Faculty Senate Standing Committees, Councils, and Working Groups

Purpose.

To study problems in this area of concern; to advise on such problems or issues referred to it by any member of the faculty, the provost, the president, the chancellor, or the Board of Regents.

Chair: Christopher Gabler

College	Department	Current Member	Title
RCV College of Business & Entrepreneurship	Marketing	A. Fuat Firat	Professor
College of Liberal Arts	History	Erica Buchberger	Associate Professor
College of Health Professions	Occupational Therapy	Jack Ruelas	Clinical Associate Professor
College of Liberal Arts	School of Interdisciplinary Programs and Community Engagement	Silvia Patricia Solis	Lecturer I
College of Health Professions	School of Rehabilitation Services & Counseling	Antonio Aguirre	Clinical Associate Professor
School of Social Work	School of Social Work	Denise Longoria	Associate Professor
RCV College of Business & Entrepreneurship	School of Accountancy	Haiyan Zhou	Professor
College of Science	School of Earth, Environmental, & Marine Sciences	Christopher Gabler	Associate Professor
College of Liberal Arts	Philosophy	Cynthia Paccacerqua	Associate Professor
College of Science	School of Integrative Biological & Chemical Sciences	Megan Keniry	Associate Professor
School of Medicine	Medical Education	Pad Renga	Professor of Medicine
College of Fine Arts	School of Music	Krista Jobson	Associate Professor
College of Education & P16 Integration	Bilingual & Literacy Studies	Kip Austin Hinton	Associate Professor

Purpose.

To study and evaluate proposals on educational policy and possible alternatives and to present recommendations on such matters to the Faculty Council. The committee shall actively seek advice from students.

Chair: Marcela Hebbard

College	Department	Current Member	Title
College of Liberal Arts	Literatures & Cultural Studies	Marisa Knox	Associate Professor
College of Liberal Arts	Writing and Language Studies	Marcela Hebbard	Senior Lecturer
College of Science	School of Mathematics & Statistical Sciences	Salma Mahmood	Senior Lecturer
University Library	University Library	Joel Chirinos	Head Research and Instructional Services
College of Fine Arts	School of Music	Pedro Martinez	Full Professor

Purpose.

To consider and propose modifications to University policies that would improve faculty welfare; to study all proposed legislation concerning faculty welfare and submit recommendations to the Faculty Council.

Chair:TBD

College	Department	Current Member	Title
School of Nursing	School of Nursing	Folake Adelakun	Clinical Assistant Professor
School of Podiatric Medicine	School of Podiatric Medicine	Hooman Tabatabai-Mir	Assistant Professor of Medicine
College of Health Professions	School of Rehabilitation Services and Counseling	Belinda Rivas	Clincial Associate Professor
RCV College of Business & Entrepreneurship	Finance	Monika Rabarison	Associate Professor
College of Health Professions	Health & Human Performance	Ulku Karabulut	Associate Professor

Purpose.

To consider and propose changes in the rules of procedure and governance structure of the General Faculty and the Faculty Council and changes to the voting rights of the General Faculty; to study all proposed changes in and additions to the rules of procedure of the General Faculty and the Faculty Council; and to submit recommendations to the Faculty Council. If the recommendations concern the Faculty Council, the committee will report also to the president, as the head of the General Faculty. In addition, this committee's Purpose. is to make the final ruling in any election dispute or on any election matter not covered by the rules; to handle questions of interpretation of rules; and to determine questions of jurisdiction arising between the Faculty Council and the General Faculty.

Chair:James Gleason

College	Department	Current Member	Title
College of Liberal Arts	Sociology	Igor Ryabov	Professor
College of Education & P-16 Integration	Organization & School Leadership	George Padilla	Associate Professor
RCV College of Business & Entrepreneurship	International Business & Entrepreneurship	James Gleason	Assistant Professor of Practice
College of Health Professions	Communication Disorders	Ruth Crutchfield	Associate Professor

Purpose.

To advise the Faculty Council and the president on matters relating to the research mission of the University and the relationship between it and other aspects of the University's overall mission; to provide for wider dissemination of information concerning the research mission of the University, how that mission is being discharged, and how it might be enhanced.

Chair: Laura Seligman

Vice Chair: Suad Ghaddar

College	Department	Current Member	Title
College of Liberal Arts	History	Brent Campney	Professor
College of Engineering and Computer Science	Electrical and Computer Engineering	Sanjeev Kumar	Professor
College of Science	School of Mathematics & Statistical Sciences	Sergey Grigorian	Associate Professor
College of Health Professions	Health & Human Performance	Ulku Karabulut	Associate Professor
College of Liberal Arts	Psychological Science	Laura Seligman	Professor
School of Medicine	Human Genetics	John VandeBerg	Professor of Medicine
School of Medicine	Medical Education	Pad Renga	Professor of Medicine
College of Science	Physics & Astronomy	Volker Quetschke	Professor
College of Health Professions	Health and Biomedical Sciences	Suad Ghaddar	Associate Professor
RCV College of Business & Entrepreneurship	Economics	Bruno Arthur	Senior Lecturer

Purpose.

To evaluate and formulate policy on technology-enhanced education and make recommendations on such matters to the Faculty Council. To ensure that initiatives in technology- enhanced education further the University’s mission to be a University of the first rank by reviewing the following:

programmatic proposals
technology-enhanced courses and curricula offered by the University and certificates and degrees associated with such
academic quality of other on-line resources
use of on-line materials for credit toward University degrees (including transfer credits and dual credits)
overall impact of such offerings on workload, intellectual property, and promotion/tenure issues for faculty and instructional staff
student issues, such as privacy

Chair: Cynthia Guerrero

College	Department	Current Member	Title
College of Fine Arts	School of Music	Krista Jobson	Professor
College of Education & P-16 Integration	Teaching & Learning	Ignacio Rodriguez	Senior Lecturer
College of Liberal Arts	Writing & Language Studies	Cynthia Guerrero	Lecturer II
	Strategy & Business Relationships	Reed Warner	Enterprise Architect
	Center for Online Learning & Teaching Technology	Jessica Sanchez	Associate Director Research Innovation

Purpose.

Chair: Sarah Williams-Blangero

College	Department	Current Member	Title
School of Nursing	School of Nursing	Pauline Jojo	Clinical Assistant Professor
University College	University College	Michelle Alvarado	Senior Lecturer
College of Sciences	School of Mathematical and Statistical Sciences	Tamer Oraby	Associate Professor
College of Health Professions	Health and Biomedical Sciences	Norma Beardwood-Roper	Clinical Full Professor
School of Medicine	Human Genetics	Sarah Williams-Blangero	Professor of Medicine
College of Liberal Arts	History	Kristine Wirts	Associate Professor

Purpose.

Chair: Hooman Tabatabai-Mir

College	Department	Current Member	Title
School of Podiatric Medicine	School of Podiatric Medicine	Hooman Tabatabai-Mir	Assistant Professor of Medicine
College of Liberal Arts	Writing & Language Studies	Randall Monty	Associate Professor
College of Liberal Arts	Philosophy	Cynthia Paccacerqua	Associate Professor