Faculty Committees 2024-25Green Pages
Faculty Handbook Section I-B
- Nominations Subcommittee
1.2.5 Faculty Review Committee
1.2.7 Academic Operations Committee (AOC)
1.2.8 Faculty Personnel Committee
- Third year Review Subcommittee
1.2.9 Academic Affairs Coordinating Council (AACC)
1.2.10 Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Committee (DEIC)
1.2.11 Special Faculty Assignments
1.2.11.1 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 Representative to the Benefits Advisory Committee
- Faculty Representatives to the Internal Budget Committee
- Academic Standing Board
- Adjudication Board
- Compensation, Benefits, and Budget Board
1.2.11.2 Elected by the Faculty - None
College Accreditation Committee
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 2024-25
Faculty Senate Website
faculty-senate@gustavus.edu
Elected at-large:
- At-large: Scott Bur (2024-2027) Chair
- At-large: Thia Cooper (2023-2025)
- At-large: Lisa Dembouski (2023-2026)
- At-large: Justin Knoepfel (2024-2028)
- At-large: Carlos Mejia Suarez (2022-2025)
- At-large: Heidi Meyer (2022-2025)
- At-large: Marta Podemska-Mikluch (2024-2027)
- At-large: Brandy Russell (2023-2026)
- At-large: Darío Sánchez-González (2024-27) Vice Chair
- At-large: Dave Stamps (2024-2027)
- At-large: Mary Westby (2023-2026)
- At-large: Sheng Yang (2023-2026)
Ex officio:
- Faculty Secretary Mark Braun (2023-2026)
- Non-Tenure-Track Faculty Liaison - Heather Haemig (2024-25)
- Provost Brenda Kelly
- President Rebecca M. Bergman
- Interim Vice President for DEIB Strategy & Planning Thia Cooper (2024-25)
Subcommittee
Nominations Committee Membership
faculty-nominations-com@gustavus.edu
- Senate Vice Chair Darío Sánchez-González - Convenor
- OPEN
- Carlos Mejia Suarez
- Brandy Russell
- Dave Stamps
- Mary Westby
1.2.5 Faculty Review Committee
faculty-review-com@gustavus.edu
This committee is comprised of the faculty members of the Adjudication Board.
1.2.6 Curriculum Committee Membership 2024-25
Curriculum Committee Website
cc-com@gustavus.edu
- Education Division: Romina Peña-Pincheira (2024-2027)
- Fine Arts Division: Hagar Attia (2023-2026)
- Humanities Division: Seán Easton (2024-2026)
- Natural Sciences and Math: Dwight Stoll (2022-2025)
- Social Science Division: Mimi Gerstbauer (2023-2025) Chair
- At Large: Jillian Downey (2022- Fall 2024)
- At Large: Jon Gill ( Spring 2025 - 2028)
- At Large: Angelika Loefgren (2024-2027)
- Student representative: Chance Korpela ‘25
- Student representative: Mollie Taft ‘25
- Student representative: Melora Lee ‘27
- Voting ex officio: Provost Brenda Kelly or designee (Sarah Ruble)
- Non-voting ex officio: College Assessment Director: Sarah Ruble
- Non-voting ex officio: Director of Challenge Seminar: Laura Burrack
- Non-voting ex officio: Director of First Term Seminar: Thia Cooper
- Non-voting ex officio: Director of General Education: Sarah Ruble
- Non-voting ex officio: Director of Summer Term: Elizabeth Kubek
- Non-voting ex officio: Director of the Center for International and Cultural Education: Christine Diaz-Higgins
- Non-voting ex officio: Director of Three Crowns Curriculum: Yurie Hong
- Non-voting ex officio: Director of Writing Across the Curriculum: TBD
- Non-voting ex officio: Library Chair: Jeff Jenson
- Non-voting ex officio: Registrar: Sarah Ruble (Interim) / Assistant Registrar: Shelby Mliner
1.2.7 Academic Operations Committee (AOC) Membership 2024-25
Academic Operations Committee (AOC) Website
faculty-aoc-com@gustavus.edu
- Baili Chen (Spring 2022-2025)
- Mary McHugh (2023-2025) Co-Chair
- Glenn Kranking (2023-2026) Co-Chair
- Guario Salivia (2024-2027)
- Patrick Heath (2024-2027)
- Brandon Dean (2024-2026)
- Academic Technology Liaison: Patrick Heath
- Student representative: Zoya Akhtar ‘26
- Student representative: Drew Kretlow ‘27
- Non-voting ex officio: Provost or designee: Kyle Chambers
- Non-voting ex officio: Dean of Students or designee: Megan Ruble
- Non-voting ex officio: Registrar: Sarah Ruble (Interim)
- Non-voting ex officio: Library Chair: Jeff Jenson
- 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 Faculty Personnel Committee (PC) Membership 2024-25
Faculty Personnel Committee (PC) Website
faculty-personnel-com@gustavus.edu
- Lianying Shan (2023-2025)
- Jon Grinnell (2022-2025)
- Kathy Lund Dean (Spring 2024-25)
- Laura Burrack (2023-2026) Chair
- Sean Cobb (2023-2026)
- Patricia English-Schneider (2024-2026)
- Jessica Stadick (2024-2027)
- Stephanie Otto (2024-2027)
- Karrin Meffert-Nelson (2024-2027)
- Non-voting ex officio: President Rebecca M. Bergman
- Non-voting ex officio: Provost Brenda Kelly
- Non-voting ex officio: Vice President for Equity and Inclusion - Thia Cooper, Interim Vice President for DEIB Strategy & Planning (2024-25)
Subcommittee
Third-Year Review Subcommittee Membership
tyr-sub@gustavus.edu
- Daniel Moos (2023-2026)
- Jeff Dahlseid (2023-2026)
- Anna Versluis (2023-2025) Chair
- Anna Hulseberg (2023-2025)
- Yuta Kawarasaki (2024-25)
- Louis Yu (2024-2026)
- Karrin Meffert-Nelson (2024-2025)
1.2.9 Academic Affairs Coordinating Council (AACC) Membership 2024-25
faculty-academic-affairs-com@gustavus.edu
- Chair of Academic Operations Committee: Glenn Kranking and Mary McHugh
- Chair of Curriculum Committee: Mimi Gerstbauer
- Chair of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Committee: TBD
- Chair of Faculty Personnel Committee: Laura Burrack
- Chair of Faculty Senate: Scott Bur
- 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: Sarah Ruble
- Non-voting ex officio: Dean of Students or designee: Charlie Potts
1.2.10 Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Committee (DEIC) 2024-25
Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Committee (DEIC) Website
DEIC-com@gustavus.edu
- Education Division: Katrina Imison-Mazy (2024-2028)
- Fine Arts Division: Sarah Lahasky (2023-2026) Co-Chair
- Humanities Division: Marcia Bunge (2024-2028)
- Natural Sciences and Mathematics Division: Katie Leehy (2024-2027) Co-Chair
- Social Science Division: Colin Smith (2023-2026)
- At large: Séverine Bates (2024-2028)
- At large: Louis Yu (2024-2027)
- Student representative: TBD by DEIC
- Student representative: Filmon Fesshatsion ‘25
- Non-voting ex officio: Provost or designee: Pamela Conners
- Non-voting ex officio: Director of Human Resources or designee: Jacque Christensen
- Non-voting ex officio: Vice President for Equity and Inclusion or designee: Tom 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: Pamela Conners
1.2.11 Special Faculty Assignments 2024-25
Appointed by Faculty Senate
- Faculty Secretary: Mark Braun (2023-2026)
- Faculty Marshal: Richard Leitch (2024-2027)
- Assistant Faculty Marshal: Jeff Dahlseid (2023-2026)
- Chair of Lecture Series: Jon Gill (2024-2027)
- Chair of Artist Series: OPEN (2022-2025)
- Faculty Athletics Representative: Jeff Owen (2022-2025)
- Faculty Senate Representative: Heidi Meyer (2022-2025)
- Curriculum Committee Representative: Sean Easton (2024-2026)
- DCPDC Representative: Becky Fremo (2022-2025)
- Student Representative: Amira Mallet ‘25
- Student Representative: Will Sarkinen ‘26
- Faculty Representatives to the Financial Analysis Subcommittee:
- Vita Faychuk (2024-2026)
- Marta Podemska-Mikluch (Faculty Senate Representative) (2024-2027)
- Faculty Representatives to the Financial Analysis Subcommittee:
- Faculty Senate Representative: Carlos Mejia Suarez (2022-2025)
- At large: Lisa Heldke (2023-2026)
- Student Representative: Erika Henrichs ‘25
- Internal Budget Committee Representative: Brandy Russell (2024-25)
- Faculty Senate Representative: Mary Westby (2023-2026)
- At large: Julie Bartley (2024-2027)
- Student Representative: Jackson Turner ‘25
- Student Representative: Christina Sirbu ‘25
- Faculty Senate Representative: Lisa Dembouski (2023-2026)
- At Large: Kate Knutson (2022-2025)
- Student Representative: Micah Lesch ‘26
- Student Representative: Ronard Pabi ‘25
- Student Representative: Angelina Palmiotto ‘26
Faculty Representative to the Benefits Advisory Committee
- Aaron Banks (2023-2025)
Faculty Representatives to the President's Environmental Sustainability Council (PESC)
- OPEN (2024-2026)
- Ian Hill (2022-2025)
Faculty Representatives to the President's Council on Indigenous Relations (PCIR)
- Elizabeth Kubek (2024-25)
- OPEN (2024-25)
- Colin Smith (2024-25)
Faculty Representatives to the Internal Budget Committee (IBC)
- Aaron Banks (2023-2025)
- Vita Faychuk (2024-2027)
- Brandy Russell (2024-26)
Academic Standing Board Membership (ASB)
- Faculty member: Richard Leitch (2024-25)
- Faculty member: Elizabeth Kubek (2024-2026)
- Faculty member: Kris Lowe (2024-2027)
- Voting ex officio: Provost or designee: Sarah Ruble
- Voting ex officio: Dean of Students or designee: Charlie Potts
- Voting ex officio: Registrar: Sarah Ruble (Interim) / Assistant Registrar: Shelby Mliner
- Voting ex officio: Academic Support Center Director: Thomas McHugh / Associate Director Jane Lalim
- Voting ex officio: Counseling Center Director: Hannah Repp
- Voting ex officio: Chaplain: Grady St. Dennis
- Voting ex officio: Vice President of Enrollment Management or designee: Mark Bauer
- Voting ex officio: Director of the Center for Inclusive Excellence: Thomas Flunker
Adjudication Board Membership (AB)
g-faculty-adjudication-board@gustavus.edu
- Jacob Siehler (2023-2026)
- Lisa Heldke (2023-2026)
- Laura Hildreth (2023-2025)
- Jeff Jenson (2023-2025)
- Jeff La Frenierre (2024-27)
- OPEN (2024-27)
- Student Representative: Aubrey Kosters ‘25
- Student Representative: Mel Pardok ‘25
- Student Representative: Jocelynne Woldemar ‘26
- Student Representative: Jaxon Jones ‘27
- Student Representative: Jessica Ruud ‘25
- Student Representative: Abby Ronnebaum ‘26
- Ex officio: Provost or designee: Sarah Ruble
Compensation, Benefits, and Budget Board (CBB)
g-faculty-cbb-board@gustavus.edu
- At large: Aaron Banks (2023-2026)
- At large: Vita Faychuk (2024-25)
- Faculty Senate representative: Brandy Russell (2024-2027)
College Accreditation Committee (convened by the President; Provost presides) 2024-25
- Faculty Senate designee: Mary Westby (2023-2026)
- Curriculum Committee designee: Dwight Stoll (2022-2025)
- Student representative: Layla Perdue ‘27
- Student representative: Abby McCready ‘25
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Last updated Novermber 13, 2024 - Mark Braun, Faculty Secretary