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Operational Committees
The Academic Senate shall establish the following Operational Committees for the purpose of performing the academic and professional duties and responsibilities of the Senate:
- Academic Rank Committee
- Bylaws, Rules & Procedure
- Equivalency Committee
- Executive Committee
- Faculty Development Committee
- Faculty Lecture/Performance Awards Committee
- Nominations & Elections Committee
- Ralph Story/Usung Hero Selection Committee
- Sabbatical/Leave Committee
ACADEMIC RANK COMMITTEE
Function: Responsible to the Senate Board for the evaluation and recommendation of academic change of rank.
| Representative | Phone | Division | Room |
|---|---|---|---|
| Patricia Lynn, Chair | 7031 | Business & Computer Technology | R201 |
| Saeed Abedzadeh | 7274 | Engineering & Technology | IT200 |
| Michelle Banks | 3148 | English (on sabbatical) | C245 |
| Ani Dodge | 7346 | Business & Comuptuer Technology | R201 |
| Janis Dwyer | 7890 | Counseling | L104 |
| Lori Gagliardi | 7542 | Health Sciences | R508 |
| Pat Peach | 7849 | Mathematics | R322 |
| Gary Woods | 7341 | Business & Computer Technology | R201 |
BYLAWS, RULES AND PROCEDURES COMMITTEE
Function: This committee was established at the Academic Senate Board meeting on September 8, 1997. Its purpose is to review the Senate’s Constitution and Bylaws and make recommendations to the Faculty Senate Board on additions/deletions/changes that need to be made. Revision: December 4, 2000
| Representative | Phone | Division | Room |
|---|---|---|---|
| Advisory: Eduard A. Cairó | 7745 | Social Sciences | C321 |
| Advisory: Pat Rose | 7672 | English | C245 |
| Advisory: Dan Haley | 7830 | Library | LL |
| Advisory: IEC______ Open | |||
| Advisory: C&I______ Open | |||
| Temporary Chair: Earlie Douglas | 7434 | Business and Computer Technology | R201 |
| Deborah Bird | 7901 | Engineering and Technology | IT200 |
| Jo Buczko | 7110 | Special Services | D105 |
| Peter Paul Castro | 7013 | Natural Sciences | SV6 |
| Josh Fleming | 7010 | PACA | C121 |
| Rod Foster | 7563 | VAMS | R118 |
| Danny Hamman | 3021 | CEC | CEC110 |
| Gloria Horton | 7656 | English | C245 |
| Edward Martinez | 7254 | Counseling | L104 |
| Dan Meier | 7422 | English | C245 |
| Dorothy Potter | 7846 | Library | Library |
| Erlend Weydahl | 3260 | Mathematics | R322 |
| Terry Stoddard | 7785 | Kinesiology, Health and Athletics | W105 |
| Eloy Zarate | 3108 | Social Sciences | C321 |
EQUIVALENCY COMMITTEE
Function: To make decisions on matters of equivalency to the minimum standards for hiring of faculty. The duties of the Equivalency shall be to make final determinations of equivalency and to oversee the equivalency procedure as it is conducted across the campus.
| Representative | Phone | Division | Room |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chair: Susie Ling | 7335 | Social Sciences | C321 |
| Regina Cooper | 7466 | EOPS | L107 |
| Rebecca Morris | 7638 | VAMS | R118 |
| Keith Oberlander | 7482 | Mathematics | R322 |
| Academic Senate President (ex officio) | 7952 | Academic Senate Office | C227 |
EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE (JUNE 2012 - JUNE 2013)
Function: To implement actions taken by the Academic Senate board, act on behalf of the Academic Senate during the summer months when the Senate is not in session, transact business, and perform other functions consistent with the intent, purposes, and provisions of the Bylaws and Senate Rules.
| Representative | Phone | Division | Room |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dustin Hanvey President | 7952 | Academic Senate | C227 |
| A.C. Panella , Vice-President | 7672 | Performing/Communication Arts | C121 |
| Jessica Igoe , Secretary | 7876 | Natural Sciences | SV7D |
| Daniel Haley, Treasurer | 7830 | Library | LL |
EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE (JULY 2013-JUNE 2014)
| Representative | Phone | Division | Room |
|---|---|---|---|
| Eduardo A. Cairo, President-Elect | 7745 | Social Sciences | C321 |
| Earlie Douglas, Vice-President-Elect | 7434 | Business & Computer Technology | R201 |
| Pat Rose, Secretary-Elect | 7214 | English | C245 |
| Daniel Haley, Treasurer-Elect | 7830 | Library | LL |
FACULTY DEVELOPMENT COMMITTEE
Function: To make decisions concerning Flex Day activities and other staff development functions and directions.
| Representative | Phone | Division | Room |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chair: Lynn Wright | 3047 | English | C245 |
| Carol Curtis | 7328 | Languages | C247 |
| Susan Bower | 7167 | Natural Sciences | SV6 |
| Karen Carlisi | 7153 | Languages | C247 |
| Mary-Erin Crook | 7837 | Languages | C247 |
| Sung Kim | 7737 | Social Sciences | C321 |
| Jeff Rudisill | 7476 | PACD | C121 |
| Chiara Thomas Hensley | 7892 | Counseling | L104M |
FACULTY LECTURE/PERFORMANCE AWARDS COMMITTEE
Function: The purpose of the Board of Trustees/Academic Senate Full-Time and Adjunct Faculty Lecture/Performance Award is to encourage classroom research in methods appropriate for different ways of learning and to recognize creative and innovative pedagogy. Both awards will be jointly funded by the Board of Trustees and the Academic Senate.
| Representative | Phone | Division | Room |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chair: Senate President | 7952 | Academic Senate | C227 |
| Grace Apiafi | 7774 | Kinesiology, Health and Athletics | GM201 |
| Laurie Burruss | 7632 | Visual Arts and Media Studies | |
| Richard Kuller | Performing and Communication Arts | C121 | |
| Xiaodan Leng | 7143 | Mathematics | R322 |
| Jeanette Mann | Member: Board of Trustees | ||
| Alexis Moore | 7238 | Visual Arts and Media Studies | R118 |
| Rebecca Morris | 7638 | Visual Arts and Media Studies | R118 |
| Stephanie Schmidt | 7038 | Health Sciences | 3378 |
| Dootsdeemalachanok Thongthiraj | 3162 | English | C245 |
NOMINATIONS AND ELECTIONS COMMITTEE
Function: To recommend to the Academic Senate Board the procedures for nominating and electing officers; oversee the election, and report the results to the Academic Senate Board for ratification.
| Representative | Phone | Division | Room |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chair: Open | |||
| Rita D'Amico | 7478 | Languages | C247 |
| Gloria Horton | 7656 | English | C245 |
| Nancy Rutzen | 3299 | Languages | C247 |
RALPH STORY/ UNSUNG HERO SELECTION COMMITTEE
Function: To choose the current Ralph Story Service Award winner(s) from among the nominations. (Committee members must be former recipients of the Ralph Story Award and be on campus as teaching faculty)
| Representative | Phone | Division | Room |
|---|---|---|---|
| Co-Chair: Janis S. Dwyer | 7890 | Counseling | L104 |
| Co-Chair: Michelle Ireland Galman | 7407 | Social Sciences | C321 |
| Lauren Arenson | 7736 | Social Sciences | C321 |
| Yoshiko Yamato | 7458 | Mathematics | R325 |
| Beverly Tate | 7653 | English | C245 |
| Russel Di Fiori | 7176 | Natural Sciences | SV6 |
| Consultant-Historian Jane Hallinger | 7371 | English | C245 |
SABBATICAL LEAVE COMMITTEE
Function: To recommend to the Superintendent/President of the college the names of the faculty members submitting acceptable plans for such leave and therefore eligible for consideration by the District.
| Representative | Phone | Division | Room |
|---|---|---|---|
Chair: Pat Peach |
7849 | Mathematics | R322 |
| Cecile Davis Anderson | 7618 | Counseling | L104 |
| Angela Estada-Ceballos | 3121 | Mathematics | R322 |
| Amy Ulmer | 7027 | English | C245 |
| James Arnwine | 7198 | Performing and Communication Arts | C121 |
