2025-2026 Faculty Senate Committees

Advisory Committee for Scholarship and Research (joint)

  • Chair: Sangwon Yoon, School of Systems Science and Industrial Engineering, provost's designee
  • Changqing Cheng, School of Systems Science and Industrial Engineering
  • Christopher Bishop, Harpur College, Psychology, provost's designee
  • Sungdai Cho, Harpur College, Asian and Asian American Studies
  • Mary Beth Curtin, Associate Vice President for Research, additional member
  • Daniel Davis, Harpur College, Music, provost's designee
  • Kartik Gopalan, Interim Associate Dean for Research, Watson College
  • Eric Hoffman, Associate Dean for Research, School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences
  • Mike Jacobson, additional member
  • Murali Jagannathan, Associate Dean for Research, School of Management
  • Carl Lipo, Associate Dean for Research, Harpur College of Arts and Sciences
  • Vipul Lugade, Decker College of Nursing and Health Sciences
  • Matt McConn, Associate Dean for Research, CCPA
  • Melissa Morales, School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences
  • Mark Poliks, School of Systems Science and Industrial Engineering, provost's designee
  • Xingye Qiao, Department of Mathematics and Statistics, provost's designee
  • Gail Rattinger, School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences, provost's designee
  • Meredith Schwendemann, CCPA Teaching, Learning and Educational Leadership
  • Melissa Sutherland, Associate Dean for Research, Decker College
  • Cihan Uzmanoglu, School of Management

Budget Review Committee

  • Chair: Barry Jones, Harpur College, Economics
  • Michael Buck, Decker College of Nursing and Health Sciences
  • John Cordi, CFO, provost's designee
  • Komla Dzigbede, CCPA, Public Administration
  • Laura Fine Hawkes, Harpur College, Theatre, Faculty Senate Executive Committee Chair
  • Matthew Gallagher, Libraries
  • Donald Hall, president's designee
  • Jon Krasno, additional member
  • Meg Leja, Harpur College, History
  • Patrick Madden, Watson College, Computer Science
  • Bella Meza, undergraduate student representative
  • Debi P. Mishra, School of Management
  • Steven Murphy, Harpur College, Chemistry
  • H.R. (Dick) Naslund, Harpur College, Department of Earth Sciences
  • Julien Panetier, Harpur College, Chemistry, Faculty Senate Chair
  • Gail Rattinger, School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences
  • Olga Shvetsova, Harpur College, Political Science
  • Caitlin McMahon, undergraduate student representative
  • vacant, graduate student representative

Bylaws Review Committee

  • Chair: Olga Shvetsova, Harpur College, Political Science
  • Rodney Gabel, Decker College of Nursing and Health Sciences, past vice-chair of Faculty Senate
  • Jeremy Dibbell, Libraries
  • Sean Dunwoody, Harpur College, History
  • Jon Krasno, Harpur College, Political Science, past vice-chair of Faculty Senate
  • Alistair Lees, Vice Provost for Faculty Affairs, provost's designee
  • Stephen Levy, Harpur College, Physics
  • Carrie Solomon, Director for University Tutorial Testing Services and TEsting Center, president's designee
  • Sarah Spinler, School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences

Committee for the University Environment (joint)

  • Chair: Kim Jaussi, School of Management, provost's designee
  • Administrative Vice Chair: JoAnn Navarro, Vice President for Operations, president's designee
  • Brett Barnes, Site Designer, additional member
  • Jennifer Bobzien, Associate Director of TAPS, additional member
  • Jennifer Bourassa, Assistant Director of Construction, additional member
  • Nick Corcoran, Landscape Architect, Facilities Management
  • Emily Creo, Libraries
  • Patrick Doyle, PSS representative
  • Atticus Fauci, undergraduate student representative
  • Ann Fronczek, Decker College of Nursing and Health Sciences
  • Nick Ginsberg, undergraduate student representative
  • George Homsy, CCPA, provost's designee
  • Dylan Horvath, Steward of the Nature Preserve representative
  • Diana Jaramillo Keane, Facilities Management representative
  • Carl Lipo, Harpur College, Anthropology
  • Colin Lyons, Harpur College, Art and Design
  • James Pitarresi, Vice Provost for Online and Innovative Education, provost's designee
  • Jonathan Reynolds, Facilities Management
  • Ryan Roosa, Residential Life representative
  • Julian Shepherd, Harpur College, Biological Sciences 
  • vacant, graduate student representative

Committee on Committees

  • Chair: Neyda Gilman, Libraries
  • Sungdai Cho, Harpur College, Asian and Asian American Studies
  • Ann Fronczek, Decker College of Nursing and Health Sciences
  • Guy German, Watson College, Biomedical Engineering
  • Les Lander, Watson College, Computer Science
  • Sabina Perrino, Harpur College, Anthropology

Convocations Committee

  • Co-chair: Davis Schuster, Libraries
  • Co-chair: Jennifer Keegin, provost's designee, executive secretary
  • Woe-Nan Bair, Decker College of Nursing and Health Sciences
  • Matthew Cusumano, undergraduate student representative
  • Mi Jin Doe, Decker College of Nursing and Health Sciences
  • Nick Ginsberg, undergraduate student representative
  • Donald Loewen, provost's designee
  • Bella Meza, undergraduate student representative
  • Brian Rose, president's designee
  • Vacant, graduate student representative

Diversity Committee

  • Chair: Cláudia Nogueira Hora Marques, Harpur College, Biological Sciences
  • Tracy Brooks, School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences
  • Andrea Decker, PSS representative 
  • Meghan Lenahan, Libraries
  • Ann Merriweather, Harpur College, Psychology
  • Deborah Schechter, Harpur College, Anthropology
  • Tia Spagnuolo, Decker College of Nursing and Health Sciences
  • Jennifer Stoever, Harpur College, English
  • Jestina Tam, undergraduate student representative
  • Vacant, graduate student representative

Educational Opportunity Program Advisory Committee

  • Chair: Nicole Rouhana, Decker College of Nursing and Health Sciences
  • Justin Brymn, provost's designee
  • Mariah Bubel, Director of Recruitment for Undergraduate Students
  • Cheng Chang, EOP & graduate student 
  • Dave Clark, Associate Dean for Undergraduate Studies 
  • Kelley Cook, CCPA, Social Work
  • Karen Jones, president's designee
  • Karima Legette, Director of EOP
  • Jillian Sandy, Libraries
  • Jestina Tam, undergraduate student representative
  • Lisa Tessman, Harpur College, Philosophy
  • Melvin Whitehead, CCPA, Social Work
  • Sara Wozniak, Decker College of Nursing and Health Services
  • Ellen Arzu, EOP student 
  • Esmen Gonzalez, EOP student
  • Abraham Olatunde, EOP student 

Evaluation Coordinating Committee

  • Chair: Brendan Hennessey, Harpur College, Romance Languages and Literatures
  • John Feste, School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences
  • Guy German, Watson College, Biomedical Engineering
  • Murali Jagannathan, School of Management
  • Laura Lipke, Libraries
  • Candace Mulcahy, CCPA, TLEL
  • Steven Murphy, Harpur College, Chemistry
  • Gurpreet Singh, Decker College of Nursing and Health Sciences
  • Wan Yu, Harpur College, Geography

Information & Educational Technology Committee (joint)

  • Co-chair: Kenneth Chiu, Computer Science
  • Co-chair: James Pitarresi, provost's designee
  • Donald Hall, Provost
  • Yvonne Johnston, Decker College of Nursing & Health Sciences
  • Shantanu Kapil, graduate student representative
  • Dikran Karaguezian, Harpur College, Mathematics and Statistics
  • Donald Loewen, provost's designee
  • Tongshu Ma, School of Management
  • Joe Roth, Interim Chief Information Officer
  • Sumantra Sarkar, provost's designee
  • Hiroki Sayama, Watson College, Systems Science and Industrial Engineering
  • David Schuster, Libraries
  • Christopher Swift, Harpur College, Art & Design
  • Kevin Tritschler, undergraduate student representative
  • Andrew Tucci, Director of Educational Communications Center

Intercollegiate Athletics Committee

  • Chair: Loretta Mason-Williams, CCPA Teaching, Learning and Educational Leadership
  • Megan Benson, Libraries
  • David Eagan, Associate Director of Athletics
  • Darcy Fauci, Chair of Intercollegiate Athletics Board
  • Randy Friedman, Harpur College, Judaic Studies
  • Nick Ginsberg, undergraduate student representative
  • Dennis Kalina, Senior Deputy Director of Athletics
  • Donald Loewen, provost's designee
  • Nadine Mastroleo, NCAA Faculty representative
  • Priyanshi Rimal, undergraduate student representative
  • Tom St. John, VP for Student Affairs 
  • David Werner, Harpur College, Psychology
  • Yakubu Alhassan Zakaria, graduate (TA) representative

ITS Research Computing Advisory Committee (joint)

  • Co-chair: Tim Cortesi, Chief Technology Officer, provost's designee
  • Co-chair: Kenneth Chiu, Watson College, Computer Science
  • Yu Chen, Watson College, Electrical and Computer Engineering
  • Lily Guizatoullina, undergraduate student representative
  • Yetrib Hathout, provost's designee
  • Norah Henry, Harpur College, Geography
  • Ruchira Pramod Patil, graduate student representative
  • David Schuster, Libraries
  • Bradley Skopyk, Harpur College, History
  • Nicholas Walling, ITS representative

Library Committee

  • Chair:  Sasha Frizzell, Libraries
  • Emmanuel Asante, graduate student representative
  • Matthew Cusumano, undergraduate student representative
  • Heidi H. Ewen, Decker College of Nursing and Health Sciences
  • Andrea Falcone, provost's designee
  • Randy Friedman, president's designee
  • Nicholas Kaldis, Harpur College, Asian and Asian American Studies
  • Jonathan Karp, Harpur College, Judaic Studies
  • Suzy Lee, CCPA, Human Development
  • Joshua Reno, Harpur College, Anthropology
  • Priyanshi Rimal, undergraduate student representative
  • Harald Zils, Harpur College, German and Russian Studies

Microcredential Committee (joint)

  • Co-chair: Shanise Kent, Director of Workforce Development
  • Co-chair: Lauren Warren Hill, CCPA, Human Development
  • Sandra Casanova-Vizcaino, Harpur College, Romance Language and Literatures
  • Erin Cody, provost's designee
  • Scott Craver, Watson College, Electrical and Computer Engineering
  • Gregory Hallenbeck, Director of Digital and Data Studies
  • Miesha Marzell, provost's designee
  • Amber Simpson, CCPA, TLEL
  • Michael Testani, Watson Continuing Education, provost's designee
  • Chou-Yu Tsai, School of Management, provost's designee

Professional Standards Committee

  • Chair: Robert Guay, Harpur College, Philosophy
  • Tracy Brooks, School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences
  • Hoe Kyeung Kim, CCPA Teaching, Learning and Educational Leadership
  • Sarah Maximiek, Libraries
  • Melissa Zinkin, Harpur, Philosophy

Program Review Committee

  • Chair: Scott Craver, Watson College, Electrical and Computer Engineering
  • Mohammadhossein Abedinzadeh, graduate student representative
  • Meaghan Altman, Harpur College, Psychology
  • Christopher Bartlette, Harpur College, Music
  • Timothy Butcher, undergraduate student representative
  • Terry Deak, provost's designee
  • Donald Hall, president's designee
  • AkshayKumar Hanmandla, graduate student representative
  • Jinglu Jiang, School of Management
  • Donald Loewen, additional member
  • Loretta Mason-Williams, CCPA, TLEL
  • Sarah Maximiek, Libraries
  • Jeffrey Pietras, Harpur College, Department of Earth Sciences
  • Nicole Rouhana, Decker College of Nursing and Health Sciences
  • Sarah Spinler, School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences
  • John Starks, faculty director of the Office of University-Wide Courses
  • Zahin Suzan, undergraduate student representative
  • Barbara Wolfe, Harpur College, Theatre

University Calendar Committee (joint)

  • Chair: Donald Hall, Provost
  • David Campbell, CCPA, Public Administration
  • David Eagen, Athletics, president and provost's designee
  • Nick Ginsberg, undergraduate student representative
  • Michael Kukawa, Facilities Management, president and provost's designee
  • BrieAnna Langlie, Harpur College, Anthropology
  • Donald Loewen, president and provost's designee
  • Colin Lyons, Harpur College, Art and Design
  • Krista Medionte-Phillips, Undergraduate Admissions, president and provost's designee
  • Paola Mignone, Residential Life, president and provost's designee
  • Carol Miles, Harpur College, Biological Sciences
  • Michelle Ponczek, Course Building/Academic Space, president and provost's designee
  • Judith Quaranta, Decker College of Nursing and Health Sciences
  • Sarah Spinler, School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences
  • Amber Stallman, Financial Aid and Student Records, president and provost's designee
  • Barbara Wolfe, Harpur College, Theatre
  • Vacant, graduate student representative

University Undergraduate Curriculum Committee

  • Chair: Alex Chase-Levenson, Harpur College, History
  • Areej Alqowaifly, graduate student (TA) representative
  • Megan Benson, Libraries
  • David Bisaha, Harpur College, Theatre
  • Alexander Borisov, Harpur College, Mathematics and Statistics
  • Dave Clark, Harpur Dean's office
  • Robert Danberg, president's designee
  • Danielle Dunne, School of Management
  • Deborah Elliston, Anthropology
  • Lisa Hrehor, Health and Wellness, additional member
  • Les Lander, Watson College, Computer Science
  • Donald Loewen, provost's designee 
  • Miesha Marzell, Decker College of Nursing and Health Sciences
  • Jessie Reeder, Harpur College, English
  • Erin Sakar, undergraduate student representative
  • Marguerite Wilson, CCPA, Human Development