2021-2022 Faculty Senate Committees

Advisory Committee for Scholarship and Research (joint)

  • Chair: Ali Moore, provost's appointee
  • Manoj Agarwal, School of Management
  • Serdar Atav, Decker College of Nursing and Health Sciences
  • Christopher Bishop, Psychology
  • Junghyun Cho, Associate Dean for Research, Decker College of Nursing and Health Sciences
  • Mary Beth Curtin, Associate Vice President for Research (non-voting)
  • Daniel Davis, provost's appointee
  • Tony Davis, School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences
  • Shelley Dionne, Associate Dean for Research, School of Management
  • Nicole Fenty, CCPA Teaching, Learning and Educational Leadership
  • Eric Hoffman, Associate Dean for Research, School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences
  • Kristina Lambright, Associate Dean for Research, CCPA
  • Carl Lipo, Associate Dean for Research, Harpur College of Arts and Sciences
  • Mark Poliks, provost's appointee
  • Xingye Qiao, provost's appointee
  • Gail Rattinger, provost's appointee
  • Melissa Sutherland, Associate Dean for Research, Decker College of Nursing and Health Sciences
  • Kaiming Ye, Biomedical Engineering
  • Sangwon Yoon, provost's appointee

Budget Review Committee

  • Chair: Barry Jones, Economics
  • Michael Buck, Decker College of Nursing and Health Sciences
  • John Cordi, provost's appointee, ex-officio
  • Scott Craver, Faculty Senate Executive Committee chair
  • Komla Dzigbede, CCPA Public Administration
  • David Hatami, undergraduate student
  • Murali Jagannathan, School of Management
  • Jonathan Krasno, Political Science, ex-officio
  • Patrick Madden, Computer Science
  • Natalija Mijatovic, Faculty Senate chair
  • H. Richard Naslund, Geological Sciences
  • Donald Nieman, president's appointee, ex-officio
  • Victoria Oladosu, graduate student
  • David Schuster, Libraries
  • Olga Shvetsova, Political Science
  • Thomas Sinclair, CCPA Public Administration, ex-officio
  • Susan Strehle, English
  • Nathan Tumey, School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences
  • Wei Xiao, Economics

Bylaws Review Committee

  • Chair: Andrew Scholtz, Classical & Near Eastern Studies
  • Cassandra Bransford, past Vice-Chair of Faculty Senate
  • Jeremy Dibbell, Libraries
  • Vicki Griffin, provost's appointee, ex-officio 
  • Stephen Levy, Physics
  • Pamela Mischen, president's appointee, ex-officio 
  • Sara Reiter, School of Management
  • Olga Shvetsova, Political Science
  • Melissa Zinkin, past Vice-Chair of Faculty Senate

Committee for the University Environment (joint)

  • Chair: George Homsy, CCPA Public Administration
  • Aaron Berkowitz, undergraduate student
  • James (JJ) Brice, Residential Life representative
  • Nick Corcoran, ex-officio
  • Patrick Doyle, PSS representative
  • Joseph Graney, Geological Sciences
  • Dylan Horvath, Steward of the Nature Preserve
  • Tanya Husick, ex-officio
  • Kim Jaussi, provost's appointee
  • Carl Lipo, Anthropology
  • Colin Lyons, Art and Design
  • Vashti Devi B Mahadeo, graduate student
  • JoAnn Navarro, Vice President for Operations
  • Sally Oaks, Physical Plant representative
  • James Pitarresi, provost's appointee
  • Jonathan Reynolds, Physical Facilities, ex-officio
  • Blythe Roveland-Brenton, Libraries
  • Caroline Sandleitner, undergraduate student
  • Julian Shepherd, Biological Sciences

Committee on Committees

  • Chair: Stephanie Hess, Libraries
  • Ann Fronczek, Decker College of Nursing and Health Sciences
  • Amy Gay, Libraries
  • Leslie Lander, Computer Science
  • Candace Mulcahy, CCPA Teaching, Learning and Educational Leadership
  • Sabina Perrino, Anthropology
  • David Werner, Psychology

Convocations Committee

  • Co-chair: Aleshia Huber, Libraries
  • Co-chair: Jennifer Keegin, executive secretary
  • Lucas Bianculli, undergraduate student
  • Rosa Darling, Decker College of Nursing and Health Sciences
  • Sherry Huang, undergraduate student
  • Donald Loewen, provost's appointee, ex-officio 
  • Suzanne McLeod, CCPA Teaching, Learning and Education Leadership
  • Brian Rose, president's appointee, ex-officio 
  • Caroline Sandleitner, undergraduate student
  • Chenrui Zhao, graduate student

Diversity Committee

  • Chair: Sara Reiter, School of Management
  • Elizabeth Brown, Libraries
  • Sandra Casanova-Vizcaino, Romance Languages
  • Jennnifer Efthymious, Professional Staff Senate
  • Mary Hu, undergraduate student
  • Yvette L. Lewis-Carrier, graduate student
  • Claudia Marques, Biological Sciences
  • Titilayo Okoror, Africana Studies
  • Katherine Wander, Anthropology
  • Marguerite Wilson, CCPA Human Development

Educational Opportunity Program Advisory Committee

  • Co-chair: Nancy Abashian, Libraries
  • Co-chair: Denise Yull, CCPA Human Development
  • Yaseen Anderson, EOP student
  • Justin Brymn, provost's appointee, ex-officio 
  • Mariah Bubel, Director of Recruitment for Undergraduate Students
  • Dave Clark, Arts and Sciences
  • Robyn Cope, Romance Languages and Literatures
  • Stacey-Ann Gordon, EOP student
  • Madeline Gottlieb, graduate student
  • Nya Greene, EOP student
  • Nia Johnson, undergraduate student
  • Karima Legette, Director of EOP
  • Nicole Rouhana, Decker College of Nursing and Health Sciences
  • Nicole Sirju-Johnson, president's appointee, ex-officio 
  • Lisa Tessman, Philosophy
  • Sara Wozniak, Decker College of Nursing and Health Services, ex-officio

Evaluation Coordinating Committee

  • Chair: VACANT
  • Jane Bear-Lehman, Decker College of Nursing and Health Sciences
  • Aaron Beedle, School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences
  • Megan Benson, Libraries
  • Subimal Chatterjee, School of Management
  • Madhu Govindaraju, Vice Provost for Informational Education and Global Affairs
  • Tarek Shamma, Translation Research and Instruction Program
  • Michelle Withers, Biological Sciences
  • Sarah Young, CCPA Social Work
  • VACANT, faculty

Information & Educational Technology Committee (joint)

  • Co-chair: Kenneth Chiu, Computer Science
  • Co-chair: Donald Loewen, Provost office
  • Michael Allington (non-voting)
  • Niyazi Bodur, Chief Information Officer
  • Christof Grewer, Chemistry
  • Yvonne Johnston, Decker College of Nursing & Health Sciences
  • Dikran Karaguezian, Mathematics
  • Prathamesh Kulkarni, graduate student
  • Tongshu Ma, School of Management
  • Pamela Mischen, provost's appointee, ex-officio 
  • Donald Nieman, Provost
  • James Pitarresi, provost's appointee, ex-officio 
  • David Schuster, Libraries
  • Jonah Thomas, undergraduate student
  • Andrew Tucci (non-voting)
  • Harald Zils, German and Russian

Intercollegiate Athletics Committee

  • Chair: Loretta Mason-Williams, CCPA Teaching, Learning and Educational Leadership
  • Cindy Cowden, VP for Student Affairs designee (non-voting)
  • David Eagan, ex-officio
  • Darcy Fauci, Chair of Intercollegiate Athletics Board, ex-officio (non-voting)
  • Randy Friedman, Judaic Studies
  • Dennis Kalina, Interim Athletics Director
  • Olivia Le, undergraduate student
  • Donald Loewen, provost's appointee, ex-officio
  • Nadine Mastroleo, NCAA Faculty representative (non-voting)
  • Joshua Oommen, undergraduate student
  • Neil Christian Pages, German & Russian Studies
  • David Werner, Psychology
  • VACANT, graduate student

ITS Research Computing Advisory Committee (joint)

  • Co-chair: Niyazi Bodur, CIO
  • Co-chair: Kenneth Chui, Computer Science
  • Yu Chen, Electrical and Computer Engineering
  • Catherine S Ayiku Chinock, graduate student
  • Sakib Choudhury, undergraduate student
  • Tim Cortesi, provost's appointee, ex-officio (non-voting)
  • Chenbin Deng, Geography
  • Yetrib Hathout, Provost designee
  • Blazo Kovacevic, Art and Design
  • Chang Hee Park, Provost designee
  • Nicholas Walling, ITS ex-officio (non-voting)
  • VACANT, faculty

Library Committee

  • Chair:  Sol Polachek, Economics
  • Samantha Carroll, undergraduate student
  • Rosa Darling, Decker College of Nursing and Health Sciences
  • Nicholas Kaldis, Asian and Asian American Studies
  • Curtis Kendrick, provost's appointee, ex-officio
  • Pamela Mischen, president's appointee, ex-officio
  • Heather Parks, Libraries
  • Joshua Reno, Anthropology
  • Emily Rosman, graduate student
  • Caroline Sandleitner, undergraduate student
  • Jennifer Stoever, English
  • Sarah Young, CCPA Social Work

Micro-credential Committee (joint)

  • Co-chair: Celeste Lee, Center for Learning and Teaching
  • Co-chair: Nadia Rubaii, CCPA Public Administration
  • Subimal Chatterjee, School of Management (non-voting)
  • Erin Cody, provost designee
  • Rodney Gabel, Decker College of Nursing and Health Sciences
  • Patrick Madden, Computer Science
  • Jennifer Gillis Mattson, Psychology (non-voting)
  • Matthew McConn, CCPA Teaching, Learning and Educational Leadership
  • Michael Testani, provost designee
  • Xingye Xiao, Mathematics (non-voting) 
  • Sangwon Yoon, System Science and Industrial Engineering

Professional Standards Committee

  • Chair: Robert Guay, Philosophy
  • Christopher Bartlette, Music 
  • Hoe Kyeung Kim, CCPA Teaching, Learning and Educational Leadership
  • Sarah Maximiek, Libraries
  • Melissa Zinkin, Philosophy

Program Review Committee

  • Chair: Sara Reiter, School of Management
  • William Eggleston, School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences
  • Donald Loewen, German and Russian, ex-officio
  • Patrick Madden, Computer Science
  • Gretchen Mahler, provost's appointee, ex-officio 
  • Loretta Mason-Williams, CCPA Teaching, Learning and Educational Leadership
  • Sarah Maximiek, Libraries
  • Donald Nieman, president's appointee, ex-officio 
  • Xingye Qiao, Mathematical Sciences
  • Daniel Rocobado, undergraduate student
  • Nicole Rouhana, Decker College of Nursing and Health Sciences
  • Caroline Sandleitner, undergraduate student
  • Chenqing Song, Asian and Asian American Studies
  • John Starks, faculty director of the Office of University-Wide Courses, ex-officio
  • Barbara Wolfe, Theatre
  • VACANT, faculty
  • VACANT, graduate students (2)

University Calendar Committee (joint)

  • Chair: Donald Nieman, Provost
  • David Eagen, Athletics, president/provost's appointee
  • Mark Fowler, Electrical and Computer Engineering
  • Madeline Gottlieb, graduate student
  • Michael Kukawa, Physical Facilities, president/provost's appointee
  • BrieAnna Langlie, Anthropology
  • Donald Loewen, Provost's Office
  • Colin Lyons, Art and Design
  • Krista Medionte-Phillips, Undergraduate Admissions, president/provost's appointee
  • Paola Mignone, Residential Life, president/provost's appointee
  • Carol Miles, Biology
  • Michelle Ponczek, Course Building/Academic Space, president/provost's appointee
  • Judith Quaranta, Decker College of Nursing and Health Sciences
  • Nadia Rubaii, CCPA Public Administration
  • Caroline Sandleitner, undergraduate student
  • Amber Stallman, Financial Aid and Student Records, president/provost's appointee
  • Barbara Wolfe, Theatre

University Undergraduate Curriculum Committee

  • Chair: Les Lander, Computer Science
  • Ali Almajnooni, graduate student
  • Megan Benson, Library
  • Alexander Borisov, Mathematics
  • Samantha Carroll, undergraduate student
  • Dave Clark, Harpur Dean's office, ex-officio
  • Deborah Elliston, Anthropology
  • Oscar Gil-Garcia, CCPA Human Development
  • Lisa Hrehor, Health and Wellness (non-voting)
  • Donald Loewen, provost's appointee, ex-officio 
  • Pamela Mischen, president's appointee, ex-officio 
  • Mary Muscari, Decker College of Nursing and Health Sciences
  • Anthony Reeves, Philosophy
  • Sara Reiter, School of Management
  • VACANT, faculty