Return to Normal Operations on Jan. 22

Both Hammond and Westville campuses will return to normal operations on Wednesday, January 22.

See Updates on Campus Operations

Committees

Per the Bylaws, the Faculty Senate has seven standing committees and a number of subordinate committees answering to them.

Executive Committee

  • Diane Spoljoric (Chair)
  • Dave Kozel (Vice-Chair)
  • Rob Hallock, Faculty Affairs
  • Lee Artz, Curriculum
  • Amlan Mitra, General Education and Assessment
  • Yun (Tom) Liu, Educational Policy
  • John Durocher, Nominations, Elections and Awards
  • Jessica Ivy, Student Affairs
  • Lee Artz, University Senate Representative
  • Alan McCafferty (Senate Secretary, without vote)
  • Tony Elmendorf (Parliamentarian, without vote)

Budget Subcommittee: Paul McGrath (Chair)

Westville Subcommittee: 

Agenda Committee

  • Diane Spoljoric (Senate Chair)
  •  Dave Kozel (Vice-Chair)
  • Alan McCafferty (Senate Secretary)

Nominations, Elections, and Awards Committee

  • John Durocher (Chair) (’27) (CES)
  • Patrick Keegan (’27) (CHESS)
  • Roger Kraft (’25) (CES)

Curriculum Committee

  • Lee Artz (Chair) (’25) (CHESS)
  • Wei He (’24) (COB)
  • Maria Hughes (’27) (CON)
  • Hansung Kim (’27) (CES)
  • Cheng Zhang (’26) (COT)

Educational Policy Committee

  • Khair Al Shamaileh (’27) (CES)
  • Shreya Bhandari (’26) (CHESS)
  • Robert Kramer (’26) (CES)
  • Amanda Kratovil-Mailhiot (’26) (CON)
  • Yun Liu (’25) (CES)
  • Pam Saylor (’26) (CHESS)
  • Donna Whitten (’26) (COB)

Subordinate Committee: Honors College

Faculty Affairs Committee

  • Rob Hallock (Chair) (’27) (CHESS)
  • Gokarna Aryal (’25) (CES)
  • Masoud Fathizadeh (’25) (COT)
  • Shontrai Irving (’26) (COB)
  • Patti Ludwig-Beymer (’27) (CON)

Subordinate Committee: First-Year Experience and New Student Orientation

Subordinate Committee: Transfer Credit Steering

General Education and Assessment

  • Amlan Mitra (Chair) (’26) (CHESS)
  • Ali Alavizadeh (’25) (COT)
  • Hassan Naji (’25) (CES)
  • Laurie Parpart (’26) (CON)
  • Pitparnee Stompor (’26) (COB)
  • Kathy Tobin (’26) (CHESS)

Subordinate Committee: Experiential Learning

Student Affairs Committee

  • Jessica Ivy (Chair) (’27) (CHESS)
  • Jim Dolen (’27) (CES)
  • Ashok Vardhan Raja  [temporary replacement for Tae-Hoon Kim (’26) (COT)]
  • Sheila Rezak (’26) (Library)
  • Nicolae Tarfulea (’26) (CES)
  • Sarah White (’25) (CHESS)

Subordinate Committee: Athletic Policies

Subordinate Committee: Grade Appeals