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
Vice Provost for Engaged Learning & Arthur F. Thurnau Professor of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science
Joanna Millunchick
Associate Dean for Undergraduate Education & Arthur F. Thurnau Professor of Materials Science & Engineering, College of Engineering
Greg Hulbert
Faculty Advisor, International Programs in Engineering, CoE & Professor of Mechanical Engineering
James Penner-Hahn
Associate Dean for Budget and Planning, LSA & Professor of Chemistry and Biophysics
Michaela Zint
Arthur F Thurnau Professor and Associate Dean for Academic Affairs, School for Environment and Sustainability, & Professor of Education, School of Education
JI Representatives:
Ming Yang
Acting Dean
Jun Ni
Honorary Dean
Chien-Pin Chen
Associate Dean for Academic Affairs
David Hung
Associate Dean for Graduate Education
Gang Zheng
Associate Dean for Undergraduate Education