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Last updated on: October 26, 2021

Committees Responsible for Matters Related to Primary Jurisdiction

Academic Appeals

Chairperson: Ajay Bandi

Faculty Committee Members – Arts & Sciences

  1. Kori Binette
  2. Raj Goswami
  3. Jessica Gracey
  4. Jaouad Meziani
  5. Anthony Olson
  6. Rick Toomey
  7. Clifton Watkins
  8. Veronica Watkins

Faculty Committee Members – Professional Schools 

  1. Jill Baker
  2. Lisa Bishop
  3. Adam Bochart
  4. Karen From
  5. Giselle Greenidge
  6. Damon Leiss
  7. Becky Moore
  8. Sandy Seipel
  9. Linda Smith
  10. Jim Walker

Ex-Officio Members

  1. Matt Baker
  2. Leslie Chandler
  3. Jamie Hooyman
  4. Terri Vogel

Academic Petitions

Chairperson: Mike Miller

Faculty Committee Members – Arts & Sciences

  • Rob Arndt
  • Alisha Campbell
  • Luke Campbell
  • Wayne Chandler
  • Rebecca Dunnell
  • Richard Field
  • Vincent Hustad
  • Thomas LaPann
  • Csilla Tasi

Faculty Committee Members – Professional Schools 

  • Robin Akins
  • Aziz Fellah
  • Charles Hoot 
  • Deb Toomey

Ex-Officio Members

  • Matt Baker
  • Leslie Chandler
  • Jamie Hooyman
  • Terri Vogel

Council on Teacher Education (COTE)

Chairperson: Linda Smith (Ed)

Director of Teacher Education (serves as Executive Secretary): Tim Wall

Faculty Committee Members:

  • Matt Bax
  • C.J. Holthaus
  • Laura King
  • Jodie Leiss
  • Tamara Lynn
  • Becky Moore
  • Cindy Schairer-Kessler
  • Brian Swink
  • Sara Taylor
  • Rob Voss

Additional members:

  • Public School Representative: Emily Bonifas
  • Public School Representative: Jamie Thieman
  • Public School Administrator or Counselor:  TBD
  • Undergraduate Education Student: Autumn Hardesty
  • Graduate Education Student: TBD

Ex-Officio Members:

  • Jamie Hooyman 
  • Greg Haddock 
  • Joseph Haughey
  • Michael McBride
  • Amy Washam
  • Amy Wilson

Curriculum and Degree Requirement (CDR)

Chairperson: Trevor Meyer

Faculty Committee Members:

  • Johannah Baugher
  • Bronson Herrera
  • Alex Kirt
  • Chase O'Gwin
  • Robert Pippin
  • Jeff Thornsberry

Non-Voting Members:

  • Jamie Hooyman
  • Terri Vogel 
  • TBD (Student Senate Representative)

Designated Curriculum Matters (DCM)

Chairperson: Jenni Wall

Faculty Committee Members:

  • Denise Case
  • Haley Hutcheson
  • Heather Hill
  • Nissa Ingraham
  • Brenda Jones
  • Sarah Naramore
  • Ildi Olasz
  • Bill Richardson
  • Gretchen Thornsberry
  • Patricia Warner 

Ex-Officio Members:

  • Matt Baker
  • Jamie Hooyman

Graduate Council

Chairperson: Cindy Tu

Faculty Committee Members:

  • Ashley Black 
  • Justin Hoffmeier 
  • Ming Hung
  • John Katsion
  • Jackie Kibler
  • Chi Lo Lim
  • Everett Singleton
  • Rena Smith
  • Stuart Sprague

Ex-Officio Members:

  • Greg Haddock 
  • Terri Vogel
  • Cindy Williams

Research

Chairperson: TBD

Faculty Committee Members:

  • Karen Britt
  • Johnny Chuang
  • Joy Daggs
  • Kurt Haberyan
  • Ariceli Hernandez Gonzalez
  • Brian Hesse
  • Rafiq Islam
  • Abdelmonaem Jornaz
  • Laura Kauzlarich
  • Renee Oyotode-Adebile
  • Jerry Qin
  • Sangok Yoo

Ex-Officio Members:

  • Greg Haddock 
  • Tye Parsons
  • Graduate Student - TBD

Institutional Review Board (IRB)

Chairperson: Jessica Cascio

Faculty Committee Members:

  • Amy Barton 
  • Emily Frazier
  • Bradlee Gamblin
  • Jackie Kibler (HSW) 
  • Devlin Scofield (HSS)
  • Vicki Seeger (Ed)
  • Machelle Skinner

Ex-Officio Members:

  • TBD (Community Member)

Animal Welfare

Chairperson: TBD

Faculty Committee Members:

  • Ronda Driskell
  • John Katsion
  • Jay McGhee
Other Members:
  • Dr. Joe Powell (DVM)
  • Madysen Baker (Student member)
  • Jackie Baker (Community member)

Committees Responsible for Matters Requiring Faculty Advisement

Assessment and Evaluation (A&E)

Chairperson: Rob Voss

Faculty Committee Members:

  • Eric Dickey
  • Travis Dimmitt
  • Shantel Farnan
  • Jason McCain
  • Amanda Meiners
  • Eric Mosier

Faculty Welfare (Diversity, Equity & Inclusion)

Chairperson: John Gallaher

Faculty Committee Members:

  • Casey Abington
  • Richard Black
  • Kelsey Bowlin
  • Sarah Creason
  • Cris Jacobson
  • Matt Johnson
  • Lauren Leach-Steffens
  • Jose Palacios Perez
  • Adrienne Reynolds
  • Kyoung Shin
  • Sarah Sipling
  • Michelle Veasey

Budget & Finance (formerly Institutional Viability (IV))

Chairperson: Matt Symonds 

Faculty Committee Members:

  • Lauren Leach-Steffens
  • Kasey Ragan
  • Jenny Rytting
  • Matt Schieber
  • Joseph Tomasso
  • Tekle Wanorie

Ex-Officio Members:

  • Stacy Carrick (CPO)

Teaching & Learning (formerly Recruitment, Retention & Completion (RRC))

Chairperson: Alice Foose

Faculty Committee Members:

  • Shandy Beck
  • Daniel Biegelson 
  • Ethan Bottone
  • Jeff Bradley
  • Debra Brown
  • John Carr
  • Cari Cline
  • Keely Cline
  • Crystal Combs
  • Elizabeth Dimmitt
  • Tolina Fufa
  • Shelly Hiatt
  • David Kiene
  • Jackie Lacy
  • Jacquie Lamer
  • Armin Muhsam
  • Sue Myllykangas
  • Luke Rolfes 

Ex-Officio Members:

  • Leslie Chandler 
  • Jamie Hooyman
  • TBD (Student Senate Representative)
  • TBD (Maryville Community Leader Representative)

University Seminar

Chairperson: Brian Swink

Faculty Committee Members:

  • Nate Eloe
  • Trevor Meyer
  • Jason Offutt
  • Shelley Riley
  • Brenda Rourke
  • Brian Swafford
  • Kamala Tabor

Ex-Officio Members:

  • TBD

Miscellaneous Committees

Academic Integrity Panel

Chairperson: Richard Sonnenmoser

Faculty Committee Members:

  • Kat Bilbo
  • Himadri Chakraborty
  • Dan Gordon
  • Tom Hardee
  • Tamara Lynn
  • Ahmed Malkawi
  • Tiebing Shi

Faculty Hearing

Chairperson: TBD

Faculty Committee Members: TBD

Faculty Advisory Committee on Promotion

Chairperson: Jamie Hooyman, Provost (non-voting member)

First Term Faculty Committee Members:

  • Michael Bellamy
  • Rebecca Dunnell
  • Jim Walker
  • Eva Wu
  • Nancy Zeliff

Second Term Faculty Committee Members:

  • Alisha Francis
  • Michael Hobbs
  • Bayo Joachim
  • Jawad Sadek

Legislative Committee

Chairperson:  Brett Chloupek

Faculty CommitteeMembers:

  • Bob Bergland