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.
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