Faculty Senate Committees 2023-2024

Executive Committee

• Soma Banerjee, President
• Ozzie Di Paolo Harrison, Vice President/President Elect
• Mahesh Pallikonda, Secretary
• Brandon Di Paolo Harrison, Treasurer
• Allen Chaparadza, Member at Large
• Manisha Gupte, Representative to University Curriculum Committee
• Mickey Wadia, Provost's Council Representative
• Perry Scanlan, Immediate Past President (ex-officio)
• Jane Semler, Board of Trustees Faculty Member (ex-officio)
• Uma Iyer, Parliamentarian

Rules Committee

• Ozzie Di Paolo Harrison, Senate Vice President/President Elect (Chair)
• Gloria Miller
• Amanda Estep
• Robin Reed
• Michelle Robertson

Nominations and Elections Committee

• Allyn Smith (Chair)
• Shani Collins-Woods
• Deonte Warren
• Christina Hicks-Goldstone

Budget Review Committee

• Brandon Di Paolo Harrison, Senate Treasurer (Chair)
• Harold Young
• John Blake
• Jessica Morris

Academic White

• Kathy Heuston (Chair)
• Samuel Ligo
• McLean Fahnestock
• Cheryl Lambert
• Matt Hampton

Charge (2023-24): Academic White will clarify/defining language for what and why is a course a Gen Ed course.

Academic Red

• Isaac Sitienei (Chair)
• Eugene Donev
• Kristen Hershey
• David Snyder
• Lisa Barron

Charge (2023-24): Academic Red will look at best practices course caps—how and why and will generate data from peer institutions about it.

Faculty White

• Christina Chester-Fangman (Chair)
• Kristen Butler
• Jennifer Snyder
• Tim Self
• James Thompson

Charge (2023-24): Faculty White will look at calculating credit hour policy and defining what is a credit hour and aligning it with SACSCOC requirements.

Faculty Red

• Brandon Di Paolo Harrison, Senate Treasurer (Chair)
• Terri Crutcher
• Eva Gibson
• Cindy Meyer
• Kakali Chakrabarti

Charge (2023-24): Faculty Red will assess and report on faculty salaries for diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) issues and overall faculty salary inversion. Determine key components of faculty compensation in preparation for new compensation plan consultants. 

Student Academic Success Initiative (SASI)

• Ibukun Amusan (Chair)
• Jennifer Thompson
• Saeid Samadidana
• Chesley Thigpen

Staff Service Award Committee

• Terri Clark (Chair)
• Charles Gonzalez
• David Rands
• Philip Elike
• Andrew Kostakis

CAFÉ Advisory Council Representative

• Eva Gibson, CoBHS