Committees
UNIVERSITY COMMITTEES FOR 2024 - 2025
Administrative Committees
Executive Budget Committee: Jennifer Cowley, Chair
Tamara L. Brown, John Davidson
Compliance, Accountability, Risk and Ethics Committee: Jennifer Cowley, Chair
Salma Adem, Shelby Boseman, Tamara Brown, Deepika Chalemela, John Davidson, Lowell Davis, John Hall, Teresea Madden, Kate Miller, Jewel Washington, Ex-officio: LaTanya Lowery, Andy Milson, David Price
Council of Academic Deans: Tamara L. Brown, Chair
Peter Crouch, Harry Dombroski, Kirk Foster, Jim Grover, Tim Jacobbe, Morteza Khaledi,
Ming-Han Li, Elizabeth Merwin, Elizabeth Newman, John Wang
Council of Chairs: Tamara L. Brown, Chair
Austin Allen, Diane Allen, Carla Amaro-Jimenez, Erian Armanios, George Benson, Karabi Bezboruah, Jonathan Bredow, Elten Briggs, Miriam Byrd, Michael Cho, Cheng-Jen Chuong, Allan Clay Clark, Stephane Cole, Paul Componation, David Coursey, William Crowder, August Davis, Jaya Davis, Rasika Dias, Ann Eckhardt, Raymond A. Elliott, Sampson Gholston, Ambra Green, Lonny Harrison, Jeanmarie Higgins, Andrew Hippisley, Heather Jacobson, Hong Jiang, David Keller, Cynthia Laborde, Gregory M. LeClair, Wei-Jen Lee, Radha Mahapatra, Barbara Marini, Charla Markham Shaw, Efstathios Meletis, Diane Mitschke, Timothy Morris, Linda Perrotti, Regina Praetorius, Sanjiv Sabherwal, Brent Sasley, Melanie Sattler, Jessica Smith, Jianzhong Su, Ramgopal Venkataraman, Martha Walvoord, Alexander Weiss, Arne Winguth
Institutional Audit Committee: Helen Dickey, Chair (Partner, Harris & Dickey)
External members: Chris Mitchell (Managing Director, PwC), Janya Kieffer (Chief Information Officer, Austin Industries); Internal members: Jennifer Cowley, Tamara L. Brown, Salma Adem, Shelby Boseman, John Davidson, Jim Grover, John Hall, Andy Milson, Jewel Washington; Non-voting internal members: Tanya Lowery, David Price
Faculty Committees
Academic Standards Committee: TBD, Chair
Ester Betram, Justin Ginsberg, Connie Lowery, Robert Magnusson, Annie Nordberg, Alejandro Rodriguez, Luis Rosado, Bin Srinidhi
Committee on Committees: TBD, Chair
Ishfaq Ahmed, Adam Annaccone, Rhonda Brisby, Norman Cobb, Bill Crowder, Jeff Demuth, Tom Dombrowsky, Rick Hoefer, Holly Hungerford-Kresser, Catherine LaBrenz, Abdul Rasheed, Jamie Rogers, Peggy Semingson, Chunke Su, Bart Weiss, Kayuninta Johnson Winters, Bijan Youssefzadeh
Committee on Rules and Elections: TBD, Chair
Austin Allen, Denise Cauble, Andrew Clark, Meredith Decker, Jennifer Ho, Yi Hong, Theresa Jorgensen, Joohi Lee, Scott Ryan
Faculty Senate – Statutory Committees
President’s Advisory Council
Andy Milson, Chair; Rhonda Prisby, Chair-elect; Kathryn Warren, Secretary, Whitney Russell, Treasurer, Adam Annaccone, Parliamentarian/TCFS Representative
Alejandro Rodriguez, CAPPA; Jingguo Wang, COB; Georgios Alexandrakis, COE; Joyce Myers, COED; Kaci O’Donnell, COLA, Jessica McClean, Libraries; Cindy Plonien, CONHI; Nilakshi Veerabathina, COS; De’An Roper, SSW
Committee on Equity and Ethics
Donna Firouzbakht, CAPPA; Tim Wunder, COB; (Chair) Song Jiang, COE; Joohi Lee, COED; Phillip Schroeder, COLA; Whitney Russell, Libraries; Dan Trott, CONHI, Heather Charles, COS; Darlene Hunter, SSW
Committee on Tenure and Academic Freedom
Joowon Im, CAPPA; Andy Hansz, COB; Ishfaq Ahmad, COE; Leaf Zhang, COED; Penny Ingram, COLA; Janet Burka, Libraries; Venu Varanasi, CONHI, (Chair) Fred MacDonnell, COS; Catherine LaBrenz, SSW
Faculty Senate – Standing Committees
Operating Procedures Committee
(Chair) Rachel Voth Schrag, Phillip Schroeder, Carlos Donjuan, (3 open spots)
Student Success Committee (AKA Academic and Student Liaison Committee)
(Chair) Nilakshi Veerabathina; Rachel Voth Schrag, Aimee Israel-Pelletier, Joyce Myers, Kaci O’Donnell, Thomas Dombrowsky
Faculty Senate Travel Award Committee
(Chair) Whitney Russell, Vinayak Kaushal, Shelley Wigley, Regina urban, Jack Unzicker, Ritesh Saini
Information Technology Committee
(Chair) Jack Unzicker, Cheryl Prachyl, Hyejin Moon, aera Leboullec, Shouyi Wang, Andrew Hunt
Emeritus Review Committee
(Chair) Rhonda Prisby, Imre Demhardt, Richard White, Don Schuman, Theresa Jorgensen, Andrzej Korzeniowski, Logan Watts, Mark Pellegrino
Faculty Senate – Ad Hoc Committees
Advocacy and Engagement Committee
(Chair) Penny Ingram, Alan Bowling, Naoko Witzel, Carie Kapellusch, Steve Mattingly, Alejandro Rodriguez
Research Committee
(Chair) David Arditi, Shelley Wigley, Phillip Schroeder, Janet Burka, Catherine LaBrenz, Regina Urban
Academic Professional Track Faculty Committee
(Chair) Amy Austin, Kim Breuer, Rachael Mariboho, Jessica McClean, Thomas Dombrowsky, Cindy Koomey, Laura Kunkel
Social Committee
(Chair) Kaci O’Donnell, Yaowu Hao, Xinbao Yu
Piper Professor Nomination Committee
(Chair) Catherine LaBrenz, Amy Austin, Manfred Cuntz, Kathryn Warren, (2 open spots)
Athletics Liaison Committee
(Chair) Adam Annaccone, David Wetz, Kaci O’Donnell, Yaowu Hao, Tom Graca, Greg Turner, Mark Pellegrino
UTA Libraries Strategic Plan Focus Group
(Chair) Kim Breuer, Rachel Voth Schrag, Yaowu Hao, Joohi Lee, Christopher chambers-Ju
COACHE Steering Committee
Leaf Zhang
Faculty Senate Webmaster
Adam Annaccone
Faculty Senate – Senate Representatives to External Committees
UT System Faculty Advisory Council
Andy Milson, Rhonda Prisby, Adam Annaccone (alternate)
Texas Council of Faculty Senates
Adam Annaccone, Penny Ingram
University Committee on Tenure and Promotion
Andy Milson (ex-officio)
Handbook of Operating Procedures Committee
Andy Milson
Institutional Audit Committee
Andy Milson
Compliance, Assessment, Risk, and Ethics Committee
Andy Milson
University Strategic Planning
Andy Milson
RISE100 Faculty Selection Committee
Andy Milson
Executive Search Committees
Kathryn Warren and Regina Urban (Honors College Dean)
Dan Trott (CONHI Dean)
Cindy Plonien (VP of UTA West)
Quality Enhancement Plan
(2 open spots)
Campus Master Plan Steering Committee
Rhonda Prisby
Registration, Calendar, and Scheduling Committee
Kaci O’Donnell
Program Review Committee Senate Representatives
Aaron Smallwood, Rachael Mariboho
University Parking Committee – Senate Representative
James Kelsay
University Nominating Committee – Senate Representatives
Regina Urban (open) 1-year term, (open) 2-year term, (open) 2-year term
Space Resource Allocation Committee – Senate Representative
Rhonda Prisby
Student Success Taskforce (to be assembled by Ashley Purgason)
Amy Austin, Manfred Cuntz
Belonging and Engagement Council – Senate Representative
Rhonda Prisby
Belonging and Engagement Recognition Taskforce
Rhonda Prisby
Faculty Athletics Representative
Adam Annaccone
Graduate Assembly: Shawn Christensen, Chair
David Arditi, Philip Baiden, Vicente Iranzo Banuls, Dennis Chiessa, CY Choi, Paul Componation, Sophia Fantus, Leonidas Fegaras, John Garrigus, Desiree Henderson, Yuan Ji, Robin Jocius, David Jorgensen, Subhrangsu Mandal, Cedrick May, Don McConnell, Jacqueline Michael, Patti Parker, Nasir Rakib, Catherine Robert, Alejandro Rodriguez, Panos Shiakolas, Donna Schuman, Jiwon Suh, Christian Vasquez, Jennifer Zhang, Ex-Officio: Tamara L. Brown, Tim Jacobbe, Peter Crouch, Harry Dombroski, Jim Grover, Raymond Jackson, Morteza Khaledi, Ming-Han Li, Elizabeth Merwin, Kate Miller, Elizabeth Newman, Kirk Foster, Zheng (John) Wang
Committee on Graduate Program Creation
Dennis Chiessa, Paul Componation, John Garrigus, Subhrangsu Mandal, Don McConnell, Jacqueline Michael, Kathryn Pole
Committee on Graduate Program Revision
David Arditi, CY Choi, Shawn Christensen, Sophia Fantus, Robin Jocius, Patti Parker, Panos Shiakolas, Jiwon Suh
Committee on Graduate Students
Matthew Brothers, Nasir Rakib, Leonidas Fegaras, Desiree Henderson, David Jorgensen, Catherine Robert, Alejandro Rodriguez, Christian Vasquez, Jennifer Zhang
Hearing Panel: Jennifer Cowley, Chair
John Adams, Maxine Adegbola, Andrew Brandt, Matt Brothers, Zhen Cong, Christoph Csallner, Ambra Green, David Hervas, Bai Linh Hoang, Rick Hoefer, Bree Jiminez, Sherri Kermanshachi, Frank Lu, Laura Mydlarz, Liliana Nordtvedt, Taner Ozdil, Yuan Peng, Becky Pierce, Viijayan Pillai, Abdul Rasheed, Alejandro Rodriguez, Scott Ryan, Toni Sol, Micki Washburn, Sherry Wang, Bijon Youssefzadeh, Weidong Zhou
Registration, Calendar, and Scheduling Committee: Tamara L. Brown, Chair
Lowell Davis, Ami Dominguez, Ceil flores, Krista Hawley, Karen Krause, Conroy Kydd, Eric Leidlin, Andy Milson, Kimberly Tate, Ehren Wixon
Undergraduate Assembly: Tamara L. Brown, Chair
Rachel Baldridge, Linda Barasch, Nathan Brown, Kay-Yut Chen, Monica De la Fuente Iglesias, He Dong, Sergio Espinosa, Ceil Flores, Nelson Gomes-Torres, Michael Holmes, Tom Ingram, Leslie Jennings, Pam Johnson, Julia Lindgren, Nancy Michael, Andrew Milson (Faculty Senate President), Joshua Nason, Kaci O’Donnell, Owen parker, Daniela Pedraja (Student Congress President), Tim Ponce, Srinivas Prabaker, Kelli Rogers, Luis Rosado, David Rosser, Cristina Salinas, Peggy Semingson, Sarah Shelton, Wideline Seraphin, Allison Tomlinson, Melissa Walsh, Deborah Williams, Ex-officio: Peter Crouch, Harry Dombroski, Kirk Foster, Jim Grover, Morteza Khaledi, Conroy Kydd, Ming-Han Li, Tim Jacobbe, Elizabeth Merwin, Elizabeth Newman, Ashley Purgason, Zheng (John) Wang
Undergraduate Curriculum Committee: Tom Ingram, Chair
Bonnie Boardman, Rebecca Deen, Sonja Ezell, Tom Ingram, Fernando Jaramillo, Adwait Khare, Erin Murrah-Mandril, Laura Mydlarz, Phyllis Pastwa, Lynn Peterson, Steve Quevedo, Nichole Spoor, Seiichiro Tanizaki, Allison Tomlinson, Abu Yilla, Ex-officio: Ami Dominguez, Jeni King, Conroy Kydd, Rebecca Lewis, Martha Salinger, Tammy Shoemaker
Core Curriculum Committee: Sergio Espinosa, Chair
Bonnie Boardman, Kim Breuer, Shelly Christie, Meagan Rogers, Barbara Shipman, Seiichiro Tanizaki, Ex-officio: Tom Ingram, Rebecca Lewis
University Tenure and Promotion Committee: Minerva Cordero, Chair
Andrew Clark, Douglas Klahr, Regina Praetorius, Abdul Rasheed, Scott Ryan, Kamesh Subbarao, Andy White, Beth Wright, Jingsong Zhou, Ex-officio: Andrew Milson, Kate Miller
Staff Committees
Staff Advisory Council, Jewel Washington, Chair
Christopher Templeton (SAC Chair), Shunda Dixon (SAC Vice-Chair), Elizabeth Coen (Treasurer), Carla Monk, (Parliamentarian), Lisa Holt (Historian), Heather Earnhardt (Webmaster), Julio Antunez, Ramsy Antunez, Kim Bennett, Nolan Brett, Daniela Cardenas, Lori Danyl Cater, Joon Hee Cho, Nova Coates, Terre Coleman, David Cruz, Rachel Marie Spinks, Garry outhit, Joshua Finley, La’Kisha Fredricks, Rosalinda Gloria, Anthony Griffin, Rafael Herrera, Jen Hill, Perla Hinojosa, Toy Howard, Jessica Hudson, Paul Hughey, Kim Ingram, Margaret Ann Jackymack, Robert Harold James, Ashleigh Johnson, Jitenga Iletayo Knox, Natalie Eve Mangham, Misti Ryan Maskil, Pauline Mason, Phyllis Lorraine Miller, James Payne, Devon Peralta, Ana Maria Peredo-Manor, Tracy Pior, Sonya Pulley, Julia Rockow, Theresa Schlichthorn, Jeremy Scidmore, Amanda Hammonds Smith, Ashley Smith, Sharleston Tillery, Sha’Londa Towns, Ashlie Marie Upchurch, Brian Watkins, Tabitha Wiles, Laura Wolf, Joseph Michael Zschiesche
Reporting to the President: General University Committees
Belonging and Engagement UTA Council, Jennifer Cowley, Chair
Jewel Washington, Imelda Wicks, Michele Bobadilla, Shelby Boseman, Shabaz Brown, Lowell K. Davis, Maria Delgado, Kimberly Grubb, Dustin Harp, Nali Kim, Jitenga Knox, Sandro Miljatovic, Tiffani Riddick, Sarah Rose, Jason Shelton, Nicholas Viator, Xavier Vidal Medina, Marika Apostolova, Myrtle Bell, Alan Bowling, Elten Briggs, Rashida Casey-Reynolds, Faye Cocchiara, Leah Collum, Austin Eyer, Hannah Farrow, Zach Helton, Michael Holmes, Darlene Hunter, Mahal Kita Hurst, Raymond “Joe” Jackson, Relius Johnson, Ben Jones, Beth Lucy-Spiedel, Jennifer Luken-Sutton, Ana Maria Peredo-Manor, Les Ridingin, Alejandro Rodriguez, Ericka Roland, Quentin Scott, Kathryn Slover, Philisa Stanford, Tasha Talton, Chris Templeton, Carter Tiernan, Mohammad Tondo, Margarita Trevino, Allia Lewis, Kathy Murphy, Nico Covarrubias
UTA Veterans Advisory Committee: James Kumm, Chair
Lee Banda, Paul Beaulieu, Cheryl Donaldson, Jeovany Dubon, R. Stephen Gibbs, Rhonda Hampton-Hudson, Jerry Hubbard, Douglas Klahr, Rebecca Neilson, Luis Rosado, Stan Seat, Jeffrey Seidel, Keven Smith, Lisa Thompson, Antwan Williams, Kristine Witkowski
Reporting to the Provost and Senior Vice President for Academic Affairs
Council of Associate Deans: Andrew Hippisley, Chair
Myrtle Bell, Karabi Bezboruah, Wendy Casper, Todd Castoe, Paul Componation, Gautam Das, Rebecca Deen, Sergio Espinoza, Paul Fadel, Cory Forbes, Frank Foss, Greg Frazier, Tonya Hansel, Desiree Henderson, Raymond “Joe” Jackson, Fernando Jaramillo, Robin Jocius, David Keller, Laura Mydlarz, Anne Nordberg, Lynn Peterson, Regina Praetorius, Holli Slater, Tanya Sudia