College Committees
The College of Humanities & Social Sciences has four standing committees with six members each:
Curriculum Committee
- Emily Miller Bonney (LBST)
- Renae Bredin (WMST)
- Pamela Fiber-Ostrow (POSC)
- Reyes Fidalgo (MLL)
- Jessie Peissig (PSYC)
- Yichin Shen (ENGL)
Research and Grants Committee
- Terri Snyder (AMST)
- Donna Nicol (WMST)
- Julie Stokes (AFRO)
- Kevin Lambert (LBST)
- Brian Norton (ENGL)
- Allison Varzally (HIST)
Faculty Awards Committee
- Benjamin Cawthra (HIST)
- Mindy Mechanic (PSYC)
- Ryan Nichols (PHIL)
- Fanny Daubigny (MLL)
- Adam Golub (AMST)
- Patricia Perez (CHIC)
Student Scholarships & Awards Committee
- Sandra Perez-Linggi (MLL)
- Lana Dalley (ENGL)
- Valerie O'Regan (POSC)
- Natalie Fousekis (HIST)
- Saul Tobias (LBST)
- Leila Zenderland (AMST)
Committee members are elected for two-year terms. Ideally, committees will be composed of three continuing and three new members. If a committee member cannot complete a full two-year term, a replacement will be elected for the second year.
Committee memberships are constrained in the the following ways:
- There shall be no more than one member from a single department on any H&SS standing committee.
- A committee member may be re-elected for a second term on the same committee. When the second term ends, the committee member may not run for a third consecutive term; after two consecutive terms, the faculty member must wait at least one academic year before running for a seat on the same committee.
- Because faculty are encouraged to serve the department, college, and university, a faculty member may only serve on one H&SS committee in a given election.
- A faculty member who has a planned leave set for an upcoming year may not run in an election for that year.
- Because undue absences place an extraordinary burden on other committee members, if a committee member misses three or more meetings, the chair of the committee may request the Dean to appoint a replacement.
- Given the difficulty of scheduling committee meetings for five or more members, committee members should plan to make themselves available on a wide range of days and times.
