Research, Scholarship, and Creative Activity
View the Committee on Research, Scholarship, and Creative Activity 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Penn State Erie | Cassano, Emily Kathleen | ekc5108@psu.edu | Faculty Senator | - | VOTING, RSCA |
| College of Agricultural Sciences | Connolly, Erin L | elc18@psu.edu | Faculty Senator | - | VOTING, RSCA |
| College of Earth and Mineral Sciences | Davis, Kenneth James | kjd10@psu.edu | Faculty Senator | - | VOTING, RSCA |
| College of Earth and Mineral Sciences | Emami-Meybodi, Hamid | hze109@psu.edu | Faculty Senator | Committee Vice Chair | VOTING, RSCA |
| Standing Rules-Required Committee Member | Hanold, John W | jhh6@psu.edu | Standing Rules-Required Committee Member | - | NON-VOTING, RSCA |
| College of Earth and Mineral Sciences | Hogan, Katarina | kxh5715@psu.edu | Student Senator | - | VOTING, RSCA |
| College of Information Sciences and Technology | Hosseini, Hadi | hbh5279@psu.edu | Faculty Senator | - | VOTING, RSCA |
| Smeal College of Business | Huff, David J | djh30@psu.edu | Faculty Senator | - | VOTING, RSCA |
| College of Medicine | Joshi, Monika | muj14@psu.edu | Faculty Senator | - | VOTING, RSCA |
| University Libraries and Scholarly Communications | Knapp, Jeff | jak47@psu.edu | Faculty Senator | - | VOTING, RSCA |
| College of the Liberal Arts | Lorinkova, Natalia M. | nml5731@psu.edu | Faculty Senator | - | VOTING, RSCA |
| College of Medicine | Mahugu, Evelyn Wanjiru | ewm5467@psu.edu | Student Senator | - | VOTING, RSCA |
| College of Engineering | Martin, Jay Dean | jdm111@psu.edu | Faculty Senator | Committee Chair | VOTING, RSCA |
| Eberly College of Science | Nousek, John Andrew | jan2@psu.edu | Faculty Senator | - | VOTING, RSCA |
| College of Medicine | Nyland, Jennifer E | jen166@psu.edu | Faculty Senator | - | VOTING, RSCA |
| College of Medicine | Pichardo-Lowden, Ariana R | arp23@psu.edu | Faculty Senator | - | VOTING, RSCA |
| Standing Rules-Required Committee Member | Preston, Stephanie Danette | sdp163@psu.edu | Standing Rules-Required Committee Member | - | NON-VOTING, RSCA |
| Expert Guest | Stedelin, Michael James | mjs926@psu.edu | Expert Guest | - | NON-VOTING, RSCA |
| Standing Rules-Required Committee Member | Thurley, Debra | djd116@psu.edu | Standing Rules-Required Committee Member | - | NON-VOTING, RSCA |
| Penn State Harrisburg | Tolbert, Jeffrey A | jat639@psu.edu | Faculty Senator | - | VOTING, RSCA |
| Standing Rules-Required Committee Member | Wolfe, Douglas Edward | dew125@psu.edu | Standing Rules-Required Committee Member | - | NON-VOTING, RSCA |
| Standing Rules-Required Committee Member | Yan, Bin | bby5136@psu.edu | Standing Rules-Required Committee Member | - | NON-VOTING, RSCA |