Council representatives and staff

The Graduate Student Association is located on the third floor of the Joe Crowley Student Union in office 302. Select from the drop-down or use the search bar to learn more about our GSA Council members, executive team and office staff.

Executive team Office staff
Matthew Aguirre
Matthew Aguirre, Ph.D.
Director, Graduate Student Services and GSA Senior Advisor he, him, his
(775) 784-4629
maguirre@unr.edu
JCSU 302
2822 2818
Executive team Office staff
Taissa Lytchenko
Taissa Lytchenko
Programming and Marketing Coordinator she, her
(775) 784-4745
tlytchenko@unr.edu
2822 2818
Council members
Berkeley A Neuman
Berkeley A Neuman
Council Representative, College of Liberal Arts & School of Journalism
bneuman@unr.edu
2819
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Akio Abe
Akio Abe
Internal Vice President, Council Representative, College of Education and Human Development
(775) 784-1604
gsaivp@unr.edu
2819
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Md Abu Sayed
Md Abu Sayed
Council Member, College of Engineering
msayed@nevada.unr.edu
2819
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Parvaneh Aliniya
Parvaneh Aliniya
Council Representative, College of Engineering
paliniya@unr.edu
2819
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Vilma Arauz
Vilma Arauz
Council Member, Social Work
varauz@nevada.unr.edu
2819
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Wilson Atalor
Wilson Atalor
Council Representative, College of Business
watalor@unr.edu
2819
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Connor Ball
Connor Ball
Council Representative, College of Liberal Arts & School of Journalism
connorball@unr.edu
2819
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Leslie L Balzer
Leslie L Balzer
Council Representative, College of Education and Human Development
lbalzer@unr.edu
2819
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Sushila Baral
Sushila Baral
Council Member, Interdsiciplinary Graduate Programs, Nursing and Speech Pathology
sushilab@unr.edu
2819
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Cornelius Benle
Cornelius Benle
Council Representative, College of Science
cbenle@unr.edu
2819
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Nikhil Bhoumik
Nikhil Bhoumik
Council Representative, College of Science
nbhoumik@unr.edu
2819
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Tanmay Borman
Tanmay Borman
Council Representative, College of Business
tborman@unr.edu
2819
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Daina Darlington
Daina Darlington
Council Representative, School of Public Health
ddarlington@unr.edu
2819
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Gladys Dela Zanu
Gladys Dela Zanu
Council Representative, College of Agriculture, Biotechnology & Natural Resources
gdelazanu@unr.edu
2819
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Ratchanya Dev Chinnappan
Ratchanya Dev Chinnappan
GSA President
(775) 784-1093
gsapresident@unr.edu
2819
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Minoo Emadi
Minoo Emadi
Council Member, College of Education and Human Development
memadi@nevada.unr.edu
2819
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Munachimso Emesobum
Munachimso Emesobum
Council member, College of Public Health
memesobum@unr.edu
2819
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Austin Grush
Austin Grush
Council Representative, College of Business
agrush@unr.edu
2819
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Hanine Haidar
Hanine Haidar
External Vice President, Council Representative, College of Education and HumanDevelopment
hhaidar@nevada.unr.edu
2819
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Sahara Harrington
Sahara Harrington
Council Member, School of Medicine | Ph.D. in Cell and Molecular Biology
sahara_harrington@nevada.unr.edu
2819
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Ifeanyi Ikebude
Ifeanyi Ikebude
Council Representative, College of Science
iikebude@unr.edu
2819
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Miskat Jahan
Miskat Jahan
Council Representative, College of Liberal Arts & School of Journalism
miskatj@unr.edu
2819
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Hadia Kalsoom
Hadia Kalsoom
Council Representative, College of Education and Human
hkalsoom@unr.edu
2819
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Naomi Karapetyan
Naomi Karapetyan
Council Representative, College of Liberal Arts & School of Journalism
nkarapetyan@unr.edu
2819
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Abhishek Khandekar
Abhishek Khandekar
Council Representative, College of Engineering
abheie@gmail.com
2819
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Karyne Khrystavaya
Karyne Khrystavaya
Office Manager
(775) 327-5190
kkhrystavaya@unr.edu
2819
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Emmaculate Kipyasang
Emmaculate Kipyasang
Council Member, College of Business
emmaculatek@nevada.unr.edu
2819
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Erica (Ricky) Klafehn
Erica (Ricky) Klafehn
Vice President of External Affairs, Liberal Arts and Journalism
(775) 682-6035
eklafehn@nevada.unr.edu
2819 2822
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Emily Koszuth
Emily Koszuth
Council Representative, School of Social Work
ekoszuth@unr.edu
2819
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Bishal Lamichhane
Bishal Lamichhane
Council Representative, College of Science
blamichhane@unr.edu
2819
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Madhusudan Manjunatha
Madhusudan Manjunatha
Council Representative, Interdisciplinary Graduate Programs Nursing & Speech Pathology
mmanjunatha@unr.edu
2819
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Mary Martini Smith
Mary Martini Smith
Council Member, School of Social Work
mmartini@unr.edu
2819
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Ayesh Meepaganithage
Ayesh Meepaganithage
Council Representative, College of Engineering
ameepaganithage@unr.edu
2819
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Turna Mithila
Turna Mithila
Council Member, College of Education and Human Development
tmithila@unr.edu
2819
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Shaik Mohammed Joarder
Shaik Mohammed Joarder
Council Representative, College of Engineering
smohammedjoarder@unr.edu
2819
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Constance (Connie) Ndeleko
Constance (Connie) Ndeleko
Council Member, Liberal Arts and Journalism
cndeleko@unr.edu
2819
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Travis Nielsen
Travis Nielsen
Council Member, College of Liberal Arts and School of Journalism
tnielsen@unr.edu
2819
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Madison Nielson
Madison Nielson
Council Member, School of Social Work
madisonnielson@nevada.unr.edu
2819
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Oluwapelumi Odubunmi
Oluwapelumi Odubunmi
Council Representative, School of Public Health
oodubunmi@unr.edu
2819
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Devin J Remington
Devin J Remington
Council Representative, School of Social Work
remingtond@unr.edu
2819
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Robert Rodriguez
Robert Rodriguez
Council Member, College of Business
rob.j.rodriguez3@gmail.com
2819
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Muhammad Ali Shahbaz
Muhammad Ali Shahbaz
Council Representative, College of Science
alishahbaz@nevada.unr.edu
2819
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Sarbyen Sheni
Sarbyen Sheni
Council Member, School of Public Health
ssheni@unr.edu
2819
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Alexander Sigmon
Alexander Sigmon
Council Representative, Interdisciplinary Graduate Programs Nursing & Speech Pathology
asigmon@unr.edu
2819
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Nicole Tomitz
Nicole Tomitz
Council Member, Interdsiciplinary Graduate Programs, Nursing and Speech Pathology
ntomitz@med.unr.edu
2819
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Iulia Vatamanu
Iulia Vatamanu
Council Representative, School of Public Health
ivatamanu@unr.edu
2819
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Elizabeth Walsh
Elizabeth Walsh
Vice President of Internal Affairs, Agriculture, Biotechnology, and Natural Resources
(775) 784-1604
elizabethwalsh@nevada.unr.edu
2819 2822
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Kinzee Yarbrough
Kinzee Yarbrough
Council Member, College of Business
kyarbrough@unr.edu
2819
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MD Yasir Zamil
MD Yasir Zamil
Council Member, College of Engineering
myzamil@nevada.unr.edu
2819