Elected and Appointed Faculty Committees
2024–2025 Academic Year
Chair of the Faculty
Susanne Beechey - term ending 2027
Secretary of the Faculty
Kirsten Nicolaysen - term ending 2026
Committee of Division Chairs
Provost and Dean of the Faculty, Elisabeth Mermann-Jozwiak, Chair
Division I Chair, John Cotts - term ending 2025
Division II Chair, Lydia McDermott - term ending 2026
Division III Chair, Ginger Withers - term ending 2027
Associate Dean for Academic Affairs, Helen Kim, ex-officio
Associate Dean for Faculty Development, Mary Raschko, ex-officio
Non-Tenure-Track Representative
Michael Simon, term ending 2026
Elected Committees
Faculty Personnel Committee
- Heidi Dobson, co-chair (term ending 2025)
- Erin Pahlke, co-chair (term ending 2025)
- Michelle Jenkins (term ending 2026)
- Pavel S. Blagov (term ending 2026)
- Krista H. Gulbransen (term ending 2027)
- Tim Parker (term ending 2027)
Campus Affairs
- Sharon Alker, chair (term ending 2026; term as Chair ending 2025)
- John Stratton, vice chair (term ending 2026; term as Vice Chair ending 2025)
- Mark Juhasz (term ending 2025)
- Donghui He (term ending 2025)
- Nina E. Lerman (term ending 2025)
- Dalia Biswas (term ending 2026)
- Chris Wakefield (term ending 2026)
- Stephen Michael (term ending 2026)
- Michelle Janning (term ending 2027)
- Sarah Davies (term ending 2027)
- Daniel Schindler (term ending 2027)
- Ginger Withers, Division III Chair (ex officio, non-voting)
Curricular Affairs
- Moira Gresham, chair
- Kurt Hoffman, vice chair (term ending 2026; term as Vice Chair ending 2025)
- Jack Iverson (term ending 2025)
- Machelle Hartman (term ending 2027)
- Gilbert F. Mireles (term ending 2026)
- Bina Arch (term ending 2025, on sabbatical Spring ’25)
- Matthew Bost (term ending 2026)
- Maria Lux (term ending 2027)
- Peter de Grasse (term ending 2027)
- Brian Dott (term ending 2027)
- Thomas Knight (term ending 2027)
- Jason Ralston (term ending 2026)
- Adam Gordon (term ending 2025, on sabbatical Spring ’25)
- Nick Bader (term ending 2027)
- Yukiko Shigeto (term ending 2027)
- Sai Mamunuru (term ending 2026, on sabbatical Fall ’24)
- Will Boyles (term ending 2027)
- Emily Jones (term ending 2027)
- Susanne Beechey, Chair of the Faculty (ex officio, non-voting)
Standing Subcommittees for Curricular Affairs
David Sprunger, Director, Instructional and Learning Technologies, Co Chair
Mark Juhasz
Daniel Schindler
Sarah Davies, Co Chair
Katherine Nagel (student representative, ‘25)
Sarena Yousuf (student representative, '28)
Ping Fu, Director of Penrose Library
Adam Miller, Vice President for Admission and Financial Aid, Chair
John Stratton
Michelle Janning
Donghui He
Ping Fu, Director of Penrose Library, Chair
Chris Wakefield
Dalia Biswas
Stephen Michael
Alden Kahn, (student representative, ‘25)
Anya Millard, (student representative, ‘26)
Dan Terrio, Chief Information Officer
Jack Iverson, Chair
Machelle Hardman
Gilbert Mireles
Jonathan Barnett, Registrar
Matthew Bost, Chair
Bina Arch
Kurt Hoffman
Maria Lux
Jonathan Barnett, Registrar
Logan Higgins, Assistant Registrar
Lindsay Tebeck, Collection Strategist Librarian
Helen Kim, Associate Dean for Academic Affairs
Ategeka Musinguza (student representative, ‘25)
Adam Gordon, Chair Fall ’24
Nick Bader, Chair Spring ’25
Jason Ralston
Lydia McDermott, Coordinator of First Year Seminars Writing Program
Lauren Osborne, Director of First Year Seminars
Helen Kim, Associate Dean for Academic Affairs
Fabian Gabriel (student representative, ‘25)
Brian Dott, Chair
Peter de Grasse
Tom Knight
Susanne Beechey, Faculty Chair
Susan Holme, Senior Director of Off-Campus Studies & International Student and Scholar Services, Co-Chair
Nicole Simek, Director of the Center for Global Studies, Co-Chair
Yukiko Shigeto
Will Boyles (Fall ‘24 sabbatical replacement)
Sai Mamunuru (on sabbatical Fall ‘24)
Nadir Ovcina, Assistant Director of Off-Campus Studies
Jonathan Barnett, Registrar
Helen Kim, Associate Dean for Academic Affairs
Faculty Affairs
- Mark Hendricks, chair (term ending 2026; term as Chair ending 2025)
- Patrick Frierson, vice chair (term ending 2026, term as vice chair ending 2025)
- M Acuff (term ending 2026)
- Nate Boland (term ending 2025)
- Chetna Chopra (term ending 2025)
- Amy Dodds (term ending 2026)
- Jack Jackson (term ending 2027)
- Kate Jackson (term ending 2025)
- Rosie Mueller (term ending 2027)
- Jason Pribilsky (term ending 2026)
- James E. Russo (term ending 2026)
- Daniel Schultz (term ending 2027)
- Kate Shea (term ending 2027)
- Dan Vernon (term ending 2026)
- Jacqueline Woodfork (term ending 2025)
- Xiaobo Yuan (term ending 2025)
- John D. Cotts, Division I Chair (ex officio, non voting)
Standing Subcommittees for Faculty Affairs
Jim Russo (Chair, Fall ‘24, on sabbatical Spring ‘25)
Rosie Mueller (Chair, Spring ’25)
Patrick Frierson
Chetna Chopra
Matthew Bost, Chair
Bina Arch
Kurt Hoffman
Maria Lux
Jonathan Barnett, Registrar
Logan Higgins, Assistant Registrar
Lindsay Tebeck, Collection Strategist Librarian
Helen Kim, Associate Dean for Academic Affairs
Ategeka Musinguza (student representative, ‘25)
Mary Rashko, Associate Dean for Faculty Development, Chair
M Acuff
Dan Vernon
Xiaobo Yuan
Mary Rashko, Associate Dean for Faculty Development, Chair
Daniel Schultz
Amy Dodds
Jacqueline Woodford
David Sprunger, WCTS representative
Amy Blau, Library representative
Kate Shea, Chair
Kate Jackson
Student Affairs
Chair: Albert Schueller (term ending 2026; term as Chair ending 2025)
Vice Chair: William Bares (term ending 20257; term as Vice Chair ending 2025)
Barry Balof (term ending 2025)
Matt Prull (term ending 2025)
Amy Molitor (term ending 2026)
Andrés Aragoneses (term ending 2025)
Tim Doyle (term ending 2027)
Marion Götz (term ending 2027)
Chris Wallace (term ending 2026)
Nancy Day (term ending 2027)
Erin Pahlke (term ending 2025)
Marina Ptukhina (term ending 2026)
Lydia McDermott, Division II Chair, (ex officio, non voting)
Standing Subcommittees for Student Affairs
Kim Chandler, Director of Athletics, Chair
Amy Molitor
1 student member, TBA
Helen Kim, Associate Dean for Academic Affairs
Pat Spencer, Faculty Athletic Representative
Kazi Joshua, Dean of Students, Chair
Andrés Aragoneses
William Bares
Tim Doyle
Marion Götz
Chris Wallace
Shahin Hamzeh (student representative, ‘27)
Kylie Hu (student representative, ‘27)
Masha Aghabekyan (student representative, ‘26)
Lily Yost (student representative, ‘26)
Jackson Wurzer (student representative, ‘26)
Amelia Leach (student representative, ‘26)
Reagan Bain (student representative, ‘25)
Owen Jakel (student representative, ‘25)
Kate Moe (student representative, ‘25)
Stephanie Berger (student representative, ‘28)
Nancy Day, Chair
Erin Pahlke
Marina Ptukhina
Juli Dunn, Assistant Vice President of Student Life
Stace Sievert, Associate Director of Student Activities
Wayne McKay (student representative, ‘26)
Chase Schubert (student representative, ‘26)
Angela Eliacy (student representative, ‘25)
Sasha Morgan (student representative, ‘25)
Cade Gordon (student representative, ‘25)
Marlynne Nitunga (student representative, ‘25)
Ricky Gonzalez, ASWC President
APPOINTED COMMITTEES
Helen Kim, Associate Dean for Academic Affairs, Chair
John Cotts, Division I Chair - term ending 2025
Lydia McDermott, Division II Chair - term ending 2026
Ginger Withers, Division III Chair - term ending 2027
Neal Christopherson, Director of Institutional Research
Juli Dunn, Asst. Vice President for Student Life
Elisabeth Mermann-Jozwiak, Provost and Dean of the Faculty
Mike Osterman, Director of Enterprise Technology
Elizabeth Miller, Director of Maxey Museum, Chair
Alexis Hickey, Archivist & Head of Digital Services
Kynde Kiefel, Director of the Donald H. Sheehan Gallery
Travis Morgan, Biology Lab Coordinator, and Environmental Studies Technician
Andrew Somoskey, Exhibitions and Collections Manager
College NAGPRA Coordinator
Elizabeth Miller, Director of Maxey Museum
Institutional Animal Care and Use Committee (IACUC)
Walter Herbranson, Chair
Emily Hamada, Biology Lab Coordinator and Stockroom Manager
Stephanie Johnson, Division III Assistant
Helen Kim, Associate Dean for Academic Affairs, Institutional Officer
Kat McWhorter, Environmental Health and Safety Manager
Chris Wallace, Dr. Robert F. Welty Professor of Biology
Community Members:
John Ladderud, DVM
Rev. John Knapp
Institutional Biosafety Committee
Constituted as needed. See Faculty Handbook, Chapter IX-C.
Institutional Review Board (IRB)
Erin Pahlke, Chair
William Bares
Neal Christopherson
Xiaobo Yuan
Community Member:
Oliver Birchwood-Glover
POST GRADUATE FELLOWSHIPS
*Beinecke Scholarship
Julia Ireland, Chair
Christopher Leise
TBD
Jessica Hernandez
British Scholarships
Moira Gresham
Jack Jackson
Gaurav Majumdar
Jessica Hernandez
Fulbright U.S. Student Program Teaching
TBD, sabbatical replacement 2024-25
Scott Elliott (on sabbatical 2024-25)
Lydia McDermott
Amy Molitor
Jessica Hernandez
Fulbright U.S. Student Program Research
Nate Boland
Erin Pahlke
TBD
Jessica Hernandez
Gaither Junior Fellows Program (formerly Carnegie)
Brian Dott
Jessica Hernandez
Goldwater Scholarship
Moira Gresham, Chair
Tom Knight
Jessica Hernandez
Knight-Hennessy Scholars Program
Jason Pribilsky
Jessica Hernandez
Projects for Peace
Susan Holme
Lindsay Szramek
Jessica Hernandez
Truman Scholarship
Tarik Elseewi
TBD, sabbatical replacement 2024-25)
Aaron Bobrow-Strain (on Sabbatical 2024-25)
Jessica Hernandez
Udall Scholarship
Jason Pribilsky
Lyman Persico
Jessica Hernandez
Watson Fellowship
Albert Schueller, Chair
Sharon Alker
Kathryn Frank
Wally Herbranson
Jessica Hernandez
SPECIAL PROGRAMS
Cinema Arts Series
Robert Sickels, Coordinator
Faculty Athletic Representative (FAR)
Pat Spencer
Faculty Mentoring Programs
Kisha Lewellyn Schlegel, Coordinator (Tenure-Track)
Tarik Elseewi, Coordinator (Faculty Fellows)
Michael Simon, Non-Tenure-Track Representative
High School Enrichment
Barry Balof, Coordinator
Scholars at Risk (SAR)
TBD, sabbatical replacement 2024-25, Chair
Alvaro Santana-Acuna (on sabbatical 2024-25)
Ashmeet Singh
Laura Hope
STEERING COMMITTEES
3-2 Engineering
John Stratton, Director
Frank Dunnivant
Kurt Hoffman
Doug Hundley
Doug Juers (on sabbatical 2024-25)
Biochemistry, Biophysics and Molecular Biology (BBMB)
Dan Vernon, Director
Michele Costantino
Doug Juers (on sabbatical 2024-25)
Brit Moss (on sabbatical Fall 2024)
Jim Russo (on sabbatical Spring 2025)
David Deal Endowment Committee
Susan Holme, Senior Director of Off-Campus & International Student & Scholar Services
Donghui He
Yukiko Shigeto
Nicole Simek, Global Studies Director, ex-officio
Environmental Studies
Amy Molitor, Co-Director
Tim Parker, Co-Director
TBD
Emily Jones
Kate Shea
Stan Thayne
Gender Studies
Nicole Simek, Director
Susanne Beechey
Lydia McDermott
Zahi Zalloua
Health Professions
Kimberly Mueller, Director of Health Professions Advising, Chair
Wally Herbranson
Brit Moss (on sabbatical Fall 2024)
Jim Russo (on sabbatical Spring 2025)
Indigeneity, Race & Ethnicity Studies
Zahi Zalloua, Director
Tarik Elseewi
Camilo Lund-Montano
Jason Pribilsky
Nicole Simek
Lisa Uddin