Appendix M

3/14/17

SENATE COMMITTEE ON COMMITTEES AND RULES

Nominating Report for 2017-2018

(Informational)

The Senate Committee on Committees and Rules identified the following nominees to stand for election to three extra-senatorial standing committees. Additional nominations may be made from the floor of the Senate on March 14, 2017.

Committee on Faculty Rights and Responsibilities
University Park Elect four (one member; three alternates)

  • Jennifer Boittin, Associate Professor of French, Francophone Studies, and History, College of the Liberal Arts
  • Chris Marone, Associate Director, Institute for Natural Gas Research, College of Earth and Mineral Sciences
  • Keith Shapiro, Associate Professor of Art, College of Arts and Architecture

Locations other than University Park  Elect one (one member)

  • Gina Brelsford, Associate Professor of Psychology, Penn State Harrisburg
  • Rebecca C. Craven, Professor of Microbiology and Immunology, College of Medicine
  • Michael Doncheski, Director of Academic Affairs, Penn State Mont Alto
  • Barbara Miller, Professor of Pediatrics, College of Medicine

Deans/Chancellors Elect two (one member; one alternate)

  • David W. Chown, Chancellor, Penn State York
  • Marie Hardin, Dean, College of Communications
  • Keith Hillkirk, Chancellor, Penn State Berks

Standing Joint Committee on Tenure Elect two (one member; one alternate)

  • Eric Hayot, Distinguished Professor of Comparative Literature and Asian Studies, College of the Liberal Arts
  • Robert Loeb, Professor of Biology and Forestry, Penn State Dubois
  • Linda Patterson-Miller, Professor of English, Penn State Abington
  • Pamela Silver, Professor of Biology, Penn State Erie

University Promotion and Tenure Review Committee Elect four.

  • Daniel Purdy, Professor of German, College of the Liberal Arts
  • Mark J. Roberts, Professor of Economics, College of the Liberal Arts
  • Steinn Sigurdsson, Professor of Astronomy and Astrophysics, Eberly College of Science
  • Mark Widome, Distinguished Professor of Pediatrics, College of Medicine

SENATE COMMITTEE ON COMMITTEES AND RULES

  • Jonathan Abel
  • Mohamad A. Ansari
  • Dawn Blasko, Chair
  • Mark Casteel
  • Pamela Hufnagel
  • William Kelly, Vice Chair
  • Richard Robinett
  • Keith Shapiro
  • James Strauss
  • Jane Sutton
  • Ann Taylor
  • Kent Vrana
  • Matthew Woessner