College Committees 2025-2026

Faculty Council
Department/School	Name	E-Mail
English	Rebecca Weaver-Hightower	rebeccawh@vt.edu
English	Matthew Salesses	salesses@vt.edu
History	Ed Gitre (Fall 2025) Sam Cook (Spring 2026)	egitre@vt.edu sacook2@vt.edu
Human Dev & Family Science	Matthew Komelski	komelski@vt.edu
Modern & Classical Langs & Lits	Esther Bauer (Fall 2025) Gonzalo Montero (Spring 2026)	bauere@vt.edu montero@vt.edu
Modern & Classical Langs & Lits	Vinodh Venkatesh	vinodhv@vt.edu
Philosophy	Philip Yaure	philipyaure@vt.edu
Political Science	Andrew Scerri	ajscerri@vt.edu
Political Science	Binio Binev	biniobinev@vt.edu
Religion & Culture	Scott McDaniel	scm84@vt.edu
School of Communication	Dorothy Conner	djs21@vt.edu
School of Communication	Angela Widgeon	widgeon@vt.edu
School of Education	Carol Cash	ccash48@vt.edu
School of Public & Intl Affairs	Giselle Datz	gdatz@vt.edu
Science, Technology, & Society	Christine Labuski (Fall 2025) Barbara Allen (Spring 2026)	chrislab@vt.edu ballen@vt.edu
Sociology	Ashley Reichelmann	avr@vt.edu
Sociology	Micah Roos	mjroos@vt.edu
Sociology (CLAHS Rep to Faculty Senate) - Ex officio	Jim Hawdon	hawdonj@vt.edu

Graduate Curriculum Committee
Department/School	Name	E-Mail
English	Carolyn Commer (Fall 2025) Katherine Cleland (Spring 2026)	ccommer@vt.edu kcleland@vt.edu
History	Melanie Kiechle	mkiechle@vt.edu
Human Dev & Family Science	Erika Grafsky	erikagrafsky@vt.edu
Modern & Classical Langs & Lits	Vinodh Venkatesh	vinodhv@vt.edu
Philosophy	Douglas Lind	douglas.lind@vt.edu
Political Science	Karin Kitchens	karin@vt.edu
School of Communication	Cayce Myers	mcmyers@vt.edu
School of Education	Carol Cash	ccash48@vt.edu
School of Public & Intl Affairs	Dara Wald	dwald@vt.edu
Science, Technology, & Society	Daniel Breslau	dbreslau@vt.edu
Sociology	Toni Calasanti	toni@vt.edu

Grants Advisory Committee
Department/School	Name	E-Mail
Modern & Classical Langs & Lits
Public and International Affairs	Yang Zhang	yang08@vt.edu
Sociology	Ashley Reichelmann	arv@vt.edu

Honors and Awards Committee
Department/School	Name	E-Mail
History	Sam Cook	sacook2@vt.edu
Human Dev & Family Science	TeKisha Rice Wallace	tmrice@vt.edu
Modern & Classical Langs & Lits	Vinodh Venkatesh	vinodhv@vt.edu
Political Science	Fabian Wendt	fabianwendt@vt.edu
ROTC	John O'Dell	jpodell3@vt.edu
School of Education	Heidi Anne Mesmer	hamesmer@vt.edu
Science, Technology, and Society	James Collier	jim.collier@vt.edu

International Initiatives Committee
Department/School/Office	Name	E-Mail
English	Joe Scallorns	jscal06@vt.edu
Global Education Office	Rachel Fitzgerald	raegait@vt.edu
History	Helen Schneider	hms@vt.edu
Human Dev & Family Science	Brittany Howell	brhowell@vt.edu
Modern & Classical Langs & Lits	Alex Dickow	ard@vt.edu
Modern & Classical Langs & Lits	Corinne Noirot	cnoirot@vt.edu
Office of the Dean	Farida Jalalzai - convener	fjalalzai@vt.edu
Political Science	Bettina Koch	bkoch@vt.edu
Religion & Culture	Amaryah Armstrong	amaryah@vt.edu
School of Communication	Jared Woolly	jmwoolly@vt.edu
School of Education	Amy Allen	allenamy@vt.edu
School of Education	Yasuo Miyazaki	yasuom@vt.edu
School of Public & Intl Affairs	Nataliya Brantly	nnbrantly@vt.edu
Science, Technology, and Society	Fernanda Rosa	frrosa@vt.edu
Sociology	Robert Perdue (Fall 2025)	perdue21@vt.edu

Promotion & Tenure Committee
Department/School	Name	E-Mail
English	Kenneth Hodges	klhodges@vt.edu
History	Sam Cook	sacook2@vt.edu
Human Dev & Family Science	Pam Teaster	pteaster@vt.edu
Modern & Classical Langs & Lits	Elisabeth Austin	elaustin@vt.edu
Philosophy	Wendy Parker	wendyparker@vt.edu
Political Science	Bettina Koch	bkoch@vt.edu
Religion & Culture	Emily Satterwhite	esatter@vt.edu
School of Communication	Cayce Myers	mcmyers@vt.edu
School of Education	Peter Doolittle	pdoo@vt.edu
School of Public & Intl Affairs	Giselle Datz	gdatz@vt.edu
Science, Technology, & Society	Philip Olson	prolson@vt.edu
Sociology	David Brunsma	brunsmad@vt.edu
Dean & Convener	Laura Belmonte	belmonte@vt.edu
University Committee Rep	Max Stephenson	mstephen@vt.edu

Undergraduate Curriculum Committee
Department/School	Name	E-Mail
English	Avery Wiscomb	awiscomb@vt.edu
History	Carmen Gitre	cgitre@vt.edu
Human Dev & Family Science	Caroline Hornburg	chornburg@vt.edu
Modern & Classical Langs & Lits	Ming Chew Teo	mcteo@vt.edu
Philosophy	Gregory Novack	gmnovack@vt.edu
Political Science	Paul Avery	pcavey@vt.edu
Religion & Culture	Paula Seniors	pseniors@vt.edu
ROTC (ad hoc)	Steven Antcliff	swantcliff@vt.edu
School of Communication	Brandi Quesenberry	brandiq@vt.edu
School of Education	Nancy Bradley	nbradley@vt.edu
School of Public & Intl Affairs	Stephanie Davis	sddavis@vt.edu
Science, Technology, & Society	Rebecca Hester (Fall 2025) Lee Vinsel (Spring 2026)	rjhester@vt.edu leev@vt.edu
Sociology	Stacy Vogt Yuan	avy@vt.edu

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