Senate Standing Committees 2013-2014
Below is the list of Academic Senate Standing Committees whose membership is appointed by the
Executive Committee from volunteers from the Senate. For a full description of each committee and its
responsibilities, please see the IU South Bend Academic Senate Constitution at
https://www.iusb.edu/academic-affairs/handbooks/academichandbook2007.pdf
Academic Affairs
Academic Personnel
Teresa Dobrzykowski (CHS)
Pat Henry (CHS)
Shannon Oldenberg (CLAS-Lect).
Julio Hernando (CLAS)
Xing (Chase) Lu (BUSE) – Chair
Bob Kenagy (BUSE)
Andy Schnabel (CLAS) – Co-Chair
Carmen Dielman (CHS) – Co-Chair
Leon Schjoedt (BUSE)
Anna Savvopoulou (CLAS)
Anne Magnan-Park (CLAS)
Matt Costello (CLAS)
Curriculum
Assessment
Matt Costello (CLAS)
Kenneth Douglas (ARTS)
Douglas Agbetsiafa (BUSE)
Karen Ackoff (ARTS)
Jorge Muniz (ARTS)
Vishal Bindroo (BUSE)
Catherine Borshuk (CLAS)
Barb Thomas (EDUC)
Raman Adaikkalavan (CLAS)
Susan Thomas (LIB) – Chair
Sharon Jones (CHS)
Senate appointees:
Besty Lucal (CLAS)
Qiang Xu (CLAS)
Maria Mendez (BUSE)
Monle Lee (BUSE)-Convener
Mahesh Ananth (CLAS)
Acad. Aff. appointees:
Michelle Bakerson (EDUC) – Chair
Hope Davis (EDUC)
Yvonne Larrier (EDUC)
Tracy Trottier (CLAS)
Facilities Management
Student Affairs
Anurag Pant (BUSE)
Susan Moore (ARTS) - Chair
Bruce Watson (EDUC)
Mark P. Schroeder (BUSE)
Brenda Borntrager (CLAS)
Tim Willig (CLAS)
Faculty Welfare
Elizabeth Bennion (CLAS) – Chair
Heidi Walker (CHS)
Samantha Joyce (ARTS)
Vivar Valencia (BUSE)
Marsha Heck (EDUC)
Raj Kohli (BUSE)
Ben Balthaser (CLAS)
Library Affairs
Nan Liu (BUSE)
Ken Smith (CLAS)
Bill Feighery (CLAS)
Jessica McCormack (ARTS)
Roxanne Wolfram (CHS) – Chair
Jeff Luppes (CLAS)
Alison Stankrauff (LIB)
Julia Gressick (EDUC)
GiHoon Hong (BUSE)
Nancy Colborn (LIB)
Joe Chaney (CLAS)
Alex Meisami (BUSE) – Chair
E.J. Fenner (CHS)
Budget
Ganesh Vaidyanathan (BUSE)
Julie Elliott (LIB)
Andrea Rusnock (CLAS)
Kyoko Takanashi (CLAS)
Peter G. Bushnell (CLAS) – Co-Chair
Bruce Watson (EDUC)
Jeffrey Wright (ARTS) – Co-Chair
Morteza Shafii-Mousavi (CLAS)
Bruce McDonald (CLAS)
Teaching
Campus Directions
P.N. Saksena (BUSE)
Oscar Barrau (CLAS)
Jane Cera (ARTS)
Chu He (CLAS)
Marta Makielski (CHS) – Chair
Kari Wilson (ARTS)
Dmitry Shlapentokh (CLAS)
Sue Anderson (CHS)
Vicki Bloom (LIB)
Hope Davis (EDUC)
Rob Ducoffe (BUSE) – Co-chair
Mark Fox (BUSE)
Kevin Gillen (ARTS)
Doug McMillen (CLAS)
Lyle Zynda (CLAS) – Co-chair
David Ogden (ProStaff Council)
Susan Jacobs (Bi-Weekly Staff Council)
Bev Church (UITS)
Fran Lanciotti (Admin. & Financial Aff.)
Karen White (Student Affairs)
Ken Baierl (Public Affairs)
John McIntosh (Academic Affairs)
Research & Development
Gail McGuire (CLAS)
Feng Shan (LIB)
Sue Anderson (CHS)
Micheline Nilsen (ARTS)
Hong Zhuang (BUSE)
Kirk Mecklenburg (CLAS) – Chair
Louise Collins (CLAS)
Ni Chang (EDUC)
Admissions & Advising
Jim Howard (CHS)
Kim McIerney (ARTS)
Shanqin Chen (CLAS)
Roxanne Wolfram (CHS)
Ann Grens (CLAS)
Scott Opasik (LIB) – Chair
Hang Dinh (CLAS)
Dana Costea (BUSE)
Monika Lynker (CLAS)
Student Publications
Gail McGuire (CLAS)
Jay VanderVeen (CLAS)
Maria Mendez (BUSE)
Craig Finlay (LIB)
Kelcey Parker (CLAS) – Analecta advisor
Christina Gerken (CLAS) – NVG advisor – Chair
Peter Bushnell (CLAS) – URJ advisor
Lisa Zwicker (CLAS) – URJ of History advisor
Ken Klimek (ARTS) – Preface advisor
Kyoko Takanashi (CLAS) – Grad RJ advisor
Information Technologies
Jennifer Loop-Miller (CHS)
Bhavik Pathak (BUSE)
Kirby Cheng (LIB)
Dana Vrajitoru (CLAS)
Eric Souther (ARTS) – Chair
Rolf Schimmrigk (CLAS)
Dazhong Wu (BUSE)
Non-Tenure Track Faculty Policy
John Davis (CLAS) - Chair
Sandra Peek (CHS)
Diane Economakis (CLAS)
Ganesh Vaidyanathan (BUSE)
Elaine Roth (CLAS)
Mark Schroeder (BUSE)
General Education
Lyle Zynda (CLAS)
Lesley Walker (CLAS) – Chair
Marsha Heck (EDUC)
Linda Fisher (LIB)
Jane Cera (ARTS)
Haiyen Yin (BUSE)
Casey Lard (ARTS)
Kristen Quimby (CHS)
Henry Scott (CLAS)
Linda Chen (Director of Gen. Ed.)
Vendor Review Panel
Jake Mattox (CLAS)
Cathy Borshuk (CLAS)
Ben Balthaser (CLAS) – Co-Chair
R. Lee Smith (EDUC) – Co-Chair
Louise Collins (CLAS)
April Lidinsky (CLAS)
Elected Committees of the Academic Senate 2013-14
Executive Committee
Jerry Hinnefeld (CLAS) – President
Bruce Spitzer (EDUC) – Vice President
Alison Stankrauff (LIB) – Secretary
Sue Anderson (CHS) – At-large
Peter Bushnell (CLAS) – At-large
Beth Kern (BUSE) – At-large
Susan Cress (EDUC) – UFC rep.
Steven Gerencser (CLAS) – Past President
Carolyn Schult (CLAS) – Parliamentarian
Promotion, Tenure and Reappointment
Anne Brown (CLAS) – Co-chair
Julie Elliott Feighery (LIB)
Patricia Henry (CHS) – Co-chair
Igor Jurisevic (CLAS, Asst. Prof. – non-voting)
Michael Lasater (ARTS)
Yilei Qian (CLAS)
P.N. Saksena (BUSE)
Lyle Zynda (CLAS)
Faculty Board of Review
Nancy Colborn (LIB) – Chair
Chu He (CLAS)
Samantha Joyce (ARTS)
Ilan Levine (CLAS)
Sara Sage (EDUC)
Faculty Misconduct Review
Linda Fisher (LIB)
April Lidinsky (CLAS)
Gretchen Anderson (CLAS) - Chair
Yi Cheng (CLAS)
Hossein Hakimzadeh (CLAS)
Alternates:
Randy Colborn (ARTS)
Marsha Heck (EDUC)
Julio Hernando (CLAS)
Monle Lee (BUSE)
Kevin Ladd (CLAS)
Athletics
Kristin Budd (CLAS)
Igor Juricevic (CLAS)
Henry Scott (CLAS)
Yuri Obata (ARTS)
Jamie Smith (CLAS) – Chair
LuAnn Woodrick (CHS)