20-21 C6 International Programs and Studies Committee

FUNCTION: To advise the Faculty Council and executive vice president and provost on policies and procedures pertinent to the development, implementation, and on the operation of international programs at the University and pedagogical and research programs involving overseas study and/or work with internationally-oriented agencies.

COMPOSITION: Five (5) voting members of the General Faculty for three (3) year staggered terms and two (2) students. At least one (1) faculty member of the committee shall be a member of a foreign language department. One (1) student member shall be appointed by the president from each of the panels of two (2) names submitted by Student Government and the Senate of College Councils. In addition, every year the chair of the Faculty Council shall appoint two (2) voting faculty members of the Faculty Council for one (1) year terms. Each fall, the committee shall elect a chair elect who shall be a voting faculty member of the committee, though, if that proves impossible, it shall elect a vice chair as an interim measure, while continuing to seek a chair elect. Each committee shall make an annual report on its work, in writing, to the General Faculty and Faculty Council. The president shall appoint annually, as administrative advisors without vote, the senior vice provost for global engagement, the dean of the Graduate School, as well as one (1) person selected form the academic associate deans of the colleges and schools, one (1) person selected from among the directors of the University area studies centers, and a representative of the University administration in the area of international programs and related student services.

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Fall 2020 Meeting Schedule

Meetings will be held via Zoom

September 22, 1:30-2:00 PM
October 20, 1:30-2:00 PM
December 8, 1:30-2:00 PM

2020-2021 Membership

2020-21 Committee Chair
Melissa D. Murphy, Senior Lecturer, Spanish and Portuguese
Email: mmurphy@austin.utexas.edu

Vice Chair and/or Chair Elect
To be determined
Email:

2018-2021

Ann C. Johns, Distinguished Senior Lecturer, Art and Art History
Na'ama Pat-El, Associate Professor, Linguistics, and Center for Middle Eastern Studies (replacing John W. Traphagan, Professor, Religious Studies, who resigned from committee fall 2019)

2019-2022

Shiv Ganesh, Professor, Communication Studies
Melissa D. Murphy, Senior Lecturer, Spanish and Portuguese

2020-2023

Flavio S. Azevedo, Associate Professor, Curriculum and Instruction

2020-2021 Faculty Council Representatives

Marc Bizer, Professor, French and Italian
Lauren E. Gulbas, Assistant Professor, Social Work

Student Members

2020-2021

Ria Bhasin Student Government Representative
Morgan M Tucker, Senate of College Councils Representative

Administrative Advisers without Vote

2020-2021

Douglas G. Biow, Director, Academic Program, French and Italian
Sonia Feigenbaum, Senior Vice Provost for Global Engagement and Chief International Officer
Steven D. Hoelscher, Associate Dean for Academic Affairs, Liberal Arts
Heather A. Thompson, Director, Study Abroad
Marvin L. Hackert, Associate Dean, Graduate Studies Representative