Standing Committees of the
Faculty

Links to Committee web pages
Committee on Appointments
Committee on Academic Priorities (CAP)
Committee on the Undergraduate Curriculum

Committee membership information is provided to the Provost's Office by the Nominations Committee.  (Last updated July 2012 for the 2012-2013 academic year).

Committees of the First Kind

Chair of the General Faculty
Advisory Council of the Faculty
Committee on Academic Priorities
Committee on Appointments
Committee on Nominations
Committee on the Undergraduate Curriculum
Committee on Undergraduate Admissions
Office of the Junior Faculty Liaison

Committees of the Second Kind

Faculty Representatives to the Board of Trustees
Faculty Representative to the Thinking Forward Group
Committee on Libraries, Information Services and Computing
Committee on Faculty Awards and Grants
Committee on Faculty Welfare
Committee on Endowed Lectures
Council on Undergraduate Academic Standing
Committee on Undergraduate Awards and Fellowships
Graduate Council

Representatives to other Committees

Representative to the Seven College Conference
Representatives to the Administrative Board of the Academic Honor System
Representatives to the McBride Advisory Committee

 


 

Committees of the First Kind

Chair of the General Faculty

  • Bob Dostal (Philosophy) 2012-14

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Advisory Council of the Faculty

  • Chair of the Faculty (Chair)
  • Chair-elect (as appropriate)
  • Chair of the Graduate Council
  • Chair of the Committee on Academic Priorities
  • Chair of the Committee on Appointments
  • Chair of the Committee on Undergraduate Curriculum
  • Chair of the Committee on Nominations
  • Junior Faculty Liaison
  • Parliamentarian

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Committee on Academic Priorities

  • Penny Armstrong (French) (2011-15)
  • Alison Cook-Sather (Education) (2009-13) (Chair)
  • Tamara Davis (Biology) (2011-15)
  • Jane Hedley (English) (2012-16)
  • Toba Kerson (Social Work) (2010-14)
  • Arlo Weil (Geology) (2010-14)

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Committee on Appointments

  • Ignacio Gallup-Diaz (History) (2011-15)
  • Marissa Golden (Political Science) (2010-14) (on leave Semester II)
  • Steven Levine (History of Art) (2010-14)
  • Bill Malachowski (Chemistry) (2009-13) (Chair)
  • Lisa Traynor (Math) (2011-15)
  • Bob Washington (Sociology) (2012-16) (on leave Semester II)

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Committee on Nominations

  • Sharon Burgmayer (Chemistry) (2010-13)
  • David Cast (History of Art) ( 2010-13) (on leave Semester II)
  • Carola Hein (Growth & Structure of Cities) (2012-15)
  • Christine Koggel (Philosophy) (2011-14) (on leave Semester I)
  • Tom Vartanian (Social Work) (2012-15)

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Committee on the Undergraduate Curriculum

  • Michele Rasmussen (Dean, Undergraduate College) ex officio
  • Kimberly Cassidy (Provost) ex officio
  • Michael Allen (Political Science) (2010-13)
  • Mehmet-Ali Atac (Archaeology) (2012-15)
  • Tim Harte (Russian) (2011-2014) (on leave Semester I)
  • Gail Hemmeter (English and Writing) (2010-13) (on leave Semester II)
  • Mike Noel (Physics) 2012-15)
  • Susan White (Chemistry) (2010-13) (Chair)

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Committee on Undergraduate Admissions

  • Jenny Rickard (Chief Enrollment and Communications Officer) ex officio
  • Leslie Cheng (Mathematics) (2012-15)
  • Jody Cohen (Education) (2010-13)
  • Peter Magee (Archaeology) (2010-13)
  • Marc Schulz (Pyschology) (2012-15)
  • Nate Wright (Sociology) (2011-2014)

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Office of the Junior Faculty Liaison

  • Katherine Rowe (English) (2012-2013)
  • Marc Schulz (Psychology) (2012-2013)

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Committees of the Second Kind

Faculty Representatives to the Board of Trustees

  • Penny Armstrong (French) (CAP representative)
  • David Karen (Sociology) (former Chair)

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Faculty Representative to the Thinking Forward Group

  • Susan White (Chemistry) (2012-13)

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Ad Hoc Faculty Committee to Revise the Plan of Governance and the Faculty By Laws
  • Bob Dostal (Philosophy)
  • Jeremy Elkins (Political Science)
  • Helen Grundman (Mathematics)

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Committee on Libraries, Information Services and Computing
  • Elliott Shore (Chief Information Officer) ex officio
  • Annette Baertschi (Classics) (2012-15)
  • Jeff Cohen (Growth & Structure of Cities) (2012-15)
  • Michelle Francl (Chemistry) (2011-2014)
  • Jim Martin (Social Work) (Spring 2010-13)
  • Katherine Rowe (English) (2011-2014)
  • Alicia Walker (History of Art) (2012-15)

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Committee on Faculty Welfare

  • Leslie Alexander (Social Work) (2010-13)
  • Mark Lord (Arts) (2012-15) (Chair)
  • Mark Matlin (Physics) (2010-13)
  • Amy Weidman (Anthropology) (2011-2014) (on leave AY2012-13)

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Committee on Faculty Awards and Grants

  • Mary Osirim, (Dean of Graduate Studies) ex officio
  • Chair, Committee on Appointment, ex officio
  • Nona Smith (Grants Administrator) ex officio
  • Christiane Hertel (History of Art) (2012-15) (on leave Semester I)
  • Astrid Lindenlauf (Archaeology) (2010-13) 
  • Earl Thomas (Psychology) (2010-13)
  • Pim Higginson (French) (2012-13)

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Committee on Endowed Lectures

  • Selby Cull (Geology) (2012-2015)
  • Jonathan Lanning (Economics) (2011-2014) (on leave AY2012-13)
  • Hoang Nguyen (English) (2010-13) (Chair)
  • Lisa Saltzman (History of Art) (2010-13) (on leave AY2012-13)

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Council on Undergraduate Academic Standing

  • Michele Rasmussen (Dean, Undergraduate College) ex officio
  • Judy Balthazar (Dean of Studies, Undergraduate College)
  • Peter Briggs (English) (2011-2014)
  • Leslie Cheng (Mathematics) 2012-15)
  • Radcliffe Edmonds (Classics) (2012-15)
  • Tim Harte (Russian) (2010-13) (on leave Semester I)
  • Sharon Ullman (History) (2012-15)

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Committee on Undergraduate Awards and Fellowships

  • Michele Rasmussen (Dean, Undergraduate College) ex officio
  • Michelle Mancini (Assistant Dean, Undergraduate College)
  • Rudy Le Mentheour (French) (2011-2014)
  • Amy Myers (Mathematics) (2012-15)
  • Maria Cristina Quintero (Spanish) (2010-13) (on leave Semester I)
  • Michael Schulz (Physics) 2012-15)
  • Bob Washington (Sociology) (2010-13) (on leave Semester II)

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Graduate Council

  • Mary Osirim (Dean of Graduate Studies) ex officio
  • Annette Baertschi (Classics) (2011-2014)
  • May Cheng (Physics) (2011-2014) (on leave AY2012-13)
  • Alice Donohue (Archaeology) (2012-2015)
  • Julia Littell (Social Work) (2012-15) (on leave Semester II)
  • Lisa Saltzman (History of Art) (2011-2014) (on leave AY2012-13)
  • Jamie Taylor (English) (2012-15)
  • Anjali Thapar (Psychology) (2012-15)
  • Leslie Alexander (substitute for Semester II)

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Representatives to Other Committees

Representative to the Seven College Conference

  • Elly Truit (History) (2012-2015)

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Representatives to the Administrative Board of the Academic Honor System

  • Peter Beckmann (Physics) (2012-15)
  • Krynn Lukacs (Chemistry (2011-2014)
  • Pedro Marenco (Geology) (2011-2014) (on leave AY2012-13)
  • Roberta Ricci (Italian) (2011-2015)
  • Rob Wozniak (Psychology) (2011-2014) (on leave Semester II)
  • Jennifer Vargas (substitute for AY2012-13)

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Representatives to the McBride Advisory Committee

  • Michele Rasmussen (Dean, Undergraduate College) ex officio
  • Helen Grundman (Mathematics) (2009-12)
  • Alice Lesnick (Education) (2009-12)
  • Penny Armstrong (French) (2010-13)

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