your first and second years when we advise you on your plan of study and oral fields examination. We also evaluate your academic progress at the end of the year and make recommendations to the rest of the History faculty and the Dean of Students for funding increases. The student representatives attends our committee meetings, but do not attend our meeting to evaluate academic progress and make funding decisions.

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Graduate Teaching, Placement, and Fellowships Committee:

Graduate Affairs Administrator, Kelly Pollock (773)702-3150, serves in a non-voting capacity.

We prepare students for academic teaching positions and recommend students for University and Department research and write-up fellowships.

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Admissions and Aid

Graduate Affairs Administrator, Kelly Pollock (773)702-3150, serves in a non-voting capacity.

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Collegiate Affairs Committee:

Undergraduate Coordinator, Molly Hudgens (773)702-2178, serves in a non-voting capacity.

We select History graduate student preceptors (who serve as concentration advisors for undergraduates) and Von Holst lecturers. We also formulate requirements and curriculum and decide which undergraduate concentrators receive departmental honors. The graduate student representatives participate in all committee activities, except appointing graduate students to teaching positions.

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Advisory/Policy Committee

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Curriculum Committee