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University Standing Committees

Committee on Discipline
Disciplinary Appeals Committee
Educational Policy Committee
Faculty Committee on Student Life
Faculty Compensation Committee
Faculty Financial Planning and Operations Committee
Faculty Steering Committee
Graduate and Research Committee
Honorary Degrees Committee
Library Users' Committee
Nominations Committee
Personnel Committee
Secretary to the Faculty
Standing Subcommittee on University Writing

Study Abroad Faculty Policy Board
Visiting Lecturers' Committee

Committee on Discipline
Three-year Term

Joseph Yukich, At Large, 2014
Linda Lefkowitz, At Large, 2014
Gordon Moskowitz, At Large, 2012
Frank Gunter, At Large, 2012
Keith Schray, CAS Representative, 2014
Michael Kuchka, CAS Representative, 2012
Marietta Peytcheva, CBE Representative, 2014
Anne-Marie Anderson, CBE Representative, 2013
H. Lynn Columba-Piervallo, COE Representative, 2012
Mary Beth Calhoon, COE Representative, 2014
Louis Plebani, RCEAS Representative, 2014
Edwin Kay, RCEAS Representative, 2014

 

Disciplinary Appeals Committee
Three-Year Term

Roslyn Weiss, At Large, 2014
Robert Skibbens, CAS Representative, 2014
Geraldo Vasconcellos, CBE Representative, 2012
Perry Zirkel, COE Representative, 2013
Keith Gardiner, RCEAS Representative, 2013
TBA, Student Representative
TBA, Student Representative

 

Educational Policy Committee
Three-Year Term (for nine tenured members of the faculty)

Edwin Kay, RCEAS Representative, 2014
Steven Goldman, CAS Representative, 2013
Edward Lotto, CAS Representative, 2014
John Nyby, CAS Representative, 2012
Frank Gunter, CBE Representative, 2013
Stephen Thode, Co-Chair, CBE Representative, 2012
Mary J. Bishop, COE Representative, 2014
Hector Munoz-Avila, Co-Chair, RCEAS Representative, 2012
Cesar Silebi, RCEAS Representative, 2013
TBD, Student Representative, Indefinite
TBD, Student Representative, Indefinite
TBD, Student Representative, Indefinite
Patrick Farrell, Ex Officio, Provost, Indefinite
Paul Brown, Ex Officio, Dean of the CBE, Indefinite
Donald Hall, Ex Officio, Dean of the CAS, Indefinite
Gary Sasso, Ex Officio, Dean of the COE, Indefinite
S. David Wu, Ex Officio, Dean of the RCEAS, Indefinite
Sharon Basso, Guest, Dean of Students, Indefinite
TBD, Guest, Dean of Students, Indefinite
Gerard Lennon, Guest, Provost's Office, Indefinite
Vincent Munley, Guest, Provost's Office, Indefinite
Emil Gnasso, Guest, University Registrar, Indefinite
Katrina Zalatan, Guest, CBE, Indefinite
Augustine Ripa, Guest, CAS, Indefinite
Gregory Tonkay, Guest, RCEAS, Indefinite

 

Faculty Committee on Student Life
College Reps: Four year staggered terms; At Large Reps: Two year staggered terms

Jacob Kazakia, At Large, 2012
M.J. Bishop, At Large, 2013
Reetika Gupta, CBE Representative, 2014
Erica Hoelscher, CAS Representative, 2015
Patricia Manz, COE Representative, 2012
Brian Davison, Chair, RCEAS Representative, 2013
John Smeaton, Vice Provost for Student Affairs, Indefinite
Sharon Basso, Associate Vice Provost and Dean of Students, Indefinite
Kathleen Hutnik, Director of Graduate Student Life, Indefinite
TBA, Graduate Student Senate Representative
TBA, Undergraduate Student Senate Representative

 

Faculty Compensation Committee
Three-year Term

Neal Simon, Chair, CAS Representative, 2014
Tianbo Liu, At Large, 2012
Matthew Melone, At Large, 2014
Sharon Friedman, CAS Representative, 2013
Parveen Gupta, CBE Representative, 2012
K. Sivakumar, CBE Representative, 2013
Edward Shapiro, COE Representative, 2014
Eugenio Schuster, RCEAS Representative, 2014
Alastair McAuley, RCEAS Representative, 2014

 

Faculty Financial Planning and Operations Committee
College Rep: Four-year Term; At-Large Member: Two-year Term

Helen Lynn Columba-Piervallo, Chair (Spring Semester), COE Representative, 2012
Ravi Chitturi, At Large, 2013
Albert Wurth, CAS Representative, 2015
James Maskulka, CBE Representative, 2014
Sudhakar Neti, Chair (Fall Semester), RCEAS Representative, 2013
Alec Bodzin, Representative to FSC, (Fall Semester)

 

Faculty Steering Committee
Faculty Rep: Four-year Term; Committee Chair: One-year Term

Nandu Nayar, CBE Representative, 2012
Robert Flowers, CAS Representative, 2015
George White, Chair, COE Representative, 2013
Richard Weisman, RCEAS Representative, 2014
Stephen Thode, Educational Policy Committee, 2012
Hector Munoz-Avila, Educational Policy Committee, 2012
Brian Davison, Faculty Committee on Student Life, 2012
Neal Simon, Faculty Compensation Committee, 2012
Helen Lynn Columba-Piervallo, Faculty Financial Planning and Operations Committee, Spring Semester 2012
Ed Kay, Faculty Parliamentarian, 2012
Miltiadis Hatalis, Graduate and Research Committee, 2012
Matthias Falk, Graduate and Research Committee, 2012
Roger Nagel, Personnel Committee, 2012
Al Wurth, Faculty Financial Planning and Operations Committee, Fall Semester 2012
Arthur King, Secretary to the Faculty, 2012
Patrick Farrell, Ex Officio, Provost, Indefinite
Alice Gast, Ex Officio, President, Indefinite

 

Graduate and Research Committee
Three-year Term (and Graduate Student Council Reps)

Dimitrios Vavylonis, CAS Representative, 2014
Wei-Min Huang, CAS Representative, 2012
Matthias Falk, Co-Chair, CAS Representative, 2013
M.Kathryn Iovine, CAS Representative, 2012
Deepa Chandrasekaran, CBE Representative, 2014
Yuliang Oliver Yao, CBE Representative, 2012
Iveta Silova McGurty, COE Representative, 2014
Jill Sperandio, COE Representative, 2013
Miltiadis Hatalis, Co-Chair, RCEAS Representative, 2013
James Gilchrist, RCEAS Representative, 2012
Alparslan Oztekin, RCEAS Representative, 2013
James Hwang, RCEAS Representative, 2013
Emil Gnasso, Ex Officio, University Registrar, Indefinite
John Coulter, Ex Officio, Associate Dean of the RCEAS, Indefinite
Michael Stavola, Ex Officio, Associate Dean of the CAS, Indefinite
Kathleen Hutnik, Ex Officio, Director of Graduate Student Life, Indefinite
Paul Brown, Ex Officio, Dean of the CBE, Indefinite
Thomas Meischeid, Ex Officio, Research and Sponsored Programs Director, Indefinite
Donald Hall, Ex Officio, Dean of the CAS, Indefinite
Andrew Ward, Ex Officio, Associate Dean of the CBE, Indefinite
Gary Sasso, Ex Officio, Dean of the COE, Indefinite
Ward Cates, Ex Officio, Associate Dean of the COE, Indefinite
Alan Snyder, Ex Officio, Vice President for Research and Associate Provost for Graduate Studies, Indefinite
S. David Wu, Ex Officio, Dean of the RCEAS, Indefinite
TBA, Graduate Student Senate Representative

 

Honorary Degrees Committee
Three-year Term

Brian Pinaire, CAS Representative, 2014
Joan Ramage, At Large, 2013
Sharon Friedman, At Large, 2012
Mary Beth Deily, CBE Representative, 2014
Perry Zirkel, COE Representative, 2013
Keith Gardiner, Chair, RCEAS Representative, 2013

 

Study Abroad Faculty Policy Board
Three-Year Term

Judith McDonald, CBE Representative, 2014
Mark Skandera, CAS Representative, 2014
Barbara Pavlock, CAS Representative, 2013
John Jirik, CAS Representative, 2013
Alexander Wiser, COE Representative, 2013
Richard Weisman, RCEAS Representative, 2014
John Nyby, Educational Policy Committee Representative
Neil McGurty, Ad Hoc, Director of Lehigh Abroad, Indefinite
Emil Gnasso, Ad Hoc, University Registrar, Indefinite
Cheryl Ashcroft, Ad Hoc, Dean of Student Representative, Indefinite
Marie-Hélène Chabut, Ex Officio, Modern Languages and Literature Department Chair, Indefinite

 

Library Users' Committee
Three-year Term

Charles Lyman, At Large, 2013
Marie-Sophie Armstrong, CAS Representative, 2012
Jill Brown, CBE Representative, 2012
Alec Bodzin, COE Representative, 2014
Philip Blythe, RCEAS Representative, 2013
TBA, Graduate Student Representative
Christine Roysdon, Ex Officio, Indefinite

 

Nominations Committee
At large member: Three-year Staggered Terms; College reps are chairs of the college nominating committees

Daniel Lopresti, Chair, At Large, 2013
Deepa Chandrasekaran, At Large, 2012
Nandu Nayar, Ex Officio, 2012
Helen Lynn Columba-Piervallo, At Large, 2014
Kathleen Olson, CAS Representative, Ex Officio
Stephen Thode, CBE Representative, Ex Officio
Robin Hojnoski, COE Representative, Ex Officio
Jacob Kazakia, RCEAS Representative, Ex Officio
TBD, Chair

 

Personnel Committee
Five-year Term

Roger Nagel, RCEAS Representative, 2012
James Maskulka, At Large, 2014
Roslyn Weiss, CAS Representative, 2016
Thomas Hyclak, Chair, CBE Representative, 2013
Christine Cole, COE Representative, 2015

 

Secretary to the Faculty One-year Term
Arthur King, At Large, 2012

 

Standing Subcommittee on University Writing
College Rep: Three-year Staggered Terms

Steven Goldman, Educational Policy Representative
Robert Rosenwein, CAS Representative
Anthony O'Brien, CBE Representative
Lynn Columba, COE Representative
Richard Weisman, RCEAS Representative
Edward Lotto, Center for Writing and Math
Gregory Skutches, Writing Across the Curriculum

 

Visiting Lecturers Committee
Faculty Rep: Two-Year Term

Ziad Munson, CAS Representative, 2012
Beibei Dong, CBE Representative, 2013
Jacob Kazakia, RCEAS Representative, 2013
TBA, Student Representatives
Deborah Sacarakis, Advisor, Zoellner Arts Center, Indefinite