NSM Standing Committees: Function and Membership
The College has six standing committees that are empowered by our college bylaws to a cover a range of core shared governance functions.
- Committee on College Government
- Conduct college elections, department chair polls, review college and department bylaws, handle non-trivial faculty grievances, etc.
- Undergraduate Studies Committee
- Consider and make recommendations of the undergraduate curriculum/degree requirements, teaching related policies, handle non-trivial undergraduate student grievances, standards for admissions and grading, etc.
- Graduate Studies Committee
- Consider and make recommendations of the graduate curriculum/degree requirements, teaching related policies, handle non-trivial graduate student grievances, standards for admissions and grading, etc.
- Promotion and Tenure Committee
- Handle college level review of tenured/tenure-track and research faculty mandatory and promotion/tenure reviews, post-tenure review, advise on budget, review two semester faculty development leaves, etc.
- Policy Committee
- Advise and review department and college policies, advise on budget and administration, conduct bi-annual reviews of college units and associate deans, etc.
- Instructional and Clinical Faculty Promotion Committee
- Advise on review/promotion of instructional and clinical faculty, determine performance criteria for instructional/clinical faculty, etc.
A more detailed description of committee roles, membership, and responsibilities can be found in the NSM bylaws. The current membership of the NSM Standing Committees can always be found on the NSM website. The current membership is listed below. The bylaws also detail the composition of these committees.
Consider being a nominee for one or more of these committees in the next cycle. Thank you to all of the members for their service!
NSM Standing Committees
Academic Year 2020–2021
Committee on College Government
| Masaya Fujita |
Biology and Biochemistry |
9/19–8/21 |
| Edwin Carrasquillo-Molina |
Chemistry |
9/20–8/22 |
| Jehan-François Pâris |
Computer Science |
9/19–8/21 |
| Guoquan Wang |
Earth and Atmospheric Sciences |
9/19–8/21 |
| Gordon Heier |
Mathematics |
9/20–8/22 |
| John Miller |
Physics |
9/20–8/22 |
| Vladimir Zaitsev (At-Large Promotion-Eligible NTT Faculty) |
Chemistry |
9/20–8/22 |
Undergraduate Studies Committee
| Richard Knapp |
Biology and Biochemistry |
9/20–8/22 |
| Arkadiusz Czader |
Chemistry |
9/19–8/21 |
| Nouhad Rizk |
Computer Science |
9/20–8/22 |
| Alexander Robinson |
Earth and Atmospheric Sciences |
9/20–8/22 |
| David Blecher |
Mathematics |
9/19–8/21 |
| Lisa Koerner |
Physics |
9/19–8/21 |
| Taylor Prichard (Student Member) |
Chemistry |
9/20–8/22 |
Graduate Studies Committee
| Ricardo Azevedo |
Biology and Biochemistry |
9/19–8/21 |
| Jeremy May |
Chemistry |
9/20–8/22 |
| Zhigang Deng |
Computer Science |
9/19–8/21 |
| Shuhab Khan |
Earth and Atmospheric Sciences |
9/19–8/21 |
| Ilya Timofeyev |
Mathematics |
9/20–8/22 |
| Oomman Varghese |
Physics |
9/20–8/22 |
| James Meen (At-Large Promotion-Eligible Research Faculty) |
Chemistry |
9/20–8/22 |
| Spencer Fuston (Student Member) |
Earth and Atmospheric Sciences |
9/20–8/21 |
Promotion and Tenure Committee
| Dan Graur |
Biology and Biochemistry |
9/20–8/22 |
| Scott Gilbertson |
Chemistry |
9/19–8/21 |
| Ioannis Kakadiaris |
Computer Science |
9/20–8/22 |
| Hua-Wei Zhou |
Earth and Atmospheric Sciences |
9/20–8/22 |
| William Fitzgibbon |
Mathematics |
9/19–8/21 |
| Rene Bellwied |
Physics |
9/19–8/21 |
| Audrius Brazdeikis (At-Large Promotion-Eligible Research Faculty) |
Physics |
9/20–8/22 |
Policy Committee
| Sanghyuk Chung |
Biology and Biochemistry |
9/20–8/22 |
| Ognjen Miljanic |
Chemistry |
9/19–8/21 |
| Lennart Johnsson |
Computer Science |
9/20–8/22 |
| John Castagna |
Earth and Atmospheric Sciences |
9/20–8/22 |
| William Fitzgibbon |
Mathematics |
9/19–8/21 |
| Oomman Varghese |
Physics |
9/19–8/21 |
| Blerina Xhabli (At-Large Promotion-Eligible NTT Faculty) |
Mathematics |
9/20–8/22 |
Instructional and Clinical Faculty Promotion Committee
| Donna Pattison |
Biology and Biochemistry |
9/19–8/21 |
| Mary Bean |
Chemistry |
9/20–8/22 |
| Edgar Gabriel |
Computer Science |
9/19–8/21 |
| Jinny Sisson |
Earth and Atmospheric Sciences |
9/19–8/21 |
| Paige Evans |
Mathematics |
9/20–8/22 |
| Rebecca Forrest |
Physics |
9/20–8/22 |
| Arnold Guloy (At-Large TT Faculty) |
Chemistry |
9/19–8/21 |
| Ernst Leiss (At-Large TT Faculty) |
Computer Science |
9/20–8/22 |
| Andrew Torok (At-Large TT Faculty) |
Mathematics |
9/20–8/22 |
| Lowell Wood (At-Large TT Faculty) |
Physics |
9/19–8/21 |
