GRADUATE INTERDISCIPLINARY PROGRAMS ADVISORY COUNCIL (GIDPAC)
Graduate Interdisciplinary Programs (GIDPs) at the University of Arizona provide students with outstanding educational and research opportunities and faculty mentorship, in areas requiring the integration of knowledge and ideas spanning many different disciplines. Graduate Interdisciplinary Programs Advisory Council (GIDPAC) membership consists of one executive committee member from each of the GIDPs and serves as the college-level committee for all GIDP curriculum and new program proposals, program closures, admissions hiatus, program transfers, and program reorganizations. GIDPAC is responsible for evaluating such actions and providing their recommendations to the Dean of the Graduate College and Faculty Director.
GIDP Advisory Council Membership 2025-2026
A. Elizabeth (Betsy) Arnold
Ecosystem Genomics
Bryan Black
Global Change
Steph Brown
Social, Cultural, and Critical Theory
Vice Chair
Ana Maria Carvalho
Second Language Acquisition & Teaching
Karletta Chief
Indigenous Food, Energy, and Water Systems
Nathan Ellis
Genetics
Mascha Gemein
College Teaching
Jennie Gubner
Applied Intercultural Arts Research
James Hopkins
American Indian Studies
Keith Maggert
Genetics
Vice Chair
John Melillo
Social, Cultural, and Critical Theory
Cynthia Miranti
Cancer Biology
Linda Phillips
Innovations in Aging
David Quanrud
Arid Lands Resource Sciences
GIDPAC Chair
Sadhana Ravishankar
Applied Biosciences
Ben Renquist
Physiological Sciences
Arthur Riegel
Neuroscience
Vice Chair
Michael Riehle
Entomology & Insect Science
Patrick Ronaldson
Neuroscience
Marcos Serafim
Social, Cultural, and Critical Theory
Vice Chair
Patrick Shipman
Applied Mathematics
William K. Smith
Remote Sensing & Spatial Analysis
Kamran Talattof
Remote Sensing & Spatial Analysis
Jonathan Tullis
Cognitive Science
Koenraad Van Doorslaer
Cancer Biology
Vice Chair
Hao (Helen) Zhang
Statistics & Data Science