Faculty Elected & Appointed Committee Roster
2011-2012
The President and Dean of the Faculty are ex officio members of all committees.
Elected Committees
Board of Examiners–4 tenured faculty, elected for 3 years, overlapping terms.
Francisca Lopez, Jim Parakilas, Rebecca Sommer, Peter Wong
Faculty Review–9 tenured faculty, elected for 5 year terms.
Bill Corlett, Jane Costlow, Dennis Grafflin, Meredith Greer, Hong Lin, Francisca Lopez, Kirk Read, Mary Rice-DeFosse, Eric Wollman
Judicial Educators–2 faculty, chosen from among former members of the Student Conduct Committee.
Michael Murray, Eric Wollman
Committee on Admission and Financial Aid–5 faculty, 1 from each division & 1 from interdisciplinary programs; 1 from Athletics; VP and Dean for Enrollment and External Affairs, ex officio.
Nancy Cable (ex officio), Jim Hughes (Chair), Stephanie Kelley-Romano, Nancy Koven, Jen Koviach-Côté, Kevin McHugh
Curriculum and Calendar Committee–Registrar, ex officio; Librarian or assoc. librarian, ex officio; 4 faculty members-1 from each division & 1 from interdisciplinary programs; 2 students
Mary Meserve, ex officio, Matt Côté, ex officio, Grace Coulombe, Steve Dillon (Chair), Todd Kahan, Sonja Pieck, Akinyele Akinruntan ’13, Kelly Coyne ’13
Committee on Faculty Governance–9 faculty representing all divisions and must have at least 3 years of service at the College.
John Baughman, Ryan Bavis, Helen Boucher, Jane Costlow (Chair), Francesco Duina, Joe Hall, Bev Johnson, Lynne Lewis, Susan Stark, Tom Tracy
Committee on Faculty Scholarship–4 elected faculty members representing each academic division and interdisciplinary program.
Áslaug Ásgeirsdóttir , Lauren Ashwell, Rachel Austin, Kathy Low (Director), Sarah Strong
Committee on Personnel–7 elected Tenured associate or full professors, 2 members representing each academic division and 1 member representing interdisciplinary programs.
Claudia Alburto-Guzmán, Marcus Bruce, Elizabeth Eames, Glen Lawson, Kathy Low, Jim Richter, Mark Semon
Committee on Personnel for Physical Education–3 elected tenured faculty, all from the academic divisions and 1 full professor
Jen Koviach-Côté, Michael Murray, Michael Sargent
Standing Appointed Committees
Academic Standing Committee–Dean of Students, ex officio, Associate Dean of Students, ex officio, Registrar, ex officio, 5 faculty.
Ted Goundie (ex officio), Stephen Sawyer (ex officio), Mary Meserve (ex officio), Will Ambrose (Chair), Ned Harwood, Wynn Hohlt, Paul Kuritz, Mark Okrent
African American & American Cultural Studies
Myron Beasley, Charles Carnegie, Dale Chapman, Baltasar Fra-Molinero, Sue Houchins, Hilmar Jensen (Co-Chair), Karen Melvin, Charles Nero (Co-Chair), Eden Osucha
Asian Studies Committee
Helen Boucher, Lavina Dhingra, Xing Fan, Gina Fatone, Dennis Grafflin, Steven Kemper, Maggie Maurer-Fazio (Chair), Li-Ping Miao, Trian Nguyen, Keiko Ofuji, Brian Steininger, Sarah Strong, Shuhui Yang
Biological Chemistry
Donald Dearborn (ex officio as Bio Chair), Jen Koviach-Côté (Chair), Glen Lawson, Stephanie Richards, Paula Schlax (ex officio as Chem Chair)
Classical and Medieval Studies
Cynthia Baker, Rebecca Corrie, Sylvia Federico, Tom Hayward, Margaret Imber (Co-Chair), Michael Jones, Ruth Lexton, Lisa Maurizio, Laurie O’Higgins, Henry Walker (Co-Chair)
Committee on the Evaluation of Teaching– 5 faculty, at least 2 non-tenured and 2 tenured, appointed by the Committee of Faculty Governance
Alex Dauge-Roth, Sylvia Federico, Michael Murray, Bronwyn Sale, Adriana Salerno, Shuhui Yang
Environmental Studies
Jane Costlow, Holly Ewing, Lynne Lewis, Camille Parrish, Sonja Pieck, John Smedley, Rebecca Sommer (Chair), Thomas Wenzel
Graduate Fellowship Committee
Bruce Bourque, John Creasy, Judy Head (ex officio), Sue Houchins, Lillian Nayder (Chair), Matthew Pettway, Clarisa Perez-Armendariz
Medical Studies Committee
Lee Abrahamsen (Chair), Krista Aronson, Karen Daigler (ex officio), Amy Douglass, Sanford Freedman, Karen Palin, Stephen Sawyer (ex officio)
Neuroscience
Donald Dearborn (ex officio), Todd Kahan (ex officio), John Kelsey, Nancy Kleckner (Chair), Nancy Koven
SLQ Committee
Meredith Greer, Paula Schlax
Women & Gender Studies
Myron Beasley, Holly Ewing, Meredith Greer, Rebecca Herzig, Leslie Hill, Sue Houchins, Emily Kane, Melinda Plastas, Erica Rand (Chair)
Faculty-Student Committees
Athletics Committee
Paul Kuritz, Sue Langdon, Lynne Lewis, Kevin McHugh (ex officio), Erica Rand (Chair), Carl Steidel (ex officio), Tom Boniface ’12, Juan Burt ’13, Charles Carey ’13, Alyssa Morgosh ’15
College Lectures Committee
Baltasar Fra-Molinero, Cristina Malcolmson, Lisa Maurizio (Chair), Sabina Frizell ’14, Owen Minott ’14, Bojian Sun ’14
Educational Policy Committee
Pam Baker (Chair & ex officio), Myron Beasley, Dennis Browne, Gwen Lexow, Mary Meserve (ex officio), Paula Schlax, John Strong, Heidi Taylor, Gene Weimers (ex officio), Jordan Conwell ’12, Nora Hanagan ’13, Jessica Howard ’12.
First-Year Seminar and Writing Committee
Dennis Grafflin, Tom Hayward (ex officio), Judy Head (ex officio), Sharon Kinsman, Arlene MacLeod (Chair), Christine McDowell, Hillory Oakes
Honors Committee
Judy Head (ex officio), Daniel Riera-Crichton, Sarah Strong (Chair), Tom Wenzel, Sylvia Staneva ’12
Library Committee
Margaret Imber, Karen Melvin, Sawyer Sylvester (Chair), Henry Walker, Gene Weimers (ex officio)
Off-Campus Study Committee
Senem Aslan, Tedd Goundie (ex officio), Jim Richter (Chair), Stephen Sawyer (ex officio), Brian Steininger, Isabel Markman ’14, Hannah Zweifler ’12.
Student Conduct Committee
Lavina Dhingra, Elizabeth Eames (Chair), Marsha Graef, Hilmar Jensen, Maggie Maurer-Fazio, Scott Olehnik ’13, Mike Sagan ’12, Simone Schriger ’14, Nicolette Whitney ’12, Andrew Wong ’12