Standing Committees

Executive Committee:  Christyann Darwent, Chair (ANT); Christiana Drake, Vice Chair (STA); Robin Erbacher (PHY), Rohan French (PHI), Joel Hass (MAT), Brandon Kinne (POL), Mika Pelo (MUS), Claire Waters (ENL); Ex-officio: Dean Estella Atekwana, Executive Associate Dean John Scott, Associate Deans Annaliese Franz, Noah Guynn, Thomas Lee, Lori Lubin, Kathryn Olmsted

Student Petitions (a subcommittee of the Executive Committee): Richard Scalettar, Chair (PHY/FEC); Brandon Kenne (POL/FEC), Eric Rauchway (HIS), Joseph Sorensen (EALC); Ex-officio: Annaliese Franz (AD of Undergraduate Programs and Planning) 

Computing Support: Richard Huskey, Chair (Communication); Ethan Anderes (Statistics), Andy Jones (University Writing Program), Jeremy Phillips (Letters and Science Dean's Office—Information Technology), Lee-Ping Wang (Chemistry), Andrew Wetzel (Physics and Astronomy), Magali Billen (Earth and Planetary Sciences), Shu Shen (Economics), Joy Geng (Psychology and CMB), Naoki Saito (Mathematics); Ex-officio: Associate Dean for Research and Graduate Studies Tessa Hill, Director of Research and Graduate Studies Maricela Gonzalez

Courses of Instruction: Philippe Rast, Chair (PSC); Laurie San Martin, Vice Chair (MUS), Alexander Aue (STA), Andre Carvajal (ECN), Kathleen Cruz (CLA), Veronika Hubeny (PHY), Jon Rossini (TAD), Anne Schilling (MAT), Narine S Yegiyan (CMN)  

Educational Policy: Eric Russell, Chair (FRE); James Cloyne (ECN), Delmar Larsen (CHE), Markus Luty (PHY), Rachel St. John (HIS), Rachana Vajjhala (MUS); Ex-officio: Christiana Drake (Vice Chair) 

English Language and Literacy: Matt Stratton, Chair (ENL); Rebekka Anderson (S26/UWP), Roger Casals (MAT), CJ Jackson (NAS), Joanna Johnson (Dir of ESL&ELW), Robert Newcomb (SPA), Daniel Stolzenberg (HIS), Laura Vidal Chiesa (F&W25/UWP); Erwan Monier (LAWR/CAES) 2 other reps from BASC/ENGR. 

Graduate Studies Support: Adam Sennet, Chair (Philosophy); Nick Curro (Physics and Astronomy), Desiree Martin (English), Pierpaolo Polzonetti (Music), Marisol de la Cadena (Anthropology), Max Rudolph (Earth and Planetary Sciences), Shu Shen (Economics), Lee-Ping Wang (Chemistry), Zoila Mendoza (Native American Studies); Ex-officio: Associate Dean for Research and Graduate Studies Tessa Hill, Director of Research and Graduate Studies Maricela Gonzalez

Honors: Christian Baldini, Chair (MUS); Tucker Jones (PHY), Laramie D. Taylor (CMN) 

Individual Majors: Alexander Soshnikov, Chair (MAT); Karen Bales (PSC), Jaimey Fisher (GER), Gozde Goncu Berk (DES), Marie Heffern (CHE); Ex-officio: Annaliese Franz (AD of Undergraduate Programs and Planning)   

Library: Katharine Burnett, Chair (AHI/W,S); Michiko Suzuki, Chair (EALC/Fall); Mukund Rangamani (PHY), Ina Simonovska (ECN)

Nominations & Elections: Jaroslav Trnka, Chair (PHY); Shelley Blozis (PSC), Chengzhi Chu (EALC)  

Research Support: Sam Nichols, Chair (Music); Carolina Apesoa-Varano (Sociology), Lilia Soto (Chicano/a Studies), Steve Shkoller (Mathematics), Drew Cingel (Communication), Juan Tellez (Political Science), Mark Jerng (English), Jaroslav Trnka (Physics and Astronomy), Kari Cooper (Earth and Planetary Sciences); Ex-officio: Associate Dean for Research and Graduate Studies Tessa Hill, Director of Research and Graduate Studies Maricela Gonzalez

Rules & Jurisdiction: Steven Carlip, Chair (PHY); Hsuan Hsu (ENL), Takuya Ura (ECN) 

Student Success Support: Natalia Ines Deeb-Sossa (Chicana/o Studies), Ozcan Gulacar (Chemistry), Soojong Kim (Communication), Janine Lynn Flathman Wilson (Economics); Ex-officio: Associate Dean for Undergraduate Education and Student Success Annaliese Franz, Director of Student Engagement and Success Mark Foncannon

Study of Foreign Languages: Chunjie Zhang, Chair (GER); Michael D Foster (ELAC), Oscar Jorda (ECN), Amy Motlagh (COM), Frank Osterloh (CHE), Claudia Sanchez-Gutierrez (SPA), Carey Seal (CLA) 

Teaching Program Planning & Review: Inactive for 2016-26 

Teaching Awards: Erik Carlsson, Chair (MAT); Christian Baldini (MUS), Katharine Graf Estes (PSC), Ozcan Gulacar (CHE), Margaret Ronda (ENL), James H Smith (ANT) 

Revised: 07/15/2026