FUNCTION: To advise with the president on personnel for standing committees of the General Faculty and the uses to be made of the committee system; to make recommendations to the Faculty Council regarding changes in composition, functions, and responsibilities of standing committees, including term limits and voting rights of committee members.
COMPOSITION: Nine (9) voting members of the General Faculty for three (3) year staggered terms. Two (2) of them shall be appointed annually from a panel of four (4) faculty members elected at large from and by the voting members of the General Faculty through the Hare-Clark preferential voting system and one appointed annually by the president through the regular procedures of the Committee on Committees. 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 Secretary of the General Faculty and the chair elect of the Faculty Council (ex officio with vote) shall also serve on the committee. No member, except the Secretary of the General Faculty, may serve continuously for more than six (6) years.
2024-25 Member E-mail Address Book (comma delimited)
2024-25 Member E-mail Address Book (semi-colon delimited)
Annual Reports of the General Faculty Standing Committees
Annual Report
First Meeting
TBD
2023-2024 Membership
2023-24 Committee Chair
Amanda Hager, Associate Professor of Instruction, Mathematics
Chair Elect
TBD
2021-2024
Andres Almazan, Professor, Finance **
Shelly Rodriguez, Professor of Practice, UTeach-Natural Sciences **
Brian Evans, Professor, Electrical and Computer Engineering *
2022-2025
Erica Ciszek, Associate Professor, School of Advertising and Public Relations *
Amanda Hager, Associate Professor of Instruction, Mathematics **
Anantaram Balakrishnan, Professor, Department of Information, Risk, and Operations **
2023-2026
Liz Gershoff, Professor, Human Development and Family Sciences**
Stephanie Holmsten, Associate Professor of Instruction, Government**
Keryn Pasch, Associate Professor, Kinesiology and Health Education*
2024-2027
Marc Hesse, Professor, Earth and Planetary Sciences*
TBD**
TBD **
2023-2024 Faculty Council Representatives
Shiv Ganesh, Professor, Communication Studies
Masa Prodanovic, Professor, Petroleum and Geosystems Engineering
2024-2025 Faculty Council Representatives
Bruce Wells. Associate Professor, Middle Eastern Studies
Carma Gorman, Associate Professor, Art and Art History
Notation
* Appointed from a panel of names submitted by the Committee on Committees.
** Appointed from a panel of names elected by the General Faculty.
2024-2025 Ex Officio Members with Vote
Charlotte Canning, Secretary of the General Faculty and Professor, Theatre and Dance
Edward Castillo, Faculty Council Chair Elect and Associate Professor, Biomedical Engineering