College Committees

Diversity Committee

Diversity Committee
Unit	Name	E-Mail
Apparel, Housing, & Resource Management	Gregory Galford	ggalford@vt.edu
School of Communication	Syrenthia Robinson	sjrob@vt.edu
English	Erika Meitner	meitner@vt.edu
English	Carmen Giménez Smith	carmens@vt.edu
History	Mark Barrow	mabarro2@vt.edu
Human Development & Family Science	Carolyn Shivers	shivercm@vt.edu
Office of the Dean	LaTawnya Burleson	latawnya@vt.edu
Office of the Dean	Shaila Mehra	shailamehra@vt.edu
Office of the Dean	Tasia Persson	tpersson@vt.edu
Philosophy	Karen Kovaka	kkovaka@vt.edu
Political Science	Karin Kitchens	karin@vt.edu
Religion & Culture	Dominique Polanco	depolanco@vt.edu
ROTC/Naval	Shawn Fleming	shawndf@vt.edu
School of Education	Wanda McAlexander	wandamc@vt.edu
School of Performing Arts	Bob Leonard	bob.leonard@vt.edu
School of Performing Arts	Elizabeth McLain	emclain@vt.edu
Science, Technology, & Society	Lee Vinsel	leev@vt.edu
Sociology	Dale Wimberley	wimberly@vt.edu
SOAR	Jazmine Harris Elizabeth Owusu Gina Vandivier	jazminezh22@vt.edu elizabeth18@vt.edu danielav@vt.edu
Sociology	Sam Cook – Chair, Diversity Fellow	sacook2@vt.edu

Faculty Council

Faculty Council
Department/School	Name	E-Mail	Term Ends
Apparel, Housing, & Resource Mgmt	Erin Hopkins	erinz1@vt.edu	2022
School of Communication	Jenn Mackay	jemackay@vt.edu	2023
School of Communication	Buddy Howell	hbuddy4@vt.edu	2023
English	Matthew Vollmer	vollmer@vt.edu	2021
History	Melanie Kiechle	mkiechle@vt.edu	2022
Human Dev & Family Science	Tina Savla	jsavla@vt.edu	2022
Modern & Classical Langs & Lits	Elisabeth Austin	elaustin@vt.edu	2021
Philosophy	Karen Kovaka	kkovaka@vt.edu	2022
Political Science	Nicholas Goedert	ngoedert@vt.edu	2021
Religion & Culture	Ananda Abeysekara	ananda@vt.edu	2021
School of Education 1 ¹	Carol Cash	ccash48@vt.edu	2022
School of Education 2	Donna Fogelsong	daltizer@vt.edu	2022
School of Performing Arts 1 ²	Wallace Easter	easterw@vt.edu	2023
School of Performing Arts 2	Patricia Raun	praun@vt.edu	2021
Science, Technology, & Society	Barbara Allen ³	ballen@vt.edu	2023
Sociology	Micah Roos, Chair	jmroos@vt.edu	2021

¹Pursuant to the elimination of units within the School of Education in 2016, the Faculty Council voted to collapse School of Education representation from ELPS, T&L, and LST into SOE 1 and SOE 2.

²At the request of the School of Performing Arts, the Faculty Council voted in Spring 2020 to collapse School of Performing Arts representation from Music and Theatre Arts into SOPA 1 and SOPA 2.

³Planning to be on leave Fall 2021.

Global Partnership Sustainability Council

The Global Partnership Sustainability Council, an ad hoc committee, serves to foster existing collaborations and agreements with international partners.

Global Partnership Sustainability Council 2020-2021
Department/School/Office	Name	E-Mail
Apparel, Housing, & Resource Management	Julia Beamish	jbeamish@vt.edu
English	Joe Eska	eska@vt.edu
English	Katrina Powell	kmpowell@vt.edu
Modern & Classical Languages & Literatures	Jessica Folkart	jfolkart@vt.edu
Office of the Dean	Farida Jalalzai	fjalalzai@vt.edu
School of Education	Barbara Lockee	lockeebb@vt.edu
Sociology	James Hawdon	hawdon@vt.edu

Graduate Curriculum Committee

Graduate Curriculum Committee⁴
Department/School	Name	E-Mail	Term Ends
English	Sheila Carter-Tod	sct@vt.edu	2023
History	Matthew Heaton	mheaton@vt.edu	2021
Religion & Culture	Zhange Ni	nizhange@vt.edu	2023
School of Education 1	Trevor Stewart	ttstew@vt.edu	2021
School of Performing Arts 1	Amanda Nelson	amandajnelson@vt.edu	2022
Science, Technology, & Society	James Collier	jcollie@vt.edu	2022
Sociology	Liesel Ritchie	liesel14@vt.edu	2023

⁴AHRM and ROTC do not have representation on the Graduate Curriculum Committee.

Meetings Deadlines for Proposals

Thursday, February 18 Thursday, February 11

Thursday, March 25 Thursday, March 18

Wednesday, April 21 Wednesday, April 14

Honors and Awards Committee

Honors and Awards Committee
Department/School	Name	E-Mail	Term Ends
Apparel, Housing, & Resource Mgmt	Julia Beamish	jbeamish@vt.edu	2023
English	Carmen Gimenez Smith	carmens@vt.edu	2023
History	Carmen Gitre	cgitre@vt.edu	2021
Religion & Culture	Sylvester Johnson	saj240@vt.edu	2023
ROTC	Eric Dorminey	dormesd@vt.edu	2022
School of Education 1	Carol Mullen	camullen@vt.edu	2021
School of Performing Arts 1	Wallace Easter	easterw@vt.edu	2022
Science, Technology, & Society	Philip Olson	prolson@vt.edu	2022
Sociology	Paula Seniors	pseniors@vt.edu	2023

International Initiatives Committee

The International Initiatives Committee, a standing committee in the College, focuses on the College’s mission regarding study and research abroad as well as global engagement and collaboration.

International Initiatives Committee
Department/School/Office	Name	E-Mail
Apparel, Housing, & Resource Mgmt	Dustin Read	dcread@vt.edu
School of Communication	Natalia Mielczarek	nmiel@vt.edu
English	Joe Eska Jane Wemhoener	eska@vt.edu jwemhoen@vt.edu
Global Education Office	Rachel Fitzgerald	raegait@vt.edu
History	Glenn Bugh	gbugh@vt.edu
Human Dev & Family Science	Jeffrey Jackson	jjax@vt.edu
ISCE	David Orden	orden@vt.edu
Modern & Classical Langs & Lits	María del Carmen Caña Jiménez	canajime@vt.edu
Modern & Classical Langs & Lits	Sharon Johnson	spjohnso@vt.edu
Office of the Dean	Farida Jalalzai - convener	fjalalzai@vt.edu
Political Science	Besnik Pula	bpula@vt.edu
Religion & Culture	Peter Schmitthenner	pschmitt@vt.edu
School of Education	David Hicks	hicks@vt.edu
School of Performing Arts	Ariana Wyatt	ariana1@vt.edu
Science, Technology, & Society	Rebecca Hester	rjhester@vt.edu
Sociology	Dale Wimberley	dale.wimberley@vt.edu

Library Committee

Library Committee
Department/School	Name	E-Mail	Term Began
Apparel, Housing, & Resource Mgmt	Patti Fisher	pafisher@vt.edu	2017
School of Communication	Claire Boor, Chair	claire86@vt.edu	2017
English	Kenneth Hodges	klhodges@vt.edu	2019
Human Dev & Family Science	Koeun Choi	koeun@vt.edu	2018
Political Science	Audrey Reeves	audreyreeves@vt.edu	2019
School of Education	Yasuo Miyazaki	yasuom@vt.edu	2017
School of Performing Arts	Hyesoo Yoo	haes2000@vt.edu	2016
Sociology	Jennifer Bondy	jmbondy@vt.edu	2017

Promotion & Tenure Committee

Promotion & Tenure Committee
Department/School	Name	E-Mail	Term
Apparel, Housing, & Resource Mgmt	Julia Beamish	jbeamish@vt.edu	2019-2021
School of Communication	Wat Hopkins	whopkins@vt.edu	2020-2022
English	Edward Falco	efalco@vt.edu	2019-2021
History	LaDale Winling	lwinling@vt.edu	2020-2022
Human Dev & Family Science	Pam Teaster	pteaster@vt.edu	2019-2021
Modern & Classical Langs & Lits	Jessica Folkart⁵	Jfolkart@vt.edu	2019-2021
Philosophy	Joseph Pitt	jcpitt@vt.edu	2020-2022
Political Science	Yannis Stivachtis⁶	ystivach@vt.edu	2019-2021
Religion & Culture	Brian Britt	bbritt@vt.edu	2020-2022
School of Education 1	Amy Azano	azano@vt.edu	2020-2022
School of Education 2	Gary Skaggs	gskaggs@vt.edu	2019-2021
School of Performing Arts 1	Jason Crafton	jcrafton@vt.edu	2020-2022
School of Performing Arts 2	Bob Leonard	bob.leonard@vt.edu	2019-2021
Science, Technology, & Society	Saul Halfon	shalfon@vt.edu	2020-2022
Sociology	Wornie Reed	wornie@vt.edu	2020-2022
Dean & Convener	Laura Belmonte	belmonte@vt.edu	Ex officio
University Committee Rep	Lydia Patton	critique@vt.edu	2018-2021

⁵2020-2021 for Jacqueline Bixler.

⁶2020-2021 for Laura Zanotti.

Undergraduate Curriculum Committee

Undergraduate Curriculum Committee⁷
Department/School	Name	E-Mail	Term Ends
History	Dennis Halpin	dphalpin@vt.edu	2023
Human Dev & Family Science	Victoria Lael	vlbvt@vt.edu	2022
Modern & Classical Langs & Lits	Robert Efird	refird@vt.edu	2022
Political Science	Priya Dixit	pdixit@vt.edu	2023
ROTC	Ryan Stoddard	rmstod@vt.edu	2021
School of Performing Arts 2	Cara Rawlings	crawlings@vt.edu	2022
Science, Technology, & Society	Gary Downey	downeyg@vt.edu	2021

⁷School of Education faculty do not serve on the undergraduate committee.