2025–26 Membership of Faculty Council

  • Chair: Dave Dieteman (BUS)
  • Vice-Chair: Joe Beilein (HSS)
  • Secretary: Mike Naber (SCI)
  • Parliamentarian: Lena Surzhko Harned
     
  • Chancellor: Ralph Ford
  • Vice Chancellor and Associate Dean for Research and Graduate Studies: Alicyn Rhoades
  • Vice Chancellor and Associate Dean for Academic Affairs: Greg Filbeck
  • Part-Time Faculty Representative: Greg Bondar (HSS)
  • Ombuds: Scott Stroupe (BUS) and Blair Tuttle (SCI)
  • University Faculty Senate Representative: Matthew Swinarski (BUS)
  • Past Chair of Faculty Senate: Jason Bennett (SCI), ex officio
  • SGA President: Zane Lewis
  • SGA Vice President: Anisha Tiwari
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  • Email Ombuds & Alternate
  • Email Behrend Senators | See List of Behrend Senators

     

Committees

Academic Advising

  • Erin Dick (HSS), Chair
  • Gamini Mendis (ENG)
  • Janet Neigh (HSS)
  • Phil Stuczynski (BUS)
  • Beth Potter (SCI)
  • Jeff Coy (BUS)
  • Dean Lewis (ENG)
  • Lisa Mangel (SCI)
  • Greg Filbeck, ex officio
  • SGA Representative

Campus Life

  • Eva Kuttenberg (HSS), Chair
  • Kerry Adzima (BUS)
  • Russ Martin (ENG)
  • Frederique Marty (HSS)
  • Derek Hanely (SCI)
  • Scott McAuley (BUS)
  • Adam Hollinger (ENG)
  • Amos Ong (SCI)

Faculty Affairs

  • Dustin Hemphill (SCI), Chair
  • Rick Hedderick (BUS)
  • Emily Masghati (HSS)
  • Sourish Sarkar (BUS)
  • Steve Nozaki (ENG)
  • Joel Hunt (HSS)
  • Michelle Previte (SCI)

Graduate Affairs

  • Zhengran He (ENG), Chair
  • Xuechen (Bill) Gao (BUS)
  • Shariffah Sheik Dawood (HSS)

Research

  • Justyna Skomra (BUS), Chair
  • Jason Williams (eNG)
  • David Kahl (HSS)
  • Kim Streiff (SCI)
  • Chris Harben (BUS)
  • Xiaoshi Zhang (ENG)
  • Tiffany Petricini (HSS)
  • David Bialas (SCI)
     

Undergraduate Curricular Affairs

  • Melanie Ford (ENG), Chair
  • Ben Lee (BUS)
  • Linda Hajec (BUS)
  • Kristy McCoy (HSS)
  • Sara Luttfring (HSS)
  • Zachariah Riel (SCI)
  • Bob Patterson (BUS)
  • Naseem Ibrahim (ENG)
  • Yi (Elisa) Wu (ENG)
  • Patrick Cosby (HSS)
  • Patrick Kelly (SCI)
  • TBA, ex officio
  • TBA, SGA Representative

Promotion and Tenure Review

  • Joe Beilein (HSS), Chair
  • Sourish Sarkar (BUS)
  • Jessica Zhao (BUS)
  • Meng Su (ENG)
  • Chetan Nikhare (ENG)
  • Massimo Verzella (HSS)
  • Arpan Yagnik (HSS)
  • Deb Aruguete (SCI)
  • Matt Gruwell (SCI)

Fixed Term Promotion Review

  • Linda Hajec (BUS), Chair
  • Eric Robbins (BUS)
  • Ed Evans (ENG)
  • Joel Hunt (HSS)
  • Luciana Aronne (SCI)