Faculty Committees and Leadership

    
SNL Faculty Leadership

 Dean: Marisa Alicea
 Associate Dean, Curriculum and Instruction: Michelle Navarre Cleary
 Associate Dean, Mentoring and Part-Time Faculty: Deborah Holton
 Associate Dean, Systems and Retention: Corinne Benedetto
 Faculty Chair: Susan McGury (Fall). Mechthild Hart (Winter/Spring)
 Director, Assessment Center: Gretchen Wilbur
 Director, Degree Completion Programs: Ann Stanford, Regina Spellers Sims (Associate Director)
 Director, Graduate Programs: Russ Rogers
 Director, Loop Campus: Pat Ryan (co-director through 7/1/2013) / Dan Hibbler
 Director, Naperville Campus: Corinne Benedetto (interim)
 Director, Oak Forest Campus: Susan McGury, Kenya Grooms (Associate Director)
 Director, O’Hare Campus: Corinne Benedetto (interim)
 Director, SNL Online: Beth Rubin, (Betta LoSardo, interim)
 Co-Directors, Tangaza Campus: Susanne Dumbleton, Ann Stanford
 Convener of Directors’ Council: Dan Hibbler

SNL Coordinators and Champions

UNDERGRADUATE PROGRAMS
 Advanced Project: Mechthild Hart, 2013 
 Bachelor of Arts in Early Childhood Education (BAECE): Dana McDermott 
 Bachelor of Arts Early Learning (BAEL) and BA in Family Studies: Dana McDermott
 Bridge Program: Mechthild Hart, Anghesom Atsbaha, Co-Directors
 Critical Thinking: John Kimsey, 2013
 Externship/Community-based learning: Susan Reed, 2016
 Focus Area: Pat Ryan, 2013
 Foundations of Adult Learning: Arieahn Matamonasa, 2013
 International Coordinator: Susan McGury, 2013
 Professional Advisors: Ruth Gannon Cook, 2013
 Quantitative Reasoning: Don Opitz, 2013
 Research Seminar: Nancy Davis, 2014
 Summit Seminar: Fred Wellisch, 2014
 Writing Coordinator: Michelle Navarre Cleary

GRADUATE PROGRAMS
 MAAPS Coordinator: Russ Rogers
 MAEA Coordinator: Catherine Marienau
 MSAT Coordinator: Russ Rogers
 Student Program Review Committee: Catherine Marienau
 Graduate Liberal Learning Coordinator: Arieahn Matamonasa

CENTER TO ADVANCE EDUCATION FOR ADULTS 
 Regina Speller Sims, Catherine Marienau, Ann Stanford, 2013

SNL Councils

ACADEMIC COUNCIL (ACCIL)
 Dean: Marisa Alicea, Co-Chair 
 Faculty Chair: Mechthild Hart, 2015
 Director, Graduate Programs: Russ Rogers  
 Director, Undergraduate Campus: Dan Hibbler
 Part-Time Faculty Committee Co-Chair: Dorothy Balabanos, 2015
 Associate Dean, Curriculum and Instruction: Michelle Navarre Cleary 
 Elected Faculty member: Don Opitz, 2016
 Elected Faculty member: Catherine Marienau, 2013
 Elected Faculty member: Akilah Martin, 2015
 Scribe: TBA  
  
ADMINISTRATIVE COUNCIL (ADCIL)
 Associate Dean, Systems and Retention: Corinne Benedetto 
 Senior Assistant Dean: Doug Murphy, Chair 
 Assistant Dean, Budget and Administration: Jenny Prey 
 Assistant Dean, Undergraduate Student Services: Shirley Bono 
 Associate Director, Graduate Programs: Sarah Hellstrom 
 Assistant Director, SNL Online: Shirin Kadwani 
 SNL Records: Imran Ali 
 
DIRECTORS’ COUNCIL
 Graduate Programs: Russ Rogers 
 Loop Campus: Pat Ryan (through 7/1/2013), Dan Hibbler, Chair 
 Naperville Campus: Corinne Benedetto (interim) 
 Oak Forest Campus: Susan McGury 
 O’Hare Campus: Corinne Benedetto (interim) 
 SNL Online: Beth Rubin; (Betta LoSardo, interim)
 SNL DCM: Ann Stanford
 Kenya Campus: Ann Stanford and/or Susanne Dumbleton 
 Associate Dean, Mentoring and Part-Time Faculty, Ex Officio: Deborah Holton 

SNL Standing Committees

ADVISING AND MENTORING COMMITTEE, BACHELOR OF ARTS 
 Faculty member: Miriam Ben-Yoseph, 2013
 Faculty member: Kenya Grooms, 2015
 Associate Dean for Mentoring and Part-Time Faculty: Deborah Holton, Chair
 Faculty member: Catherine Marienau, 2013
 Faculty member: Steffanie Triller, 2015
 Assistant Dean, Undergraduate Student Services: Shirley Bono 
 Advisor (Loop Campus): Gwen Weaver 
 Advisor (Suburban Campus): Christine Hayda 
 Associate Dean for Systems and Retention, Ex Officio: Corinne Benedetto 

AWARDS COMMITTEE
 Faculty member: Derise Tolliver Atta, Chair. 2013
 Faculty member: Kamilah Cummings, 2014
 Faculty member: Caroline Kisiel, 2013 
 Faculty member: Regina Spellers Sims, 2013
 Faculty member: Kate Wozniak, 2015
 Staff member: Leyfane J. Thomas 

CURRICULUM AND ASSESSMENT COMMITTEE, BACHELOR OF ARTS (BACA)
 Faculty member: Don Opitz, Chair. 2015
 Associate Dean, Curriculum and Instruction: Michelle Navarre Cleary 
 Director, Assessment Center: Gretchen Wilbur 
 Director, Undergraduate Campus or SNL Online: Beth Rubin, 2013
 Foundations Champion: Arieahn Matamonasa, 2013
 Faculty member: Kamilah Cummings, 2015
 Faculty member: Mechthild Hart, 2015
 Faculty member: Susan Reed, 2015
 Faculty member: Regina Spellers Sims, 2015
 Faculty member: Fred Wellisch, 2013

TEACHING LEARNING AND ASSESSMENT, SNL (TLA) - BACA Subcommittee
 Arts and Ideas: John Kimsey, 2015
 Arts and Ideas: Fred Wellisch, 2013
 Focus Area: Part-Time Faculty members (as needed) 
 Human Community: Dan Hibbler, 2014
 Human Community: Regina Spellers Sims, 2013
 Scientific World:  Don Opitz, 2015
 Transfer Coursework Coordinator: Barbara Radner  
 Associate Dean, Curriculum and Instruction, Ex Officio: Michelle Navarre Cleary 
 Director, Assessment Center, Ex Officio: Gretchen Wilbur, Chair 
 Writing Program Faculty, Ex Officio: Kathryn Wozniak 
 Advising Staff, Ex Officio: Gwen Weaver 

CURRICULUM AND ASSESSMENT COMMITTEE, GRADUATE (GCA)
 Director: Russ Rogers, Chair
 Faculty member: Ruth Gannon Cook
 Faculty member: Dan Hibbler
 Faculty member: Arieahn Matamonasa
 Faculty member: Catherine Marienau
 Faculty member: Dana McDermott
 Faculty member: Pamela Meyer
 Faculty member: Gabriele Strohschen
 Associate Director: Sarah Hellstrom
 Assistant Director: Helen Brusek
 Associate Dean, Curriculum and Instruction, Ex Officio: Michelle Navarre Cleary

MASTERS OF SCIENCE IN APPLIED TECHNOLOGY (MSAT)- GCA Subcommittee 
 Russ Rogers 

DIVERSITY AND SOCIAL JUSTICE COMMITTEE
 Tenured Faculty member: Sara Kimble, 2015
 Tenured Faculty member: Akilah Martin, 2015
 Tenure-track Faculty member:  Joe Chen, Co-Chair, 2013
 Instructor: Isidore Udoh 
 Part-Time Faculty member: TBA
 Staff member (at large): Imran Ali, Co-Chair, 2013
 Staff member (at large): Katie Brick, 2013
 Staff member (at large): Maribel Garcia, 2013
 Staff member (at large): Sarah Hellstrom, 2013
 Staff member (at large): Leyfane Thomas, 2013 
 Staff member (SNL Online): Tony Cadena, 2014
 Student: TBA
     
EXCEPTIONS COMMITTEE
 Fred Wellisch, Chair 
 Telisa Robinson Davis
 
FACULTY SEARCH COMMITTEE
 Tenured Faculty member: Catherine Marienau, 2013
 Faculty member (previous Search Committee member): Susan McGury, Chair, 2013
 Faculty member: Joe Chen, 2013 
 Staff member: Leyfane J. Thomas 

GRADE CHALLENGE COMMITTEE
 Faculty member: Kevin Downing, Chair, 2015
 Faculty member: Betta LoSardo, 2013
 Faculty member: Gretchen Wilbur, 2015
 Alternate: Mechthild Hart, 2014
 Alternate: Susan McGury, 2013

INTERNATIONAL COMMITTEE
 Faculty Coordinator: Susan McGury, Chair, 2013
 Faculty member: Miriam Ben-Yoseph, 2014
 Faculty member: Caroline Kisiel, 2013
 Faculty member: Regina Spellers Sims, 2013
 Faculty member: Isidore Udoh 
 Part-Time Faculty member (optional): TBA  
 Ex Officio: Nobi Hayashi

LOCAL REVIEW BOARD (LRB)
 Tenured Faculty member: Ruth Gannon Cook, 2015
 Faculty member: Kenya Grooms, Chair, 2013
 Faculty member: Sara Kimble, 2014
 Faculty member (optional): Ludovic Comeau, 2013

PART-TIME FACULTY COMMITTEE, BACHELOR OF ARTS
 Tenured Faculty member: Susanne Dumbleton, Co-Chair, 2013
 Part-Time Faculty member, appointed by Dean: Dorothy Balabanos, Co-Chair, 2015
 Part-Time Faculty member, appointed by Dean: TBA
 Part-Time Faculty member, appointed by Dean: Cynthia Sims, 2015 
 Director, Undergraduate Campus: Pat Ryan 
 Faculty member: Derise Tolliver Atta, 2015
 Faculty member: Steffanie Triller. 2013
Associate Dean, Mentoring and Part-Time Faculty: Deborah Holton, Ex Officio

PERSONNEL COMMITTEE
 Tenured Faculty member: Michael Skelley, Chair, 2013
 Faculty member / PPDC Liaison: John Kimsey, 2015
 Faculty member: Arieahn Matamonasa, 2013
 Faculty member:  Derise Tolliver Atta, 2015
 Staff member: Leyfane J. Thomas 
   
PERSONNEL, POLICY & PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT COMMITTEE (PPDC)
 Faculty member, Personnel Committee member, appointed by ACCIL: John Kimsey, Chair, 2015
 Faculty member, appointed by ACCIL: Kevin Downing, 2014
 Faculty member, appointed by ACCIL: Dana McDermott, 2015
 Faculty member, appointed by ACCIL: TBA
 Part-Time Faculty member, appointed by Dean: TBA

TECHNOLOGY COMMITTEE (suspended pending ACCIL review)
 Faculty member: TBA
 Faculty member: TBA
 Faculty member: TBA
 Senior Assistant Dean, Chair  
 SNL Online Staff member: TBA 
 Part-Time Faculty member (optional): TBA  

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SNL Discretionary Committees and Task Forces

SNL ONLINE ADVISORY GROUP
 Kenya Grooms
 Arieahn Matamonasa
 Beth Rubin, (Betta LoSardo, interim): Chair, 
 Pat Ryan  
 Fred Wellisch 

 AFRICA DIASPORA COMMITTEE
 Anghesom Atsbaha
 Ludovic Comeau
 Kamilah Cummings
 Nancy Davis
 Deborah Holton
 Akilah Martin
 Telisa Robinson-Davis
 Regina Spellers Sims
 Shannon Stone
 Leyfane J. Thomas
 Derise Tolliver Atta
 Gwen Weaver
 
TANGAZA PROGRAM
 Marisa Alicea
 Abena Apea
 Susanne Dumbleton, Co-director
 Zaya Khananu
 Catherine Marienau
 Akilah Martin
 Susan McGury
 Raymond Mosha
 Telisa Robinson-Davis
 Ann Stanford, Co-director
 Derise Tolliver Atta
 Steffanie Triller 
 
University Committees

 Academic Integrity Board: Fred Wellisch, 2014 
 Academic Integrity Faculty Consultant: Susan Reed
 Academic Integrity Student Consultant: Corinne Benedetto
 Academic Program Review Committee: Gabriele Strohschen, 2015
 All University Judicial Board:  TBA
 Associate Deans’ Council: Corinne Benedetto
 Committee on Academic Policy (CAP): Gabriele Strohschen, 2015
 Committee on Committees: Michael Skelley, 2014
 Committee on Contingent Faculty: Kevin Downing, 2015; Steffanie Triller, 2014;  
 Committee on Curriculum and Programs (CCP): Russ Rogers, 2014
 Committee on Internationalizing the Curriculum (CIC): Susan McGury
 Committee on Learning and Teaching (COLT): Nancy Davis, 2014
 Continuing and Professional Education Advisory Board: Miriam Ben-Yoseph, 2015
 Faculty Council: Ruth Gannon-Cook (Faculty Council Secretary), 2014; Michael Skelley, 2014, Alternates: Nancy Davis, 2013; Don Opitz, 2013
 Faculty Council Budget Advisory Committee: Ludovic Comeau, 2013
 Faculty Council Physical Environment Committee: Kamilah Cummings, 2016
 Faculty Council Tuition and Pricing Committee: Susanne Dumbleton, 2013
 Faculty Council Promotion and Tenure Policy Committee: Russ Rogers, 2014
 Faculty Council Committee on Research Policy: Barbara Radner, 2014
 Faculty Grievance and Appeals Panel: TBA
 Grade Challenge: Betta LoSardo, 2013; Kevin Downing, 2015; Gretchen Wilbur, 2015; Alternate: Susan McGury, 2013
 Liberal Studies Council: John Kimsey, 2015; Alternate: Ludovic Comeau, 2014
 Library Review Board: Joe Chen, 2015
 Lifelong Learning Board: Morry Fiddler, 2014
 President’s Diversity Council: Miriam Ben-Yoseph, 2015
 Public Service Council: Dana McDermott, 2015
 Quality of Instruction Council (QIC): Sara Kimble, 2016
 Status of the Faculty: Michelle Navarre Cleary, 2015
 Sustainability Initiatives Task Force: Kevin Downing
 Task Force on Innovation: Ann Stanford, 2013
 Teaching, Learning and Technology (TLT): Gretchen Wilbur, 2013; SNL Online, Ex Officio: TBA
 University Institutional Review Board (IRB): TBA 
 University Research Council (URC): Akilah Martin, 2013

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