Senate Committees

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

Senators and alternates are identified below by an asterisk (*Senator, **Alternate). 

EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE

  • Chair: Mary Ellen Roberts (NURS)*
  • Vice-Chair: Mark Holtzman (SSOB)*
  • Executive Secretary: Kelly Shea (A&S)*
  • Members-at-Large: Ann Marie Murphy (DIPL)* Dena Levine (CHDCM)*.

ACADEMIC FACILITIES COMMITTEE

Co-Chairs: Leslie Bunnage (A&S)*

David Backer (CHDCM), Mary Balkun (A&S)*, Frank Cicero (CEHS)*, Nicolas Dahan (SSOB)*, David Frank (LIBR)**, Theresa Henry (SSOB), Fanli Jia (A&S)*, Beverly Kass (NURS)*, Gary Kritz (SSOB), Brian Nichols (A&S)*, Mara Podvey (SHMS), Cheree Quizon (A&S), Lauren Schiller (CHDCM), Kristen Stives (A&S), Danielle Zanzalari (SSOB)

ACADEMIC POLICY COMMITTEE

Co-Chairs: Alan Delozier (LIBR)*, Jody Kulstad (CHDCM)

A.D. Amar (SSOB)*, Gregory Glazov (THEO)*, Anna M. Grecu (A&S), Fredline M’Cormack-Hale (DIPL), Mark Holtzman (SSOB)*, Joseph Huddleston (DIPL)*, Joyce Maglione (NURS)*, Peter Reader (CHDCM), Mehmet A. Sahiner (A&S)*, Ruth Segal (SHMS)

ADMISSIONS COMMITTEE 

Chair: Gerard Shea (LIBR)*

Dawn Apgar (A&S)*, Mary Balkun (A&S)*, Peggy Brady-Amoon (CEHS), Jessica Cottrell (A&S)*, James Daniel (A&S), Josephine DeVito (NURS), Jessica Dunn (SHMS), Kayla Glynn (LIBR), Mark Horowitz (A&S)*, Yanzhong Huang (DIPL), Eric Johnston (THEO)*, Luye Li (A&S), Brian Nichols (A&S)*, Craig Sorochuck (SSOB), Zheng Wang (DIPL)

CALENDAR COMMITTEE

Co-Chairs: Anne Giblin Gedacht (A&S)*, Theresa Henry (SSOB)

Nabeela Alam (DIPL), Taylor Henry (CHDCM), Dena Levine (CHDCM)*, Jurga Marshall (SHMS)*, Mark Molesky (A&S), Kathleen Sternas (NURS), Lisa Thornton (LIBR), Travis Timmerman (A&S), Zheng Wang (DIPL)

COMPENSATION AND WELFARE COMMITTEE

Co-Chairs: C. Lynn Carr (A&S)

A.D. Amar (SSOB)*, Lamar Bolden (SHMS)*, James Daniel (A&S)*, Benjamin Goldfrank (DIPL)*, Phyllis Hansell (NURS)**, Anthony Haynor (A&S), Minsun Lee (CHDCM)*, Lauren McFadden (CHDCM), Ann Marie Murphy (DIPL)*, Lisa Rose-Wiles (LIBR), Abby Saunders (SHMS), Travis Timmerman (A&S)

FACULTY DEVELOPMENT COMMITTEE

Chair: Leslie Rippon (SHMS)*

Xue-Ming Bao (LIBR), Jessica Cottrell (A&S)*, Nicolas Dahan (SSOB)*, Alan Delozier (LIBR)*, Josephine DeVito (NURS)**,Grace May (CHDCM)**, Paola Suarez Rocabado (SSOB), Kelly Shea (A&S)*

FACULTY GUIDE AND BYLAWS COMMITTEE

Chair: Mary Ellen Roberts (NURS)*

Maria Barca (LIBR), Amanda Bergold (A&S), Kelly Goedert (A&S), Omer Gokcekus (DIPL), Anthony Haynor (A&S), Mark Holtzman (SSOB)*, Yanzhong Huang (DIPL), Nathanial Knight (A&S), Ines Murzaku (A&S)*, Mary Ruzicka (CHDCM)*, Peter Shoemaker (A&S)*, Youssef Yacoubi (A&S)*

FACULTY GRIEVANCE COMMITTEE

Chair: Peter Shoemaker (A&S)*

Margarita Balmaceda (DIPL), Nina Capone (SHMS), Mark Couch (A&S), Omer Gokcekus (DIPL), Christine Heer (A&S)**, Jennifer Itkowitz (SSOB), Beverly Kass (NURS)*, Mary Mueller (CHDCM), Lisa Rose-Wiles (LIBR), Lauren Snowdon (SHMS)*, Youssef Yacoubi (A&S)*, Catherine Zizik (CHDCM)

GRADUATE STUDIES COMMITTEE 

Co-Chairs: Frank Cicero (CHDCM)*, Angela Weisl (A&S)

Maria Barca (LIBR), Dong DongChen (A&S), Ramona Guthrie (SHMS), Christine Heer (A&S)**, Minsun Lee (CHDCM), Ann Marie Murphy (DIPL), Michael Murphy (LIBR)**, Meryl Picard (SHMS), Mary Ellen Roberts (NURS), Mehmet Alper Sahiner (A&S)**, Russell Sbriglia (A&S), Craig Sorochuk (SSOB), Weining Wang (A&S)

INSTRUCTIONAL TECHNOLOGY COMMITTEE

Chair: Sina Shokoohyar (SSOB)*, Bert Wachsmuth (A&S)*

Xue-Ming Bao (LIBR), Leslie Bunnage (A&S)*, Dongdong Chen (A&S), Abraham Fried (SSOB), Gregory Glazov (THEO), Jason Hemann (A&S), Moira Kendra (NURS), Jose L. Lopez (A&S), Lauren McFadden (CHDCM), Michael Murphy (LIBR)**, Leslie Rippon (SHMS)*. Mehmet Alper Sahiner (A&S)*, Brianna Shuttleworth (CHCDM)**

LIBRARY COMMITTEE

Co-Chairs: David Reid (CHDCM)

Maria Barca (LIBR), LaMar Bolden (SHMS)*, Branden Buelher (CHDCM), Alan Delozier (LIBR)*, Nancy Enright (A&S), Timothy Fortin (THEO), Elizabeth McCrea (SSOB), Kimberly Ann Miller (SHMS), Elizabeth Redwine (A&S), Cheribum Quizon (A&S), Britta Redwood (DIPL), Denise Vigani (A&S)*, Mary Patricia Wall (NURS)*

NOMINATIONS, ELECTIONS, AND APPOINTMENTS COMMITTEE

Chair: Kimberly Conway (NURS)*

Gerard Shea (LIBR)*, Peter Shoemaker (A&S)*, Sina Shokoohyar (SSOB)*, Lauren Snowdon (SHMS)*

PROGRAM REVIEW COMMITTEE (Membership by Appointment)

Chair: Mary Balkun (A&S)*

Dawn Apgar (A&S), Venu Balasubramanian (SHMS), Christopher M. Ciccarino (THEO), Katherine Hinic (NURS), Mark Holtzman (SSOB)*, Jody Kulstad (CHDCM), Hector R. Lozada-Vega (SSOB), Philip Moremen (DIPL), Peter Reader (CHDCM), Gerard Shea (LIBR)*

UNIVERSITY CORE CURRICULUM COMMITTEE

Co-Chairs: Ines Murzaku (A&S)*, Joseph P. Rice (THEO)*

A.D. Amar (SSOB)*, Alan Delozier (LIBR)*, Josephine DeVito (NURS)**, Gregory Glazov (THEO)*, Anthony Haynor (A&S), Mark Molesky (A&S), Jerry Monaco (SHMS)*, Brian Muzas (DIPL)**, Jon Radwan (CHDCM)*, Renee Robinson (CHDCM), Ellen Scully (THEO)**, Axel Takacs (A&S)*, Patrick Wall (SSOB)**