GSSA Department and Organizational Representatives
Each department or organization with a graduate program in the School of Science and Engineering or the School of Liberal Arts is entitled to representation within GSSA. If your department is not listed below, and you are interested in acting as a representative, please contact the GSSA President for more information.
Your department's representatives are your liason with the GSSA body as a whole, and as such can answer or direct many of your questions, and should be your first point of contact for questions.
Anthropology
Jessica Wheeler
James Whitaker
Andrew Saunders
Art History
Aschely Cone
Biomedical Engineering
Jennie Burns
Gary Catig
Cell & Molecular Biology
Jennifer Simkin
Karen Wang
Fading Chen
Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering
Joseph Cremaldi
Daniel Balazs
Chemistry
Yong Yan
Shane McGlynn
Ravinder Elupula
Earth & Environmental Sciences
Michael Hopkins
Matthew Pendergraft (Alternate)
Ecology & Evolutionary Biology
Maggie MacPherson
French & Italian
Heather Frost
History
Samantha Perez
Matt Kocsan
Latin American Studies
Luis Fernando Reyes
Jorge Valenzuela
Mathematics
James Salvatore
Peter Bierhorst
Neuroscience
Mona Anchan
Loxley Battle
Brett East
Philosophy
Shane Gassaway
Physics
Colin McFaul
Psychology
Emily Schaffer
Allisyn Swift
Tara Van Bommel
Michael Girgis
Spanish & Portugese
Camilo Malagon
Theatre & Dance
James Lanius
GSSA Mailing List
If you are a representative, and you need to be added to the GSSA LISTSERV, please send an email to LISTSERV@listserv.tulane.edu from the email address you want to use with the line "SUBSCRIBE GSSA-L Your Name (Your Dept/Program)" in the body of your message (no quotes).
An example body message would be: SUBSCRIBE GSSA-L Green Wave (Oceanography Department)
Committees
Each Representative in GSSA is required to serve on at least one standing committee, either within GSSA (Social, Budget, Legislative) or outside of GSSA. Current Assignments are shown below:
University-Wide Committees
Associated Student Body Representatives
Cooper Battle
Mona Anchan
Colin McFaul
Karen Wang
Graduate and Professional Student Association Representatives
Cooper Battle
Mona Anchan
Colin McFaul
Karen Wang
University Senate- Student Affairs Standing Committee
Alyssa Boasso
Heather Frost
Provost's Office- Graduate Council
Cooper Battle
Student Health Insurance Committee
Maggie MacPherson
Matthew Pendergraft
Student Health Care Committee
Jennifer Simkin
Jennifer Saracino
Mona Anchan
Student Financial Aid Committee
Mona Anchan
GSSA Standing Committees
Events Committee
Cooper Battle- Chair
James Whitaker
Fading Chen
Daniel Balazs- Pub Trivia
Ravinder Elupula
Jorge Valenzuela
James Salvatore- Movie Night
Loxley Battle
Michael Girgis
Deb Karhson- Decathalon
Legislative Committee
Alyssa Boasso- Chair
Michael Saunders
Jennifer Simkin
Yong Yan
Samantha Perez
Peter Bierhorst
Brett East
Shane Gassaway
Camilo Malagon
Budget Committee
Erin Freeman- Chair
Jessica Wheeler
Jennie Burns
Joseph Cremaldi
Shane McGlynn
Michael Hopkins
Mona Anchan
Allisyn Swift
Camilo Malagon
James Lanius