Standing Committees

STANDING COMMITTEES
COLLEGE OF LETTERS AND SCIENCE
2023-2024

Executive Committee: Carlito Lebrilla, Chair (Chemistry); Elizabeth Miller, Vice Chair (English); Zoe Drayson (Philosophy), Carol Hess (Music), Claudia Sanchez-Gutierrez (Spanish and Portuguese), Richard Scalettar (Physics and Astronomy), Ethan Scheiner (Political Science), John Terning (Physics and Astronomy); Ex-officio: Dean Estella Atekwana, Executive Associate Dean John Scott, Associate Deans Annaliese Franz, Elizabeth Freeman, Thomas Lee, Lori Lubin

Student Petitions (a subcommittee of the Executive Committee): 
Carol Hess, Chair (Music—Faculty Executive Committee); Gregory Downs (History), Ethan Scheiner (Political Science—Faculty Executive Committee), Jane-Ling Wang (Statistics); Ex-officio: Associate Dean Annaliese Franz

Computing Support: Richard Huskey, Chair (Communication); Ethan Anderes (Statistics), Petr Janata (Psychology), Andy Jones (University Writing Program), Jeremy Phillips (Letters and Science Dean's Office—Information Technology), Gerry Puckett (Mathematics), Lee-Ping Wang (Chemistry), Andrew Wetzel (Physics and Astronomy), Magali Billen (Earth and Planetary Sciences), James Cloyne (Economics); Ex-officio: Associate Dean for Research and Graduate Studies Lori Lubin, Director of Research and Graduate Administration Maricela Gonzalez

Courses of Instruction: Richard Kim, Chair (Asian American Studies); Chengzhi Chu (East Asian Languages and Cultures), Stacy Fahrenthold (History), A. Katie Harris (History), Heather Hether (Communication), Wolfgang Polonik (Statistics), Philippe Rast (Psychology), Laurie San Martin (Music), Anne Schilling (Mathematics—Fall & Winter) 

Educational Policy: Robin Erbacher, Chair (Physics and Astronomy); Colin Cameron (Economics), Gerardo Con Diaz (Statistics), Alan Klima (Anthropology), Martin Luu (Mathematics), Eric Russell (French and Italian); Ex-officio: Elizabeth Miller, Vice Chair (English)

English Language and Literacy: Cheri Ross, Chair (Comparative Literature); Janko Gravner (Mathematics), Catherine Hatzakos (University Writing Program/English as a Second Language), Tobias Menely (English), Mandy Proctor (University Writing Program/Entry Level Writing—Winter & Spring), Patricia Serviss (University Writing Program/Entry Level Writing—Fall), Daniel Stolzenberg (History), Matthew Stratton (English), Carl Whithaus (University Writing Program)

Graduate Studies Support: Jie Peng, Chair (Statistics);  Ian Campbell (History),  Gabriella Montinola (Political Science), Brett Snyder (Design), Adam Sennet (Philosophy), Nick Curro (Physics and Astronomy), Desiree Martin (English), Pierpaolo Polzonetti (Music), John Hunter (Mathematics); Ex-officio: Associate Dean for Research and Graduate Studies Lori Lubin, Director of Research and Graduate Administration Maricela Gonzalez

Honors: Beth Levy, Chair (Music); Delmar Larsen (Chemistry), Laramie D. Taylor (Communication) 

Individual Majors: Victoria Cross, Chair (Psychology); Nobuko Koyama (East Asian Languages and Cultures), Alexander Soshnikov (Mathematics), Jan Szaif (Philosophy), Michael Ziser (English); Ex-officio: Associate Dean Annaliese Franz

Library: Katharine Burnett, Chair (Art and Art History); Hsin-Chia Cheng (Physics and Astronomy), Michiko Suzuki (East Asian Languages and Cultures) 

Nominations & Elections: Burkhard Schipper, Chair (Economics); Pierpaolo Polzonetti (Music), Jaroslav Trnka (Physics and Astronomy)

Research Support: Beth Rose Middleton Manning, Chair (Native American Studies); Ethan Anderes (Statistics), Finn Brunton (Cinema and Digital Media, Science and Technology Studies), Damien Caillaud (Anthropology), Xi Chen (Chemistry), Cody Gilmore (Philosophy), Qingzhu Yin (Earth and Planetary Sciences), Robert Faris (Sociology), Diana Aramburu (Spanish and Portuguese); Ex-officio: Associate Dean for Research and Graduate Studies Lori Lubin, Director of Research and Graduate Administration Maricela Gonzalez

Rules & Jurisdiction: Steven Carlip, Chair (Physics and Astronomy); Giacomo Bonanno (Economics), Tiffany Werth (English) 

Student Success Support: Natalia Ines Deeb-Sossa (Chicana/o Studies), Ozcan Gulacar (Chemistry), Soojong Kim (Communication), Janine Lynn Flathman Wilson (Economics); Ex-officio: Associate Dean for Undergraduate Education and Student Success Annaliese Franz, Director of Student Engagement and Success Mark Foncannon

Study of Foreign Languages: David Gundry, Chair (East Asian Languages and Cultures); Maxwell Chertok (Physics and Astronomy), Grace Delmolino (French and Italian), Jeanette Ruiz (Communication), Jocelyn Sharlet (Comparative Literature), Emily Vazquez Enriquez (Spanish and Portuguese), Chunjie Zhang (German and Russian)

Teaching Program Planning & Review: Inactive for 2016-24

Rev:  9/11/2023