Updated: September 5, 2025

Officers

Chair
Jessica Petko

Secretary
Joan Smeltzer 

University Senator
Bob Bartell

Ombudsman
Maureen Muller-Kahle

Academic and Student Issues (ASIC)

  • Co-chairs: David Latzko and Javed Siddique

  • Joel Burkholder 

  • Jim Crivaro 

  • Andrea Giorgioni 

  • Jon Price 

  • Andrew Caldwell (DACD, ex-officio) 

  • Tom Reinsfelder (Head Librarian, ex-officio) 

  • Robert Farrell (DAA, ex-officio) 

  • Scott Simonds (DSES, ex-officio) 

  • Joel Gugino (DNSC, ex-officio) 

  • Student member (TBD) 

Subcommittees of Academic and Student Issues

Honors

  • Amber Majeske 

  • Student member (TBD)  

Student Awards

  • Chair: Andy Landis
  • Jeff Gerstein
  • Maureen Muller-Kahle
  • Javed Siddique
  • Scott Simonds 

Burness Teaching Award

  • Joy Giguere (recipient 2026 - Chair) 

  • Mark Williams (recipient 2023-24; part-time) 

  • Robert Farrell (ex-officio)  

Academic Advising Council

  • Chair: Stephen Foster (recipient 2021-22) 

  • Anne Vardo-Zalik (recipient 2022-23) 

  • Amber Majeske (recipient 2023-24) 

  • Andrew Caldwell (ex-officio) 

  • Robert Farrell (ex-officio) 

  • Jon Price (ex-officio) 

  • Two student members (TBD by SGA)  

Curricular Affairs

  • Co-chairs: Joe Royer and Joe Downing 

  • Jim Crivaro 

  • Maureen Muller-Kahle 

  • Patrick Hein 

  • Abdul Siddiqui 

  • Robert Farrell (ex officio)  

Faculty Affairs

  • Co-chairs: Joan Smeltzer 

  • Bob Bartell 

  • Ali Kara 

  • Stephen Lentz (adjunct rep.) 

  • Abdul Siddiqui 

  • Noel Sloboda 

  • Jessica Petko 

  • William Cantor  

Subcommittee of Faculty Affairs

Faculty Scholarship of Research and Creative Accomplishment Committee

  • Amber Majeske (recipient 2021-22) 

  • Sonia Molloy (recipient 2023-24) 

  • Jessica Petko (recipient 2025-26) 

  • Faculty member(s) to be appointed by Chancellor and Director of Academic Affairs (TBD)  

Teaching, Learning Technology Advisory Committee

  • Co-Chairs: Harley Hartmann 

  • Stephen Foster 

  • Manel Wijesinha 

  • Amber Majeske 

  • Soroush Khosravi Dehaghi 

  • Elizabeth Huck 

  • Jon Price (ex offico) 

  • Loren Brewster (ex officio) 

  • Robert Farrell (ex officio) 

  • Student member (TBD)  

Special Committees

Professor Promotion Committee (2025-26)

  • Chair: Joy Giguere 

University College Faculty Council

  • Councilor: Stephen Foster (2022-26) 

  • Councilor: Jessica Petko (2024-28) 

Faculty Representatives to Enrollment Management Team

  • Ali Kara
  • Jon Price

Faculty Representative to Student Activity Fee Committee

  • Jessica Petko

Exit Interview Person for Faculty

  • Bob Bartell

Academic Unit Heads

Arts and Liberal Studies

  • Unit Head: Joy Giguere
  • Representative: Kristine Parkes

Social/Behavioral Sciences and Information Sciences and Technology

  • Unit Head: Stephen Foster
  • Representative: Sukhdeep Gill

Natural And Mathematical Sciences and Engineering

  • Unit Head: Emily Blanke
  • Representative: Javed Siddique