Academic Program Group
The Academic Program Group (APG) is a working group dedicated to assisting the Dean in decisions regarding UM-SJTU Joint Institute’s academic affairs including undergraduate and graduate programs, cooperative programs between the UM-SJTU Joint Institute and UM, faculty hiring, tenure and promotion policies and casebook evaluations, governance procedures, expansion of the UM-SJTU Joint Institute’s international programs etc.
Appointed by the Partnership Board, the APG members, include UM and SJTU personnel as follows:
UM Representatives:
Valeria Bertacco
Kevin Pipe
Associate Dean for Undergraduate Education & Professor of Mechanical Engineering, Director of Graduate Degree Programs, College of Engineering
Michaela Zint
Arthur F Thurnau Professor and Associate Dean for Academic Affairs, School for Environment and Sustainability, & Professor of Education, School of Education
Andries Coetzee
Professor of Linguistics, Associate Chair of Linguistics, Director Academic Program, Department of International Partnerships, College of Literature, Science, and the Arts and Sr Counselor to the Provost, Vice Provost Global and Engaged Education
Cliff Lampe
Professor of Information and Associate Dean for Academic Affairs, School of Information
Aline Cotel
Arthur F Thurnau Professor, Associate Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Director Academic Programs, International Programs, College of Engineering and Associate Professor of Program in the Environment, College of Literature, Science, and the Arts and School for Environment and Sustainability
SJTU Representatives:
Chien-Pin Chen
Dean of JI
Ming Yang
Chairman of the JI Council
David Hung
Associate Dean for Academic Affairs of JI
Gang Zheng
Associate Dean for Undergraduate Education of JI
Yongxing Shen
Associate Dean for Graduate Education of JI
Yanfeng Shen
Associate Dean for Research of JI