GRADUATE REPS

Jeremy Karnowski
jkarnows@cogsci

Andrew Schork
ajschork@cogsci

Grad Reps provide the liaison between the graduate students and the faculty.

• Attend faculty meetings, represent graduate student points of view, and keep graduate students informed about faculty discussions and decisions.

• Meet regularly with the Department Chair to discuss the graduate curriculum and requirements, course offerings, financial support, teaching assistantships, facilities and technology, and other issues of importance to graduate students.

• Handle office placements for incoming graduate students.

GSA REPS

Mike Datko
mdatko@cogsci

Walker Talbot
wtalbott@cogsci

The GSA Reps are our department's representatives in the university-wide Graduate Student Association.

• Attend GSA meetings, vote on issues that affect graduate students, and keep us informed about university-level happenings.

• Secure funding from the GSA for department-sponsored events like the social hour that follows the weekly CogSci 200 seminar.

SENIOR TA

Melanie Tumlin
mtumlin@cogsci

While the Undergraduate Coordinator manages rooms and equipment and the Graduate Coordinator deals with salary or credit concerns, the Senior TA handles any teaching-related issues for teaching assistants in the department.

• Helps the Graduate Coordinator find qualified students for TA positions, informs us about training and services offered by the Center for Teaching Development, helps ensure compliance with the contract negotiated by the TA union, and provides individual help (including visiting sections) when requested by a TA or faculty member.

• Conducts TA evaluations each quarter and presents teaching awards at the end of the year

• The Senior TA receives a small stipend when CTD funds are available

DISTINGUISHED SPEAKER COORDINATOR

Burcu Urgen
burgen@cogsci

Tim Mullen
tmullen@cogsci

The Distinguished Speaker Coordinator invites a leading researcher in the cognitive sciences to visit the department each quarter, present a "Distinguished Lecture," and meet with department graduate students and faculty.

• Arranges for the speaker to have lunch with graduate students at the Faculty Club, to meet with individual students or faculty, to present a public lecture, and to attend a post-lecture reception

• Assists the speaker with travel arrangements and technology needs

• The DS Coordinator receives a small stipend from the department

• See Distinguished Speaker Guidelines for more information

SOCIAL COORDINATOR

Esther Walker (Fall)
e1walker@cogsci

Jake Olson (Winter)
j3olson@cogsci

The 1st years (Spring)

The Social Coordinator is primarily responsible for ensuring that department social events like receptions and post-CogSci 200 social hours are a success.

• Recruits graduate students to host social hours, provides the necessary instructions, ensures that events are set up and cleaned up properly, arranges for recycling, manages carry-over funds and supplies, and works on reimbursements.

• Assists the Graduate Coordinator in setting up special events like the luncheon for graduate applicants.

WA COORDINATORS

Tyler Marghetis
tmarghet@cogsci

Ross Metusalem
rmetusal@cogsci

The "wa," derived from the Japanese term for social harmony, is a weekly brownbag lunch event for graduate students and interested faculty, intended to promote intellectual interchange and help foster a sense of community within the department. During the "wa," students, faculty, and visitors talk about current research.

• Schedules speakers, rooms and equipment.

• Organizes refreshments.

• Announces the upcoming WAs.

• Introduces and thanks the speakers.

ONLINE JOURNAL COMMITTEE

Check out Cognitive Science Online to see the end product.

POSTER, BROCHURES, and RECRUITMENT COMMITTEE

Luke Miller
lumiller@cogsci

Carson Dance
cadance@cogsci

This committee helps the graduate coordinator with the department's external image in the form of:

• Posters in the hallways.

• Brochures distributed to other campuses.

• Recruitment of new graduate students.

• Assist the Grad Coordinator with luncheon for prospective grads.