COMMITTEES
Learn more about the responsiblities and membership of the committees of Faculty Congress and view committee meeting minutes.
Academic Policy Committee
The Academic Policy Committee recommends policy in academic matters affecting more than one college. It is composed of faculty members, administrators and students.
Administration
Noelle Comolli, Associate Dean, College of Engineering
Pete Watkins, Senior Director, Teaching, Learning and Assessment, College of Professional Studies
Tom DeMarco, Associate Vice President, Student Life, Dean of Students
Christine Kelleher Palus, Senior Vice Provost for Academics
Adele Lindenmeyr, Dean, College of Liberal Arts and Sciences
Andrew Lund, Vice Dean, Charles Widger School of Law
Bette Mariani, Vice Dean, Fitzpatrick College of Nursing
Julie Pirsch, Associate Dean, Villanova School of Business
College of Liberal Arts and Sciences
Nathan Corwin, Mathematics and Statistics
Allison Covey, Ethics
Bryan Eigenbrodt, Chemistry
Amber Haley, Education and Counseling
Yumi Lee, English
Ryan Weldzius, Political Science
Villanova School of Business
Chris Jeffords, Economics
John Sedunov, Finance & Real Estate
College of Engineering
Michael Smith, Chemical and Biological Engineering
Stephanie Walkup, Civil & Environmental Engineering
Fitzpatrick College of Nursing
Michelle Lockett
Jaclyn Parkinson
Charles Widger School of Law
Emily Stolzenberg
At-Large CNT (1)
Tom Umile, Chemistry and Biochemistry
At-large tenured (1)
Danielle Gadson, Public Administration
At-large adjunct (1)
Jacob Rozran, Mathematics & Statistics
Students
Brenna Altenbach, undergraduate, Student Government Association
Nickolas Sherbondy, undergraduate, Student Government Association
TBD, Graduate Student Senate
TBD, Graduate Student Senate
Awards Committee
Responsible for soliciting nominations and making recommendations to Faculty Congress for recipients of a number of annual awards.
Stacey Havlik, CLAS (Committee Chair)
Sutirtha Bagchi, VSB
Peter Busch, CLAS
Jeremy Carlo, CLAS
Chelsea Phillips, CLAS
Pritpal Singh, COE
Jie Xu, CLAS
Past Awardee Contributing Members are invited annually from among past award recipients to assist with nomination review.
Election & Credentials Committee
The Elections and Credentials Committee administers the elections for the Faculty Congress and for the faculty representatives on the University Rank and Tenure Committee and the University CNT Promotion Committee, and other committees as appropriate.
Robert Styer, Mathematics and Statistics (Advisory)
Stephanie Wong, Theology and Religious Studies (Chair)
Tania Romero, Communication
Paul Hanouna, Finance
Executive Committee
The Executive Committee of the Faculty Congress consists of the officers and other Faculty Congress members as specified in the Bylaws.
Jared Paul, Chemistry, Chair
Joseph Drury, English, Vice Chair
Andrew Scott, Classical Studies, Secretary
Rachel Skrlac Lo, Education and Counseling, Treasurer
Rishtee Batra, Marketing and Business Law, CNT representative
Tina Agustiady, Professional Studies, Adjunct faculty representative
Brenner Fissell, Law, At-Large representative
Christopher Kilby, Economics, At-Large representative
Ex-officio:
Michelle Kelly, Nursing, Faculty Rights & Responsibilities Committee (FRRC) Chair
Gregory Hoskins, Augustine and Culture Seminar Program, Academic Policy Committee (APC) Chair
Megan Povelones, Research Policy Committee (RPC) Chair
Faculty Rights & Responsibilities Committee
The Faculty Rights & Responsibilities Committee (FRRC) makes recommendations on all matters pertaining to faculty. In particular, it oversees and approves any changes to the Faculty Handbook. This committee was formerly known as the Committee on Faculty.
College of Liberal Arts and Sciences
Amanda Knecht, Mathematics and Statistics
Jason Grant, Computing Sciences
Raul Diego Rivera Hernandez, Latin American Studies Program
Farshid Baghai, Philosophy
Theodore Arapis, Public Administration
Glenn Bracey, Sociology and Criminology
Alan Pichanick, ACS Program, (At-large CNT seat)
Rory Kramer, Sociology and Criminology (At-large tenured seat)
College of Engineering
Sergey Nersesov
Pritpal Singh
Law School
Brenner Fissell
College of Nursing
Jennifer Ross
Michelle Kelly (chair)
Villanova School of Business
Christopher Kilby, Economics
Monika Sywak, Finance and Real Estate
Vice Chair of the Faculty Congress (ex officio)
Joseph Drury, English
Research Policy Committee
The Research Policy Committee (RPC) is a Faculty Congress body that recommends policy in research matters affecting faculty in more than one college. Formerly a university committee with faculty representation, RPC is now a Faculty Congress committee. RPC may also make recommendations to the Faculty Rights & Responsibilities Committee on matters in the Faculty Handbook relating to research and to the Academic Policy Committee on matters pertaining to instructional activities that impact research.
Lucy Chen, Accounting & Information Systems
Brittany Koons, Nursing
Bo Li, Mechanical Engineering
Megan Povelones, Biology, RPC Chair
Shelly Rathee, Marketing & Business Law
Ana Santos Rutschman, Law
Andrew Scott, Classical Studies
Michael Tait, Mathematics & Statistics