UMass Boston

Academic Year 2024-2025

• Standing Committees Membership
• General Education Committee Membership

Standing Committees Membership

Academic Affairs Committee

Academic Technology Committee

Budget and Long-Range Planning Committee

Financial Aid, Admissions, and Records Committee

Graduate Studies Committee

Library Committee

Sabreen Darwish, MCNHS (Chair)
Jaqueline Avila, MCNHS
Brenda D. Clausell-Rigsby, MCNHS
Tejaswini Dalvi, CEHD 
Tyler Hull, CM
Qingjiang Li, CSM
Neil Reilly, CSM
Karen Ross, CLA
Gretchen Umholtz, CLA
Apurva Mehta, Associate CIO, ex officio
Stephanie Walker, Dean of University Libraries, ex officio

Research Committee

Community Engaged Scholarship (CES) Sub-Committee

Joint Athletics Committee*

Chair Vacant
Steve Ackerman, Honors College
Matt Brown, CLA
Vin Cannato, CLA 
Eugene Gallagher, SFE
Sangwan Kim, CM
Laurie Milliken, MCNHS 
Labib Rouhana, CSM
Eben Weitzman, CLA

*Under review by the Ad Hoc Bylaws Committee

Joint Discipline & Grievance Committee

Sarah Hamblin, CLA (Chair)

Laura Bozeman, CEHD
Jacqueline Fawcett, MCNHS
Steven Jackson, CSM (on sabbatical AY 2024-2025)
Maria John, CLA
Robert Kim, CM
David Patterson, CLA
Lisa Rivera, CLA
Chandra Yelleswarapu, CSM
Nelson Lande, CM

Student Members:*

Jennifer Morgan (PhD in Nursing)
Vincent Briselli (MS in Chemistry)
Sachin Gupta (PhD in Physics)
Martin Simmons (Undergraduate in Nursing)
Tavi Makwana (Graduate Student in Finance)
Evans F. Kyei (PhD in Nursing)
Timothy (Percy) Truong (Undergraduate in English)
Gabrriele Carvalho (Undergraduate in Exercise & Health Sciences)
MP Carver (MA in English)
Jamie Donenfeld (Graduate Student in Psychology)
Azure Parker (Graduate Student in CEHD)
Shawn De Veau, Associate Vice Chancellor/Dean of Students, ex officio

*Looking for additional undergraduate students

General Education Committee*

Serra Acar, CEHD (Early Childhood Education and Care) 
Cassandra Alexopoulos, CLA (Communication) 
Hadi Banat, Director, CLA (English) Director, English as a Second Language Program 
Chris Barcelos, CLA (Women’s, Gender, and Sexuality Studies), Chair (2024), Diversity Subcommittee 
Lynne Benson, CLA (Women’s, Gender, and Sexuality Studies)
Lauren Bowen, CLA (English), Director, Composition Program,  
Neal Bruss, CLA (English), Coordinator, First-Year Seminars, Chair 
Rachel Drew, Manning School (Exercise and Health Science 
Karla Schallies, CSM (Biology) 
Lauren Sullivan, Coordinator, Intermediate Seminars, CLA (Anthropology) 
Elizabeth S. Sweet, CLA (Anthropology), Chair (2024), Quantitative Reasoning Subcommittee 
Yijia Eddie Zhao, CSM (Accounting and Finance) 
Tim Blackman, Director, Undergraduate Studies, ex officio 
Betsabe Gomez, Associate Director, Writing Proficiency, Undergraduate Studies, ex officio 
Lynnell Thomas, Associate Vice Provost for Inclusive Excellence, Undergraduate Studies, ex officio

Distribution Subcommittee

Neal Bruss, CLA (English)  
Ting Chen, CM (Accounting and Finance) 
Leila Davis, CLA (Economics, Fall term only) 
Shuai Jin, CLA (Political Science) 
Nino Kebadze, CLA (Latin American and Iberian Studies) 
Sheldon Kovitz CSM (Mathematics) 
Lisa Rivera, CLA (Philosophy) 
Barbara Worley CLA (Anthropology) 
Shaman Hatley, CLA (Asian Studies and Classics & Religious Studies)
Aimee D’Avignon, CEHD, Director, Office of Student Success, ex officio 

Diversity Subcommittee

Daniela Balenzátegui, CLA (Anthropology) 
Miguel Barba, CLA (Sociology) 
Chris Barcelos, CLA (Women’s Gender, and Sexuality Studies) 
Karen Grayson, CLA (English) Spring term 2025 
Azizah Jor’Dan, Manning School (Exercise and Health Sciences) 
Aimee D’Avignon, CEHD, Director, Student Success Center, ex officio 
Abdelkrim Mouhib, CLA (Modern Languages, Literature and Cultures)

Quantitative Reasoning Subcommittee

Jie Chen, University Senior Statistician 
Chris Contreras, CLA (Sociology) 
Karen Crounse, CSM (Mathematics) 
Joao de Souza, CLA (Economics) 
Arthur Eisenkraft, CSM (Physics), CEHD, and Honors College  
Eric Grinberg, CSM (Mathematics) 
Albert Kao, Biology 
Daniel Lee, CM 
Georgia Mavrommati, School for the Environment  
Reed Reynolds, CLA (Communication) 
Jeffrey Stokes, MCHS (Gerontology) 
Elizabeth S. Sweet, CLA (Anthropology) Chair (2024) 
Laurel Wainwright, CLA (Psychology) 

Seminars Assessment Subcommittee

Neal Bruss, CLA (English), Coordinator, First-Year Seminars, Convener 
Paul Dyson, CLA (English) 
Meredith Gunning, CLA (Philosophy) 
Virginia Karlis, CLA (English) 
Meesh McCarthy, Undergraduate Studies 
Michael Motia, CLA (Classics and Religious Studies) 
Lauren Sullivan, Coordinator, Intermediate Seminars, CLA (Anthropology) 

Writing Proficiency Subcommittee

Hadi Banat, CLA (English), Director of English as a Second Language, Academic Support Programs  
Lauren Bowen, Director, First-Year Composition, CLA (English) 
Neal Bruss, CLA Coordinator, First-Year Seminars (English) 
Deborah Budden CLA (English) 
Maria Carvajal Regidor, Director, University Writing Center 
John Hess, CLA (English) 
Lauren Sullivan, Coordinator, Intermediate Seminars, CLA, Anthropology 
Raul Ybarra, (English) CLA

Kathryn Archard, Director, Writing Programs, College of Management, ex officio 
Robin Babcock, Manager, Writing Center, Manning College of Nursing and Health Sciences, ex officio
Betsabe Gomez, Associate Director, Writing Proficiency, Undergraduate Studies, ex officio 
Tim Blackman, Director, Undergraduate Studies, ex officio

*Note: The Executive Committee still seeks nominees for additional vacant seats; additional confirmations are forthcoming.