C4 Educational Policy Committee

FUNCTION: To study and evaluate proposals on educational policy and possible alternatives and to present recommendations on such matters to the Faculty Council. The committee shall actively seek advice from students.

COMPOSITION: Nine (9) voting members of the General Faculty, appointed for three (3) year staggered terms. Three (3) students shall be appointed by the Senate of College Councils, and one (1) by the Graduate Student Assembly. The student members must be from different colleges and should attempt to achieve gender diversity. The student members should include at least one (1) professional student. The Graduate Student Assembly’s appointee shall be a graduate student who is or has served as an assistant instructor or teaching assistant at the University. One (1) staff member who is a member of the Academic Counselors’ Association. 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; 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 provost, the dean of Undergraduate Studies, the director of Testing and Evaluation Services, and the registrar shall serve as administrative advisors without votes. The Campus Academic Deans (consisting of the academic deans in each college or school) shall nominate a consultant without a vote.

24-25 Member E-mail Address Book (comma delimited

24-25 Member E-mail Address Book (semi-colon delimited

Meetings

Oct 7, 12 pm

Annual Report

Membership

Committee Chair
Marci E J Gleason, Associate Professor, Human Development and Family Sciences 

Chair Elect
TBD

2022-2025

Vertica Bhardwaj, Associate Professor of Instruction, Division of Textiles and Apparel
Laura Estep, Assistant Professor of Practice, Special Education (replacing former member, fall 2023)
Stephen Walls, Associate Professor of Instruction, Marketing (EPC liaison to the Undergraduate Studies Advisory Committee)

2023-2026

Darla Castelli, Professor, Kinesiology and Health Education
Marci Gleason, Associate Professor, Human Development and Family Sciences
Julie Minich, Associate Professor, English

2024-2027

Jennifer Austin, Professor of Instruction, Mathematics
Jennifer Ebbeler, Associate Professor, Classics
Angela Valenzuela, Professor, Educational Leadership and Policy

2024-2025 Faculty Council Representatives

Debra Hansen, Assistant Professor of Instruction, Biology Instruction Office
Lawrence Schooler, Assistant Professor of Practice, Communication Studies

Student Members

2024-2025

Poojitha Diggikar, Senate of College Councils Representative
Vivamaria Hanna, Senate of College Councils Representative
TBD, Senate of College Councils Representative
Jacob Navarrete, Graduate Student Assembly Representative

Academic Counselors Association Member

2024-2025
Isabell Alvarado, Senior Student Program Coordinator, Undergraduate College

Administrative Advisers without Vote

2024-2025

Thereisa Coleman, Director, Testing and Evaluation Services
Brenda Schumann, University Registrar
Art Markman, Vice Provost for Continuing and Professional Education and New Education Ventures, Provost's Representative
Richard Reddick, Senior Vice Provost, Dean, Undergraduate College
Danielle Alsandor, Deputy Director, Undergraduate College, Delegate for SVP, Dean, of Undergraduate College

Consultants without Vote

2024-2025

W. Reneé Acosta, Associate Dean for Academic Affairs, Pharmacy, Campus Academic Deans Representative