The Graduate School provides advocacy, management, and an administrative home for integrative interdisciplinary programs.
Additional support
We partner with faculty across multiple colleges, schools, campuses, and partner institutions to support educational activities that cut across administrative boundaries and where the diversity of faculty interests and expertise cannot easily be represented by a single chair, dean, or chancellor.
The Office of Academic Affairs partners with colleges and schools to establish, maintain and innovate graduate education at the UW. We apply our experience and expertise in university policy and procedures to support programs in meeting their goals and fulfilling the expectations of the University and State of Washington.
Scope of Work
The Office of Academic Affairs oversees reviews of existing academic units and of new graduate degree and certificate proposals for all three campuses. It also interprets, reviews and modifies Graduate School policy, coordinates the activities of the Graduate School Council, and leads new academic initiatives.
Jennifer Phipps Assistant to the Associate Deans gsacad@uw.edu | 206.685.3519
Jennifer provides executive support for the Associate Dean for Academic Affairs. She also supports logistics for the Graduate School Council meetings, including developing the agenda, meeting notes and maintaining the Graduate School Council’s archives. Jennifer also manages the scheduling and resolution of graduate student academic grievances and maintains updates on the Office of Academic Affairs webpage.
Jeremy oversees the curriculum and academic unit review missions of the Office of Academic Affairs and interprets, researches, and organizes the development of graduate school policy. In addition, he supports both the Dean and Associate Deans of the Graduate School on a portfolio of strategic projects and collaborates with Graduate School staff and colleagues across the UW to support the academic mission of interdisciplinary programs.
Academic Unit Review
Chris Partridge Director of Academic Unit Review chrisrp@uw.edu | 206.543.9973
Chris oversees the academic unit review process for units offering undergraduate and graduate degree programs across all three campuses, liaising with academic units, deans, and faculty review committees, and other administrative stakeholders across the UW. He works to continuously improve the academic unit review process in terms of transparency, helpful guidance to stakeholders, and value to the institution.
Ann Busche Academic Unit Review Specialist progrev@uw.edu
Ann coordinates day-to-day logistics and communications for each academic unit review. She also assists the Director of Academic Unit Review with producing official documentation, developing and improving process policy, and liaising with academic units regarding all phases of the academic unit review process.
Curriculum
Katie Beisel Hollenbach Curriculum Specialist progprop@uw.edu I 206.685.3704
Katie liaises with academic units, the Graduate Council, and other stakeholders to manage the institutional review and approval of new and revised graduate academic programs across all three UW campuses. She provides guidance for proposing units on curriculum content, policies, and procedures.
