Faculty Committees 2021-2022

Elected

Academic Priorities Committee

  • Division I: Naoko Nemoto (chair), 2019-2023; Vanessa James, 2021-2022; David Hernández, 2021-2022
  • Division II: Kathryn McMenimen, 2018-2022
  • Division III: Johannes Norling, 2021-2025
  • Dean of faculty; dean of students; 2 students

Advisory Committee On Admissions And Financial Aid

  • Division I: Nina Emery (chair), 2019-2022
  • Division II: Amy Camp, 2020-2023
  • Division III: Jen Matos, 2020-2023; Katherine Schmeiser, 2021-2024
  • Vice president for enrollment management; director of student financial services; 2 students

Advisory Committee On Appointments, Reappointments, And Promotions

  • Division 1: James Harold, 2019-2023; Nieves Romero-Diaz, 2021-2025
  • Division 2: Maria Gomez, 2020-2024; Martha Hoopes, 2021-2024
  • Division 3: Katherine Binder, 2021-2025
  • Dean of faculty (chair); president

Diversity, Equity and Inclusion (DEI) Advisory Committee

  • Division I: Barbie Diewald, 2021-2024
  • Division II: Olivia Aguilar, 2021-2024
  • Division III: Ted Gilliland, 2019-2022; John Tawa, 2020-2023
  • Vice president for equity and inclusion and chief diversity officer; 5 students; 4 non-faculty staff chosen as directed by Staff Council; 1 non-faculty staff appointed by the division of student life

Committee On Appeals

  • Division I: David Sanford, 2020-2023; Samba Gadjigo, 2020-2022: Justin Crumbaugh 2021-2024
  • Division II: Katie Berry, 2020-2023; Heather Pon-Barry, 2020-2022
  • Division III: Lan Wu, 2021-2024

Faculty Equity in Hiring Committee

  • Division I: Adeline Mueller (chair), 2020-2023 
  • Division II: Audrey St. John, 2021-2024
  • Division III: Serin Houston, 2019-2022 (on leave 2021-2022); Adam Hilton, 2021-2022; Jen Matos, 2021-2024; Ren-yo Hwang, 2021-2024
  • Dean of faculty; non-faculty staff from DEI Office (ex officio without vote)

Faculty Committee On Planning And Budgeting

  • Division I: Samuel Mitchell, 2021-2025
  • Division II: Renae Brodie (chair), 2020-2023; Kerstin Nordstrom, 2020-2024 (on leave 2021-2022); Spencer Smith, 2021-2022
  • Division III: Matthew Watson, 2021-2025; Jared Schwartzer 2021-2024
  • Dean of faculty; associate dean of faculty; vice president for finance and administration

Faculty Conference Committee

  • Division I: Suparna Roychoudhury, 2018-2022 (co-chair); Amina Steinfels, 2019-2023
  • Division II: Craig Woodard (co-chair), 2018-2022; Donald Cotter, 2019-2023
  • Division III: Corey Flanders, 2020-2024

Faculty Grants Committee

  • Division I: Vanessa Rosa, 2019-2023
  • Division II: Kyle Broaders, 2019-2022; Marta Sabariego, 2021-2024
  • Division III: Mara Breen (chair), 2019-2022
  • Dean of faculty

LITS Advisory Committee

  • Division I: Lisha Xu, 2020-2023; Jessica Maier, 2021-2024; Adriana Pitetta, 2021-2022
  • Division II: Lisa Ballesteros, 2020-2023
  • Division III: Ayca Zayim, 2021-2024
  • Dean of faculty; chief information officer and executive director of LITS; 2 students

Appointed

Academic Administrative Board

  • Division I: Geoff Sumi, 2021-2024
  • Division II: Tim Chumley, 2020-2022
  • Division III: KC Haydon, 2020-2023
  • Dean of studies (chair); dean of studies; registrar; class deans

Academic Honor Board

  • Division I: Wes Yu, 2020-2023
    Division II: Barbara Lerner, 2020-2022
  • Division III: TBA
  • Dean of studies (chair); 1 student

Committee on Fellowships

  • Division I: Ombretta Frau, 2021-2024
  • Division II: Andre White, 2020-2023
  • Division III: TBA
  • Dean of studies

Subcommittee on Fulbright ETA: Sarah Frenette, III; Mark Shea, I; Jen Matos, III; dean of studies (chair)

Committee On The Health Professions

  • Division I: Suparna Roychoudhury, 2021-2024; Jacquelyne Luce, 2021-2024; Esther Castro Cuenca, 2021-2024
  • Division II: Kyle Broaders, 2021-2024 (on leave 2021-2022); Patricia Brennan, 2021-2024 (on leave 2021-2022); Andre White, 2019-2022; Kerstin Nordstrom 2019-2022 (on leave 2021-2022); Ken Colodner, 2020-2023
  • Division III: 

Institutional Review Board

  • Division I: Mark Shea
  • Division II: Renae Brodie
  • Division III: Mara Breen (chair); Cheryl Lee; Joshua Roth
  • Director of Institutional Research; Sarah Etelman

Faculty Planning Committee

  • Academic Priorities Committee: Naoko Nemoto, I
  • Faculty Conference Committee: Donald Cotter, II
  • Faculty Committee on Planning and Budgeting: Jared Schwartzer, III
  • Advisory Committee on Appointments, Reappointments, and Promotion: Martha Hoopes, II
  • DEI Advisory Committee: John Tawa, III

Marshals

  • Division I: Catherine Legouis, 2020-2024 (Faculty Marshal)
  • Division II: Renae Brodie, 2019-22 (College Marshal)
  • Division III: Ken Tucker, spring 2020-2023 (Faculty Marshal)

Current faculty can find more information on committees, including annual reports, on the dean of faculty resource site on my.mtholyoke.