University Academic Affairs Committee
| 2024-2025 University Committees and Officers | Membership | |||||
| University Academic Affairs Committee | 5 members (1 COE, 1 COB, 1 CAS, 2 at-large) | |||||
| Officer | Year Complete | Name | Rank | College | Dept | |
| At Large Representatives (appointed) | ||||||
| Chair | 2025 | Xin-Wen Wu | Associate Professor | CAS | CPSC | |
| 2026 | Theresa Grana | Associate Professor | CAS | BIOL | ||
| College Representatives (selected by college committees) | ||||||
| 2025 | Jennifer Magee | Senior Lecturer | CAS | MATH | ||
| 2026 | John Marsh | Associate Professor | COB | |||
| secretary | 2027 | Alex Honold | Assistant Professor | COE | COE | |
| Ex officio members or their designees: | ||||||
| Provost, Debra Schleef (designee) | ||||||
| Vice President for Enrollment Management, Melissa Yakabouski (designee) | ||||||
| Registrar, Rita Dunston | ||||||
| Associate Provost for Academic Engagement and Student Success, Wes Hillyard (designee) | ||||||
| Student member TBA | ||||||
| Student member TBA | ||||||
| Bachelor of Liberal Studies (BLS) Committee | 5 at-large members | ||||
| Officer | Year Complete | Name | Rank | College | Dept |
| secretary | 2025 | Scott Powers | Professor | CAS | MLLD |
| chair | 2025 | Gonzalo Campos-Dintrans | Associate professor | CAS | MLLD |
| 2027 | Leo Lee | Professor | CAS | Math | |
| 2027 | Sarah Smith | Assistant professor | CAS | CHPH | |
| 2027 | Robert Wells | Associate professor | CAS | Music | |
| Ex officio | |||||
| BLS Director (Ana Chichester) | |||||
| BLS Student Representative (Chase Sullivan and Evan Fletcher) | |||||
| BLS assistant director (Kristen Fairbanks) | |||||
| Budget Advisory Committee | 7 (1 COB, 1 COE, 1 CAS, 4 at-large) | |||||
| Officer | Year Complete | Name | Rank | College | Dept | |
| At Large: | ||||||
| 2025 | Dan Hubbard | Associate Professor | CAS | HISP | ||
| Chair | 2025 | Drew Delaney | Senior Lecturer | CAS | AHPE | |
| Secretary | 2026 | Scott Gerseny | Lecturer | CAS | AHPE | |
| 2027 | Marisa Martinez-Mira | Associate Professor | CAS | MLL | ||
| College Representatives (selected by college committees) | ||||||
| 2025 | Smita Jain Oxford | Senior Lecturer | COB | |||
| 2027 | Kristina Peck | Director of Clinical Experiences and Partnerships | COE | |||
| 2027 | J Todd Helbling | Senior Lecturer | CAS | |||
| Ex-officio: | ||||||
| Patrick Catullo | Athletics, Health, & PE Rep | |||||
| Kim McManus-Carini | Accounts Receivable Manager and Bursar | |||||
| Tracey Funtanilla | Senior Accountant | |||||
| Kristina Peck | Director of Clinical Experiences and Partnerships | |||||
| TBD, Student Rep | ||||||
| Distance and Blended Learning Committee | 5 at-large members | |||||
| Officer | Year Complete | Name | Rank | College | Dept | |
| 2025 | Emily Crosby | Assistant Professor | CAS | COMM | replacement from Melody Denhere (24-25) | |
| Secretary | 2025 | Janie Lee | Associate Professor | CAS | ENLI | |
| Chair (Fall 2024) | 2026 | Mary Bowles | Associate Professor | CAS | GEOG | |
| Chair (Spring 2025) | 2026 | J.D. Swerzenski | Assistant Professor | CAS | CDS | |
| 2027 | Maysoon Al Sayed | Senior Lecturer | CAS | MLL | ||
| Ex Officio | ||||||
| Hall Cheshire, Chief Information Officer | ||||||
| Juliette Landphair, VP for Student Affairs (or representative) | ||||||
| Paul Boger, Representative Appointed by the University Librarian | ||||||
| Jerry Slezak, Director of Digital Learning Support | ||||||
| Victoria Russell, Director of the Center for Teaching | ||||||
| Alex Ecklund, Diector of Office of Disability Resources (will be added with UFC approval of Handbook Changes) | ||||||
| First-Year Seminar Committee | 5 at-large members | |||||
| Officer | Year Complete | Name | Rank | College | Dept | |
| Secretary 2024-2025 | 2025 | Marcus Leppanen | Assistant Professor | CAS | PSYC | |
| Chair 2024-2025 | 2025 | Bridgette Dennett | Assistant Professor | CAS | THEA | |
| 2026 | Gary Richards | Professor | CAS | ENLI | ||
| 2026 | Virginia Macintosh | Associate Professor | CAS | PSYC | Replacement for Marco Millones | |
| 2027 | Ginny Morriss | Assistant Professor | CAS | BIOL | ||
| Ex officio | ||||||
| April Wynn, Director of the First-Year Experience | ||||||
| University General Education Committee | 5 at-large members – Experience with general education program is considered when making appointments | |||||
| Officer | Year Complete | Name | Rank | College | Dept | |
| 2025 | Alan Griffith | Senior Instructor | CAS | BIOL | ||
| Chair | 2026 | Angela Pitts | Professor | CAS | CPR | |
| 2026 | Antonio Barrenechea | Associate Professor | CAS | ENLI | ||
| 2027 | Ian Finlayson | Associate Professor | CAS | CPSC | one-year replacement for Maya Mathur | |
| 2027 | Suzie Kim | Associate Professor | CAS | ARTS | ||
| Ex officio members: | ||||||
| Tim O’Donnell, Provost | ||||||
| Associate Provost for Enrollment Management | ||||||
| Debra Schleef, Associate Provost for Institutional Analysis & Effectiveness | ||||||
| Honors Program Committee | 5 at-large members | ||||
| Officer | Year Complete | Name | Rank | College | Dept |
| Co-chair | 2025 | Prashant Chandrasekar | Assistant Professor | CAS | CPSC |
| Secretary | 2025 | Jason James | Associate Professor | CAS | SOAN |
| Co-chair | 2026 | Abbie Tomba | Associate Professor | CAS | BIOL |
| 2026 | Asia Hart | Adjunct (Track Coach) | |||
| 2027 | Zach Whalen | Associate Professor | CAS | CDS | |
| Ex officio | |||||
| Kelli Slunt, Professor, CAS, Honors Program Director | |||||
| Robert Wells, Associate Professor, CAS | |||||
| Kasey Morello, Program Coordinator | |||||
| Brooke Di Lauro, Professor, CAS | |||||
| James Farmer Multicultural Committee | 5 at-large members | ||||
| Officer | Year Complete | Name | Rank | College | Dept |
| Chair 24 – 25 | 2025 | Desmond Villalba | Assistant Professor | CAS | CHPH |
| 2026 | Nora Kim | Professor | CAS | SOCG | |
| 2027 | Don Lee | Associate Professor | CAS | ECON | |
| 2027 | Kalpesh Bhatt | Assistant Professor | CAS | AACPR | |
| 2027 | Rachel Graefe-Anderson | Associate Professor | COB | ||
| Ex officio | |||||
| Marion Sanford, Director of JFMC | |||||
| TBD, USC Rep | |||||
| TBD and TBD, Student members | |||||
| Journalism Advisory Committee | 4 appointed members | ||||
| Officer | Year Complete | Name | Rank | College | Dept |
| 2025 | Eric Bonds | Associate Professor | CAS | SOCG | |
| 2025 | Farhang Rouhani | Professor | CAS | GEOG | |
| 2027 | Swati Agrawal | Assistant Professor | CAS | BIOL | |
| 2027 | Hilary Stebbins | Associate Professor | CAS | PSYC | |
| Ex officio | |||||
| Sushma Subramanian (Assistant Professor, CDS), Journalism Faculty Advisor | |||||
| Juliette Landphair, Vice President for Student Affairs | |||||
| Speaking Intensive Committee | 5 at-large members | ||||
| Officer | Year Complete | Name | Rank | College | Dept |
| 2025 | Leanna Giancarlo | Associate Professor | CAS | CHEM | |
| Chair | 2025 | Erin Devlin | Associate Professor | CAS | AMST |
| 2026 | Pam Grothe | Professor | CAS | BIOL | |
| Secretary | 2026 | Debra Hydorn | Professor | CAS | MATH |
| 2027 | Katherine Parker | Assistant Professor | CAS | HISP | |
| Ex officio | |||||
| Adria Goldman (Assistant Professor, CDS, CAS), SI Program Director | |||||
| Leah Schweitzer, Speaking and Writing Center Director |
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| Student Affairs and Campus Life Advisory Committee | 5 at-large members | ||||
| Officer | Year Complete | Name | Rank | College | Dept |
| 2025 | Randall Reif | Associate Professor | CAS | CHEM | |
| Secretary | 2025 | Sushma Subramanian | Associate Professor | CAS (Fall 2023-1 semester family leave) | CDS |
| Chair | 2026 | Ashe Laughlin | Assistant Professor | CAS | A&AH |
| 2027 | Sarah Morealli | Senior Lecturer | CAS | EESC | |
| 2027 | Antonia Delgado-Poust | Associate Professor | CAS | MLL | |
| 2 Non-Voting Students: TBA | |||||
| Rachael Nolan | Student-Classics, Studio Art | ||||
| Writing Intensive Committee (ADVISORY) | 5 at-large members | ||||
| Officer | Year Complete | Name | Rank | College | Dept |
| 2025 | Melissa Martinez | Assistant Professor | CAS | PSCI | |
| 2025 | Shumona Dasgupta | Associate Professor | CAS | ENGL | |
| 2026 | Jared McDonald | Assistant Professor | CAS | PSCI | |
| 2026 | Laura Sipe | Assistant Professor | CAS | BIOL | |
| 2027 | Guan-yi Leu | Assistant Professor | CAS | POLS | |
| Ex officio | |||||
| Leah Schweitzer, Director of the Speaking and Writing Center and Writing Program | |||||
| Digital Intensive Committee | 3 at-large members | ||||
| Officer | Year Complete | Name | Rank | College | Dept |
| 2025 | Andrea Livi Smith | Professor | CAS | HISP | |
| 2026 | Kalpesh Bhatt | Assistant Professor | CAS | CPR | |
| 2027 | Jason Robinson | Associate | CAS | ARTH | |
| Ex officio | |||||
| Angie Kemp, Digital Resources Librarian, Simpson Library | |||||
| Jerry Slezak, Director of Digital Learning Support | |||||
| Faculty Marshals | 3-5 marshals total (1 grand marshal; 2-4 faculty marshals) | ||||
| Grand Marshal: | |||||
| 2026 | Gary Richards | Professor | CAS | ENLI | |
| Faculty Marshals: | |||||
| 2025 | Janine Davis | Associate Professor | COE | ||
| 2026 | Kelli Slunt | Professor | CAS | CHEM | |
| University Curriculum Committee (STANDING) | 4 members (Chairs of COE, COB, and CAS Curriculum Committees; 1 UFC member) | ||||
| *Colleges elect their respective Chairs of the College Curriculum Committees, and a UFC representative is also selected. | |||||
| Officer | Year Complete | Name | Rank | College | Dept |
| Teresa Coffman | Professor | COE | |||
| Lance Gentry | Associate Professor | COB | |||
| Dawn Bowen | CAS | ||||
| Jonathan Levin | UFC | ||||
| University Faculty Affairs Committee (STANDING) | 6 members (1 COE, 1 COB, 1 CAS, 3 at-large) | ||||
| Officer | Year Complete | Name | Rank | College | Dept |
| At-large | |||||
| 2025 | Jessica Zeitz | Assistant Professor | CAS | CPSC | |
| 2026 | Brad Lamphere | Associate Professor | CAS | BIOL | |
| secretary (24-25) | 2027 | Will Mackintosh | Associate Professor | CAS | HIST |
| College Representatives (selected by college committees) | |||||
| chair (24-25) | 2025 | Miriam Liss | Professor | CAS | PSYC |
| 2026 | Smita Jain Oxford | Senior Lecturer | COB | ||
| 2027 | Melissa Wells | Associate Professor | COE | ||
| University Faculty Appeals & Grievance Committee (STANDING) | 5 members (1 COE, 1 COB, 1 CAS, 2 at-large) | ||||
| Officer | Year Complete | Name | Rank | College | Dept |
| At-large | |||||
| 2025 | Randall Helmstutler | Associate Professor | CAS | MATH | |
| 2027 | Eric Gable | Professor | CAS | SOAN | |
| College Representatives (selected by college committees) | |||||
| 2025 | Kyle Schultz | Professor | COE | ||
| 2026 | Wei Chen | Associate Professor | COB | ||
| 2027 | Angela Pitts | Professor | CAS | AACPR | |
| Back-Up Members | |||||
| 2027 | Dianne Baker | Professor | backup | ||
| 2027 | Antonia Delgado-Poust | Associate Professor | backup | ||
| 2027 | Marisa Martinez-Mira | Associate Professor | backup | ||
| 2027 | Kashef Majid | Associate Professor | COB | ||
| 2028 | |||||
| Faculty Organization Committee (STANDING)* | 6 members (2 COE, 2 COB, 2 CAS) | ||||
| Officer | Year Complete | Name | Rank | College | Dept |
| *Colleges elect these positions | |||||
| co-chair | 2025 | Parrish Waters | Associate Professor | CAS | BIOL |
| secretary | 2025 | Samira Fallah | Assistant Professor | COB | |
| co-chair | 2026 | Teresa Coffman | Professor | COE | |
| 2026 | Kanchan Deosthali | Associate Professor | COB | ||
| 2027 | Alexis Rutt | Assistant Professor | COE | ||
| 2027 | Michael Reno | Senior Lecturer | CAS | AACPR | |
| University Sabbaticals, Fellowships, & Faculty Awards Committee (STANDING)* | 5 members (1 COB, 1 COE, 1 CAS–Health & STEM, 1 CAS–Social Sciences, 1 CAS–Arts & Humanities) | ||||
| Officer | Year Complete | Name | Rank | College | Dept |
| *Colleges elect these positions | |||||
| 2025 | Kristin Marsh | Professor | CAS-SOCSCI | Sociology | |
| 2025 | Jennifer Hansen-Glucklick | Associate Professor | CAS-ARTS&HUM | MLL | |
| Chair | 2026 | Christy Irish | Associate Professor | COE | |
| 2026 | John Marsh | Associate Professor | COB | ||
| 2027 | Janet Asper | Professor | CAS-STEMPE | PHCH | |
| Ex Officio, Victoria Russell, Center for Teaching Director | |||||
| University Faculty Council | 18 members (3 COE; 3 COB; 3 CAS–Health & STEM; 3 CAS–Social Sciences; 3 CAS–Arts & Humanities) | ||||
| Officer | Year Complete | Name | Rank | College | Dept |
| College of Business | |||||
| 2025 | Alex Dunn | Associate Professor | COB | ||
| 2026 | Kim Kinsley | Senior Instructor | COB | ||
| 2027 | Sayan Sarkar | Associate Professor | COB | ||
| College of Education | |||||
| 2025 | Christy Irish | Assistant Professor | COE | ||
| 2026 | Jennifer Walker | Associate Professor | COE | ||
| 2027 | Janine Davis | Associate Professor | COE | ||
| College of Arts and Sciences – Health, PE, & STEM | |||||
| Chair | 2025 | Davis Oldham | Associate Professor | CAS | CHPH |
| 2026 | Kelly Swiney | Lecturer/Head Baseball Coach | CAS | AHPE | |
| 2027 | April Wynn | Associate Professor | CAS | BIOL | |
| College of Arts and Sciences – Social Sciences | |||||
| 2025 | Mindy Erchull | Professor | CAS | PSYC | |
| 2026 | Melina Patterson | Associate Professor | CAS | GEOG | |
| 2027 | Caitie Finlayson | Associate Professor | CAS | GEOG | |
| College of Arts and Sciences – Arts & Humanities | |||||
| 2025 | Mara Scanlon | Professor | CAS | ENLI | |
| 2026 | Michael Benson | Assistant Professor | CAS | THEA | |
| 2027 | Elizabeth Johnson-Young | Associate | CAS | DGST | |
| At-Large | |||||
| 2025 | Patricia Orozco | Lecturer | CAS | MLL | |
| 2026 | Jonathan Levin | Professor | CAS | ENLI | |
| 2027 | Karen Anewalt | Professor | CAS | Math | |
| Ex Officio | |||||
| UMW President Troy Paino | |||||
| UMW Provost Tim O’Donnell | |||||
| CAS Chairs Representative TBA | |||||
| UMW University Staff Council President Shanita Mitchell | |||||
| UMW SGA Representative Will Thompson | |||||