Graduate Catalog

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The information in this catalog is current as of July 2009. Please contact individual programs for any additional information or changes.

Organization
Graduate School Deans
Graduate Council
History

The Graduate School consists of the Dean, Associate Deans, Graduate Council, and the Graduate Faculty. General policies and standards of the Graduate School are established by the Graduate Faculty. Any policy change must be approved by the graduate dean(s) and the Graduate Council. The Graduate School is responsible for enforcing minimum general standards of graduate work in the University and for coordinating the graduate programs of the various colleges and divisions of the University. Responsibility for detailed operation of graduate programs is vested in individual colleges, schools, divisions, and academic units. In most colleges an associate dean or other administrator is directly responsible for graduate study in that college. The Graduate Council helps the Dean in being the agent of the Graduate Faculty for executing policy related to graduate study and associated research. The Council (chaired by the graduate dean) considers petitions and policy changes. A graduate program's academic unit appoints members of the Graduate Faculty, with approval of the graduate dean. All faculty members who serve on supervisory committees or who direct master's theses and doctoral dissertations must first be appointed to the Graduate Faculty. The academic unit determines the level of duties for each Graduate Faculty member.

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HENRY T. FRIERSON,
Ph.D. (Michigan State University), Dean of the Graduate School and Associate Vice President and Professor of Educational Psychology

KENNETH J. GERHARDT,
Ph.D. (Ohio State University), Senior Associate Dean of the Graduate School and Professor of Communicative Disorders

LAURENCE B. ALEXANDER,
Ph.D. (Florida State University), Associate Dean of the Graduate School and Professor of Journalism and Communications

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HENRY T. FRIERSON,
Ph.D. (Michigan State University), Dean of the Graduate School and Associate Vice President

JOSEPH DELFINO,
Ph.D. (University of Wisconsin), Professor of Environmental Engineering Sciences

VIRGINIA DODD,
Ph.D. (University of South Florida), Associate Professor of Health Education and Behavior

PETER HANSON,
Ph.D. (University of Wisconsin--Madison), Professor of Animal Sciences

CHRISTOPHER JANISZEWSKI ,
Ph.D. (Northwestern University), Professor of Marketing

MAUREEN KELLER-WOOD,
Ph.D. (University of California--San Francisco), Professor of Pharmacodynamics

MICHAEL MARSISKE,
Ph.D. (Pennsylvania State University), Associate Professor of Clinical and Health Psychology

LESLIE ODOM,
D.M.A. (Eastman School of Music), Associate Professor of Music

CRAIG OSENBERG,
Ph.D. (Michigan State University), Professor of Zoology

LEONARDO VILLALON,
Ph.D. (University of Texas--Austin), Associate Professor of Political Science

MARGARET WALLACE,
Ph.D. (Indiana University), Professor of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology

KIM WALSH-CHILDERS,
Ph.D. (University of North Carolina at Charlotte), Professor of Journalism and Communications

MATTHEW MICHEL,
Doctoral student in Spanish and Portuguese Studies

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Graduate study at UF existed while the University was still on its Lake City campus. However, the first graduate degrees, two Master of Arts with a major in English, were awarded on the Gainesville campus in 1906. The first Master of Science was awarded in 1908, with a major in entomology. The first programs leading to the Ph.D. were approved in 1930, and the first degrees were awarded in 1934, one with a major in chemistry and the other with a major in pharmacy. The first Ed.D. was awarded in 1948. Graduate study has grown phenomenally at UF. In 1930, 33 degrees were awarded in 12 fields. In 1940, 66 degrees were awarded in 16 fields. In 2007-08, UF awarded 4380 graduate degrees in more than 100 fields, including 784 Ph.D. degrees.

Graduate Deans and Years of Service

May 2007 to Present: Henry T. Frierson, Dean
2004-2007: Kenneth J. Gerhardt, Interim Dean
1999-2004: Winfred M. Phillips, Dean
1998-1999: M. Jack Ohanian, Interim Dean
1993-1998: Karen A. Holbrook, Dean
July-September 1993: Gene W. Hemp, Acting Dean
1985-1993: Madelyn M. Lockhart, Dean
1983-1985: Donald R. Price, Acting Dean
September 1982-January 1983: Gene W. Hemp, Acting Dean
1980-1982: Francis G. Stehli, Dean
1979-1980: F. Michael Wahl, Acting Dean
1973-1979: Harry H. Sisler, Dean
1971-1973: Alex G. Smith, Acting Dean
1969-1971: Harold P. Hanson, Dean
1952-1969: L. E. Grinter, Dean
1951-1952: C. F. Byers, Acting Dean
1938-1951: T. M. Simpson, Dean
1930-1938: James N. Anderson, Dean

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