Senate Committees 2014-2015

As of May 5, 2015

If you would like to serve on any of the standing committees listed below, report on a spelling error, or have your name removed for the upcoming academic year, kindly send an email to senate (at) shu.edu. Please note, you do not need to be a Senator in order to serve as a member on any standing committee. 

EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE

  • Chair: Judith Lothian (NURS)
  • Vice-chair: Mary Balkun (A&S)
  • Executive Secretary: Philip Moremen (DIPL)
  • Members-at-Large: Beth Bloom (Library), Irene De Masi (SHMS)
  • Immediate Past Chair (non-voting): David Beneteau (A&S)

STANDING COMMITTEES

*indicates Senator for the 2014-2015 Academic Year
**indicates Senator Alternate for the 2014-2015 Academic Year

ACADEMIC FACILITIES COMMITTEE

Co-Chairs: Richard Stern (Library) & Hongfei Tang (SSOB)*

Karen Boroff (SSOB), Theresa Henry (SSOB)*, Yanzhong Huang (DIPL), William McCartan (CEHS), Cherubim Quizon (A&S), Thomas Rondinella (A&S), Mary Ann Scharf (NURS)

ACADEMIC POLICY COMMITTEE

Co-Chairs: Amy Hunter (A&S)* & John T. Saccoman (A&S)

Richard Boergers (SHMS)*, Josephine DeVito (NURS), Karen Gevirtz (A&S), Yanzhong Huang (DIPL), Vicente Medina (A&S), Phil Moremen (Diplomacy)*, Mary Ellen Roberts (NURS), M. Alper Şahiner (A&S)*, Arundhati Sanyal (A&S), Ellen Scully (Theology) John Shannon (SSOB)*, Richard Stern (Library)

ADMISSIONS COMMITTEE

Chair: Eric Johnston (Theology)*

Assefaw Bariagaber (DIPL), C Lynn Carr (A&S)*, Irene De Masi (SHMS)*, Sean Harvey (A&S)*, Kyle Heim (A&S)**, Donna Ho-Shing (NURS)*, Mark Holtzman (SSOB)*, Robert Kelchen (CEHS)**, Carolyn Sattin-Bajaj (CEHS)*, Mary Ann Scharf (NURS), Richard Stern (Library)

CALENDAR COMMITTEE

Chair: Mark Molesky (A&S)*

Martha Easton (A&S)*, Patrick Fisher (A&S)*, Theresa Henry (SSOB)*, Anthony Lee (Library), Laura Schoppmann (A&S), Kathleen Sternas (NURS), Hongfei Tang (SSOB)*, Zheng Wang (DIPL), Cathy Zizik (A&S)

COMPENSATION AND WELFARE COMMITTEE

Chair: C Lynn Carr (A&S)*

Diana Alvarez-Amell (A&S)*, Mary Balkun (A&S)*, Irene De Masi (SHMS)*, Marta Deyrup (Library), Paige Fisher (A&S), Marcia Gardner (NURS)*, Benjamin Goldfrank (DIPL)*, Anthony Haynor (A&S)*, Alexandra Hennessy (A&S)*, Cecilia Marzabadi (A&S), Wyatt R Murphy (A&S), Gary Kritz (SSOB), Anthony Lee (Library), Lauren McFadden (CEHS), Donna Mesler (NURS), Marco Morazán (A&S), Carolyn Sattin-Bajaj (CEHS)*, Donovan Sherman (A&S), Richard Stern (Library), Bonnie Sturm (NURS), Mark Svenvold (A&S), Hongfei Tang (SSOB)*

CORE CURRICULUM COMMITTEE

Chair: Beth Bloom (Library)*

A.D. Amar (SSOB)*, Benjamin Goldfrank (DIPL)*, Daniel Katz (CEHS), Fredline M’Cormack-Hale** (DIPL), Jon Radwan (A&S)**, Mary Patricia Wall (NURS)**

FACULTY DEVELOPMENT COMMITTEE

Chair: Elizabeth McCrea (SSOB)*

Xue-Ming Bao (Library), Gita DasBender (A&S)*, Alan Delozier (Library)*, Martha Easton (A&S)*, Judith Egan (NURS)**, Jonathan Farina (A&S)*, Abraham Fried (SSOB), Karen Gevirtz (A&S), Mara Podvey (SHMS)*, Zheng Wang (DIPL)

FACULTY GRIEVANCE COMMITTEE

Chair:  Nathaniel Knight (A&S)*

A.D. Amar (SSOB)*, Beth Bloom (Library)*, Mitra Feizabadi (A&S), Vicente Medina (A&S), Mary Ellen Roberts (NURS), Thomas Rondinella (A&S)

FACULTY GUIDE AND BYLAWS COMMITTEE

Chair: Mary Balkun (A&S)*

Mitra Feizabadi (A&S), Sean Harvey (A&S)*, Anthony Haynor (A&S)*, Sean Harvey (A&S)*, Williamjames Hoffer (A&S), Nathaniel Knight (A&S)*, Gary Kritz (SSOB), Elizabeth McCrea (SSOB)*, Martha Loesch (Library), Judith Lucas (NURS)*, Ann Marie Murphy (Diplomacy), M. Alper Şahiner (A&S)*, Joel Sperber (A&S)

GRADUATE STUDIES COMMITTEE 

Chair: Kelly Shea (A&S)*

Gerard Babo (CEHS)**, Rong Chen (CEHS), Richard Dool (A&S)*, Martha Easton (A&S)*, Margaret Farrelly (CEHS), Sharon Favaro (Library), Pamela Galehouse (NURS), John Irwin (Library)*, Eunyoung Kim (CEHS), Anthony Lee (Library), Ann Marie Murphy (Diplomacy), Laura Palmer (CEHS)*, M. Alper Şahiner (A&S)*, Luke Stedrak (CEHS)*, Christopher Tienken (CEHS)**, Angela Weisl (A&S)

INSTRUCTIONAL TECHNOLOGY COMMITTEE

Chair: John Shannon (SSOB)*

Diana Alvarez-Amell (A&S)*, Richard Boergers (SHMS)*, Anca Cotet-Grecu (SSOB)**, Tin-Chun Chu (A&S)*, Rick Dool (A&S)*, Sharon Favaro (Library), Abraham Fried (SSOB), Gregory Glazov (Theology), Donna Ho-Shing (NURS)*, Nathaniel Knight (A&S)*, Lauren McFadden (CEHS), Ann Marie Murphy (Dipomacy), Richard Stern (Library)

LIBRARY COMMITTEE

Chair: Alan Delozier (A&S)*

Martin Edwards (DIPL), Nancy Enright (A&S), Sharon Favaro (Library), Sulekha Kalyan (Library)**, Arline Lowe (A&S), Murat Menguc (A&S), Manfred Minimair (A&S), Cherubim Quizon (A&S), Patricia Ropis (NURS), Kirsten Schultz (A&S), Ellen Scully (Theology), Mark Svenvold (A&S), Mary Patricia Wall (NURS)**, Robert Waters (A&S), Xiaoqing Eleanor Xu (SSOB), Heping Zhou (A&S)

NOMINATIONS, ELECTIONS, AND APPOINTMENTS COMMITTEE

Chair: Richard Dool (A&S)*

A.D. Amar (SSOB)*, Benjamin Goldfrank (DIPL)*, Marco Morazán (A&S), Mara Podvey (SHMS)*

PROGRAM REVIEW COMMITTEE (Membership by Appointment)

  • Chairs: Mary Balkun* and Ben Beitin
  • Arts and Sciences:  Ines Murzaku
  • Stillman School of Business: Elven Riley
  • Education and Human Services:
  • Nursing:  Pamela Galehouse
  • Health and Medical Sciences:  Kristiane George
  • Whitehead School of Diplomacy:  Margarita Balmaceda
  • Library:  Xueming Bao
  • Theology: TBA

INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY TASK FORCE

Chair: Marta Deyrup (Library)

Tin-Chun Chu (A&S)*, Sergiu M. Gorun (A&S), Jose Lopez (A&S), David Opderbeck (LAW), Thomas Rondinella (A&S), John Shannon (SSOB)*, Lisa Wiles-Rose (Library)