SUNY Plattsburgh Faculty Senate - Officers and Committee Chairs

SUNY Plattsburgh Faculty Senate Officers & Committee Chairs

2012-13 Executive Committee

• Faculty Senate Chair - Sandra Rezac 
• Faculty Senate Vice Chair - Peter Conrad 
• Faculty Senate Secretary - Karen Becker 
• Chair of Academic Policies Committee - Wendy Braje 
• Chair of Resources and Planning Committee - Delbert Hart 
• Chair of Curricula and Programs Committee - Richard Schaefer 
• Chair of General Education Committee - Tracie Church Guzzio 
• Chair of Writing Across the Curriculum Committee - Jean Ann Hunt
• First Additional Member of the Senate Executive Committee - Michele Carpentier
• Second Additional Member of the Senate Executive Committee - Mark Kaiser
• SUNY University Senator - Karen Volkman
• SUNY University Senator (Alternate) - Ray Guydosh 
• Presiding Officer of the Faculty - Wendy Gordon 
• Supervisor of Faculty Elections - Karen Volkman 
• Faculty Senate Secretary  - Cindy McMurray

 

Standing Committee members serve three-year terms and should represent various governance units.  Members can be replaced at the discretion of the Executive Committee.

2012-13 Faculty Senate Committees

Academic Policies Committee

• Wendy Braje, Psychology, Chair
• Jose de Ondarza, Biological Sciences, 2014  
• Patrick Coppens, Communication Disorders, 2014
• Kim Hartshorn, Theatre, 2014 
• Bryan Hartman, Student Affairs, 2014 
• Elin O'Hara, Feinberg Library, 2014
• Michael Walsh, Registrar, 2014
• Susan Williams, Counselor Education, 2014
• Nancy Scanlan, Nursing, 2013 
• Chief Academic Oficer (Steve Light, Associate VPAA) 

Curricula and Programs Committee

• Richard Schaefer, History, Chair 
• Erin Peters, Admissions, 2012 
• Noreen Houck, Nursing and Nutrition, 2014 
• Tom Burl, LIS, 2013 
• Ewa Pater, Chemistry, 2014
• Alicia Roberts Frank, Teacher Education, 2014
• Simona Sharoni, Gender & Women's Studies, 2014
• Mark Kaiser, Accounting, 2013
• Jonathan  Slater, Communication Studies, 2014
• Jan Plaza, Computer Science, 2013 
• Roberta Wacker, Communication Disorders, 2011 
• Chief Academic Officer (Steve Light, Associate VPAA)
• Registrar (Mike Walsh)
• Student

 

General Education Committee

• Tracie Church Guzzio, English, Chair 
• JoAnn Gleeson-Kreig, Nursing & Nutrition, 2014 
• Wendy Gordon, History, 2014 
• Jean Ouedraogo, Foreign Languages and Lit, 2014  
• James Armstrong, Anthropology, 2013  
• Don Maier, Philosophy, 2013
• Ryan Blondo, Biological Sciences, 2014
• Suzanne Daley, Academic Advising, 2014
• Becky Kasper, Center for Teaching Excellence, 2014
• Shawana Mefford Carroll, Theatre, 2014
• Denise Simard, Teacher Education, 2014
• Michelle Toth, Library, 2013
• Kevin O'Neill, Business and Supply Chain Management, 2013
• Larry Soroka, Expeditionary Studies, 2013 
• Chief Academic Officer (Steve Light, Associate VPAA)
• Student

Resources and Planning Committee

• Delbert Hart, Computer Science, Chair
• John Bradley, LIS, 2014 
• Gregory B. Withrow, Student Accounts, 2014 
• Julia Davis, Counselor Education, 2013
• Erin Campbell, Institutional Advancement, 2014
• Karina Ckless, Chemistry, 2014
• Ed Miller, Arts and Science/Chemistry 2014
• Kathleen Whittier, Special Education, 2014
• Kwangseek Choe, Business and Supply Chain Management, 2013
• Jorunn Gran-Henriksen, Nursing and Nutrition, 2013
• Mark Kaiser, Accounting, 2013
• Steve Matthews, SA, 2013 
• Gordon Muir, Library, 2013  
• Provost and V.P. for Academics (James Liszka or designee) 
• V.P. of Student Affairs (Bill Laundry or designee)
• V.P. of Business Affairs (John Homburger or designee)
• V.P. of Institutional Advancement (Anne Hansen or designee)
• Campus Budget Officer (Clark Foster or designee)
• Director of Facilities (Kevin Roberts or designee)
• Classified Staff Member (Barbara Leonard or designee)
• Student Association V.P. for Finance  

Writing Across the Curriculum Committee

• Jean Ann Hunt, Education, Chair 
• Deborah Altamirano, Anthropology, 2014 
• Danielle Garneau, CEES, 2014 
• Debra Kimok, LIS, 2014
• Brian Klocke, Sociology, 2014 
• Jean Mockry, Education, 2014  
• Steve Mansfield, Psychology, 2013
• Sara Sullivan, Learning Center/English, 2013
• Tom Freidrich, English, 2013
• David Iasevoli, Education, 2013
• Becky Kasper, Center for Teaching Excellence, 2013 
• Chief Academic Officer (Steve Light, Associate VPAA) 
• Student  

 

Ad-Hoc Chancellor's Awards Committee

• Michele Carpentier, Chair

Contact Information

For more information about SUNY Plattsburgh Faculty Senate, please contact:

Sandra Rezac, Ph.D.
Associate Professor/Chair of Sociology
Chair Faculty Senate
Phone: (518) 564-4218
Email: rezacsj@plattsburgh.edu