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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