{"id":118,"date":"2010-08-20T20:08:07","date_gmt":"2010-08-21T00:08:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/gso\/?page_id=118"},"modified":"2026-05-25T19:21:03","modified_gmt":"2026-05-25T23:21:03","slug":"becoming-a-representative","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/gso\/get-involved\/becoming-a-representative\/","title":{"rendered":"Department Representatives"},"content":{"rendered":"

Department representatives are a vital part of the GSO. They help by distributing information to graduate students about current GSO events and issues, as well as bringing feedback from their department to our monthly meetings. If your department is under-represented, we’d love to have you as a part of the GSO! To inquire about serving as a department representative email: gso@bu.edu or contact your department’s Director of Graduate Studies or graduate student association.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

About the Representative Structure<\/h2>\n

Anyone is welcome to attend GSO meetings, but each department is only allowed a certain number of voting representatives. Each Masters or Ph.D. program or department in the Graduate School of Arts and Sciences is entitled to choose representative(s) to the GSO body. Each representative must be a current graduate student in the program or department they represent. <\/span><\/p>\n

Each department can have no more than two<\/span> representatives per department or program with one additional alternative representative. For every voting session, it is in your department’s best interest to have full representation with both representatives present. However, to maintain good standing, only one representative needs to be present at each GSO general meeting.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

If you see that your department is not listed or that your department is\u00a0 not making full use of their allotted representative positions, please email us at GSO@bu.edu!<\/p>\n

American & New England Studies Representatives:\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

Jack Ott jdvott@bu.edu
\nMakenzie Coker mecoker@bu.edu<\/p>\n

Anthropology and Archaeology Representatives:\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

Haylee Backs hbacks@bu.edu
\nBrooke Rothamer baroth@bu.edu<\/p>\n

Biology Representatives:<\/strong><\/p>\n

Guangmei Liu gmliu@bu.edu
\nMingqi Sha msha@bu.edu<\/p>\n

Chemistry Representatives:\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

Hania Bandzou-Pedila hbandzou@bu.edu
\nMatthew Vince mjkv@bu.edu<\/p>\n

Classical Studies Representatives:\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

Matheus Ely Pessoa mpessoa@bu.edu
\nXander Tyska atyska@bu.edu<\/p>\n

Earth & Environment Representatives:<\/strong><\/p>\n

Annabelle Gao algao@bu.edu
\nSophia Tigges stigges@bu.edu<\/p>\n

English Representatives:\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

Mike Barry barrymic@bu.edu
\nMichela Gerardin gerardin@bu.edu<\/p>\n

History Representatives:\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

Dominic Howell domhow@bu.edu
\nKatie Wynn (alt) kwynn@bu.edu<\/p>\n

History of Art and Architecture Representatives:<\/strong><\/p>\n

Zachary Lacy zlacy@bu.edu
\nSarah Grimes srgrimes@bu.edu<\/p>\n

Mathematics and Statistics<\/strong>:<\/p>\n

Ben Krewson krewson@bu.edu
\nKate Finnerty ksfinn@bu.edu<\/p>\n

Molecular Biology, Cell Biology, and Biochemistry:<\/strong><\/p>\n

So Young Bae soyoungb@bu.edu
Kendra Melniczek kenmelni@bu.edu<\/p>\n

Philosophy Representatives:\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

Alec Koppers akoppers@bu.edu
Sam Berrettini sberrett@bu.edu<\/p>\n

Physics Representatives:\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

Julia Ryshkewitch jryshkew@bu.edu
\nVera Staub vs100@bu.edu<\/p>\n

Political Science Representatives:\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

David Hackett hackettd@bu.edu
\nShivan Fazil sfazil@bu.edu<\/p>\n

Psychology Representatives:\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

Shane George shanegeo@bu.edu
\nMeredith Rowe mererowe@bu.edu<\/p>\n

Religious and Theological Studies Representatives:\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

Josh Smith jsmith@bu.edu<\/p>\n

Romance Studies Representatives:\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

Erika Villalobos erikavt@bu.edu
\nFargol Khosravanifard fargolkh@bu.edu<\/p>\n

Sociology Representatives:\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

Elinore Avni elinorea@bu.edu
\nYasemin Girgin ygirgin@bu.edu<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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