Karen Liller, PhD, dean of the University of South Florida Graduate School, presented at the Annual Council of Graduate Schools Meeting in Washington, DC. Her presentation entitled “Retention and Completion of Underrepresented STEM PhD Students:  Efforts of the University of South Florida Graduate School” was made on December 6.

Dr. Liller is an associate vice president for USF Research and Innovation and a professor in the College of Public Health.  She is one of 15 USF faculty members elected to the 2012 Fellows of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS).