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Introduction to VPGE Staff
Patricia J. Gumport
Vice Provost for Graduate Education
Professor of Education
Director, Stanford Institute for Higher Education Research
Vice Provost Patricia Gumport has been on the Stanford faculty since 1989. She is a professor in the School of Education and specializes in higher education research. Her graduate degrees are from Stanford in education (Ph.D.) and sociology (M.A.). Patti’s research addresses key changes in American higher education, analyzing how universities and colleges respond to pressures for change through initiatives in academic reorganization, interdisciplinarity, graduate education, faculty work, shared governance and collaboration. Her publications include six books, most recently Sociology of Higher Education: Contributions and Their Contexts (2007). She assumed the role of Vice Provost in January, 2007.
Building 310, Room 111
(650) 736-0775
vpge at stanford.edu
John Boothroyd
Associate Vice Provost for Graduate Education
Professor of Microbiology and Immunology
John Boothroyd has been on the Stanford faculty in the School of Medicine since 1982. He served as senior associate dean for research and training at the School of Medicine (2002 - 2005), chair of the school's Microbiology and Immunology Department ( 1999 - 2002) and also was a member of the Commission on Graduate Education. John's research is devoted to learning all aspects of Toxoplasma biology and pathogenesis with the ultimate hope of alleviating suffering from this and other serious parasitic diseases.
John works part time in VPGE, while maintaining his teaching, advising and research responsibilities. In addition to teaching graduate students, medical students and postdoctoral fellows, John teaches an undergraduate course on modern plagues. In the summer of 2008, he offered his popular Stanford Graduate Summer Institute course, Using Different Approaches to Solving Complex Problems: Responding to Pandemics, for the second time. His Ph.D. is in Molecular Biology from Edinburgh University.
Building 310, Room 104
(650) 736-9794
jboothr at stanford.edu
Sheri D. Sheppard
Associate Vice Provost for Graduate Education
Professor of Mechanical Engineering
Sheri D. Sheppard has been a professor of Mechanical Engineering in the Design division since 1986. Her research focuses on weld fatigue and impact failures, fracture mechanics and applied finite element analysis. Co-director of the Center for Design Research in the School of Engineering, Sheri received her Ph.D. from the University of Michigan in 1985.She is a nationally recognized expert on engineering education. She led a three-year study of engineering education, "Educating Engineers," in the United States at the Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching.
In 2006-07, Sheppard served as chair of the Faculty Senate. For the last decade, she has been the faculty adviser to the Mechanical Engineering Women's Group at Stanford, which holds an annual seminar series and a welcome program for all female engineers. Sheri will also be working half time in VPGE.
Building 310, Room 104
(650) 736-9794
sheppard at stanford.edu
Chris M. Golde
Associate Vice Provost for Graduate Education
Chris Golde joined the VPGE staff in February 2007. Prior to that she was a Senior Scholar at the Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching, where she was research director for the Carnegie Initiative on the Doctorate. She is a nationally recognized expert on graduate education—actively conducting research, speaking and publishing on the graduate student experience, student attrition, doctoral pedagogies, and graduate education reform. She is the lead author of At Cross Purposes: What the Experiences of Today’s Doctoral Students Reveal about Doctoral Education (2001), co-editor of Envisioning the Future of Doctoral Education: Preparing Stewards of the Discipline (2006) a compilation of essays on the doctorate, and co-author of The Formation of Scholars: Rethinking Doctoral Education for the 21st Century (2008). Prior to joining Carnegie, she was a faculty member at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. She holds a Ph.D. in education and an M.A. in sociology, both from Stanford University.
Building 310, Room 110
(650) 736-9795
golde at stanford.edu
Ann George
Assistant Dean, Research and Graduate Policy
Ann George has been at Stanford University since 1992, with responsibilities related to the management of research grants and contracts. In 2003, she assumed responsibilities for graduate policy within the office of the Vice Provost and Dean of Research and Graduate Policy. With the inception of VPGE, Ann now has a joint appointment in the Dean of Research office and VPGE. She is the point of contact for the Graduate Financial System (GFS) by which graduate students are paid, the Childbirth Accommodation Policy, and university Cardinal Care subsidies. She holds an M.A. in Organizational Communication from The Ohio State University.
Building 60, Room 213
(650) 723-9721
anngeo at stanford.edu
Pat Cook
Director of Fellowships and Programs
Pat Cook joined the staff at Stanford two years after she graduated from Lafayette College, spending six months in the Office of Student Affairs at the School of Medicine. For the next twenty years she served in several human resources positions. She has had the opportunity to work with each of the seven schools, as well other University departments, including more than two years with the Graduate Division (1988-91). In 1997, she became program officer for the Stanford Graduate Fellowships (SGF) program. Now she oversees fellowship programs under the auspices of the VPGE, including SGF, the new SIGF program, and others.
Building 310, Room 112
(650) 723-4210
patcook at stanford.edu
Anika Green 
Director of Educational Programs
Anika Green started her Stanford career as Assistant Dean for Grad Education and Director of Biosciences Diversity Programs in the School of Medicine. At VPGE she oversees the DARE Doctoral Fellowship Program and works on other educational programs that promote the academic success of Stanford graduate students.
Building 310, Room 101
(650) 736-9792
agreen1 at stanford.edu
Rebecca Jantzen
Associate Director for Programs and Administration
Rebecca Jantzen began her career at Stanford University in the Graduate School of Business after she graduated from the University of Washington in 1987. She left Stanford in 1995, but returned in 2004 to work in the President and Provost Office. Currently, she is the VPGE budget officer and works with the SGF Program and the Stanford Graduate Summer Institute (SGSI).
Building 310, Room 103
(650) 736-9793
rjantzen at stanford.edu
Stefanie Moss
Fellowship and Program Coordinator
Stef Moss provides administrative support for the fellowship and academically-related programs managed by the VPGE office. She is a graduate of the University of North Carolina and a native of New Orleans.
Building 310, Room 100
(650) 736-9796
stefmoss at stanford.edu
Sherese Jackson
Executive Assistant
Sherese Jackson provides all levels of administrative support to the Vice Provost, as well as planning and coordinating meetings and VPGE events. Sherese is a Chicago native, and joined the VPGE office in 2008.
Building 310, Room 100
(650) 736-0810
sherese.jackson at stanford.edu
Photos: L.A. Cicero / Stanford News Service
Dave Cenzer / Palo Alto Weekly
C.M. Golde / VPGE