Committees of the Senate
and Faculty Representatives to Other Organizations

Academic Year 2009-2010

Committees of the Senate

• Membership & Elections Committee
• Undergraduate Curriculum Committee
• Academic Policies Committee
• Honors Program Committee
• Library Committee
• Faculty Development Committee
• Promotions Committee
• Faculty Welfare Committee
• Academic Freedom & Tenure Committee
• Learning With Technology Committee
• International Program Committee
• Long Range Academic Planning Committee
• Faculty Awards & Recognition Committee
• Admissions & Readmissions Committee
• Faculty Financial Affairs Committee
• University Academic Assessment Committee

Committees Reporting to the Senate

• Council of University System Faculty
• Maryland Higher Education Commission Faculty Advisory Committee
• Athletics Committee
• Graduate Council

Membership and Elections Committee

Chair: Lance Garmon

Designated Senator: Kurt Ludwick

Kelly Fiala, HPEHP, 07-10, SEIDEL
Lance Garmon, PSYC, 08-11, FULTON
Christy Weer, MGMT, 09-12, PERDUE
Michelle Bracken, NURS, 09-12, HENSON

Membership & Election Procedures

Undergraduate Curriculum Committee

Chair: Gene Williams

Designated Senator: Darrell Mullins

Joerg Tuske, PHIL, 07-10, FULTON
Diane Illig, SOCI, 07-10, At-large
Charisse Chappell, PSYC , 08-11, At-large
Deborah Mathews, SOWK, 08-11, SEIDEL (sabbatical Sp. '10)
John Lamanca, HPEHP, Sp. '10, SEIDEL
David Parker, MATH, 09-12, At-large
Fatollah Salimian, ACCT, 09-12, PERDUE
Gene Williams, BIOL, 09-12, HENSON

UCC Website: www.salisbury.edu/provost/ucc

Academic Policies Committee

Chair: Elizabeth Ragan

Designated Senator: Michael Scott

Diana Wagner, EDSP, 09-10, At-large
Kurt Ludwick, MATH, 07-10, HENSON
Michael Folkoff, GEOG, 08-11, At-large
Elizabeth Ragan, HIST, 08-11, FULTON
Bayta Hyman, SOWK, 09-12, SEIDEL
Shekar Shetty, ECON, 09-12, PERDUE
 

Honors Program Committee

Chair: Lori Dewitt
 
Designated Senator: Kristen Walton

Lori DeWitt, CMAT, 08-10, At-large
Joaquin Vila, ENGL, 08-10, At-large
Marta Losonczy-Marshall, PSYC, 09-11, At-large
Kathryn Kalmanson, LIBR, 09-11, At-large
 

Library Committee

Chair: Dean Kotlowski

Designated Senator: Vera Street

Dean Kotlowski, HIST, 07-10, FULTON
Katherine Miller, CHEM, 07-10, HENSON
Mandy Hackley, LIBR, 08-11, LIBRARY
Joyce Wiencek, EDSP, 08-11, SEIDEL
Jamie Emerson, ECON, 09-12, PERDUE

Faculty Development Committee

Chair: Karen Rayne

Designated Senator: Gail Welsh

Catherine Beise, INFO, 08-11, At-large (sabbatical 09-10)
Emily Story, HIST, 09-10, At-large
Karen Rayne, ENGL, 08-11, At-large
Michele Schlehofer, PSYC, 09-12, At-large
Taehyun Nam, POSC, 09-12, At-large
Shekar Shetty, ECON, 09-12, At-large

Travel Grants Site

Committee on Promotions

Chair: Wayne Ackerson

Designated Senator: David Rieck

Wayne Ackerson, HIST, 07-10, At-large
James Hatley, PHIL, 07-10, FULTON
 David Rieck, CHEM, 07-10, HENSON
Edward Robeck, EDUC, 08-11, At-large (off Sp. '10)
Stephen Adams, MGMT, 10-11, At-large
Starlin Weaver, EDSP, 08-11, SEIDEL (off Sp. '10)
Patricia Richards, EDSP, Sp. '10, SEIDEL
Ying Wu, ECON, 09-12, PERDUE
Greg Cashman, POSC, 09-12, At-large

Special Eligibility: Not eligible for promotion during service on this committee; must be tenured; department chairpersons may not serve.

Faculty Welfare Committee

Chair: Grace Clement

Designated Senator: Kashi Khazeh

Elizabeth Seldomridge, NURS, 07-10, HENSON
Maria Valdez, MDFL, 07-10, FULTON
Grace Clement, PHIL, 08-11 , At-large
Michael Folkoff, GEOG, 08-11, At-large
Vicki Root, SOWK, 09-12, SEIDEL
Christy Weer, MGMT, 09-12, PERDUE

Sabbatical Leave Form

Academic Freedom and Tenure Committee

Chair: Doug Marshall

Designated Senator: Adam Wood

Nomsa Geleta, EDUC, 07-10, At-large
Jackie Chooi-Theng Lew, 09-10, At-large
Roberta Adams, POSC, 08-11, At-large (sabbatical Sp. '10)
Dean Kotlowski, HIST, Sp. '10, At-large
Doug Marshall, ACCT, 08-11 , At-large
Susan Battistoni, NURS, 09-12, At-large
 

Special Eligibility: Must be tenured.
 

Learning With Technology Committee

Chair: Les Erickson

Designated Senator: Doug DeWitt

Dorthea McDowell, NURS, 07-10, At-Large
Fatollah Salimian, INFO, 07-10, PERDUE
Douglas DeWitt, EDSP, 08-11, SEIDEL
Claire Kew, MDFL, 08-11, FULTON
Krista Knapp, LIBR, 08-11, LIBRARY
Alexis Aguilar, GEOG, 09-12, At-large
Les Erickson, BIOL, 09-12, HENSON
 

Committee Website

Learning Technology Request Form

Guiding Principles for IT

International Program Committee

Chair: Brian Stiegler

Designated Senator: Pat McDermott

Aaron Hogue, BIOL, 08-10, HENSON
Dean Ravizza, HPEHP, 08-10, SEIDEL
Leonard Robinson, POSC, 08-10, FULTON
Hong Yao, ECON, 08-10, PERDUE
Oliver Roche, MGMT, 09-10, PERDUE
Amal Ali Moustafa, GEOG, 09-11, HENSON
Claudia Burgess, EDUC, 09-11, SEIDEL
 Connie Pubill, MDFL, 09-11, FULTON
 

Long Range Academic Planning Committee

Chair: Batya Hyman

Designated Senator: Michael O'Loughlin

Laura Andes, EDUC, 08-10, At-large (sabbatical Sp. '10)
Jason McCartney, PSYC, Sp. '10, At-large
Brian Dean, MATH, 08-10, HENSON
Batya Hyman, SOWK, 08-10, SEIDEL
Michael Lewis, HIST, 09-11, FULTON
Stephen Adams, MGMT, 09-11, PERDUE

Faculty Awards & Recognition Committee

Chair: Nancy Michelson

Designated Senator: Craig Clarke

Nancy Michelson, EDSP, 07-10, SEIDEL
Craig Clarke, PSYC, 08-11, FULTON
Frank Shipper, MGMT, 08-11, PERDUE
[   OPEN   ], 09-12, HENSON
Joyce Bell, SOWK, 09-12, At-large

Admissions and Readmissions Committee

Chair: Timothy Dunn

Designated Senator: Donna Ritenour

Cynthia Cooper, CMAT, 07-10, At-Large (sabbatical Sp. '10)
Gwen Beegle, EDSP, Sp. '10, At-large
Lucy Morrison, ENGL, 09-10, At-large
Timothy Dunn, SOCI, 08-11, At-Large
Edward Senkbeil, CHEM, 08-11, At-Large (sabbatical Sp. '10)
Rachel Goldberg, CADR, Sp. '10, At-large
Linda Cockey, MUSC, 09-12, At-large
Meredith Patterson, PSYC, 09-12, At-large
 

Faculty Financial Affairs

Chair: Brian Hill

Designated Senator: Mara Chen

Natalie Hopson, PSYC, 08-10, FULTON
Brian Hill, ECON 09-10, PERDUE
Martha Zimmerman, LIBR, 08-11, LIBRARY
Elizabeth Emmert, BIOL, 08-11, At-large
Mara Chen, GEOG, 09-12, HENSON
Joel Jenne, EDSP, 09-12, SEIDEL
 

University Academic Assessment Committee

Chair: Larence Becker

Designated Senator: Starlin Weaver

Larence Becker, PSYC, 08-10, At-large
Nicole Munday, ENGL, 08-10, FULTON
Amal Ali Moustafa, GEOG, 08-11, HENSON
Richard Britten, CMAT, 08-11, At-large
Chin-Hsiu Chen, EDUC, 08-11, SEIDEL
Moushumi Chakraborty, LIBR, 09-12, LIBRARY
Arvi Arunachalam, ECON, 09-12, PERDUE
 

Special Committees of the Senate

These four committees are elected when needed as described in the Faculty Senate Bylaws

Faculty Hearing Committee

Faculty Retrenchment Committee

Retrenchment Appeals Committee

Faculty Mediation Committee

Other Committees Reporting to the Senate:

Council of University System Faculty

David Parker, MATH, 07-10
Paul Flexner, ART, 08-11
Melanie Perreault, HIST, 09-12
Roberta Adams, POSC, 09-12 (Alternate) (sabbatical Sp. '10)
Peggy Proudfoot-McGuire, SOCW, Sp. '10 (Alternate)

Maryland Higher Education Commission
Faculty Advisory Committee

Special Eligibility: SU alternates with FSU for this position.

William Folger, MUSC, 08-10