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Committee Information

Our faculty members participate in various committees to ensure the smooth functioning and continuous development of our department and LA&PS as a whole.

Schedule of meetings for 2023-2024 (PDF)

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Executive Committee

Faculty MemberPosition
Amanda GlasbeekDepartment Chair
James WilliamsUndergraduate Program Director
David SzablowskiAdjudication Committee Rep.
Tyler TottenCurriculum Committee Chair
David CecchettoGraduate Program Rep.
Annie BuntingAAE Rep.
Miguel GonzalezAt Large Rep. (small program)
Vanessa LambAt Large Rep. (large program)

Departmental Committees

David Szablowski (Chair)
Amanda Glasbeek (Dept Chair, ex-officio, non-voting)

FPC Reps for:
Tuulia Law (Sonya Scott)
Nathanael Ojong (Merouan Mekouar)
Salewa Olawoye (Mark Peacock)
Mohamed Sesay (Ozgun Topak)
Tyler Totten (Paul Baxter)
Allyson Lunny (member at large)
Vanessa Lamb (member at large)
Gamal Abdel-Shehid (member at large)
Nalini Persram (member at large)
(Undergrad Student Rep)
(Graduate Student Rep)

Richard Wellen

Jacqueline Krikorian (Chair)
Allyson Lunny Safiyah Rochelle

Katherine Nastovski (Chair)
Marsha Rampersaud
Tanja Juric
Antulio Rosales 
Asmita Bhutani Vij

Amelie Barras (Chair)
Patrick Clark
Mark Peacock
Miriam Smith
Ted Winslow
Jay Ramasubramanyam

Amanda Glasbeek (Dept. Chair)

Mohamed Sesay (AFST)
John Simoulidis (BUSO)
Ozgun Topak (CRIM)
Tyler Totten (Foundations)
Emilia Nielsen (HESO)
Matt Tegelberg (ISS)
Miguel Gonzales (IDS)
Amelie Barras (LASO)
Teresa Abbruzzese (URST)
Katherine Nastovski (WKLS)

Matt Tegelberg 
Soren Frederiksen

Amanda Glasbeek (Dept Chair, ex officio)
Nga Dao (Chair)
Salewa Olawoye

Tyler Totten (Chair)
James Williams, (UPD, ex-officio)
Soren Frederiksen
Salewa Olawoye
Matt Tegelberg

Mohamed Sesay (Chair)
Nathanael Ojong
Steffi Hamann

Tuulia Law (Chair)
Tyler Totten
Jessica Braimoh
Teresa Abruzzese
Tanja Juric
Sarah Blacker
Ivan Dario Vargas Roncancio
Annie Bunting
Audrey Laurin-Lamothe
Jay Ramasubramanyam
David Szablowski
Gamal Abdel-Shehid
Sonya Scott
Paul Baxter 
Nalini Persram
Richard Wellen

Recruitment & Retention (NEW, ad hoc)

Final cte on hold until after April council mtg

(Dept chair)
(UPD)
(AAE Chair)
(Curriculum Chair)
(At Large Rep, small program)
(At Large Rep, large program)
(Graduate Program Rep)

David Cecchetto (SPTH)
Mary Goitom (DVST)
Annie Bunting (SLST)

Denielle Elliott

Faculty of LA&PS Standing Committees

Faculty MemberPosition
Department ChairSOSC Representatives (LA&PS Council)
TBDExecutive Committee
Amanda GlasbeekAcademic Policy and Planning Committee
TBD Curriculum, Curricular Policy and Standards
TBD General Education Sub-Committee
TBD Tenure and Promotions
TBDResearch Policy and Planning
Katherine NastovskiStudent Academic Petitions and Appeals
TBDTeaching, Learning and Student Success
Miguel GonzalesGraduate Committee
Lykke de la Cour
Sonya Scott		Senate Appeals Committee

YUFA Stewards (2)

TBD