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.

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

  • David Karen (Sociology) 2010-12

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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)
  • Toba Kerson (Social Work) (2010-14)
  • Michael Tratner (English) (2008-12)
  • Arlo Weil (Geology) (2010-14)

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Committee on Appointments

  • Elizabeth Allen (Russian) (2008-12) (Chair)
  • Ignacio Gallup-Diaz (History) (2011-15)
  • Marissa Golden (Political Science) (2010-14)
  • Steven Levine (History of Art) (2010-14)
  • Bill Malachowski (Chemistry) (2009-13)
  • Lisa Traynor (Math) (2011-15)

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Committee on Nominations

  • Raymond Albert (Social Work) (2009-12)
  • Sharon Burgmayer (Chemistry) (2010-13)
  • David Cast (History of Art) ( 2010-13)
  • Christine Koggel (Philosophy) (2011-14)
  • Imke Meyer (German) (2009-12) (Chair)

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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)
  • Don Barber (Geology) (2009-12)
  • Tim Harte (Russian) (2011-2014)
  • Gail Hemmeter (English and Writing) (2010-13)
  • David Ross (Economics) (2009-12) (Chair)
  • Susan White (Chemistry) (2010-13)

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Committee on Undergraduate Admissions

  • Jenny Rickard (Chief Enrollment and Communications Officer) ex officio
  • Jody Cohen (Education) (2010-13)
  • Peter Magee (Archaeology) (2010-13)
  • Bethany Schneider (English) (2009-12) (Chair)
  • Michael Schulz (Physics) (2009-12)
  • Nate Wright (Sociology) (2011-2014)

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Office of the Junior Faculty Liaison

  • Imke Meyer (German) (2011-12)

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Committees of the Second Kind

Faculty Representatives to the Board of Trustees

  • Penny Armstrong (French) (CAP representative)
  • Bob Dostal (Philosophy) (Faculty Chair-elect)

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Faculty Representative to the Thinking Forward Group

  • Catherine Conybeare (Classics) (2011-2012)

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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
  • Penny Armstrong (French) (Spring 2010-12)
  • Lynne Elkins (Geology) (2009-12)
  • Michelle Francl (Chemistry) (2011-2014)
  • Mark Lord (Arts) (2009-12)
  • Jim Martin (Social Work) (Spring 2010-13)
  • Katherine Rowe (English) (2011-2014)

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Committee on Faculty Welfare

  • Leslie Alexander (Social Work) (2010-13)
  • Janet Ceglowski (Economics) (2009-12)
  • Gregory Davis (Biology) (2009-12)
  • Mark Matlin (Physics) (2010-13)
  • Amanda Weidman (Anthropology) (2011-2014)

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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
  • Astrid Lindenlauf (Archaeology) (2010-13)
  • Brigitte Mahuzier (French) (2009-12)
  • Earl Thomas (Psychology) (2010-13)
  • Denise Su (Anthropology) (2011-2014)

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Committee on Endowed Lectures

  • Deepak Kumar (Computing) (2009-12)
  • Jonathan Lanning (Economics) (2011-2014)
  • Hoang Nguyen (English) (2010-13)
  • Lisa Saltzman (History of Art) (2010-13)
  • Mike Sears (Biology) (2010-13) (Chair)

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Council on Undergraduate Academic Standing

  • Michele Rasmussen (Dean, Undergraduate College) ex officio
  • Judy Balthazar (Dean of Studies, Undergraduate College)
  • Peter Beckmann (Physics) (March 2010-12)
  • Peter Briggs (English) (2011-2014)
  • Monica Chander (Biology) (2009-12)
  • Yonglin Jiang (East Asian Studies) (2009-12)
  • Tim Harte (Russian) (2010-13)

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Committee on Undergraduate Awards and Fellowships

  • Michele Rasmussen (Dean, Undergraduate College) ex officio
  • Michelle Mancini (Assistant Dean, Undergraduate College)
  • Linda-Susan Beard (English) (2009-12)
  • Rudy Le Mentheour (French) (2011-2014)
  • Krynn Lukacs (Chemistry) (2009-12)
  • Maria Cristina Quintero (Spanish) (2010-13) (Chair)
  • Bob Washington (Sociology) (2010-13)

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Graduate Council

  • Mary Osirim (Dean of Graduate Studies) ex officio
  • Annette Baertschi (Classics) (2011-2014)
  • Leslie Cheng (Mathematics) (2009-12)
  • May Cheng (Physics) (2011-2014)
  • Carola Hein (Cities) (Spring 2010-12)
  • Lisa Saltzman (History of Art) (2011-2014)
  • Janet Shapiro (Social Work) (2009-12)
  • James Wright (Archaeology) (2009-12) (Convener)

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Representatives to Other Committees

Representative to the Seven College Conference

  • Dianna Xu (Computing) (2009-12)

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Representatives to the Administrative Board of the Academic Honor System

  • Astrid Lindenlauf (Archaeology) (2009-12) on leave 2011-2012
  • Krynn Lukacs (Chemistry (2011-2014)
  • Pedro Marenco (Geology) (2011-2014)
  • Roberta Ricci (Italian) (2011-2012)
  • Rob Wozniak (Psychology) (2011-2014)

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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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