UMass Boston

Academic Year 2024-2025

• Standing Committees Membership
• General Education Committee Membership

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

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.