Standing Committees of the General Faculty


2019-2020 Rosters





  ACADEMIC COUNCIL    
Bob Epstein Arts and Sciences at large 2021
Gwen Alphonso* Arts and Sciences at large 2021
Adam Rugg Behavioral and Social Sciences 2021
Katya Bardos Dolan School of Business 2021
Linda Roney Egan School of Nursing & Health Studies 2021
Jerelyn Johnson Arts and Sciences at large 2021
Shawn Rafalski Natural Science/Mathematics 2021
Johanna Garvey Humanities 2021
Shannon Gerry** Arts and Sciences at large 2021
Shannon Kelley Humanities 2020
Anna Lawrence Humanities 2020
Mousumi Bhattacharya Dolan School of Business 2020
Mousumi Bose Godbole Dolan School of Business 2020
Carl Scheraga Dolan School of Business 2020
Jenna LoGiudice*** Egan School of Nursing & Health Studies 2020
Bryan Ripley Crandall Graduate School of Education and Allied Professions 2020
Evelyn Lolis Graduate School of Education and Allied Professions 2020
Chris Staecker Natural Science/Mathematics 2020
Gigi Belfadel School of Engineering 2020
Christine Siegel Senior Vice President for Academic Affairs ex officio vote
Richard Greenwald Dean, College of Arts and Sciences ex officio no vote
Meredith Kazer Dean, Egan School of Nursing & Health Studies ex officio no vote
Zhan Li Dean, Dolan School of Business ex officio no vote
Richard Heist Dean, School of Engineering ex officio no vote
Robert Hannafin Dean, Graduate School of Education and Allied Professions ex officio no vote
Susan Rakowitz Secretary of the General Faculty ex officio vote
  CHAIR:  Katya Bardos    

EXECUTIVE SECRETARY: Jerelyn Johnson

*Fall 2019 replaced by Toby Svoboda, **Fall 2019 replaced by Kraig Steffen, ***Fall 2019 replaced by Alison Kris








  COMMITTEE ON COMMITTEES    
Aaron Van Dyke NaturalScience/Mathematics/Engineering 2020
Alison Kris Graduate School/Egan School of Nursing 2020
Rajasree Rajamma Behavioral and Social Sciences/Dolan School of Business 2021

At large 2021
Jen Adair Humanities 2022
Steve Bayne Humanities 2022
Susan Rakowitz Secretary of the General Faculty ex officio votes in tie

CHAIR:   Susan Rakowitz













  RANK AND TENURE    
Margaret McClure College of Arts and Sciences 2020
Danke Li College of Arts and Sciences 2020
Mousumi Bhattacharya Dolan School of Business 2021
Qin Zhang* College of Arts and Sciences 2021
Bryan Ripley Crandall Graduate School of Education and Allied Professions 2022
Eileen O'Shea Egan School of Nursing 2022
Peter Bayers College of Arts and Sciences 2022
Christine Siegel Senior Vice President for Academic Affairs ex officio no vote
  CHAIR: Margaret McClure    

*2019-2020 replaced by Jen Klug





  RESEARCH    

Mousumi Bose Godbole 2020

Toby Svoboda 2020

Chris Bernhardt 2021

Kate Wheeler 2021

Iman Naderi 2022

Jocelyn Boryczka, Director of Research ex officio vote
  CHAIR: Mousumi Bose Godbole    




  UNDERGRADUATE CURRICULUM    
Harsha Sundarram School of Engineering 2020
Janet Striuli*** Natural Science/Mathematics 2020
Maggie Wills Arts and Sciences at large 2020
Martin Nguyen Humanities 2020
Rachelle Brunn-Bevel Behavioral and Social Sciences 2020
Carl Scheraga Dolan School of Business 2020
Carol Ann Davis Arts and Sciences at large 2021
Marti LoMonaco Arts and Sciences at large 2021
Steven Kozlowski* Dolan School of Business 2021
Nazuk Sharma** Dolan School of Business 2021
Susan Bartos Egan School of Nursing 2021
Sergio Adrada Rafael Humanities 2021
John Miecznikowski Natural Science/Mathematics 2022
Christa Esposito Egan School of Nursing 2022
Cathy Giapponi Dolan School of Business 2022
Ron Davidson Humanities 2022
Laura Gasca Jimenez Arts and Sciences at large 2022
Mark Ligas SVPAA appointee regarding part-time students 2020 no vote
Justin Mercado  FUSA Director of Academics ex officio vote
Christine Siegel Senior Vice President for Academic Affairs ex officio vote

Undergraduate Deans, as appropriate ex officio no vote
  CHAIR: Carl Scheraga    

*Fall 2019 /**Spring 2020 replaced by Bruce Bradford


***Fall 2019 replaced by Anita Fernandez/Spring 2020 replaced by Brian Walker





United States Diversity Committee (appointed by UCC)  

Cecelia Bucki 2020

Eric Mielants 2020

David Hollingsworth 2021

Lucrecia Garcia Iommi 2021

Jeff Moretz 2022

Arjun Chaudhuri 2022

CHAIR:   













World Diversity Committee (appointed by the UCC)  

Alfed Babo 2020

Michelle Farrell* 2020

Silvia Marsans-Sakly 2021

Sunil Purushotham 2021

John Slotemaker 2022

Mehmet Cansoy 2022

CHAIR:   

*Spring 2020 replaced by Haishuai Wang









  NON-TENURE TRACK FACULTY    
Helena Keefe Elected by Non-Tenure Track Faculty 2020
Mark LeClair Elected by General Faculty 2020
Nicholas Kapoor Elected by Non-Tenure Track Faculty 2021
Kathi Mettler Elected by General Faculty 2021
Tiffany Wilgar Elected by General Faculty 2022
Chris DiBiase Elected by Non-Tenure Track Faculty 2022
Christine Siegel Senior VP for Academic Affairs or designee ex officio no vote

CHAIR: Nicholas Kapoor  








  ADMISSION AND SCHOLARSHIPS    

Jessica Planas 2020

Camelia Micu
2021

Niall Brennan 2022

Claudia Calhoun 2022

AsscAVPEnrollmentPlanning: Corry Unis ex officio no vote
  CHAIR: David Hollingsworth (F)/ Niall Brennan (S)
   








  CONFERENCE WITH THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES    

Angela Biselli 2020

Silvia Marsans-Sakly  2021

Jill Smith-Carpenter 2021

Gwen Alphonso* 2022

Shah Etemad 2022
  CHAIR: Jill Smith-Carpenter    

*Fall 2019 replaced by David Downie





  STUDENT LIFE/UNIVERSITY COUNCIL    

Matthew Tullis* 2020

Sara Diaz 2021

Catherine Andersen 2021

Alfred Babo 2022
  CHAIR: Catherine Andersen    

*Fall 2019 replaced by Chris Casement









  LIBRARY    
Adam Rugg Behavioral and Social Sciences 2020
Beth Boquet1 Humanities 2020
Joan Weiss3 Natural Science/Mathematics/Engineering 2021
Stephaney Morrison Graduate School of Education and Allied Professions 2021
Jaclyn Conelius Egan School of Nursing 2022
Lydia Willsky-Ciollo2 Humanities 2022
Jie Tao Dolan School of Business 2022
Christina McGowan University Librarian and Director of Library Services ex officio no vote
  CHAIR: Joan Weiss (F)/Adam Rugg (S)    
12019-2020 replaced by Cecelia Bucki, 2Fall 2019 replaced by Ryan Drake, 3Spring 2020 replaced by Uma Balaji








  PUBLIC LECTURES AND EVENTS    

Gayle Alberda 2020

Alfred Babo 2020

Sunil Purushotham 2021

Hedieh Shadmani 2022

Student: Casey McCombs 2020 vote

Student: Alexia O'Brien 2020 vote

Director, Quick Center: Peter Van Heerden ex officio no vote

VP for Marketing/Communication: Jennifer Anderson ex officio no vote
  CHAIR:  Gayle Alberda    








  ATHLETICS    

Jenna LoGiudice*** 2020

Michael Puleo 2020

Annemarie Iddins** 2021

Matt Tullis* 2021

Ryan Colwell 2022

Jeff Moretz 2022

Student elected by FUSA: Sean Crosby 2020

Student appointed by SAAC:  2020

John Paladino, Director of Recreation ex officio no vote

Paul Schlickmann, Director of Athletics ex officio no vote
  CHAIR: Annemarie Iddins( F) /Matt Tullis (S)    
*Fall 2019/**Spring 2020 replaced by Cindy Bautista, ***Fall 2019 replaced by Michael Pagano








  FACULTY COMMITTEE ON SUSTAINABILITY    
Janet Striuli* At large 2020
Jeff Moretz Behavioral and Social Sciences or Dolan School of Business 2020
Amanda Harper-Leatherman Mathematics/Natural Sciences/Engineering 2021
Kim Gunter Humanities 2021
Robert Nazarian Mathematics/Natural Sciences/Engineering 2022
Mike Sciandra At large 2022
David Downie Director, Environmental Studies ex officio vote
Noelle Guerrera FUSA representative 2020 no vote
Christine Siegel Senior Vice President for Academic Affairs ex officio no vote
  CHAIR: Amanda Harper-Leatherman    

*2019-2020 replaced by Gigi Belfadel









  UNIVERSITY ADVANCEMENT    
Uma Balaji not CAS or DSB 2020
Sila Alan DSB 2021
Betsy Bowen CAS 2021
Scott Hiller at large 2022
Kris Sealey at large 2022
Wally Halas Vice President for University Advancement ex officio vote
  CHAIR: Betsy Bowen     








  EDUCATIONAL PLANNING    
Katya Bardos Dolan School of Business 2020
Shannon Kelley Humanities 2020
Amalia Rusu Natural Sciences/Mathematics/Engineering 2020
Erica Hartwell Graduate School of Education and Allied Professions 2021
Rose Rodrigues Behavioral and Social Sciences 2021
Kathryn Phillips** Egan School of Nursing 2021
Diane Mager* at large 2022
Lucrecia Garcia Iommi at large 2022
Tommy Xie Humanities 2022
Chrstine Siegel Senior Vice President for Academic Affairs ex officio vote
Bob Hannafin Academic Dean, appointed by AVP ex officio vote
Zhan Li Academic Dean, appointed by AVP ex officio vote
  CHAIR: Amalia Rusu    
*Fall 2019 replaced by Olivia Harriott, **Fall 2019 replaced by Cindy Bautista









  SALARY    

Paul Baginski 2020

Anna Lawrence 2020

Michael Puleo 2021

Walter Hlawitschka 2021

John Thiel 2022
  CHAIR: Paul Baginski    









Health Care Committee (Subcommittee of Salary)

FSC Appointee Mark Demers 2020
FSC Appointee Paul Baginski 2020
FSC Appointee Sally Gerard 2020
FSC Appointee Walter Hlawitschka 2020
Administrative Appointee
2020
Administrative Appointee
2020
Administrative Appointee
2020








  FACULTY DEVELOPMENT AND EVALUATION    
Adrian Rusu
School of Engineering 2020
Valeria Martinez Dolan School of Business 2020
Lucrecia Garcia Iommi College of Arts and Sciences 2021
Kraig Steffen College of Arts and Sciences 2021
Jennifer Schindler-Ruwisch Egan School of Nursing 2022
Emily Shamash* Graduate School of Education and Allied Professions 2022
Lindy Briggette College of Arts and Sciences 2022
Emily Smith CAE director or representative ex officio no vote
Jay Rozgonyi SVPAA or appointee ex officio vote
  CHAIR: Valeria Martinez(F)/Lucrecia Garcia Iommi(S)    

*Spring 2020 replaced by Evelyn Lolis









  EDUCATIONAL TECHNOLOGIES COMMITTEE    
Kathryn Philips*** Egan School of Nursing 2020
Michelle Farrell** Humanities 2020
Alyson Martin Graduate School of Education and Allied Professions 2020
Laura McSweeney Natural Sciences/Mathematics/Engineering 2021
Kara Hunter**** Dolan School of Business 2021
Patrick Brooks* Humanities 2022
Mike Andreychik Behavioral and Social Sciences 2022
Robert Hoyt University Librarian or designee ex officio no vote
Jonathan Carroll Chief Information Officer ex officio no vote
Debbie Whalley Director, Academic Computing ex officio no vote
Walter Rankin Senior VP for Academic Affairs or designee ex officio no vote
  CHAIR: Michelle Farrell (F)/Laura McSweeney (S)     
*Fall 2019/**Spring 2020 replaced by Nadia Zamin, ***Fall 2019 replaced by Tanika Eaves Simpson

****Fall 2019 replaced by Lin Lu










Other General Faculty Committees and Boards


2019-2020






Honorary Degree Committee, Faculty representatives  

Paul Lakeland 2020

Jill Smith-Carpenter 2020

Sallyanne Ryan 2020









University Merit Appeals Committee  

Sally Gerard 2020

Rona Preli 2020

Sally O'Driscoll 2021

Vishnu Vinekar 2021
Dean appointed by SVPAA Meredith Kazer 2020
Dean appointed by SVPAA Bob Hannafin 2020
Dean appointed by SVPAA Richard Greenwald 2020
SVPAA/Chair Christine Siegel










Faculty Panel for Student Conduct Boards  

David Crawford 2020

Joan Lee 2020

Diane Mager 2020


2021

Ryan Drake 2021

Sallyanne Ryan 2021

Ashley Byun 2022

Paula Gill Lopez 2022

Suzanne Chamlin-Richer* 2022

*on leave Fall 2019






Student Academic Grievance Board, Faculty reps  

Ed O'Connell 2020

Frank Hannafey, SJ 2020

Betsy Bowen 2020

Ashley Byun 2021

Norm Solomon 2021

Bill Abbott 2021

Uma Balaji 2022

Steve Bayne 2022

Brian Walker 2022









Institutional Review Board (research on human subjects)  

Anne Campbell


David Schmidt


Alison Kris


Linda Henkel


William Vasquez Mazariegos


Qin Zhang


David Crawford (alternate)


Anne Swallow (non-Fairfield member)


Deb Matthews, Interim Administrative Liaison ex officio

CHAIR:  Linda Henkel  









Institutional Animal Care & Use Committee  

Shannon Gerry


Carl Scheraga


Shannon Harding


Jim Biardi


Olivia Harriott


Chris Hetherington, IACUC Coordinator


John Kristy, DVM


Glenn Sauer, Institutional Officer ex officio

Iona Siemer (non-Fairfield member)


CHAIR:  Shannon Gerry  









Budget Committee, Faculty representatives  

William Vasquez 2020

Gary Weddle 2021

Ania Aksan 2022








  Faculty Welfare Committee/AAUP Executive Committee    
Irene Mulvey President 2020
Maggie Labinski Vice-President 2020
William Abbott Secretary 2020
Paul Baginski Treasurer 2020
Anita Fernandez Executive Committee, at large 2020
Anna Lawrence Executive Committee, at large 2020
Peter Bayers Executive Committee, at large 2020
Sonya Huber Executive Committee, at large 2020