Faculty Committees

Faculty Leadership
Coordinators and Champions Councils
Standing Committees
Task Forces
Discretionary Committees
University Committees

Faculty Leadership

Dean: Marisa Alicea
Associate Dean, Curriculum and Instruction: Susan Reed
Associate Dean, Systems and Retention: Corinne Benedetto
Senior Director, Advising and Assessment: Fred Wellisch
Faculty Chair: Ellen Benjamin
Faculty Scribe: Rotating
Director, Assessment Center: Gretchen Wilbur
Director, Distance Learning: Beth Rubin (Betta LoSardo, interim Fall; Michael DeAngelis, interim Winter)
Director, Graduate Programs: Russ Rogers
Director, Loop Campus: Michael DeAngelis
Naperville Campus Leadership Team:
Arieahn Matamonasa (Lead Faculty)
John Hemmerling (Assistant to the Director)
Director, Oak Forest Campus: Betta LoSardo
Director, O’Hare Campus: Ludovic Comeau
Director, Tangaza Campus: Derise Tolliver Atta
Convener of Directors’ Council: Michael DeAngelis (Pat Ryan, interim Fall)

Coordinators and Champions

Undergraduate Programs

Advanced Project: Miriam Ben-Yoseph

Bachelor of Arts in Computing (BAC): Kenn Skorupa

Bachelor of Arts in Early Childhood Education (BAECE): Dana McDermott

Bachelor of Arts in General Business (BAGB): Ludovic Comeau

Bachelor of Science in Nursing (BSN): Morry Fiddler
Bridge Program: Mechthild Hart, Anghesom Atsbaha, Co-Directors

Center to Advance Education for Adults: Miriam Ben-Yoseph, Ellen Benjamin, Catherine Marienau

Critical Thinking: John Kimsey

Externship/ Community-Based Service Learning: Susanne Dumbleton

Focus Area Champion: Pat Ryan

Foundations of Adult Learning: Deborah Holton

International Coordinator: Susan McGury

Learning Assessment Seminar: Corinne Benedetto

Part-Time Faculty: Dana McDermott

Professional Advisors: Ruth Gannon Cook

Quantitative Reasoning: Don Optiz (John Hemmerling, interim Fall)

Research Seminar: TBA

Scientific World TLA Member: Don Opitz, Kevin Downing

Community-based Learning Champion: Susanne Dumbleton

Summit Seminar: Warren Scheideman

Teaching, Learning and Assessment (TLA):
Arts and Ideas: Susan McGury, Ray Mosha
Focus Area: Ed Paulson,

Human Community: Nancy Davis, Michael Skelley
Scientific World: Akilah Martin

Writing Coordinator: Michele Navarre-Cleary

Graduate Programs

MS in Applied Technology: Morry Fiddler

MA in Educating Adults: Catherine Marienau

Student Program Review Committee: Catherine Marienau

Graduate Liberal Learning: Morry Fiddler

Councils

ACADEMIC COUNCIL (ACCIL)

Elected Faculty Member	Catherine Marienau (2 yr.)
Elected Faculty Member	Kevin Downing (2 yr.)
Elected Faculty Member	Arieahn Matamonasa (1 yr.)
Undergraduate Campus Director	Ludovic Comeau (Ryan, Fall)
Graduate Program Director	Russ Rogers
Part Time Faculty, Co-Chair of Part Time Faculty Committee	Cecelia Radlowski
Faculty Chair	Ellen Benjamin, Co-Chair
Dean	Marisa Alicea, Co-Chair
Associate Dean, Curriculum and Instruction	Susan Reed
Scribe, Ex Officio	Maribel Garcia

ADMINISTRATIVE COUNCIL (ADCIL)

Senior Assistant Dean	Doug Murphy, Chair
Assistant Director, Graduate Programs	Sarah Hellstrom
Assistant Director, Distance Education	Shirin Kadwani
Assistant Dean, Budget and Administration	Jenny Prey
Assistant Dean, Advising and Admissions	Shirley Bono
SNL Student Advocate	MJ Dix
Associate Dean, Systems and Retention	Corinne Benedetto

DIRECTORS’ COUNCIL

Naperville	Arieahn Matamonasa and John Hemmerling
Oak Forest	Betta LoSardo, Convener
O’Hare	Ludovic Comeau (Ryan, Fall)
Loop	Michael DeAngelis (Ryan, Fall)
SNL Online	Beth Rubin (LoSardo, Fall, DeAngelis, Winter)
Graduate Program Director	Russ Rogers
Associate Dean, Curriculum and Instruction, Ex Officio	Susan Reed

Standing Committees

AWARDS COMMITTEE

Faculty Member	Nancy Davis
Faculty Member	Warren Scheideman
Faculty Member	Susanne Dumbleton
Faculty Member	Ray Mosha, Chair Steffanie Triller
Staff	Leyfane J. Thomas

BACHELOR OF ARTS

PART TIME FACULTY COMMITTEE

Faculty Member, Co-Chair	Susanne Dumbleton
Part Time Faculty, Co-Chair	Cecelia Radlowski
Part Time Faculty	Greg Gilmore
Part Time Faculty	Barb Donnelly
Undergraduate Campus Director	Arieahn Matamonasa
Faculty Member	Pat Ryan

BACHELOR OF ARTS

ADVISING AND ADMISSIONS COMMITTEE

Faculty Membe	Fred Wellisch, Chair
Assist. Dean, Undergraduate Student Services	Shirley Bono
Faculty Members	Michelle Navarre Cleary Arieahn Matamonasa
Faculty Member	Pat Ryan
Advisor (Suburban campus)	Christine Hayda
Advisor (Loop campus)	Gwen Weaver
Assoc. Dean, Systems and Retention, Ex Officio	Corinne Benedetto

BACHELOR OF ARTS

CURRICULUM AND ASSESSMENT COMMITTEE (BACA)


Assessment Center Director	Gretchen Wilbur
Assoc Dean, Curriculum and Instruction	Susan Reed
Undergraduate Campus Director	Michael DeAngelis (Ryan, Fall)
Foundations Champion	Deborah Holton, Chair
Part-Time Faculty Comm. Member	TBA
Faculty Member	Michelle Navarre Cleary
Faculty Member	Beth Rubin
Faculty Member	Kevin Downing (Intrm. Chair, Fall)
Faculty Member	Derise Tolliver Atta
Faculty Member	Miriam Ben-Yoseph Jennifer Holtz Joe Chen (Fall)

COMMITTEE ON TECHNOLOGY

Faculty Member	Ruth Gannon Cook, Chair Ed Paulson
Senior Assistant Dean	Doug Murphy
(Optional) Part-Time Faculty	MJ Dix
SNL Online Staff	David Schmidgall

DIVERSITY AND SOCIAL JUSTICE COMMITTEE

Faculty Member	Miriam Ben-Yoseph, Co-Chair
Faculty Members	Joe Chen Michael DeAngelis Akilah Martin Ray Mosha Gabriele Strohschen
Part Time Faculty	Kumi Watanuki
Staff	Parikshit Wadhwa, Co-Chair
Staff	Sarah Hellstrom
Staff	Imran Ali Annette Janik Janine Komornick Leyfane J. Thomas
Staff	Maribel Garcia Shannon Stone
SNL Chaplain	Katie Brick

FACULTY SEARCH COMMITTEE

Faculty Member	Nancy Davis, Chair
Faculty Member	TBA
Faculty Member	Derise Tolliver Atta
Faculty Member	Betta LoSardo
Staff	Leyfane J. Thomas

GRADE CHALLENGE COMMITTEE

Faculty Member	Betta LoSardo
Faculty Member	John Kimsey
Faculty Member	Gretchen Wilbur

LOCAL REVIEW BOARD (LRB)

Faculty Member	Susan McGury
Faculty Member	Morry Fiddler
Faculty Member	Donald L. Opitz

MASTERS OF SCIENCE IN APPLIED TECHNOLOGY

Faculty Member

Morry Fiddler

GRADUATE CURRICULUM AND ASSESSMENT COMMITTEE

Faculty Members

Morry Fiddler

Russ Rogers, Chair

Catherine Marienau

Dana McDermott

Susan McGury

Michelle Navarre Cleary

Gabriele Strohschen

PERSONNEL COMMITTEE

Faculty Member, Chair	Mechthild Hart, Chair
Faculty Member	Dana McDermott
Faculty Member	Akilah Martin (PPDC liaison)
Faculty Member	Ellen Benjamin
Staff	Leyfane J. Thomas

PERSONNEL POLICY & PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT COMMITTEE (PPDC)

Faculty Member, Member of Personnel Committee

Akilah Martin

Faculty Member, Chair

John Kimsey

Faculty Member

Russ Rogers

Pat Monaghan

INTERNATIONAL COMMITTEE

Faculty Member	Susan McGury, Chair
Faculty Member	Pat Monaghan
Faculty Member	Ludovic Comeau
Part Time Faculty (optional)	Pat Szczerba
Staff (optional)	TBA
Faculty Member	Michael Skelley
Faculty Members	Ray Mosha
	Sharon Nagy, Ex Officio

TEACHING LEARNING AND ASSESSMENT

(TLA) Subcommittee of BACA

Human Community: 1 year term	Michael Skelley
Human Community: 1 year term	Nancy Davis
Arts and Ideas: 1 year term	Ray Mosha
Arts and Ideas: 3 year term	Susan McGury
Scientific World: 3 year term	Akilah Martin
Scientific World: as needed	Kevin Downing, Donald L.Opitz
Focus Area: 3 year term	Ed Paulson
Focus Area: as needed	TBA
Associate Dean- Ex Officio	Susan Reed
Writing Faculty- Ex Officio	Kate Wozniak
Assessment Director- Ex Officio	Gretchen Wilbur, Chair
Undergraduate Campus Dir. - Ex Officio	Michael DeAngelis
Advising and Admissions Staff - Ex Officio	Gwen Weaver

Task Forces

Distance Learning Advisory Group

Beth Rubin, Chair

Jennifer Holtz

Warren Scheideman
Gabriele Strohschen

Discretionary Committees

Africa Diaspora Committee

Anghesom Atsbaha

Ludovic Comeau

Nancy Davis

Dan Hibbler

Deborah Holton

Akilah Martin

Ray Mosha

Telisa Robinson-Davis

Shannon Stone

Leyfane J. Thomas

Derise Tolliver Atta

Gwen Weaver

Tangaza Program

Derise Tolliver Atta, Director

Marisa Alicea

Abena Apea
Anghesom Atsbaha

Ludovic Comeau

Tanya DePass
Susanne Dumbleton

Dan Hibbler
Deborah Holton

Joseph Kinsella
Akilah Martin

Susan McGury

Ray Mosha

Telisa Robinson-Davis
Ann Stanford

Zaya Khananu

University Committees

Academic Advising Award: Nancy Davis, 2012

Academic Integrity Board: Donald L. Opitz, 2010

Academic Integrity Ombudsperson: Corinne Benedetto
Committee on Academic Policy (CAP): Gabriele Strohschen, 2012

Academic Program Review Committee: Beth Rubin, 2010; Gabriele Strohschen, 2010

All University Judicial Board: Ellen Benjamin, 2012

Associate Deans’ Council: Corinne Benedetto
Centers and Institutes Advisory Board: Barbara Radner, Chair, 2010

Committee on Committees: Michael Skelley, 2010
Committee on Curriculum & Programs (CCP): Jennifer Holtz, 2011

Committee on Learning and Teaching (COLT): Donald L. Opitz, 2011

Faculty Council: Michael Skelley, 2011; Kevin Downing, Vice President, 2010; Alternate: Jennifer Holtz

Faculty Council Budget Advisory Committee: Ludovic Comeau, 2010
Faculty Council Physical Environment Committee: Corinne Benedetto, 2010

Faculty Council Task Force for Online Learning: Kevin Downing

Faculty Council Policy Review Group: Kevin Downing, 2010
Faculty Council Tuition and Pricing Committee: Kevin Downing, 2010
Faculty Council Faculty Handbook Revision TasfForce: Jennifer Holtz
Faculty Council Executive Committee: Kevin Downing, 2010
Faculty Council Promotion and Tenure Committee: Russ Rogers, 2011
Faculty Grievance and Appeals: Derise Tolliver Atta, 2012

Faculty Council Research Committee: Barbara Radner, 2011

Grade Challenge: Betta LoSardo, 2010; John Kimsey, 2012; Gretchen Wilbur, 2012

Liberal Studies Council: Michael DeAngelis, 2012; Alternate: Ludovic Comeau
Library Review Board: Michelle Navarre Cleary, 2012

Lifelong Learning Board: Morry Fiddler, 2011
President's Diversity Council: Miriam Ben-Yoseph, 2012
Professional Education Council, SOE: Dana McDermott

Public Service Council: Betta LoSardo, 2010
Qualty of Instruction Council (QIC): Jennifer Holtz, 2010

Status of the Faculty: Dana McDermott, 2011

Teaching, Learning and Technology (TLT): Deborah Holton, 2012; Ruth Gannon Cook, 2010: Beth Rubin, Ex Officio

Tuition and Pricing Committee: Betta LoSardo, 2010

University Committee on International Programs: Gabriele Strohschen, 2012

University Institutional Review Board (IRB): Corinne Benedetto, 2012

University Research Council (URC): John Kimsey, 2010
Writing Center Advisory Board: Michelle Navarre Cleary, 2012