Committee Membership

Arts and Sciences Committees for 2025-2026

*Denotes Committee Chair
Updated: 10/14/2025

ACADEMIC STANDARDS

Serving from July 1, 2024 until June 30, 2026

Toby Bercovici, THD, Arts
*Emily Rauschert, BGES, Sciences
Adam Sonstegard, ENG, Humanities
Jearl Walker, PHY, Science

Serving from July 1, 2025 until June 30, 2027

Vania De Paoli, CHM, Science
Antonio Medina-Rivera, WLC, Humanities

BUDGET AND PLANNING

Serving from July 1, 2024 until June 30, 2026 

Mark Cole, HIS, Humanities
Daniel Munther, MTH, Sciences
Cigdem Slankard, FMA, Arts 

Serving from July 1, 2025 until June 30, 2027

*Erin Avram, CHM, Sciences
Frederick Karem, ENG, Humanities
Jacqueline Vitali, PHY, Sciences

CURRICULUM AND INSTRUCTION

Serving from July 1, 2024 until June 30, 2026

Shereen Naser, PSY, Sciences
Meshack Owino, HIS, Humanities
*John Brentar, ENG Humanities (replaces Emilie Zickel, ENG, Humanities)
Ulrich Zurcher, PHY, Sciences

Serving from July 1, 2025 until June 30, 2027

Trevor Marcho, MUS, Arts
Robert Krebs, BGES, Science

E-LEARNING 

Serving from July 1, 2024 until June 30, 2026

*Andrea Corbett, BGES, Sciences
James Joyce, FMA, Arts
Amir Poreh, PSY, Sciences (replaces Leah Stella (Gold), MTH, Sciences)
Julie Townsend, ENG, Humanities (replaces Abed el-Rahman Tayyara, WLC, Humanities)

Serving from July 1, 2025 until June 30, 2027 

Michael Horvath, PSY, Sciences
Shelley Rose, HIS, Humanities

FACULTY AFFAIRS

Serving from July 1, 2024 until June 30, 2026

Gregory D'Alessio, MUS, Arts
Amanda Lloyd, ENG, Humanities
*Girish Shukla, BGES, Sciences
David Anderson, CHM, Sciences (replaces Andrew Slifkin, PSY, Sciences)

Serving from July 1, 2025 until June 30, 2027

Sandra Chincholkar, MTH, Sciences
Jose Sola, HIS, Humanities

FACULTY SENATE

Serving from August 15 2024-August 14 2026 

Wenqing Kang, HIS Humanities
Frederick Karem, ENG, Humanities (to be replaced due to PLOA by Brooke Conti, ENG, Humanities in SP '26)
Anne O'Connor, CHM, Sciences
Emily Rauschert, BGES, Sciences
Andrew Resnick, PHY. Sciences
Erin Avram, CHM, Sciences – at-large member (replaces Abed el-Rahman Tayyara, WLC, Humanities)
Neda Zawahri, PSC, Humanities

Serving from August 15 2025-August 14 2027

Michael Baumgartner, MUS, Arts
Jessica Bickel, PHY, Sciences
Birch Browning, MUS, Arts
Linda Quinn, MTH, Sciences
Aaron Severson, BGES, Sciences
Albert (Fred) Smith, PSY, Sciences
Jose Sola, HIS, Humanities

NOMINATING

Serving from July 1, 2024 until June 30, 2026

Brian Bailey, MUS, Arts (replaces Kathy Curnow, ART, Arts)
Adrienne Gosselin, ENG, Humanities
*Anne O'Connor, CHM, Sciences (Spring 2026)
*Julie Wolin, BGES, Sciences (Fall 2025)

Serving from July 1, 2025 until June 30, 2027

Olivia Pethtel, PSY, Sciences
Sucharita Adluri, PCR, Humanities (replaces Laura Wertheimer, HIS, Humanities)

PEER REVIEW COMMITTEE

Arts and Humanities Division 

Serving from July 1, 2024 until June 30, 2026 

Marian Bleeke, ART, Arts, Professor
Sonya Charles, PRS, Humanities, Professor
Michael Baumgartner, MUS, Professor (replaces Evan Lieberman, FMA. Arts, Associate Professor) 

Serving from July 1, 2025 until June 30, 2027 

Stephen Gingerich, WLC, Humanities, Professor
Kelly Wrenhaven, HIS, Humanities, Professor (as of Aug. 2025)

Sciences Division

Serving from July 1, 2024 until June 30, 2026

Barsanjit Mazumder, BGES, Sciences, Professor
Andrew Resnick, PHY, Sciences, Professor
*Shawn Ryan, MTH, Sciences, Associate Professor

Serving from July 1, 2025 until June 30, 2027

Elizabeth Goncy, PSY, Sciences, Associate Professor - at large member
Yara Sandlers, CHM, Sciences, Associate Professor
**Albert Smith, PSY, Sciences, Professor (Vice Chair)

SECRETARY

Serving from July 1, 2025 until June 30, 2026

Adam Sonstegard, ENG, Humanities

STEERING (AT-LARGE)

Serving from July 1, 2025 until June 30, 2026

Frederick Karem, ENG, Humanities (to be replaced due to PLOA by Matias Martinez-Abeijon, WLC, Humanities in SP '26)
Aaron Severson, BGES, Sciences 

UNIVERSITY HONORS COUNCIL 

 Serving from July 1, 2025 until June 30, 2028

Frederick Karem, ENG, Humanities
Emily Rauschert, BGES, Sciences
 

UNIVERSITY PEER REVIEW COMMITTEE

Serving from July 1, 2024 until June 30, 2026

Karen Sotiropoulos, HIS, Humanities, Professor

*Denotes Committee Chair