Curricular Affairs
View the Committee on Curricular Affairs duties in the Standing Rules of the Faculty Senate governance documents.
Meeting Information:
Please visit your committee’s Teams space or reach out to your committee leaders for location, time and connection information.
If you support a senator administratively, such as an executive assistant, please contact us to request to join the relevant Teams and be added to our other communications.
Dates:
| Curriculum Proposals Due | Council Reports Due | Senate Council, Curriculum Report Publication | Plenary & Standing Committee Meetings |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 9, 2025 | May 13, 2025 | *May 27, 2025 | June 24, 2025 |
| August 14, 2025 | August 12, 2025 | August 26, 2025 | September 9, 2025 |
| September 18, 2025 | September 16, 2025 | September 30, 2025 | October 14, 2025 |
| October 23, 2025 | October 21, 2025 | November 4, 2025 | November 18, 2025 |
| December 18, 2025 | December 16, 2025 | January 6, 2026 | January 20, 2026 REMOTE ONLY Plenary and Committees |
| January 29, 2026 | January 27, 2026 | February 10, 2026 | February 24, 2026 REMOTE ONLY Plenary and Committees |
| March 5, 2026 | March 3, 2026 | March 17, 2026 | March 31, 2026 |
| April 2, 2026 | April 3, 2026 | April 14, 2026 | April 28, 2026 |
| May 9, 2026 | May 12, 2026 | *May 26, 2026 | *June 23, 2026 |
*Tentative
2025-2026 Membership:
Senators: To download/copy your committee’s roster, please visit the “Roster” folder in your committee’s Teams, or copy/paste the below into a spreadsheet.
| Unit Name | Full Name | Email Address | Membership Type | Committee Position | Comments |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| College of Arts and Architecture | Aeschbacher, Peter | pja12@psu.edu | Faculty Senator | - | VOTING, Curricular Affairs |
| College of Nursing | Barton, Jennifer | jlp153@psu.edu | Faculty Senator | - | VOTING, Curricular Affairs |
| Standing Rules-Required Committee Member | Behler, Anne | acb10@psu.edu | Standing Rules-Required Committee Member | - | NON-VOTING, Curricular Affairs; (iv) Dean of University Libraries and Scholarly Communications or representative (FA24 in place of Joel Burkholder) |
| College of Health and Human Development | Belanger, Jonna J | jjb37@psu.edu | Faculty Senator | Committee Chair | VOTING, Curricular Affairs |
| Penn State Wilkes-Barre | Berzsenyi, Christyne E | cab39@psu.edu | Faculty Senator | - | VOTING, Curricular Affairs |
| Penn State Erie | Beshero-Bondar, Elisa Eileen | eeb4@psu.edu | Faculty Senator | - | VOTING, Curricular Affairs |
| College of Earth and Mineral Sciences | Clothiaux, Eugene Edmund | eec3@psu.edu | Faculty Senator | - | VOTING, Curricular Affairs |
| Standing Rules-Required Committee Member | Cole, Andy | cac13@psu.edu | Standing Rules-Required Committee Member | - | NON-VOTING, Curricular Affairs; (v) Chair of the Graduate Council Committee on Programs and Courses |
| College of Agricultural Sciences | Coupland, John Neil | jnc3@psu.edu | Faculty Senator | - | VOTING, Curricular Affairs |
| Eberly College of Science | Defelice, Meredith Rosser | mrd22@psu.edu | Faculty Senator | - | VOTING, Curricular Affairs |
| Penn State Harrisburg | Gibney Jr., Raymond F | rfg14@psu.edu | Faculty Senator | - | VOTING, Curricular Affairs |
| Expert Guest | Hamaty, Paula K | pkr101@psu.edu | Faculty Senator | - | NON-VOTING, Curricular Affairs |
| Expert Guest | Hamaty, Paula K | pkr101@psu.edu | Expert Guest | - | NON-VOTING, Curricular Affairs |
| College of the Liberal Arts | Hanses, Mathias | mkh5452@psu.edu | Faculty Senator | - | VOTING, Curricular Affairs |
| Standing Rules-Required Committee Member | Harper, Betty J | bjh17@psu.edu | Standing Rules-Required Committee Member | - | NON-VOTING, Curricular Affairs; (vii) A representative from the Office of Planning, Assessment, and Institutional Research |
| Penn State Altoona | Hayford, Harold Scott | hsh1@psu.edu | Faculty Senator | - | VOTING, Curricular Affairs |
| College of the Liberal Arts | Linch, Amy T | atl3@psu.edu | Faculty Senator | - | VOTING, Curricular Affairs |
| College of Agricultural Sciences | Mcnellis, Timothy W | twm4@psu.edu | Faculty Senator | - | VOTING, Curricular Affairs |
| Penn State Harrisburg | Mudrick, Hannah Beth | hxm99@psu.edu | Faculty Senator | - | VOTING, Curricular Affairs |
| Penn State Abington | Oakes, Joseph | jxo19@psu.edu | Faculty Senator | - | VOTING, Curricular Affairs |
| Penn State Berks | Pfeifer Reitz, Dawn | dpr15@psu.edu | Faculty Senator | - | VOTING, Curricular Affairs |
| College of Education | Plummer, Julia | jdp17@psu.edu | Faculty Senator | - | VOTING, Curricular Affairs |
| Eberly College of Science | Purdy Drew, Kirstin R | krp15@psu.edu | Faculty Senator | Committee Vice Chair | VOTING, Curricular Affairs |
| College of Information Sciences and Technology | Raahemifar, Kaamran | kvr5517@psu.edu | Faculty Senator | - | VOTING, Curricular Affairs |
| Eberly College of Science | Salinas, Josh | jrs8020@psu.edu | Student Senator | - | VOTING, Curricular Affairs |
| Standing Rules-Required Committee Member | Schulenberg, Janet | jks142@psu.edu | Standing Rules-Required Committee Member | - | NON-VOTING, Curricular Affairs; (vii) A representative from the Division of Undergraduate Studies |
| Smeal College of Business | Sharma, Rashmi | ros5253@psu.edu | Faculty Senator | - | VOTING, Curricular Affairs |
| College of Communications | Shea, Maura | mes19@psu.edu | Faculty Senator | - | VOTING, Curricular Affairs |
| Standing Rules-Required Committee Member | Slattery, Maggie | mjs436@psu.edu | Standing Rules-Required Committee Member | - | NON-VOTING, Curricular Affairs; (x) A representative from the Office for General Education |
| College of Engineering | Starkey, Elizabeth Marie | ems413@psu.edu | Faculty Senator | - | VOTING, Curricular Affairs |
| Penn State Dubois | Thomas, Emily Hope | eht5002@psu.edu | Faculty Senator | Committee Vice Chair | VOTING, Curricular Affairs |
| College of Health and Human Development | Thomas, Kristin L | klt16@psu.edu | Faculty Senator | - | VOTING, Curricular Affairs |