Faculty Committees 2020-21
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Faculty Handbook Section I-B
- Compensation Subcommittee
- Nominations Subcommittee
1.2.5 Faculty Review Committee
- Course Approval Subcommittee (CAPSUB)
1.2.7 Academic Operations Committee (AOC)
1.2.8 Academic Technology Committee (ATC)
1.2.9 Global Engagement Committee (GEC)
1.2.10 Faculty Development Committee (FDC)
1.2.11 Faculty Personnel Committee
- Third year Review Subcommittee
1.2.12 Academic Affairs Coordinating Council (AACC)
1.2.13 Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Committee (DEIC)
1.2.14 Special Faculty Assignments
Appointed by the Faculty Senate
- Faculty Secretary and Assistant Faculty Secretary
- Faculty Marshals
- Chair of the Lecture Series
- Chair of the Artist Series
- Faculty Athletics Representative
- Faculty To Serve on Committees and Subgroups of the Board of Trustees Groups
- Faculty Representatives to the Benefits Committee
- Faculty Representatives to the Internal Budget Committee
- Honor Board
- Grade Appeals Board
- Academic Petitions Board
- Academic Probations Board
Elected by the Faculty
- Faculty Representatives to the ISLO Assessment Committee
1.2.15 Department Chairs and Program Directors Committee (DCPDC) Membership
1.2.16 College Accreditation Committee
Emergency Planning Committee - COVID
NOTE: The information in this Section I-B is a listing of persons elected or appointed to serve on faculty committees and/or special faculty assignments. Information about specific functions and procedures is given in that part of Section I-A designated in each listing.
Student Representatives listed are appointed by the Student Senate.
1.2.4 Faculty Senate Membership 2020-21
Faculty Senate Website
faculty-senate@gustavus.edu
- Brandon Dean (2019-2021) Vice Chair
- Ursula Lindqvist (2018-2021)
- Dan Mollner (2018-2021)
- Ana Adams (2019-2022)
- Katrina Imison-Mazy (2019-2022)
- Greg Kaster (2020-2022)
- Ruth Lin (2019-2022)
- Mimi Gerstbauer (2020-2023)
- Sun Hee Lee (2020-2023)
- Maddalena Marinari (2020-2023)
- Dwight Stoll (2020-2023) Chair
- Esther Wang (2020-2023)
- Non-voting ex officio: President Rebecca M. Bergman
- Non-voting ex officio: Provost Brenda Kelly
- Non-voting ex officio: Faculty Secretary Mark Braun (2020-2023)
Subcommittees
Compensation Committee Membership
Compensation Committee Website
faculty-compensation-com@gustavus.edu
- Casey Elledge (2017-2021)
- Vita Faychuk (2018-2022)
- Tom LoFaro (2019-2023)
- Steve Mellema (2020-2024)
Nominations Committee Membership
- Brandon Dean, Convener
- Ana Adams
- Ursula Lindqvist
- Dan Mollner
- Dwight Stoll
- Open
1.2.5 Faculty Review Committee Membership 2020-21
Regular Members:
- Casey Elledge (2018-2021)
- Matt Panciera (2020–2022)
- Kjerstin Moody (2020–2023)
Alternate Member: Priscilla Briggs (2018-2021)
1.2.6 Curriculum Committee Membership 2020-21
Curriculum Committee Website
cc-com@gustavus.edu
- Education Division: Mary Westby (2020–23)
- Fine Arts Division: Scott Moore (2020-2023)
- Humanities Division: Mary McHugh (2020-2023)
- Natural Sciences and Math: Jeff Ford (2019-2022)
- Social Science Division: Jeff Owen (2018–21)
- At Large: Hayley Russell (2018-2021)
- At Large: Kate Knutson (2019-2022) Chair
- At Large: Sharon Marquart (2020–2023)
- At Large: Anna Versluis (2020–2023)
- Student representative: Wyatt Gillette ‘21
- Student representative: Mustafa Abuhamdeh ‘22
- Student representative: Kelsey Walock ‘23
- Voting ex officio: Provost Brenda Kelly or designee
- Non-voting ex officio: Registrar: Kristianne Westphal / Assistant Registrar: Mary Gunderson
- Non-voting ex officio: Library Chair: Michelle Twait
- Non-voting ex officio: Director of General Education: Dean Elizabeth Kubek
- Non-voting ex officio: Director of January Term: Dean Valerie Banschbach
- Non-voting ex officio: Director of Three Crowns Curriculum: Blake Couey
- Non-voting ex officio: Director of the Center for International and Cultural Education: Bryan Messerly
- Non-voting ex officio: Director of Writing Across the Curriculum: Becky Fremo
- Non-voting ex officio: Director of First Term Seminar: Lauren Hecht
- Non-voting ex officio: College Assessment Director: Sarah Ruble
Subcommittees
Course Approval Subcommittee (CAPSUB) Membership
- Education Division: Katrina Imison-Mazy (2020-2022)
- Fine Arts Division: Matthew Rightmire (2020-2022)
- Humanities Division: Mary McHugh (2020-2023)
- Natural Sciences and Mathematics Division: Laura Burrack (2018-2021)
- Social Science Division: Open (2020-2023)
- Student representative: Lillie Ortloff ‘22
- CAPSUB Chair, Elected member of the Curriculum Committee: Jeff Owen Chair
- Voting ex officio: Provost or designee: Brenda Kelly
- Non-voting ex officio: Curriculum Committee Chair: Kate Knutson
- Non-voting ex officio: Registrar: Kristi Westphal
- Non-voting ex officio: Director of General Education: Dean Elizabeth Kubek
- Non-voting ex officio: Director of January Term: Dean Valerie Banschbach
- Non-voting ex officio: Director of Three Crowns Curriculum: Blake Couey
- Non-voting ex officio: Director of Writing Program: Becky Fremo
- Non-voting ex officio: Director of First Term Seminar: Lauren Hecht
- Non-voting ex officio: Library faculty representative: Michelle Twait
1.2.7 Academic Operations Committee (AOC) Membership 2020-21
Academic Operations Committee (AOC) Website
faculty-aoc-com@gustavus.edu
- Josh Brown (2018-2021)
- Heidi Meyer (2018-2021)
- Lucie Holmgreen (2019-2022) Chair
- Mary McHugh (2020–2023)
- Karrin Meffert–Nelson (2020–2023)
- Student representative: Justin Schriever ‘23
- Student representative: Paige Patterson ‘21
- Non-voting ex officio: Provost or designee: Dean Elizabeth Kubek
- Non-voting ex officio: Dean of Students or designee: Megan Ruble
- Non-voting ex officio: Registrar: Kristianne Westphal
- Non-voting ex officio: Library Chair: Michelle Twait
- Non-voting ex officio: Director of Athletics designee: Jared Phillips
- Non-voting ex officio: Executive Director of Career Development or designee: Julie Rudolf
- Non-voting ex officio: Director of Academic Support Center or designee: Thomas McHugh
1.2.8 Academic Technology Committee (ATC) Membership 2020-21
Academic Technology Committee (ATC) Website
faculty-atc-com@gustavus.edu
- Education Division: Michelle Twait (2018-2021)
- Fine Arts Division: Open (2020-2023)
- Humanities Division: Samuel Kessler (2019-2022)
- Natural Sciences and Mathematics Division: Jessie Petricka (2018-2021) Chair
- Social Science Division: Patrick Heath (2020-2023)
- Student representative: Abigail Doran ‘23
- Student representative: Open
- Voting ex officio: Provost or designee: Dean Elizabeth Kubek
- Voting ex officio: Library Chair or designee: Michelle Twait
- Voting ex officio: Associate Director of Instructional Services: Marni Dunning
1.2.9 Global Engagement Committee (GEC) Membership 2020-21
Global Engagement Committee (GEC) Website
faculty-gec-com@gustavus.edu
- Steve Mellema (2020–2022) Co-Chair
- Suzanne Wilson (2020–2022) Co-Chair
- Marco Cabrera Geserick (2020–2023)
- Micah Maatman (2020–2023)
- Lynnea Myers (2020–2023)
- Student representative: Quincy Yangh ‘21
- Student representative: Alyssa Hegde ‘22
- Non-voting ex officio: Provost or designee: Dean Valerie Banschbach
- Non-voting ex officio: Director of January Term or designee: Dean Valerie Banschbach
- Non-voting ex officio: Director of Center for International and Cultural Education or designee: Bryan Messerly
- Non-voting ex officio: Director of Inclusive Excellence or designee: Tom Flunker
1.2.10 Faculty Development Committee (FDC) Membership 2020-21
- Betsy Byers (2018-2021)
- Mary Gaebler (2019-2022)
- Sarah Wolter (2019-2022) Chair
- Lynnea Myers (2020–2023)
- Matt Rasmussen (2020–2023)
- Non-voting ex officio: President Rebecca M. Bergman
- Non-voting ex officio: Provost or designee: Provost Brenda Kelly
- Non-voting ex officio: Director of Research and Sponsored Programs: Sarah Bridges
- Non-voting ex officio: Kendall Center Director Matthew Panciera
1.2.11 Faculty Personnel Committee (PC) Membership 2020-21
Faculty Personnel Committee (PC) Website
faculty-personnel-com@gustavus.edu
- Michele Rusinko (2019-2021)
- Philip Voight (2018-2021)
- Jennifer Ackil (2019-2022) Chair
- Kathy Lund Dean (2019-2022)
- Valerie Walker (2019-2022)
- Scott Bur (2020–2023)
- Patricia English-Schneider (2019-2023)
- Jeff Jeremiason (2020–2023)
- Barbara Zust (2020–2023)
- Non-voting ex officio: President Rebecca M. Bergman
- Non-voting ex officio: Provost Brenda Kelly
Subcommittee
Third-Year Review Subcommittee Membership
tyr-sub@gustavus.edu
- Thia Cooper (2019-2022)
- Bonnie Reimann (2019-2022) Chair
- Brandon Dean (2020–2023)
- Anna Hulseberg (2020–2023)
- Greg Kaster (2020–2023)
- Priscilla Briggs (2020-2023)
1.2.12 Academic Affairs Coordinating Council (AACC) Membership 2019-2020
faculty-academic-affairs-com@gustavus.edu
- Chair of Academic Operations Committee: Lucie Holmgreen
- Chair of Academic Technology Committee: Jessie Petricka
- Chair of Curriculum Committee: Kate Knutson
- Co-chairs of Department Chairs and Program Directors Committee: Glenn Kranking and Heidi Meyer
- Chair of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Committee: Marie Walker
- Chair of Faculty Senate: Dwight Stoll
- Chair of Faculty Development Committee: Sarah Wolter
- Co-chairs of Global Engagement Committee: Suzanne Wilson and Steve Mellema
- Non-voting ex officio: President Rebecca Bergman
- Non-voting ex officio: Provost or designee: Provost Brenda Kelly
- Non-voting ex officio: Associate Provost or designee: Dean Elizabeth Kubek
- Non-voting ex officio: Associate Provost or designee: Dean Valerie Banschbach
- Non-voting ex officio: Dean of Students or designee: JoNes VanHecke
1.2.13 Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Committee (DEIC) 2020-21
Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Committee (DEIC) Website
DEIC-com@gustavus.edu
- Education Division: Aaron Banks (2020–23)
- Fine Arts Division: Esther Wang (2020-2023)
- Humanities Division: Maria Kalbermatten (2020–23)
- Natural Sciences and Mathematics Division: Open (2020-2022)
- Social Science Division: Marie Walker (2020–23) Chair
- At Large: Amy Seham (2018-2021)
- At Large: Yumiko Oshima-Ryan (2019-2022)
- Student representative: Charlotte Lim ‘21
- Student representative: Amanda Braun ‘21
- Non-voting ex officio: Provost or designee: Dean Valerie Banschbach
- Non-voting ex officio: Director of Human Resources or designee: Kathi Tunheim
- Non-voting ex officio: Director of Inclusive Excellence or designee: Thomas Flunker
- Non-voting ex officio: Director of Center for International and Cultural Education or designee: Jeff Anderson
- Non-voting ex officio: Director of Kendall Center for Engaged Learning or designee: Margaret Bloch Qazi
1.2.14 Special Faculty Assignments 2020-21
Appointed by Faculty Senate
- Faculty Secretary: Mark Braun (2020-23)
- Faculty Marshal: Richard Leitch (2018-2021)
- Assistant Faculty Marshal: Lucie Holmgreen (2019-2022)
- Chair of Lecture Series: Michele Rusinko (2019-2021)
- Chair of Artist Series: Patricia Snapp (2019-2022)
- Faculty Athletics Representative: Jeff Owen (2018-2021)
Faculty to Serve on Committees and Subgroups of the Board of Trustees Groups
NOTE: Terms are three years, July through June. Terms for senators are normally the same as their term on the Faculty Senate.
Academic Affairs Committee
- Faculty Senate Representative: Greg Kaster (2020-2021)
- Curriculum Committee Representative: Open
- DCPDC Representative: Pamela Conners (2019-2022)
- Student Representative: Hailey Concepcion ‘21
- Student Representative: Sienna Wiebusch ‘22
- Non-voting ex officio: Faculty Senate Chair: Dwight Stoll
- Non-voting ex officio: Faculty Senate Vice Chair: Brandon Dean
Advancement Committee
- Faculty Senate Representative: Ruth Lin (2020-2022)
- At large: Lisa Heldke (2020–23)
Budget Committee
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Internal Budget Committee Representative: Mark Kruger (2019-2022)
Enrollment Management Committee
- Faculty Senate Representative: Ursula Lindqvist (2018-2021)
- At large: Jessie Petricka (2019-2022)
Marketing and Communication Committee
- Faculty Senate Representative: Mimi Gerstbauer (2020-2023)
- At Large: Steve Mellema (2020-2023)
Student Life Committee
- Faculty Senate Representative: Dan Mollner (2018-2021)
- At Large: Richard Leitch (2020-2023)
Faculty Representatives to the Benefits Committee
- Rory McFadden (2019–22)
- Vita Faychuk (2020–23)
- Bonnie Reimann (2020–23)
Faculty Representatives to the President's Environmental Sustainability Council
- Ian Hill (2019-2022)
- Darsa Donelan (2020–2023)
Faculty Representatives to the Internal Budget Committee
- Karl Larson (2018-2021)
- Mark Krueger (2019-2022)
- Vita Faychuk (2020-2023)
Honor Board Membership
- Faculty member: Glenn Kranking (2020-2022)
- Faculty member: Mary Gaebler (2019-2022)
- Faculty member: Martin Lang (2020-2023)
- Faculty member: David Obermiller (2020-2023)
- Faculty member: Jacob Siehler (2020–2023)
- Faculty member: Patricia Snapp (2020–2023)
- Student representative: Owen Nkurunziza ‘21
- Student representative: Lillie Ortloff ‘22
- Student representative: Hailey Concepcion ‘21
- Student representative: Open
- Student representative: Open
- Student representative: Open
- Ex officio: Provost or designee: Valerie Banschbach
Grade Appeals Board Membership
- Education Division: Open (2020–21)
- Fine Arts Division: Henry MacCarthy (2020–23)
- Humanities Division: Greg Kaster (2020–23)
- Natural Sciences and Mathematics Division: Heather Haemig (2019–21)
- Social Science Division: Lucie Holmgreen (2019–22)
- Non-voting ex officio: Provost or designee: Valerie Banschbach
Academic Petitions Board Membership
- Laura Burrack (2018-2021)
- Trish Snapp (2020-2023)
- Voting ex officio: Provost or designee: Valerie Banschbach
- Voting ex officio: Registrar Kristianne Westphal
Academic Probations Board Membership
- Faculty member: Richard Leitch: (2018-2021)
- Faculty member: Patricia Snapp (2019-2022)
- Faculty member: Jacob Siehler (2020-2023)
- Voting ex officio: Provost or designee: Valerie Banschbach
- Voting ex officio: Dean of Students or designee: JoNes VanHecke
- Voting ex officio: Registrar: Kristianne Westphal / Assistant Registrar: Mary Gunderson
- Voting ex officio: Academic Support Center Director: Thomas McHugh / Associate Director Jane Lalim
- Voting ex officio: Counseling Center Director: Hannah Godbout
- Voting ex officio: Chaplain: Siri Erickson
- Voting ex officio: Vice President of Enrollment Management or designee: Alan Meier
- Voting ex officio: Director of Inclusive Excellence: Thomas Flunker
Elected by Faculty
ISLO College Assessment Committee
- Lianying Shan (2019-2022)
- Marcia Bunge (2020–2023)
1.2.15 Department Chairs and Program Directors Committee (DCPDC) Membership 2020-21
dept-chairs@gustavus.edu
Art and Art History: Betsy Byers
Biology: Jon Grinnell
Chemistry: Scott Bur and Brandy Russell, Co-Chairs
Communication Studies: Pamela Conners
Economics and Management: Sheng Yang
Education: Amy Vizenor (Fall 2020) / Dan Moos (Spring 2021)
English: Sean Cobb and Rob Kendrick, Co-Chairs
Geography: Joaquin Villanueva
Geology: Laura Triplett
Greek, Latin, and Classical Studies: Matt Panciera
Health and Exercise Science: Stephanie Otto
History: Kate Keller
Library: Michelle Twait
Mathematics, Computer Science, and Statistics: Mike Hvidsten
Modern Languages, Literatures, and Cultures: Carlos Mejia Suarez
Music: Justin Knoepfel
Nursing: Heidi Meyer Co-chair
Philosophy: Josh Brown
Physics: Tom Huber
Political Science: Kate Knutson
Psychological Science: Kyle Chambers / Marie Walker (Spring 2021 Co-Chair)
Religion: Casey Elledge
Scandinavian Studies: Ursula Lindqvist
Sociology and Anthropology: Suzanne Wilson
Theatre and Dance: Henry MacCarthy, Melissa Rolnick, Co-Chairs
African Studies: Paschal Kyoore (Fall 2020) / Spring TBD
Arts Administration: Micah Maatman
Biochemistry and Molecular Biology: Jeffrey Dahlseid
Comparative Literature: Blake Couey
Environmental Studies: Jeff La Frenierre
Film and Media Studies: Sean Cobb
Gender, Women, and Sexuality Studies: Jill Locke
Japanese Studies: Toshiyuki Sakuragi
Latin American, Latinx, and Caribbean Studies: Angelique Dwyer
Peace, Justice, and Conflict Studies: Mimi Gerstbauer
Public Health: Karl Larson
Russian and Eastern European Studies: Glenn Kranking Co-chair
First Term Seminar: Lauren Hecht
Three Crowns Curriculum: Blake Couey
Writing Across the Curriculum: Rebecca Fremo
Non-voting ex officio: Provost Brenda Kelly
Non-voting ex officio: Dean Valerie Banschbach
Non-voting ex officio: Dean Elizabeth Kubek
1.2.16 College Accreditation Committee (convened by the President; Provost presides) 2020-21
- Faculty Senate designee: Ursula Lindqvist (2019-2021)
- Curriculum Committee designee: OPEN (2020-2023)
- Student representative: Brendan Elliot ‘22
- Student representative: Harrison Wold ‘23
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Emergency Planning Committee (for COVID pandemic)
g-faculty-emergency-com@gustavus.edu
Faculty Senate Chair: Dwight Stoll Chair
Faculty Senate Vice Chair: Brandon Dean
Academic Operations Committee Chair or designee: Lucie Holmgreen
Department Chairs and Program Directors Committee Chair: Blake Couey (summer 2020)
Diversity Equity and Inclusion Committee Chair: Marie Walker
At Large: Karl Larson
Non-voting ex officio: Provost or designee: Provost Brenda Kelly
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