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Academic Year 2024-2025
Standing Committees Membership
Academic Affairs Committee
Steve Ackerman, HC (Chair)  
Robert Kim, CM
One-Ki Daniel Lee, CM  
Ling Shi, MCNHS  
Jeffrey Stokes, MCNHS
Victoria Weston, CLA  
Peter Lert, CSM
Karen Delaney and Sarah Bartlett, Co-Registrars, ex officio 
Academic Technology Committee
Lusa Lo, CEHD (Chair), on sabbatical Fall 2025
Suha Ballout, MCNHS 
Kenneth Fletcher, CSM 
Jonathan Kim, CM 
Wenhua Shi, CLA 
Qian Song, MCNHS/MGS  
Brian White, CSM (on sabbatical Fall 2025)
Zong-Guo Xia, SFE (on sabbatical Fall 2025)
TBA, Student Representative 
Travis Johnston, FSU Representative 
Yueqing Chen, Healey Library (Head of Library Systems and Discovery Services), ex officio 
Jeffrey A. Dusenberry, ITS (Director of Research Computing), ex officio 
Apurva Mehta, ITS (Associate Chief Info Officer), ex officio 
Andrew Perumal, Provost’s Office, ex officio 
Budget and Long-Range Planning Committee
Alice Carter, CLA (Chair)  
Michael Ahn, CLA/MGS (on sabbatical Fall 2025, replaced by Peter Federman) 
Nurul Aman, CLA
Libby Fay, CLA  
Joel Fish, CSM  
Laura Hayman, MCNHS  
Sharon Lamb, CEHD  
Laurie Milliken, MCNHS   
Zong-Guo Xia, SFE (on sabbatical Fall 2025)
Yijia (Eddie) Zhao, CM 
Marlene Kim, CLA
Daniel Gascón, CLA
Michael Mahan, PSU Representative 
Joseph B. Berger, Provost and Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs, ex officio  
Mya Mangawang, Vice Provost, ex officio  
Kathleen Kirleis, Vice Chancellor for Administration and Finance, ex officio  
Chris Giuliani, Associate Vice Chancellor for Administration and Finance, ex officio 
Financial Aid, Admissions, and Records Committee
Richard Hung, SFE (Chair)  
Mona Abo-Zena, CEHD  
Serra Acar, CEHD  
Cuf Ferguson, CLA  
Werner Kunz, CM  
Ana Christina Lindsay, MCNHS
John Drew, Vice Chancellor for Enrollment Management, ex officio 
Graduate Studies Committee
Andre Maharaj, CEHD (Chair)  
Silvia Dorado Banacloche, CM  
Laura Bozeman, CEHD/SGISD  
Phil Gona, MCNHS  
John Fulton, CLA  
Harry Konstantinidis, CLA
Heather MacIndoe, CLA/MGS (on sabbatical Fall 2025)
Brook Moyers, CSM  
Patricia Paugh, CEHD  
Steve Smith, Healey Library 
James Soldner, CEHD  
Michael Tlusty, SFE
Richard Hunter, CLA
Tracy Baynard, Associate Vice Provost for Graduate Education, ex officio 
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/MGS
Gretchen Umholtz, CLA
Apurva Mehta, Associate CIO, ex officio  
Stephanie Walker, Dean of University Libraries, ex officio  
Research Committee
Chair Vacant
Douglas Bolender, CLA 
Dolly Daftary, CEHD 
Dan Dowling, CSM 
Jay Junghun Lee, CM 
Dan Remein, CLA 
Jeffrey Stokes, MCNHS/MGS
Manu Thaklar, MCNHS 
Jesse Farmer, SFE
Lusa Lo, CES Subcommittee Representative
Lorena Estrada Martinez, SFE
Community Engaged Scholarship (CES) Sub-Committee
Alessia Contu, CM
Michael Johnson, CLA/MGS
Sun Kim, MCNHS
Da Hei Ku, CEHD
Jackie Lageson, CLA
Lusa Lo, CEHD (on sabbatical Fall 2025)
Charles Wibiralske, CSM
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/MGS
*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
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), 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), 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, MCNHS (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, CSM (Biology)
Daniel Lee, CM 
Georgia Mavrommati, SFE 
Reed Reynolds, CLA (Communication) 
Jeffrey Stokes, MCHS (Gerontology) 
Elizabeth S. Sweet, CLA (Anthropology)
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.