Senate Standing Committees

Visit the Academic Technology Committee page.

Charge:

This committee shall make recommendations regarding University resources and policy that pertain to instructional and research technology, including computing and instructional media development and services. There shall be consultation and liaison with other appropriate Standing Committees.

Current Members:

Chris Sales (Chair); Tomo Hattori, Ovande Furtado, Wayne Smith, Soheil Boroushaki, Jenn Wolfe, Joel Krantz, Stephen Kutay, Cecile Bendavid, Jorge Balbas, Paige Hajiloo (Associated Students Representative), Sam Seifzadeh (Associated Students Representative), Ranjit Philip (Executive Secretary; non-voting), Helen Heinrich (Permanent Guest), Celene Valenzuela (Recording Secretary; non-voting)

Description of Membership:

This committee shall consist of thirteen members: nine members elected, one each, by and from the eight Colleges and the Library; two members elected by the Senate; and two student members appointed by the Associated Students Senate.

Routine Meeting Time:

This Committee typically meets on 1st Fridays from 1:00 - 3:00 p.m.

Visit the Educational Equity Committee page.

Charge:

This committee shall study educational equity policy and make recommendations affecting educational equity; review all existing University, College and departmental educational equity efforts; review all educational equity expenditures and allocations as necessary; and review proposals for new educational equity programs. The Director of the Educational Opportunities Program (EOP) shall serve as the executive secretary of the committee.

Current Members:

Jinah Kim (Chair); Xunfei Jiang, Nayan Ramirez, Anwar Alroomi, William Garlow, Suzanne Spear, Teri Todd, John Valdovinos, Nikki Usares (Associated Students Representative), Kwon Hyuk "Raphael" Lee (Associated Students Representative), Marquita Gammage, Oren Jeffries; Shiva Parsa (Executive Secretary; non-voting)

Description of Membership:

This committee shall consist of twelve members: eight members elected by the Senate; two members appointed by the President of the University; and two student members, one graduate and one undergraduate, appointed by the Associated Students Senate.

Routine Meeting Time:

This Committee typically meets on Mondays from 11:30 - 1:00 p.m.

Visit the Educational Policies Committee page.

Charge:

This committee shall study policy areas and make recommendations affecting undergraduate curriculum, general education, and undergraduate academic standards.

Current Members:

Dan Weingarten (Chair); Lawrence Becker, Judith DeBonis, Kandice Grote, Yoko Mimura, Theresa Montano, Kristin Taylor, Tadeh Zirakian, Josie Anderson (Associated Students Representative), Simon Garrett, Leah Marcal, Kandice Harris (non-voting), Rachel Guerra (non-voting), Julie Hunter (Recording Secretary; non-voting); Deborah Cours (Executive Secretary; non-voting)

Description of Membership:

This committee shall consist of eleven members: eight members elected by the Senate, two members appointed by the President of the University, and one student member appointed by the Associated Students Senate.

Routine Meeting Time:

This Committee meets twice a month on Wednesdays from 2:00pm-4:00pm.

Visit the Educational Resources Committee page.

Charge:

This committee shall make general policy recommendations in order to guide the allocation of all University resources that impact educational programs. In carrying out its charge, the committee may review and advise on current and proposed allocation of faculty positions; the allocation of and projected needs for space, support equipment and operating expense budgets; the allocation of resources for technology; the assignment of and projected needs for support staff; the recommendations of other faculty governance committees which have significant educational resource implications; and, at the request of an appropriate University committee or an Associate Dean, independently evaluate proposals for new programs with regard to their impact on the available educational resources of the University.

Current Members:

Gregg Knotts (Chair); Nazaret Dermendjian, Ellis Godard, Elizabeth Debach, Holli Tonyan, Katherine Stevenson, Mirna Sawyer, Yarma Velazquez-Vargas, David Boyajian, Christian Tedeschi, Caroline Castillo (Recording Secretary; non-voting); Callie Juarez (Executive Secretary; non-voting)

Description of Membership:

This committee shall consist of ten tenured members of the Faculty: eight members elected by the Senate and two members appointed by the President of the University.

Routine Meeting Time:

This Committee typically meets on 2nd Tuesdays at 2:00 p.m.

Visit the Extended Learning Committee page.

Charge:

This committee shall study policy areas and make recommendations affecting continuing education.

Current Members:

Elizabeth Blakely (Chair); Yi Ding, Stephen Duarte, Susana Eng-Ziskin, Monica Garcia, Gary Katz, Debi Parsad Choudhary, Seyed Pouyan Eslami, Tim Watson, Vidya K. Nandikolla, Zhaleh S. Azad; Joyce Feucht-Haviar (Executive Secretary; non-voting)

Description of Membership:

This committee shall consist of twelve members: nine members elected, one each, by and from the eight Colleges and the Library; two members elected by the Senate; and one member appointed by the President of the University.

Routine Meeting Time:

This Committee typically meets on Wednesdays at 3:15 p.m.

Visit the Graduate Studies Committee page.

Charge:

This committee shall study policy areas and make recommendations affecting graduate curricula and graduate academic standards. It shall maintain liaison with the Educational Policies Committee on curricular matters of mutual interest.

Current Members:

Danielle Spratt (Chair); Grishma Bhavsar, Julie Gainsburg, Monica Gianni, Danielle Jarvis, Casey terHorst, Jamie Booth, Candice Greathouse, Raphael Lee (Associated Students Representative), Katherine Lorenz, Sami Maalouf, Zeynep Toker, Svetlana Tyutina, Lani Kiapos (non-voting), Gloria Rocklin (Recording Secretary; non-voting); Amy Levin (Executive Secretary; non-voting)

Description of Membership:

This committee shall consist of thirteen members: ten members elected by the Senate, two members appointed by the President of the University, and one graduate student member appointed by the Associated Students Senate.

Routine Meeting Time:

This Committee typically meets on Tuesdays at 2:00 p.m.

Visit the Library Committee page.

Charge:

This committee shall make recommendations concerning the allocation of Library funds and the development of Library services and resources. There shall be consultation and liaison with other appropriate Standing Committees.

Current Members:

Abel Franco (Chair); Vanessa Goodwin, Jamie Johnson, Ruting Jia, Chin-hsin Liu, Rika Meyer, Leily Farrokhvar, Melissa Takahashi, Aglaia Mortcheva, Yvetter Tran (Associated Students Representative); Mark Stover (Executive Secretary; non-voting)

Description of Membership:

This committee shall consist of thirteen members: nine members elected, one each, by and from the eight Colleges and the Library; two members elected by the Senate; and two student members, one undergraduate and one graduate, appointed by the Associated Students Senate.

Routine Meeting Time:

This Committee meets on the first Wednesday of a designated meeting month at 2:00 p.m.

Visit the Personnel Planning and Review Committee page.

Charge:

This committee shall make recommendations concerning academic personnel policies and procedures, including those which, if adopted, shall be incorporated in appropriate sections of the Administrative Manual. The committee shall interpret Section 600 of the Administrative Manual and other pertinent documents and directives with respect to personnel matters, shall hear appeals from personnel decisions of College committees and/or Deans, and shall carry out all other duties assigned to the committee in Section 600 of the Administrative Manual.

Current Members:

Lindsay Hansen Brown (Chair); Pat Alford-Keating, Tamarah Ashton, Tracy Buenavista, Sylvia Macauley, Michael Neubauer, Michael Hoggan, Paulo Marchetti, Henrik, Minassians, Setareh Torabian-Riasati, Franck Vigneron, Jeffrey Wiegley, Cristina Cadavid, Diane Guido (Executive Secretary; non-voting)

Description of Membership:

This committee shall consist of thirteen members, including the President of the Faculty and twelve members elected by and from the eight Colleges, the Library, and Student Affairs, each unit electing its own representatives. Only faculty in the rank of Professor, Librarian, or Student Services Professional III - Academically Related are eligible to serve on the Personnel Planning and Review Committee. If the President of the Faculty is not eligible to serve, the Faculty President shall appoint an eligible designee. The twelve elected members shall be apportioned annually among the Colleges, the Library, and Student Affairs by the Executive Committee of the Senate according to the number of full-time equivalent teaching faculty each employs during the semester of the election. The method of major fractions shall be used, provided that no represented unit shall have fewer than one member or more than four.

Routine Meeting Time:

This Committee typically meets on Wednesdays at 1:15 p.m.

Visit the Research and Grants Committee page.

Charge:

This committee shall make recommendations concerning faculty and University research, including general policy recommendations, and shall recommend procedures for maintaining adequate records and preparing reports of research activity undertaken at the University.

Current Members:

Karin Crowhurst (Chair); Kyle Dewey, Minsung Kwon, Madgy Rizk, Andrew Weiss, Sung Wook Yoon, James David Ballard, Claudia Toledo-Corral, Christopher Schaal, Naty Palos (Recording Secretary; non-voting); Chris Sanford (Executive Secretary; non-voting) 

Description of Membership:

This committee shall consist of eleven members: nine members elected, one each, by and from the eight Colleges and the Library; and two members elected by the Senate. A University administrator associated with research shall serve as executive secretary and as a resource person for the committee.

Routine Meeting Time:

This Committee typically meets on 2nd Fridays from 10:00 - 12:00 p.m.

Academic Grievance and Grade Appeals Board*

Charge:

In accordance with Executive Order No. 1037 of the California State University, an Academic Grievance and Grade Appeals Board is hereby established by the Faculty Senate as the agency charged with the responsibility of processing certain academic grievances of students of CSUN against members of the faculty, and for processing of student grade appeals.

Current Members:

Dan Alonzo, Ahmed Alwan, Abdelaziz (Aziz) Boulesbaa, David Boyajian, Sakile Camara, Judith DeBonis, Brian Foley, Nina Golden, Sid Hansen, Kim Henige, Shayan Moshtael, Eden Shashoua, Michael Tejax; William Watkins (Executive Secretary)

Description of Membership:

Thirteen members including: one faculty member from each academic college; one from Counseling Services; one from the Library, and three from the student body.

Routine Meeting Time:

This Committee typically meets on Mondays from 12:30 - 2:00 p.m. once per month.

*The Academic Grievance and Grade Appeals Board is not a Senate Standing Committee

Learning Resource Advisory Committee*

Charge:

This Advisory Committee shall make recommendations to the Director of the Learning Resource Center concerning the development and use of Learning Resource Center services and the allocation of Learning Resource Center funds.

Current Members:

Kaitlin Bahr, Rosalia Garcia-Torres, Beth Lasky, Gina Masequesmay, Quinn Saunders, Rashawn Green (Executive Secretary)

*AS Appointment (TBD)

Description of Membership:

This Advisory Committee shall consist of five members: four members elected by the Senate and one student member appointed by the Associated Students Senate. The Director of the Learning Resource Center shall serve as executive secretary.

Routine Meeting Time:

This Committee typically meets once per semester on a Friday.

*The Learning Resource Advisory Committee is not a Senate Standing Committee

For more information visit the University Standing Committees page.