Committee Members

Committee Websites and Rosters for 2018-2020 Academic Year

Faculty Senate Executive Committee

  • David Townsend, President
  • William “Dee” Nichols, Vice President
  • Mike Scott, Past President
  • Grant Miles, Secretary
  • Patti Miles, Board of Trustees Representative
  • William “Dee” Nichols, Chair, Academic Affairs
  • Grant Miles, Chair, Committee on Committees
  • William “Dee” Nichols, Chair, Grant Miles, De facto Chair  Constitution and Bylaws
  • Mauricio Da Cunha & Mike Scott, Co-Chairs, Financial and Institutional Planning
  • Sam Hanes, General Education – Sub Committee of Academic Affairs
  • Howard Segal & Robert Rice, Co-Chairs, Library Advisory Committee
  • Margo Lukens, Chair, Program Creation, Review & Reorganization
  • Sean Smith, Deborah Saber & Nuri Emanetoglu, Co-Chairs, Research and Scholarship
  • Colt Knight, Chair, Service and Outreach
  • Erik Blomberg, Chair, University Environment
  • Patti Miles, Chair, IT Committee
  • _______, Chair, Ad-hoc Committee on Shared Governance

Academic Affairs

  • William “Dee” Nichols, Chair
  • Katherine Slott
  • Seanna Annis
  • Emily Haigh
  • Associate Provost Jeff St. John, Ex Officio Member

General Education – Sub Committee of Academic Affairs

  • Sam Hanes, Chair
  • William “Dee” Williams
  • Judith Josiah-Martin
  • Elizabeth Payne
  • Daniel Puhlman
  • Stephanie Burnett

Ex Officio Members:
Faculty Senate Representative to the Undergraduate Program Curriculum Committee
Director, Center for Excellence in Teaching and Assessment (CETA)
Chair, Provost’s Committee on Student Learning Outcomes Assessment and Improvement

Committee on Committees 

Constitution and Bylaws

  • William “Dee” Nichols, Chair
  • Grant Miles, de facto chair
  • Molly MacLean
  • Debbie Saber

Finance and Institutional Planning

  • Mauricio Da Cunha & Mike Scott, Co-Chairs
  • Alice Bruce
  • Mark Haggerty
  • Len Kass
  • Chris Nightingale

Library Advisory Committee

  • Howard Segal & Robert Rice, Co-Chairs
  • Stephanie Burnett
  • Paula Drewniany
  • Per Garder
  • Len Kass
  • Anil Kizha

Program Creation and Reorganization Review Committee

  • Margo Lukens, Chair
  • Torsten Hahmann
  • William Dee Nichols
  • Holly Schreiber

Research and Scholarship

  • Sean Smith, Deborah Saber & Nuri Emanetoglu , Co-Chairs
  • Mauricio Da Cunha
  • Rob Meulenberg
  • Renae Moran
  • Mohsen Shahinpoor
  • Phil Trostel
  • Peter van Walsum

Service and Outreach

  • Colt Knight, Chair
  • Stephanie Burnett
  • Phil Dunn

University Environment

  • Erick Blomberg, Chair
  • Don Beith
  • Kristina Cammen
  • Sara Lello
  • Amanda Klemmer
  • Natalie Machamer
  • Laura Rickard

IT Committee

  • Patti Miles, Chairs
  • Robin Sherman (ex officio)
  • Seanna Annis
  • David Batuski
  • Alice Bruce
  • Torsten Hahmann
  • Todd Zoroya

Ad Hoc Shared Governance

  • Grant Miles, Chair
  • Renae Moran
  • Nigel Pitt