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 Faculty Senate Standing Committees

At-Large Committees

Academic Calendar & Final Exam Committee (one 2-year term)
(2) Amber Pond, Anatomy - appointed 2022

Advisory Committee to the Director of Public Safety (one 2-year term)
(2) Raymund Narag, School of Justice and Public Safety - appointed 2022

Affirmative Action Advisory Committee (one 2-year term) 
(1) Bhaskar Bhattacharya, School of Mathematical & Statistical Sciences - appointed 2022

Board of Higher Education Faculty Advisory Council (one 4-year term) 
(1) Lichang Wang, Chemistry and Biochemistry - appointed 2020

Bookstore Advisory Council (one 2-year term)
(2) Amber Burtis, Library Affairs - appointed 2022

Chancellor's Taskforce on Diversity & Inclusion (one 1-year term)
(3) Yancy Cruz, School of Health Sciences

Commencement Committee (two 2-year terms)
(3) Enas Shanshen, Pediatrics - appointed 2022
(3) Tayler Hill, Medical Education Preparatory - appointed 2022

Computing Advisory Committee (two 2-year terms)
(3) Christine Watt, School of Health Sciences- appointed 2023
(2) Jennifer Sherry, School of Health Sciences - appointed 2023

Core Curriculum Committee (one 1-year term)
(3) Lin Zhong, School of Education

Early Career Faculty Excellence Award Selection Committee (one 1-year term)
(1) Seung-Hee Lee, School of Architecture

Elections Committee (three 1-year terms)
(2) Eric Black, Psychiatry
(2) Jennifer Sherry, School of Health Sciences
(2) Catherine Wagner, Library Affairs

Executive Planning & Budget Committee (appointed by title)
Faculty Senate President: (2) Bethany Rader, Biological Sciences
Faculty Senate Vice President: (1) Elaine Jurkowski, Human Sciences 
Faculty Senate Budget Committee Chair: (2) Rachel Whaley, Anthropology, Political Science, & Sociology

Faculty & Staff Excellence Award Selection Committee (one 1-year term)
(3) Seleena Shrestha, Psychiatry

Graduation Appeals Committee (one 2-year term)
(1) James Conder, School of Earth Systems and Sustainability - appointed 2022

Honorary Degrees & Distinguished Service Committee (two 4-year terms)
(1) Scott McClurg, Anthropology, Political Science, & Sociology - appointed 2020
(3) Brandon Hirsch, Health Sciences - appointed 2020

Intercollegiate Athletics Advisory Committee (three 3-year terms)
(2) Bobbi Knapp, Human Sciences - appointed 2023
(1) Marcus Odom, Accountancy - appointed 2023
(3) Nicholas Weshinskey, Medical Education - appointed 2022

Library Affairs Advisory Committee (two 2-year terms)
(2) Heidi Bacon, School of Education - appointed 2022
(2) Christopher Wienke, Anthropology, Political Science, & Sociology - appointed 2023

Naming University Facilities Committee (one 4-year term)
(3)  Louise Yoho, School of Education - appointed 2024

Recreational Sports & Services Advisory Board (one 2-year term)
(3) Dawn Null, School of Human Sciences - appointed 2022

Scholar Excellence Award Selection Committee (one 1-year term)
(3) Lynn Rheinecker, Family & Community Medicine

SIU Press Editorial Board (two 3-year terms)
(2) Theodore Cohen, School of Africana & Multicultural Studies - appointed 2023
(3) Geoffrey Swift, School of Mechanical, Aerospace, & Materials Engineering - appointed 2023

Signage Committee (one 2-year term)
(1) James Conder, Earth Systems & Sustainability - appointed 2022

SURS Members Advisory Committee (term open)
(1) Steven Verhulst, Statistics & Research Consulting

Traffic & Parking Committee (one 3-year term)
(2) Nicholas Guardiano - appointed 2022

University Level Tenure Track Teaching Excellence Award Selection Committee (one 1-year term)
(2) Christina Hubbert, Psychiatry

University Level Non-Tenure Track Teaching Excellence Award Selection Committee (one 1-year term)
(3) Kalyan Kandra, Psychiatry

Legend
D1 = Distinguished Professor
1 = Professor
2 = Associate Professor
3 = Assistant Professor
4 = Instructor
5 = Assistant Instructor
6 = Senior Lecturer
7 = Lecturer