About Us

About GSG
Mission
The Graduate Student Government (GSG) is the official representative body for graduate students at the University of Maryland, College Park and is charged with securing and protecting the welfare, rights, and interests of all graduate students at this institution. GSG formulates policies promoting and governing the activities and welfare of graduate students, and advises the Associate Provost for Academic Affairs and Dean of the Graduate School, Senior Vice President for Student Affairs and Provost, the Graduate Council, the University Senate, the President of the University, the Maryland General Assembly, and any other relevant agency or organization on the graduate student viewpoint concerning all matters affecting graduate students.
(Constitution of the Graduate Student Government, Preamble and Article 1)
Finances
GSG is responsible for the allocation of the Student Activity Fee paid by graduate students and represents graduate student interests for all other Mandatory Fees.
Meetings
GSG has monthly General Assembly Meetings, which are open to all graduate students.
Contact Info:
Website: www.gsg.umd.edu
Email: gsg-office@umd.edu
Facebook: @gsg.umd
Twitter: @GSGUMD
Officers (2018 - 2019)
All executive positions are open for nominations during the general election in the spring. Each VP is expected to work approximately five hours per week for the GSG. For this work, they receive an honoraria of $1,334 per semester. Attendance of the Assembly is mandatory for all executives. If three Assembly meetings are missed, they are automatically cited with a Charge Of Neglect and the Assembly votes on impeachment.
GSG President |
Annie Rappeport gsg-president@umd.edu |
Academic Affairs |
Binbin Peng gsg-vpaa@umd.edu |
Community Development |
Casey Cavanaugh gsg-vpcd@umd.edu |
Diversity & Inclusion |
Monica Morell gsg-vpdi@umd.edu |
Financial Affairs |
Devin Scott gsg-vpfa@umd.edu |
Government Affairs |
Rachel Lamb gsg-vpga@umd.edu |
Legislative Affairs |
Roozbeh Bahkshi gsg-vpla@umd.edu |
Public Relations |
Shawna Dias gsg-vppr@umd.edu |
Student Affairs |
Xu Han gsg-vpsa@umd.edu |
For a list of officer descriptions, please visit the Officer Descriptions page.
GSG Staff
Director of Operations - Morgan Wiggan
Chief of Staff - Jane Lyons
Representatives (2018 - 2019)
Every fee-paying graduate student at the University of Maryland is a member of Graduate Student Government. A smaller number of students, called Program Representatives, convene monthly as an Assembly to discuss issues which require collective action. Anyone can attend these open meetings, but only the Representatives can vote on the resolutions and amendments presented. We follow parliamentary procedure in the Assembly to ensure democratic and reasonably efficient operations.
To learn more about the responsibilities and duties of a Program Representative, please visit our Representative Responsibilities page.
Bilal Ali | ARCH - Community Planning |
Emma Schrantz | ARHP |
Laura Abbasi-Lemon | ARHU - Women's Studies |
Haleigh Eppler | BISI |
Sai Prabhath Kollimaria | BMAN |
Harsh Doshi | BMGT |
Vaibhav Dubey | BMGT |
Shivangi Fnu | BMGT |
Liya Zhang | BMGT |
Bhavesh Lalwani | BMGT |
Sunil Chockalingam | BMGT |
Tanvi Lohani | BMGT |
Alexander "Alec" Dennis | BPHD |
Valerie Hall | BSOS - ANTH |
Simon Sheaff | BSOS - GVPT |
Laura McBride | CHEM |
Jane Lyons | Chief of Staff |
Ellen Buckley | CMNS - AOSC |
Teal Dillion | CMNS - Astronomy |
Tahseen Rabbani | CMNS - Math |
Matthew Dellatorre | CMNS - Math |
Neill Warrington | CMNS - Physics |
Roozbeh Yousefzadeh | CMSC |
Yehuda Katz | CMSC |
Katie Brown | COMM |
Morgan Wiggan | Director of Operations |
Lauren Healy | EDUC - Student Affairs |
Aria Shahverdi | ENEE |
Hilary Dimig | ENGR - Bioengineering |
Deviprasath Naidu | ENGR - ENTS |
Sujitha Rajan | ENGR - ENTS |
Sai Nishant Laxman | ENGR - ENTS |
Qiang Bai | ENGR - MSE |
Shivang Patel | ENGR - OAEE |
Himanshu Singhal | ENGR - OAEE |
Ruben Acevedo | ENME |
Amin Aria | ENRE |
Aditi "Addie" Dubey | ENTM |
Sharan Erukulia | ENTS |
Shy Porter | FMSC |
Hannah Younes | GEOG |
MacGregor Obergfell | HIED |
Alexander Dunphy | HIST |
Vaishnavi K. S. Vel | INFM |
Rishi Jain |
INFO - College of Information Studies |
Monalisa Swami |
INFO - Information Management |
Teresa Lewandowski | INFO - MLIS |
Aaron Doliana | LING |
Jessica Gleason | MCHS |
Hilina Tarekegn | MPGS |
Felix Bartsch | NACS |
Jake Steen | PHIL |
Liz Friedman | PHYS |
Zachary Eldredge | PHYS |
Jing Liang | PLCY |
Martin Sanders | PLCY |
Mathew Feehan | PLCY |
Syed Jawaid | PMCY |
Hannah Kleman | SOCY |
Q-mars Haeri | THPF |
Governing Documents
The governing documents of the GSG are the Constitution and the Bylaws. Changes to the constitution require a referendum that goes out to the graduate student population in which at least 500 students vote. Bylaws, on the other hand, can be changed by a two-thirds majority in the GSG Assembly. Click on the following links to download the documents: