Committees

Below is a list of CLAS committees and membership for the 2023-2024 academic year.

CLAS Committee on Curricula and Courses

Purpose: to review and approve proposed changes to the College's academic programs and courses

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CLAS Dean’s Advisory Council for Promotion, Tenure, and Reappointment

Purpose: to evaluate cases for faculty promotion, tenure and reappointment within the College

Membership

Humanities and Social Sciences

Mary Bercaw Edwards, Professor, Department of English

Samuel Best, Professor, Department of Political Science

Alexis Dudden, Professor, Department of History

Miguel Gomes, Distinguished Professor, Department of Literature, Cultures, and Languages

Mark Hamilton, Professor, Department of Communication

Rebecca Puhl, Professor, Department of Human Development and Family Sciences

William Simonsen, Professor, School of Public Policy

Mike Stanton, Professor, Department of Journalism

Lynne Tirrell, Professor, Department of Philosophy

Life and Physical Sciences

Tim Byrne, Professor, Department of Earth Sciences

Joanne Conover, Professor, Department of Physiology and Neurobiology

Inge-Marie Eigsti, Professor, Department of Psychological Sciences

Bernard Goffinet, Professor, Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology

Vasili Kharchenko, Professor, Department of Physics

Ralf Schiffler, Professor, Department of Mathematics

Adam Zweifach, Professor, Department of Molecular and Cell Biology


CLAS Dean’s (Alumni) Advisory Board

Purpose: to offer expert advice and guidance to the Dean in areas including promoting the College’s achievements, fundraising, and strengthening relationships with alumni

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CLAS Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Committee

Purpose: to advise the College on how to execute elements concerning DEI emerging from the strategic plan; to guide the formulation of a consistent, transparent, ethical approach to DEI matters in the college; and, to share information, issues, concerns, and accomplishments

Membership

Emma Amador, Assistant Professor, Department of History

Nick Boston, Educational Program Administrator, Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology

Christin Donnelly, Educational Program Administrator, Department of Earth Sciences

Debs Ghosh, Associate Professor, Department of Geography; Institute for Collaboration on Health, Intervention, and Policy

Beth Ginsberg, Associate Professor in Residence, Department of Political Science; Intersectional Indigeneity, Race, Ethnicity, and Politics; El Instituto

Menka Jain, Professor, Department of Physics

Álvaro Lozano-Robledo, Professor, Department of Mathematics

David Lund, Professor, Department of Marine Sciences

Christine Haines, Clinical Professor, Department of Speech, Language, Hearing Science

Cynthia Stewart, Educational Program Administrator, Department of Human Development and Family Sciences


CLAS Grade Appeal Committee

Purpose: to manage CLAS student grade appeal requests

Membership

Kari Adamsons, Associate Professor, Department of Human Development and Family Sciences

Elena Comay Del Junco, Assistant Professor, Department of Philosophy

Julie Fosdick, Assistant Professor, Department of Earth Sciences

John Redden, Associate Professor in Residence, Department of Physiology and Neurobiology

Greg Semenza, Professor, Department of English

Harry Van Der Hulst, Professor, Department of Linguistics


CLAS Graduate Funding Committee

Purpose: to provide the CLAS Dean's Office with recommendations on proposals/nominations for graduate student funding opportunities

Membership

Alfredo Angeles-Boza, Associate Professor, Department of Chemistry

Deborah Bolnick, Professor, Department of Anthropology; Institute for Systems Genomics

Vasileios Chousionis, Associate Professor, Department of Mathematics

Jane Gordon, Professor, Department of Political Science

Jacqueline Loss, Professor, Department of Literature, Cultures, and Language

Bradley Simpson, Associate Professor, Department of History

Victoria Ford Smith, Associate Professor, Department of English

Carlos Trallero, Professor, Department of Physics


CLAS Graduate Student Advisory Committee

Purpose: to provide the CLAS Dean’s Office with feedback on matters concerning graduate students in the College

Membership

John Ajayi, Graduate Student, Department of Earth Sciences

Grace Easterly, Graduate Student, Department of History

Marcos Garcia Barrero, Graduate Student, Department of Literature, Cultures, and Languages

Madison Gehling, Graduate Student, Department of English

Corrin Laposki, Graduate Student, Department of Anthropology

Min Lin, Graduate Student, Department of Statistics

Zachary Muscavitch, Graduate Student, Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology

Emily Parrish-Mulliken, Graduate Student, Department of Physiology and Neurobiology

Rianka Roy, Graduate Student, Department of Sociology

Louisa Suting, Graduate Student, Department of Speech, Language, and Hearing Sciences

Ethan Taylor, Graduate Student, Department of Marine Sciences

Sarah Wen Warykas, Graduate Student, Department of Human Development and Family Sciences


CLAS Research Advisory Committee

Purpose: to examine ways the College can effectively meet the research related goals of the Strategic Plan and to advise on efforts to increase research and fully realize the potential of the CLAS faculty

Membership

Talbot Andrews, Assistant Professor, Department of Political Science

Haim Bar, Associate Professor, Department of Statistics

Hans Dam, Professor, Department of Marine Sciences

Daniel Hershenzon, Associate Professor, Department of Literature, Cultures, and Languages

Michael Hren, Associate Professor, Department of Earth Sciences

Jean Marsden, Professor, Department of English

Kanda Naknoi, Associate Professor, Department of Economics

Crystal Park, Professor, Department of Psychological Sciences

James Rusling, Professor, Department of Chemistry

William Snyder, Professor, Department of Linguistics

Jocelyn Steinke, Associate Professor, Department of Communication

Ryan Watson, Associate Professor Department of Human Development and Family Sciences

Dimitris Xygalatas, Associate Professor, Department of Anthropology

George Yin, Professor, Department of Mathematics


CLAS Scholarship Selection Committee 

Purpose: to assist the College in selecting recipients of CLAS scholarship and fellowship awards

Membership

Vindya Pathirana, Assistant Professor in Residence, Department of Mathematics; Coordinator, Waterbury Tutoring Center

Kenneth Pugh, Professor, Department of Psychological Sciences

Vida Samuel, Assistant Professor in Residence, Department of Human Development and Family Sciences

Scott Wallace, Associate Professor, Department of Journalism; El Instituto


CLAS Strategic Plan Advisory Committee

Purpose: to advise the dean in assessing progress toward strategic plan goals, recommend course corrections, and identify new opportunities consistent with the plan

Membership

Andrea Booth, Educational Program Coordinator, Department of Anthropology

Ashley Cortez, Undergraduate Student, Cognitive Science Program

Dylan Jones, Graduate Student, Department of Earth Sciences

Gail Macdonald, Professor in Residence, Department of Journalism

Christin Munsch, Associate Professor, Department of Sociology

Tetiana Ouzounov, Educational Program Administrator, Department of Literature, Cultures, and Languages

Atziri Rodriguez, Undergraduate Student, Department of Psychological Sciences and Political Science

Min Seong Kim, Associate Professor, Department of Economics

Sam Sommers, Assistant Professor in Residence, Department of English and American Studies Program

Jonathan Trump, Associate Professor, Department of Physics

Anastasios Tzingounis, Professor, Department of Physiology and Neurobiology

Catalina Vasquez-Marchant, Graduate Student, Department of History

Manuela Wagner, Professor, Department of Literature, Cultures, and Languages

Jing Zhao, Associate Professor, Department of Chemistry


CLAS Student Leadership Board

Purpose: to serve the College's community as liaisons between the dean and the students in order to enhance communications, academic experiences, and alumni connections while embodying the values of a liberal arts education

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