2025-2026 Catalog 
    
    Aug 05, 2025  
2025-2026 Catalog

Committees of the Faculty and Board of Trustees



Faculty Committees

The President and the Dean of the Faculty are ex officio members of all faculty committees. Tenured (or tenure-track) faculty with administrative appointments are listed as faculty. Ex officio members of the administration are listed as staff. Several committees have elected members and student members that will be added later.

Standing Committees of the Faculty

Standing committees are constituted by action of the faculty, report to the faculty, make recommendations for faculty action, make recommendations to the College administration on academic issues, and must have a majority of their membership drawn from the faculty. They may be chaired by the President, one of the academic deans, or members of the faculty.

  • Academic Standards Committee
    Faculty: Basu, Cook (Fall 2025), Fergus, Griffiths, Helland, Izbicki (Spring 2026), Keller, Taw (Chair)
    Staff: Antecol (non-voting), Doan, J., Flynn, and Ketels
  • Administration Committee
    Faculty: Bou Nassif, Fenning, Finley, Huber (chair), Johnson, Livesay, Morrison, Rathbun, Robinson, and Williams, B.
    Staff: Antecol, Chodosh, and Costanza (support staff)
  • Appointment, Promotion, and Tenure Committee (APT)
    Faculty: Appel (Spring 2026), Chung-Kim, Cody, Cole (Spring 2026), Dass, de la Durantaye (Spring 2026), Faggen (Fall 2025), Feitosa, Fenning (Spring 2026), Huber, Hurley, Kao, Krauss (Fall 2025), Martin, Michon, Raviv, Rosett, Schmitz, Shelton, M., Shields, Sinha, Smith (Fall 2025), Uvin (Fall 2025), Velazco, Venit-Shelton, and Yooseph
    Staff: Antecol, Chodosh, and Peterson (support staff)
  • Appointment, Promotion, and Tenure Executive Committee (APT-EC)
    Faculty: Hurley, Michon (Spring 2026), Rosett, Schmitz, Sinha, Smith (Fall 2025), and Venit-Shelton
    Staff: Antecol and Peterson (support staff)
  • Assessment Committee
    Faculty: Batta, Branch, Day (Chair), Enkavi, and Locke
    Staff (non-voting): Graves, Haller, Ketels, Wynn, and Culbertson (support staff)
  • Curriculum Committee
    Faculty: Aitel, Buccola, Costanzo, Geismer, Hurley, Libeskind-Hadas, Michon, Morrison, O’Neill, Perkins Jasper, Shelton, C., and Turner
    Staff: Antecol, Costanza (support staff), Flynn, Graves, Ketels (chair), and Martin, M.
    Students: TBD
  • Faculty Research Committee
    Faculty: Gillen, Kind, Nelson, and Rose 
    Staff: Costanza (support staff) and Park, A.
  • Department of Natural Sciences Faculty Research Subcommittee
    Faculty: Finseth and Schmitz 
    Staff: Costanza (support staff) and Park, A.
  • Writing Committee
    Faculty: Itagaki, Rajczi (Fall 2025), Rosenman, Schaller (Spring 2026), and Warner (Chair)
    Staff: Costanza (support staff), Davidson, M., and Ketels

College Committees

College committees are constituted by the administration or as a result of initiatives of the faculty. They make policy recommendations outside the areas of academic issues and faculty personnel issues to either the administration, the faculty, or both.

  • Admission and Financial Aid Committee
    Faculty: Bjerk (Chair), Bjornlie, Camp (non-voting), Faggen, Fukshansky, Gilbert, Kreines, Lee, Levin, Pei, Perkins Jasper, and Valencia, N.
    Staff: Chodosh, Graves, Ketels, and Sandoval-Dancs
    Students: TBD
  • Athenaeum Advisory Committee
    Faculty: Evrigenis, Flory, Koul (Spring 2026), Lower, Rose, Schmitz (Chair), and Umanath (Fall 2025)
    Staff: Carlson, Graves, Junnar, and Park, A.
    Students: TBD
  • Committee on Academic Computing
    Faculty: Branch, Cook, Gelman, Nerenberg, Obdrzalek (Spring 2026), Sarzynski (Fall 2025), and Vossmeyer (Chair)
    Staff: Costanza (support staff), De La Rosa, Ketels, and Marino
    Student: TBD
  • Global Education Committee
    Faculty: Lincoln, Murray, Selig, Valencia, N., Walker (Spring 2026), and Wong (Fall 2025)
    Staff: Flynn, Layman, and Mallory
    Students: TBD
  • Institutional Animal Care and Use Committee
    Faculty: Schmitz, Vossmeyer, and Williams, D.
    Staff: TBD
  • Institutional Biosafety Committee (IBC)
    Faculty: Rathbun and Reed
    Staff: TBD
  • Institutional Review Board (IRB)
    Faculty: Kao, Lee, Magilke, Riggio (Chair), and Velji
    Staff: Haller
  • National Awards Committee
    Faculty: Cody, Garin, Hwang (Spring 2026), Koch, Lower, Pitney, Umanath (Fall 2025), and Uvin (Fall 2025)
    Staff: Davidson, M. (ex officio), and Mallory (ex officio)
  • Student-Faculty Working Group
    Faculty: Ferguson, H., Ganguly, Rajczi (Fall 2025), Sinclair
    Staff: Ketels
    Students: TBD

Special Committees

Special committees are constituted by the administration to provide advice and counsel for various policy areas on an ongoing basis.

  • CMC Magazine Editorial Board
    Faculty: Under Review
    Staff: TBD
  • Conduct Board
    Faculty: Aksoy, Blitz, Conger, Ganguly, Koch, Ozbeklik, Valencia, S., and von Hallberg
    Staff: Doan, J.
    Students: TBD
  • Diversity Committee
    Faculty: Feitosa (Chair), Livesay, Mubirumusoke (Fall 2025), Selig, Thomas, and Williams, D.
    Staff: Antecol, Gray, Greer, Peterson, and Zazueta
    Students: TBD
  • ROTC Advisory Committee
    Faculty: Turner
    Staff: Graves
  • Safety Committee
    Faculty: Firoozi
    Staff: Under Review
    Student: TBD
  • President’s Executive Cabinet (PEC)
    Staff: Antecol, Basso, Bibbens, Chodosh, Floyd, Gardner, Graves, Gray, Kroll, and Sandoval-Dancs
  • Student Recruitment Committee
    Faculty: Costanzo, Fernholz, Frangieh, Libeskind-Hadas, Livesay, Locke, Pears, Perkins Jasper, Velji, Warner, and Wong
    Staff: Sandoval-Dancs

Intercollegiate Committees

CMC faculty and staff members of Intercollegiate Committees are:

Advisory Committees

Advisory committees are constituted by the Administration as needed for ad hoc purposes as issues arise needing special attention. They are intended to study an issue, provide advice and recommendations, and then cease operations.

  • Sustainability Committee
    Faculty: Grant and Williams, B.
  • Center for Writing and Public Discourse (CWPD) Faculty Advisory Committee
    Faculty: Aksoy, Basu, Chung-Kim, Cole, Fortner, Grant, and Petropoulos (Chair)
  • CMC Activities Committee (CMAC)
    Faculty: Under Review
    Staff: Milev (chair)
  • Murty Sunak Quantitative and Computing Lab (QCL) Faculty Advisory Board
    Faculty: Fukshansky (Chair), Gillen, Levin, Nerenberg, and Vossmeyer
    Staff: Ketels, Mistry, and Park, J.

Committees of the Board of Trustees

Board of Trustees committees provide for faculty and student input by means of membership on various committees indicated below. Voting is limited to trustees. Faculty members of Board committees are listed as faculty. Tenured (or tenure-track) faculty with administrative appointments who provide staff support are listed as staff.

  • Academic Affairs Committee
    Trustees: Hetz (chair), McElwee (vice chair), Shrewsberry (vice chair), Barker, T., Brown, D., Bullock, Daniels, Dreier, Eggert, Elbaz, Ho (alumni), Kaiser, Kaufman, Korn, Larson, Li, Lerner Miller, Mgrublian, Murty, Wengert Neff, Reaugh, Smith, and Soll
    Life Trustees: Isaacson, Leppert, Lerner, Podlich, and Prager
    Faculty: Evrigenis, Huber, Martin, and Williams, D.
    Staff: Antecol (primary staff), Ketels, Park, A., and Wynn
    Students: TBD
  • Campus Planning & Facilities Committee
    Trustees: Crown (chair), Romero (vice chair), Barker, T., Bemowski, Eggert, Elbaz, Grisolano, Kurisu, Li, Records, and Shrewsberry
    Life Trustees: Lowe, Leppert, Novack, and Walker
    Honorary Trustee: Hickerson
    Faculty: Levin and Shelton, C.
    Staff: Bibbens (primary staff), Barlow, Basso, Kroll, and Ramirez
    Students: TBD
  • College Advancement Committee
    Trustees: Wagener (chair), Bemowski (vice chair), Eggert (vice chair), Nathan (vice chair), Crown, Davidson, Grant (ex officio), Grisolano, Matteson King, Jabro (ex officio), Klein, Kurisu, Lew (alumni), McMahon, Oden (alumni), Peterson, Records, and Romero
    Faculty: Appel and Doan, S.
    Staff: Carrillo (primary staff), Basso, Flores, and Milev
    Students: TBD
  • Finance & Operations Committee
    Trustees: Daniels (chair), Shrewsberry (vice chair), Barker, T., Bemowski, Crown, Eggert, Grisolano, Kaiser, Matteson King, Murty, Peterson, and Romero
    Life Trustees: Brown, A., Novack, Podlich, Prager, and Russell
    Faculty: Meulbroek and Xu
    Staff: Kroll (primary staff), Antecol, Basso, Bibbens, Floyd, and Jimenez
  • Student Affairs Committee
    Trustees: Matteson King (chair), Wengert Neff (vice chair), Brown, D., Bullock, Davidson, Dreier, Grant (ex officio), Ho (alumni), Jabro (ex officio), Kaiser, Kaufman, Klein, Korn, Lew (alumni), Oden (alumni), Murty, Nathan, Peterson, Reaugh, and Smith
    Life Trustees: Lerner, Nakasone, and Russell
    Faculty: Bjerk and Vargas Nunez
    Staff: Graves (primary staff), Basso, Sandoval-Dancs, Diamond, Doan, J., Gray, and Jasper
    Students: TBD