Standing Committees

Executive Committee:  Christiana Drake, Chair (STA); Katharine Burnett, Vice Chair (AHI); Louise Berben (CHE), Damien Caillaud (ANT), Veronika Hubeny (PHY), Brandon Kinne (POL), Mika Pelo (MUS), Claire Waters (ENL); Ex-officio: Dean Estella Atekwana, Executive Associate Dean Elizabeth Miller, Associate Deans Annaliese Franz, Noah Guynn, Tessa Hill, Thomas Lee, Kathryn Olmsted

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

Budget Advisory (Special Committee): Alexander Aue (STA/W,S), Rohan French (PHI), Charlie Hankin (SPA), Emily Merchant (STS), Stefan Uhlig (COM), Rena Zieve (PHY)

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: Laurie San Martin, Chair (MUS); Kathleen Cruz, Vice Chair (CLA), Alexander Aue (W,S/STA), Xiucai Ding (STA), Jaimey Fisher (GER), Veronika Hubeny (PHY), Marian Schlotterbeck (HIS), Andy Todd (PSC), Narine S Yegiyan (CMN)  

Educational Policy: Eric Russell, Chair (F,S/FRE); Rachel St. John, Vice Chair (W/HIS); James Cloyne (W,S/ECN), Delmar Larsen (CHE), Markus Luty (PHY), Rachana Vajjhala (MUS); Ex-officio: Katharine Burnett (Vice Chair of Faculty) 

English Composition and Competencies: Matthew Stratton, Chair (ENL); Rebekka Andersen (Fall/Dir of ESL&ELW), Roger Casals (MAT), Cody Gilmore (PHI), Carolyn Gubala (UWP), CJ Jackson (NAS), Joanna Johnson (W,S/Dir of ESL&ELW), Robert Newcomb (SPA)

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: Laramie D. Taylor, Chair (CMN), Tucker Jones (PHY), Amy Motlagh (COM) 

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: Michiko Suzuki, Chair (EALC); 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:  Takuya Ura, Chair (ECN); Martin Fraas (MAT), Hsuan Hsu (ENL)

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: Claudia Sanchez-Gutierrez, Chair (SPA); Javier Arbona-Homar (AMS), Michael D Foster (ELAC), Oscar Jorda (ECN), Lewis Lawyer (NAS), Frank Osterloh (CHE), Carey Seal (CLA) 

Teaching Program Planning & Review: Inactive for 2016-26 

Teaching Awards: James H Smith, Chair (ANT); Ethan Anderes (STA), Katharine Graf Estes (PSC), Ozcan Gulacar (CHE), Margaret Ronda (ENL), VACANT (HARCS)

Revised: 11/10/2026