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
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
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