Can academic staff serve on PhD prelim committees?
An Executive Committee can, without approval of the Graduate School, appoint an academic staff member to serve as a sixth member of a doctoral examination committee. Such an appointed committee member has the right to vote and sign the warrant like other members of the committee. Department Executive Committees may consider academic staff for membership on an examination committee if the academic staff member has a Ph.D. or other terminal degree and has research or practical experience relevant to the degree candidate’s thesis or dissertation.
