Academic & Faculty Committees

1. Mary Allen (Chair), Faculty Council Members are K. Seeley (2027), Miya McCann (2028), A. Gonzalez (2027) with Karina Walker as a sabbatical replacement, W. Wang (2027), R. Bussell (2028), and D. Zullo (2028)

The President, Chief Academic Officer, and Chair of the Faculty are ex-officio members of all standing faculty committees and shall receive timely notices of their meetings and minutes of their proceedings.

Committee on Academic Standards – TBD, Chair.
need AH rep (2027); Ch. Anderson (2027), M. Kober (2027), A. Gonzalez (2028) – Joe Von Stengel sabbatical replacement for A. Gonzalez, Fall 2026; A. Kerwin (2028), A. Rowsam (2028); ex-officio: H. Judd and A. Forster Rothbart.

Committee on Appointments, Tenure and Promotion – M. Wolff, Chair.
Kuhlman (2028), J. Wellman (2027), and B. Kahl (2028); Rob Seguin (2027), A. Piefer (2027), and J. Antrosio (2028).

Committee on Assessment of General Education– TBD, Chair.
Sweger (2028), N. Sugandhi (2028), and R. Barlow (2028); and Hansen (2029). ex-officio: A. Forster Rothbart and J. Cochran.

Committee on Committees J. Chen, Chair.
B. Kahl (2028), need PLS rep (2029) and J. Chen (2027).

Faculty Board Liaison Committee – McKenney (2027), Division Chairs, and members of Faculty Council.

Committee on Faculty Compensation and Budget – TBD, Chair, TBD, Vice Chair
K. Kreisher (2027), need R. Ceresola (2027), and PLS (2027); HUM (2028), S. Carr (2027) and SBS (2028).

Committee on Faculty Development – TBD, Chair.
Kaur (2028), R. Bussell (2029), and B. Fest (2027).

Graduate Advisory Committee – on hiatus

Committee on Honors Program – SBS Chen and HUM Frankel, Co-Directors.
LaRose (2027) and Cochran (2027), PLS (2028) and K. Smith (2028).

Interdisciplinary Studies Committee – TBD, Chair.
Kerwin (2027), Wolff (2028), and W. Wang (2027); M. Budwitz (2027), M. Chick (2028), need Hansen (2028).

Committee on Library & Educational Technology – B. Fest, Chair.
HUM (2028), HUM (2027), Wang (2028); Sheehan (2028), ex-officios: D. Heyduk and M. Schuler.

Committee on Off-Campus Study – TBD, Chair.
B. Kahl (2028), M. Budwitz (2029), and D. Griffing (2027).

Special committees may also be established by the Chief Academic Officer or the Chair of the Faculty, in consultation with the President, or by vote of the Faculty.  The President and the Chief Academic Officer shall be ex officio members of all Special Committees and shall be sent minutes of all meetings.

3Year Degree Committee – (TBA)

Academic Computing – (TBA)

Advisory Committee on Campus Safety & Security (TBA)

Campus Theme Committee – Forster Rothbart, Chair
K. Jones, M. Wolff, Dopazo, need PLS rep

College-Wide Assessment Committee – TBA, Chair.

Committee on Athletics (TBA)

Health Professions Advisory Committee – A. Piefer, Chair.
M. Allen, need additional rep, J. Wellman.

Institutional Animal Care and Use Committee – M. Kuhlmann, Chair.
Rowsam, Schultz, Leahy (vet), Bradley (community member).

Internship Advisory Committee – TBA, Chair.
M. Sheehy, E. Cooper, A. Forster Rothbart, S. Navarette, P. Troischt.

Institutional Review Board – E. Chernyak, Chair.
Need additional rep, W. Kowalczyk, and J. Wellman.

Pine Lake Advisory Committee (TBA)

Radiation Safety Officer – K. Schultz, Chair.

Retention Advisory Committee – TBD, Chair
P. Vecchio, L. Elwood, need AH rep, H. Lichtman, JR. Bjerklie, and need SBS rep.

Scholarship Awards Committee – S. Carr, Deputy Chair
Chief Academic Officer (J. Dearden), Chair of the Faculty, (M. Allen), President of the Hartwick College Honor Society (J. Dudek); co-Director, Committee on Honors Program (J. Chen and L. Frankel), Two at-large administrative reps—elected by Staff Council: T. Raimy, C. Penn; Two at-large appointments made by the Chief Academic Officer for annual service: S. Carr; Three elected faculty members: Balogh-Brunstad (2029), M. Sheehy (2028), and E. Kenney (2027).

Arts and Humanities – Chair, J. Von Stengel (2028), Vice Chair, TBD (2025)

Physical and Life Sciences – Chair, S. Carr (2028); Vice Chair, J. Dudek (2027)

Social and Behavioral Sciences – Chair, L. Elder (2028); Vice Chair, E. Chernyak (2025)

Cognitive Science Program Coordinator, Stefanie Rocknak
Need additional rep, L. Nienart and L. Onorato

Individual Student Programs (ISP) Coordinator, Chad Anderson

Medical Laboratory Science Coordinator, Alex Sweger

Museum Studies Coordinator, Doug Kendall

Pre-Engineering Advisor, Larry Nienart

Pre-Law Advisor, Matt Chick

Race & Ethnic Studies Coordinator, Rob Seguin

Student Showcase Committee, Co-Chairs, TBD.
S. Brunetta, P. Dopazo, K. Seeley, M. Shaw and T. Sousa

Women’s and Gender Studies Program Coordinator, K.Walker

Academic Program – John Dudek (2028), Pease (2028), and M. Skinner (2028); M. Allen, ex-officio (2028)

Audit & Compliance –L. Elder (2027), Pease (2028)

Board Governance –A. Kerwin (2028), K. Walker (2028)

Enterprise Resource Generation –K. Kreisher (2027), Carli Ficano (2028)

Facilities – M. Chick (2028), J. LaRose (2028)

Fiscal Resource Management –J. Chen (2027), L. Ogbeifun (2028)

Student Experience – Sheehan (2027) and LaRose (2028)

Strategic Alternatives– Sheehan (2027), Ryan Ceresola (2028)

Matt Chick, NCAA Faculty Athletic Rep
Scott Dejong, Faculty Liaison to the Griffiths Center
Kristin Jones, Faculty Liaison to Career Development and Network Engagement
Erin Kenney, Faculty Liaison to the Belonging Center
Zachary McKenney, Faculty Liaison to The Belonging Center
AJ Sullivan, Facilities Liaison for Academic Affairs
Tim Vatovec, Faculty Liaison to Pine Lake
Doug Zullo, Faculty Liaison to Global Education

Anthropology – Jason Antrosio

Art and Art History – Rich Barlow, Co-Chair and Leah Frankel, Co-Chair

Biology – Eric Cooper

Business Administration and Accounting – Weiwei Zhang

Chemistry – Andy Piefer

CISC – Howard Litchman

Economics – Karl Seeley

Education –Ross Bussell

Geological and Environmental Sciences –Zsuzsanna Balogh- Brunstad

History –Jeremy Wisnewski

Library – David Heyduk

Literature, Media & Writing – Rob Seguin

Mathematics – Min Chung

Modern Languages –Karina Walker

Music –Andrew Pease, Co-Chair and Meghan Sheehy, Co-Chair

Nursing – Kim Smith (Chair) and Miya McCann (Assistant Chair)

Philosophy – Stefanie Rocknak

Physical Education Teacher Education – Ross Bussell

Physics –Parker Troischt

Political Science – Laurel Elder

Psychology –Bill Kowalczyk

Religious Studies –Jeremy Wisnewski

Sociology – Ryan Ceresola

Theatre Arts – Marc Shaw

Environment, Sustainability & Sustainability – Jim Buthman

Med Tech Program – Alex Sweger

Public Health Program – Lisle Dalton