New Faculty Foundations Committee

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New Faculty Foundations Committee


This is a year-long University level service committee convened to help co-design and implement our redesigned New Faculty Foundations events and resources for newly hired tenure-track and lecturer faculty to meet their needs.

Committee for 2026

Kaitlin Bahr

Health Sciences

Josh Chow

University Counseling

Manuela Dantas

Accounting & Information Systems

Fatmana Deniz

Special Education

Silvia Fernandez

Mathematics

Carlos Ruvalcaba

Mechanical Engineering

Kimi Sullivan

Research, Instruction, and Outreach Services

Melissa Tindage

Communication Studies

Zeynep Toker

Urban Studies and Planning

Tim Watson

Modern and Classical Languages and Literatures

  • Xochitl Alvizo: Religious Studies
  • Joe Bautista: Art & Design
  • Joyce Marie Brusasco: Family & Consumer Sciences; Child & Adolescent Development    
  • Marcy De Veaux: Journalism 
  • Ning Fu: Marketing    
  • Amir Gharehgozli: Systems & Operations Management    
  • Jamie Johnson: Research & Instruction Librarian
  • Kayla Kaiser: Chemistry    
  • Allen Lipscomb: Social Work    
  • Kristy Michaud: Journalism 
  • Shyrea Minton: Educational Psychology & Counseling    
  • Ashley Samson: Kinesiology/FacDev    
  • Carmen Saunders-Russell: Health Sciences
  • Casey terHorst: Biology
  • Dana Stone: Ed Psych & Counseling
  • John Valdovinos: Electrical & Computer Engineering