The Graduate Student Association (GSA) is dedicated to the advancement and development
of the nearly 7,000 graduate and professional students at the University of South
Carolina.
Executive Officers
Maxwell Akonde, President
Maxwell Akonde: a third year PhD candidate in Epidemiology at the Arnold School of
Public Health with interest in cancer and infectious disease epidemiology. I previously
served as the Secretary for Data Management and Vice President of the Graduate Student
Association, and this year I am excited to serve as the President of GSA. I am particularly
passionate at repositioning GSA so that we can advocate better and be well represented
at all levels of the university where the voices of graduate and professional students
are needed. One of my leadership philosophies is that "representativeness matters",
and so I would like to encourage all graduate students and professional students across
the University to get involve with GSA, attend our events and programs, so that we
can better understand their concerns and continue to advocate for a better experience
for all of us.
Idris Kambala Mohammed. Idris Kambala Mohammed is a third-year PhD student in Economics at the Darla Moore
School of Business. He previously served as the Secretary of Graduate Student Recognition
Awards (GSRA).
Rajat Das Gupta is a PhD candidate in Epidemiology in the Arnold School of Public
Health. He is the graduate council representative at GSA in 2022-23. He previously
served as the co secretary general health at GSA in 2020-21.
