2023-2024 Faculty Senate Committees

Advisory Committee for Scholarship and Research (joint)

  • Chair: Christopher Bishop, provost's appointee
  • Serdar Atav, Decker College of Nursing and Health Sciences
  • Mary Beth Curtin, Associate Vice President for Research (non-voting)
  • Daniel Davis, provost's appointee
  • Tony Davis, School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences
  • Nicole Fenty, CCPA Teaching, Learning and Educational Leadership
  • Eric Hoffman, Associate Dean for Research, School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences
  • Murali Jagannathan, Associate Dean for Research, School of Management
  • Carl Lipo, Associate Dean for Research, Harpur College of Arts and Sciences
  • Kristina Marty, Associate Dean for Research, CCPA
  • Mark Poliks, provost's appointee
  • Xingye Qiao, provost's appointee
  • Gail Rattinger, provost's appointee
  • Meera Sampath, Assoc Dean for Research, Watson College 
  • Sumantra Sarkar, School of Management
  • Pam Stewart Fahs, Associate Dean for Research, Decker College of Nursing and Health Sciences
  • Kaiming Ye, Biomedical Engineering
  • Sangwon Yoon, provost's appointee

Budget Review Committee

  • Chair: Barry Jones, Economics
  • Aaron Beedle, Chair of Faculty Senate
  • Michael Buck, Decker College of Nursing and Health Sciences
  • John Cordi, provost's appointee, ex-officio
  • Komla Dzigbede, CCPA Public Administration
  • Matthew Gallagher, Libraries
  • Donald Hall, president's appointee, ex-officio
  • Bryan Kirschen, Romance Languages and Literatures
  • Jonathan Krasno, Chair of Faculty Senate Executive Committee 
  • Patrick Madden, Computer Science
  • Debi P. Mishra, School of Management
  • Steven Murphy, Chemistry
  • H.R. (Dick) Naslund, Department of Earth Sciences
  • Gail Rattinger, School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences
  • Olga Shvetsova, Political Science
  • Daniel Croce, undergraduate student
  • Angelina Cruz, graduate student

Bylaws Review Committee

  • Chair: Andrew Scholtz, Middle Eastern and Ancient Mediterranean Studies
  • Aaron Beedle, past vice-chair of Faculty Senate
  • Jeremy Dibbell, Libraries
  • Jonathan Krasno, past vice-chair of Faculty Senate
  • Alistair Lees, provost's appointee, ex-officio
  • Stephen Levy, Physics
  • Pamela Mischen, president's appointee, ex-officio 
  • Olga Shvetsova, Political Science
  • Sarah Spinler, School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences

Committee for the University Environment (joint)

  • Chair: George Homsy, CCPA Public Administration
  • Russell Althouse, PSS representative
  • Nick Corcoran, ex-officio
  • Joseph Graney, Department of Earth Sciences
  • Dylan Horvath, Steward of the Nature Preserve
  • Tanya Husick, ex-officio
  • Kim Jaussi, provost's appointee
  • Carl Lipo, Anthropology
  • Colin Lyons, Art and Design
  • Jesenko Muftic, Physical Plant representative
  • JoAnn Navarro, Vice President for Operations
  • James Pitarresi, provost's appointee
  • Jonathan Reynolds, Facilities Management, ex-officio
  • Ryan Roosa, Residential Life representative
  • Blythe Roveland-Brenton, Libraries
  • Julian Shepherd, Biological Sciences
  • Stephen Corbisiero, undergraduate student 
  • Ethan Kesler, undergraduate student
  • Rahul Chikkala, graduate student

Committee on Committees

  • Chair: Neyda Gilman, Libraries
  • Ruth Carpenter, Libraries
  • Sungdai Cho, Asian and Asian American Studies
  • Ann Fronczek, Decker College of Nursing and Health Sciences
  • Les Lander, Computer Science
  • Sabina Perrino, Anthropology

Convocations Committee

  • Co-chair: Elise Ferer, Libraries
  • Co-chair: Jennifer Keegin, executive secretary
  • Sharon, Bryant, Decker College of Nursing and Health Sciences
  • Rosa Darling, Decker College of Nursing and Health Sciences
  • Donald Loewen, provost's appointee, ex-officio 
  • Brian Rose, president's appointee, ex-officio 
  • Daniel Croce, undergraduate student
  • Chance Fiorisi, undergraduate student
  • Frank Rizzo, undergraduate student
  • Sonam Chhatani, graduate student

Diversity Committee

  • Chair: Claudia Marques, Biological Sciences
  • Tracy Brooks, School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences
  • Elizabeth Brown, Libraries
  • Sandra Casanova-Vizcaino, Romance Languages and Literatures
  • Rosemary Collier, Decker College of Nursing and Health Sciences
  • Ann Merriweather, Psychology
  • Joshua Reno, Anthropology
  • Khalimah Choi, undergraduate student
  • Jobial Alex, graduate student
  • Yongabi Ngoh, PSS representative

Educational Opportunity Program Advisory Committee

  • Co-chair: Nicole Rouhana, Decker College of Nursing and Health Sciences
  • Co-chair: Denise Yull, CCPA Human Development
  • Justin Brymn, provost's appointee, ex-officio 
  • Mariah Bubel, Director of Recruitment for Undergraduate Students
  • Dave Clark, Associate Dean for Undergraduate Studies 
  • Robyn Cope, Romance Languages and Literatures
  • Donnasis George, EOP student
  • Nya Greene, EOP student
  • Karima Legette, Director of EOP
  • Jillian Sandy, Libraries
  • Nicole Sirju-Johnson, president's appointee, ex-officio 
  • Lisa Tessman, Philosophy
  • Sara Wozniak, Decker College of Nursing and Health Services, ex-officio
  • Bing Zhou, EOP student
  • Khalimah Choi, undergraduate student
  • Sathya Sai Ram Prabhala, graduate student

Evaluation Coordinating Committee

  • Chair: Leon Cosler, School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences
  • Megan Benson, Libraries
  • Nicole Cameron, Psychology
  • Guy German, Biomedical Engineering
  • Brendan Hennessey, Romance Languages and Literatures
  • Norah Henry, Geography
  • Murali Jagannathan, School of Management
  • Gurpreet Singh, Decker College of Nursing and Health Sciences
  • Vacant, CCPA Social Work

Information & Educational Technology Committee (joint)

  • Co-chair: Kenneth Chiu, Computer Science
  • Co-chair: Donald Loewen, Provost office
  • Niyazi Bodur, Chief Information Officer
  • Donald Hall, Provost
  • Yvonne Johnston, Decker College of Nursing & Health Sciences
  • Dikran Karaguezian, Mathematics and Statistics
  • Tongshu Ma, School of Management
  • Pamela Mischen, provost's appointee, ex-officio 
  • James Pitarresi, provost's appointee, ex-officio 
  • Hiroki Sayama, Systems Science and Industrial Engineering
  • David Schuster, Libraries
  • Christopher Swift, Art & Design
  • Andrew Tucci (non-voting)
  • Daksh Mehta, undergraduate student
  • Bhaskar Pramod Chennupalli, graduate student

Intercollegiate Athletics Committee

  • Chair: Loretta Mason-Williams, CCPA Teaching, Learning and Educational Leadership
  • David Eagan, ex-officio
  • Darcy Fauci, Chair of Intercollegiate Athletics Board, ex-officio (non-voting)
  • Randy Friedman, Judaic Studies
  • Birdie High, VP for Student Affairs designee (non-voting)
  • Dennis Kalina, Deputy Director of Athletics
  • Donald Loewen, provost's appointee, ex-officio
  • Nadine Mastroleo, NCAA Faculty representative (non-voting)
  • Neil Christian Pages, German & Russian Studies
  • David Werner, Psychology
  • William Noecker, male undergraduate student
  • Stephanie Gatto, female undergraduate student
  • Jay Pankaj Desai, graduate teaching assistant

ITS Research Computing Advisory Committee (joint)

  • Co-chair: Niyazi Bodur, Chief Information Officer
  • Co-chair: Kenneth Chiu, Computer Science
  • Yu Chen, Electrical and Computer Engineering
  • Sungdai Cho, Asian and Asian American Studies
  • Tim Cortesi, provost's appointee, ex-officio (non-voting)
  • Yetrib Hathout, Provost designee
  • Chang Hee Park, Provost designee
  • David Schuster, Libraries
  • Bradley Skopyk, History
  • Nicholas Walling, ITS ex-officio (non-voting)
  • Daksh Mehta, undergraduate student
  • Sri Sai Sumanth Mandalapu, graduate student

Library Committee

  • Chair:  Erin Rushton, Libraries
  • Rosa Darling, Decker College of Nursing and Health Sciences
  • Andrea Falcone, provost's appointee, ex-officio
  • Nicholas Kaldis, Asian and Asian American Studies
  • Jonathan Karp, Judaic Studies
  • Hyejung Kim, CCPA Teaching, Learning and Educational Leadership
  • Pamela Mischen, president's appointee, ex-officio
  • Joshua Reno, Anthropology
  • Harald Zils, German and Russian Studies
  • Alberto Faran, undergraduate student
  • Arena Rahman, undergraduate student
  • Urvi Chintukumar Sukharamwala, graduate student

Micro-credential Committee (joint)

  • Co-chair: Celeste Lee, Center for Learning and Teaching
  • Co-chair: Patrick Madden, Computer Science
  • Subimal Chatterjee, School of Management (non-voting)
  • Erin Cody, provost designee
  • Scott Craver, Electrical and Computer Engineering
  • Ann Fronczek, Decker College of Nursing and Health Sciences
  • Andreas Pape, Economics
  • Xingye Qiao, Mathematics and Statistics (non-voting) 
  • Michael Testani, Watson Continuing Education, provost designee
  • Sangwon Yoon, Systems Science and Industrial Engineering

Professional Standards Committee

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

Program Review Committee

  • "Acting Chair": Aaron Beedle, School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences
  • Nathanael Andrade, History
  • Christopher Bartlette, Music
  • William Eggleston, School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences
  • Donald Hall, president's appointee, ex-officio
  • Donald Loewen, German and Russian, ex-officio
  • Patrick Madden, Computer Science
  • Gretchen Mahler, provost's appointee, ex-officio 
  • Loretta Mason-Williams, CCPA Teaching, Learning and Educational Leadership
  • Sarah Maximiek, Libraries
  • Jeffrey Pietras, Department of Earth Sciences
  • Nicole Rouhana, Decker College of Nursing and Health Sciences
  • Kristian Rydqvist, School of Management
  • John Starks, faculty director of the Office of University-Wide Courses, ex-officio
  • Barbara Wolfe, Theatre
  • Luca Cassidy, undergraduate student
  • Chance Fiorisi, undergraduate student
  • Jenna Picciano, graduate student
  • Jyoti Madari, graduate student

University Calendar Committee (joint)

  • Chair: Donald Hall, Provost
  • David Campbell, CCPA Public Administration
  • David Eagen, Athletics, president/provost's appointee
  • Mark Fowler, Electrical and Computer Engineering
  • Michael Kukawa, Facilities Management, president/provost's appointee
  • BrieAnna Langlie, Anthropology
  • Donald Loewen, Provost's Office
  • Colin Lyons, Art and Design
  • Krista Medionte-Phillips, Undergraduate Admissions, president/provost's appointee
  • Paola Mignone, Residential Life, president/provost's appointee
  • Carol Miles, Biological Sciences
  • Michelle Ponczek, Course Building/Academic Space, president/provost's appointee
  • Judith Quaranta, Decker College of Nursing and Health Sciences
  • Amber Stallman, Financial Aid and Student Records, president/provost's appointee
  • Barbara Wolfe, Theatre
  • Kylian Isaacs, undergraduate student
  • Jyoti Madari, graduate student

University Undergraduate Curriculum Committee

  • Chair: Les Lander, Computer Science
  • Megan Benson, Libraries
  • Alexander Borisov, Mathematics and Statistics
  • Alex Chase-Levenson, History
  • Dave Clark, Harpur Dean's office, ex-officio
  • Danielle Dunne, School of Management
  • Deborah Elliston, Anthropology
  • Lisa Hrehor, Health and Wellness (non-voting)
  • Donald Loewen, provost's appointee, ex-officio 
  • Pamela Mischen, president's appointee, ex-officio 
  • Mary Muscari, Decker College of Nursing and Health Sciences
  • Anthony Reeves, Philosophy
  • Marguerite Wilson, CCPA Human Development
  • Stephen Corbisiero, undergraduate student
  • Venkat Sujit Adabala, graduate student (TA)