GSA Chair

Malaika Singleton is the 2009-2010 GSA Chair.

See also 2008-2009 GSA Chair.

Malaika Singleton, GSA Chair

Greetings GSA! It is truly an honor serving as Chair and I look forward to another great year. Although we face many challenges with the budget crisis we will do our best to continue to advocate on behalf of graduate student needs and concerns. I look forward to building and sustaining relationships with other organizations such as the Law Students Association and Postdoctoral Scholars Association this year. I will also continue working to provide resources and support for graduate students through collaborative projects such as Grad Women Thrive in Academia and the Graduate Ally Coalition. Thanks to all of you for your continued support. In addition to my work as Chair, I was nominated in the Spring of 2009 to serve as the Western Regional Representative for the NAGPS Social Justice Committee and my first task was in the promotion and distribution of the Campus Pride Survey which was geared to the LGBT community.

I've been involved in many on and off-campus groups/activities. For 2007-2008, I served as Co-Chair of the Black Graduate and Professional Student Association and I've served as BGPSA's Historian since 2008. I'm also an active member of the Davis African Club. Other groups that I've been a part of or have worked with include the Cross Cultural Center, the Women's Resources and Research Center, the Graduate Academic Achievement & Advocacy Program and the Graduate Student Leaders Consortium (GSLC). I'm a sixth-year Ph.D. candidate in Neuroscience and I previously earned a B.A. in Biology and Psychology from Rutgers University-Newark College of Arts & Sciences and New Jersey Institute of Technology in 2004. I grew up in South Carolina and I'm of predominately Gullah/Geechee descent.

contact me at <gsachair AT ucdavis DOT edu>

As GSA Chair I serve as a representative on the Graduate Council of the Academic Senate and report to the Assembly as needed.

I am also serving on the Student Services Subcommittee of the Budget Advisory Committee

I am working with the Graduate Student Assistant to the Dean and Chancellor, Abbie Boggs, the WRRC's Graduate Outreach Intern, Brook Colley, the Cross Cultural Center Chicano/Latino Community Intern, Jonathen Duran, the Co-Student Director of the Graduate Academic Achievement & Advocacy Program, George Sellu, the Campus Violence and Prevention Program Peer Educator, and others on the Graduate Ally Coalition. We hosted a training session on Saturday, September 26, 2009 and we trained 29 attendees.

I am also working with our outgoing Graduate Student Assistant to the Dean and Chancellor, Cynthia Degnan, the WRRC's Graduate Outreach Intern, Brook Colley, Elisabetta Lambertini, and former GSA Vice-Chair, Ann Kelleher, on a Grad Women Thrive in Academia 'zine. This will be a 'zine to share vital insider's information, useful tips, and personal experiences between grad women to navigate academia-and life-as a grad at Davis and make the most of it. If you are interested in the project, may contribute, and want to be kept informed of how it develops, contact us and suggest topics you'd like to hear about. Contact 752-3372 or email <wrrcgrad AT ucdavis DOT edu>. Our first issue was completed in Winter Quarter 2009 and copies of the paper 'zine can be picked up at the WRRC or the GSA Office at 253 South Silo. Click the link above to check out our electronic version of the 'zine.

Will update soon, thanks for being patient!