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Faculty Senate Committee Appointments

2006-2007

Senators are identified by an asterisk (*)

Standing Committees

ACADEMIC STANDARDS AND CALENDAR (ASC)
*Laura Beauvais, CBA, (07)
John Boulmetis, EDC, (07), Chairperson
Thomas Husband, NRS, (08)
*William Rosen, CHM, (07)
Michael Vocino, LIB, (07)
Vincent Rose, CHE, University Ombud, ex officio
John Humphrey, Enrollment Services, ex officio
Chip Yensan, Student Affairs, ex officio
Jesse Waitsitt-Lynch, undergraduate student
1 undergraduate student
1 graduate student

CONSTITUTION BY-LAWS AND UNIVERSITY MANUAL (CBUM)
Gordon Dash, CBA, (07)
Sandy Hicks, EDC, (07)
Mimi Keefe, LIB, (07)
*Louis Kirschenbaum, CHM, (08)
Bruce Marti, MAF, (08)
*Fritz Wenisch, PHL, (08), Chairperson
Sheila Black Grubman, ex officio
Kenny Czermak, undergraduate student
Christin Langworthy, undergraduate student
1 graduate student

COUNCIL FOR RESEARCH (CFR)
Ginette Ferszt, NUR, (08), Faculty Senate appointee
Sookyun Kim, TMD, (09) Faculty Senate appointee
John King, GSO, (08), Faculty Senate appointee
Kerry LaPlante, PHP, (07) Faculty Senate appointee
*Wayne Lee, CVE, (07) Faculty Senate appointee
Brett Lucht, CHM, (07) Faculty Senate appointee, Chairperson
John Merrill, GSO, (09) Faculty Senate appointee

HONORS PROGRAM AND VISITING SCHOLARS (HPVS)
Jerome Adams, HDF, (07)
Richard McIntyre, ECN, Director, Honors Program, (09), Chair
Valerie Karnow, ENG, (07)
Bryna Wortman, THE, (09)
Theodore Walls, PSY, (08)
Gerry Tyler, PSC, (08)
Coordinator of Colloquium --- ex officio,
2 undergraduate students
1 graduate student

LIBRARY
*Megan Echevarria, LAN, (07)
*Rosie Pegueros, HIS, 08)
Sim Narasimhan, CBA, (07)
Peter Nightingale, PHY, (07)
*Herbert Carson, LSC, (08), Chair
David Maslyn, Interim Dean of University Libraries, ex officio
2 undergraduate students
1 graduate student

TEACHING EFFECTIVENESS (TEC)
Mark Conley, MUS, (07)
Rita Marcoux, PHP, (08)
Kendall Moore, JOR, (07)
*Glen Ramsay, ECN, (07), Chair
*Kathleen Torrens, COM, (08)
Bette Erickson, Director of IDP, ex officio
Trent Batson, Director of IITS, ex officio
2 undergraduate students
1 graduate student


Standing Committees Elected by College Faculties

CURRICULAR AFFAIRS COMMITTEE (CAC)
Arts and Sciences: *Barbara Luebke, JOR, (08), Chair
Arts and Sciences: C.B. Peters, SOC, (07)
Arts and Sciences: Joelle Rollo-Koster, HIS, (07)
Arts and Sciences: Mark Robbins, PSY, (09)
Business Administration: Chet Hickox, (08)
Engineering: Richard Lessmann, MCE, (07)
Human Science and Services: Karen McCurdy, HDF, (07)
Library: Mimi Keefe, (07)
Nursing: Roberta Feather, (08)
Pharmacy: Sara Rosenbaum, BPS, (07)
The Environment and Life Sciences: Larry Englander, PLS, (09)
Provost's Representative: Lynn Pasquerella, Vice Provost
ASFCCE Representative: Carla Simonini, Interim Associate Dean
University College & Special Ac. Programs: Dean Libutti, Associate Dean
Faculty Senate Coordinator: Sheila Black Grubman

UNIVERSITY COLLEGE AND GENERAL EDUCATION (UCGE)
Arts and Sciences: Barbara Costello, SOC, (09)
Arts and Sciences: Michael Honhart, HIS, (07), Chair
Arts and Sciences: *Surendra Malik, PHY, (09)
Arts and Sciences: *Barbara Meagher Smith, JOR, (08)
Business Administration: Doug Creed, (09)
Engineering: Musa Jouaneh, MCE, (08)
Human Science and Services: Sandy Hicks, EDC, (08)
Pharmacy: Serpil Kislalioglu, BPS, (07)
The Environment and Life Sciences: Cathy English, NFS, (09)
Nursing: Deborah Brown, (08)
University Libraries: Peter Larsen, (08)
Provost's Representative: Lynn Pasquerella, Vice Provost
ASFCCE Representative: Carla Simonini, Interim Associate Dean
Student Affairs Representative: Pamela Rohland
Dean of University College: Jayne Richmond
Faculty Senate Coordinator: Sheila Black Grubman
Spencer Ginsberg, undergraduate student
1 undergraduate student

UCGE SUBCOMMITTEE ON ASSESSMENT OF GENERAL EDUCATION
David Heskett, PHY (UCGE 2003-2006)
Sandy Hicks, EDC (UCGE)
Anne Hubbard, Coordinator of the BGS Program
C. B. Peters, SOC, Chair
Nedra Reynolds, Director of the Writing program
Pamela Rohland, Student Affairs (UCGE)
*Barbara Meagher Smith, JOR (UCGE)


Ad Hoc Committees

AD HOC COMMITTEE ON ADMINISTRATOR EVALUATION
Cliff Katz, Assistant Provost
*Laurie Luzon Clabo, NUR
*James Miller, OCE
*William Rosen, CHM, Chair
Sheila Black Grubman, F. S. Coordinator

AD HOC COMMITTEE ON EARLY COURSE REGISTRATION POLICY
Deborah Brown, Nursing
David Byrd, Education, Human Science and Services
*Ronald Lee, Music, Arts and Sciences
*Barbara Luebke, Journalism, Arts and Sciences, Chair
Yngve Ramstad, Economics, Arts and Sciences

AD HOC COMMITTEE ON GRADUATE EDUCATION AND RESEARCH
Faye Boudreaux-Bartels, Electrical Engineering
Shaw Chen, College of Business
Bongsup Cho, College of Pharmacy
Robin Devin, University Libraries
Michael Havener, Library and Information Studies, Arts and Sciences
Robert Rodgers, College of Pharmacy, Chair
*Tom Rossby/Isaac Ginis, Graduate School of Oceanography
Mary Sullivan, College of Nursing


Faculty Senate Appointments

University Ombud
Vincent Rose, CHE, emeritus, (08)

Administrator Evaluation Coordinator
*William Rosen, CHM, (07)


Boards, Councils and Committees To Which the Senate Proposes or Makes Appointments

ADMISSIONS ADVISORY COMMITTEE Stan Barnett, CHE, (07) Celia MacDonnell, PHP, (07) Lewis Pakula, MTH, (07) Karen Ramsay, LIB, (07), Chair Alan Graham, CBA, (08) Paula Viau, NUR, (08) Jayne Richmond, Dean of University College and Special Academic Programs, Edmund Ferszt, Associate Dean, Feinstein College of Continuing Education, Representative of the Talent Development Program, R I High School Guidance Counselor Cynthia Bonn, Dean of Admissions, ex officio 1 undergraduate student.

AFFIRMATIVE ACTION/EQUAL OPPORTUNITY Deborah Riebe, KIN, (07), Senate appointee *Stephen Grubman-Black, (08) Senate appointee

ALUMNI ASSOCIATION EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE Mary MacDonald, LIB, (09), Faculty Senate appointee

ATHLETICS ADVISORY BOARD John Boulmetis, EDC, (08), Faculty Senate appointee Yvette Harps Logan, TMD, (09,) Faculty Senate appointee David Heskett, PHY, (07), Faculty Senate appointee *Barbara Luebke, JOR, (07), Chair, Faculty Senate appointee Yngve Ramstad, ECN, President's appointee

COMPETITIVE GRANTS ADVISORY COMMITTEE Joel Chandlee, PLS, (07), Provost's appointee *Ruby Dholakia, CBA, (07), Faculty Senate appointee Yvette Harps-Logan, TMD, (09), Faculty Senate appointee Norma Owens, PHP, (07), Provost's appointee Gerry Tyler, PSC, (08), Provost's appointee Richard Vaccaro, ELE, (08), Faculty Senate appointee M. Beverly Swan, Provost, Chair Sheila Black Grubman, Coordinator, Faculty Senate

HONORARY DEGREES COMMITTEE *John Leo, ENG, (08) Celest Martin, WRT, (07) *Michael Rice, FAVS, (07)

INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY (IPC) Marta Gomez-Chiarri, FAVS, (08), Faculty Senate appointee Donald Gray, CHE, (07), Faculty Senate appointee Jan Northby, PHY, (09), Faculty Senate appointee Brett Lucht, Chair, Council for Research

JOINT STRATEGIC PLANNING COMMITTEE (JSPC) Robert L. Carothers, President and Chairperson of the JSPC M. Beverly Swan, Provost and Vice President, Academic Affairs Robert Weygand, Vice President, Administration Tom Dougan, Vice President, Student Affairs Robert Beagle, Vice President, University Advancement *Michael Rice, FAVS, Chairperson, Faculty Senate *Barbara Luebke, JOR, Vice Chairperson, Faculty Senate *Marilyn Barbour, PHP, Faculty Senate *Jim Kinnie, LIB, Faculty Senate *James Kowalski, CSC, Faculty Senate *James Miller, OCE, Faculty SenateDayle Joseph, Dean, College of Nursing Joanne DiBello, ASFCCE Domingo Morel, Talent Development Neil Cavanaugh, President, Student Senate Matt Freeman, President,Graduate Student Association

MEMORIAL UNION ADVISORY COMMITTEE Geoffrey Leatham, COM, (07) *Carol Betensky, ENG, (08)

PRESIDENT'S COMMISSION ON THE STATUS OF WOMEN Faye Boudreaux-Bartels, ELE, (09)

PROVIDENCE CAMPUS UNDERGRADUATE INITIATIVE COMMITTEE Cynthia Bonn, Dean of Admissions Lynne Derbyshire, COM Marshall Feldman, CPL Carla Simonini, Interim Associate Dean AFSCCE Cliff Katz, Assistant Provost Celest Martin, WRT, Chair Barbara Newman, HDF (replaced by Jerome Adams, HDF, 06-07) C. B. Peters, SOC Kat Quina, PSY Jayne Richmond, Dean University College

SPACE ENHANCEMENT, DESIGN, AND ALLOCATION COMMITTEE (SEDA) *James Kowalski, PHL, (07) Leon Thiem, CVE, (08)

STUDENT RIGHTS AND RESPONSIBILITIES COMMITTEE (SR&R) *Jim Agostinucci, PHT, (09) *Godi Fischer, ELE, (08) *Bridget Ruemmele, PLS, (09) *Manbir Sodhi, IME, (08)

UNIVERSITY APPEALS BOARD Faye Boudreaux-Bartels, (07) *Dana Kovarsky, CMD (08)

UNIVERSITY STUDENT CONDUCT BOARD *Graham Forrester, NRS, (08) --- *Leonard Gerber, NFS, (08) *Michelangelo La Luna, LAN, (07) *Andree Rathemacher, LIB, (08) Ellen Reynolds, Associate Director, Health Services, (07)

WEB ADVISORY COMMITTEE *David Taggart, MCE (08)