Administration

Departmental Committees

2012-13

Personnel Committee

Prof. Marty Norden (Chair)
Prof. Madeleine Blais
Prof. Mari Castaneda
Prof. Stephen Gencarella
Prof. Jarice Hanson
Grad Rep. Gregory Blackburn

Undergraduate Studies, Communication

Prof. Emily West, Director
Prof. Leda Cooks (Honors)
Prof. Demetria Shabazz (IE)
Prof. Lynn Phillips, Chief Undergraduate Advisor

Curriculum Committee, Journalism

Prof. BJ Roche, Chair
Prof. Steven Fox
Prof. Karen List
Prof. Brian McDermott
Prof. Raz Sibii

Graduate Studies and Admissions

Prof. Donal Carbaugh, Graduate Program Director
Prof. Henry Geddes, Graduate Admissions Chair
Prof. Anne Ciecko
Prof. Gonen Dori-Hacohen
Grad Rep. TBD

Community, Diversity and Social Justice

Prof. Lynn Phillips, Chair
Prof. Leda Cooks
Prof. Henry Geddes

Committee for the Study of Communication

(Colloquium Committee)
Prof. Stephen Olbrys Gencarella, Chair 
Prof. Bruce Geisler

Human Subjects Review

Prof. Jarice Hanson, Director

Alumni Outreach

Prof. Martin Norden
Sunny Lie, graduate student member

Directors and Coordinators

BDIC

Prof. Martin Norden

Library Liaison

Prof. Martha Fuentes-Bautista

Honors Program Director, Communication

Prof. Leda Cooks

Graduate Instructional Development

Prof. Benjamin Bailey
Prof. Shawn Shimpach

Course Directors

Comm 250

Prof. Benjamin Bailey

Comm 260

Prof. Stephen Olbrys Gencarella

Comm 375

Prof. Stephen Olbrys Gencarella

Forms and Administrative Services

Click on links below to download forms

• Guest speaker information
• Pre-Travel Authorization Form

Travel reimbursements/Corporate cards

For complete details:
Travel Services website
Travel office, Joan White: 413-545-1405
Comptroller’s Office: 413-545-0806
Denise Storm, reimbursement supervisor: 413-545-0809
Angela Kapinos, Vendor File Manager: 413-545-1433
Corporate card program: 407 Goodell, 413-545-0361 or travel@admin.umass.edu

Reimbursements overview

Typical travel expenses include airfare, hotel, taxis, car rental, tolls, mileage, meals per diem, transportation, and other business expenses incurred while on travel status.

Preapproval: All travel must be preapproved by the department chair, no matter where funds are coming from.

Pretravel authorization form: Reimbursements will not be made unless you fill out a pretravel authorization form. Actual travel dates must conform to the authorized dates. If travel involves missed duties, coverage must be specified on this form. Please include the funding source on this form as well. For further guidance, refer to the department travel policy in Appendix 2 of the Memorandum of Faculty Governance. Download the form and the memorandum at right.

Receipts: All receipts must be turned in as soon as possible, no later than 30 days after the travel. All receipts must be original, match transaction amounts, be in the traveling faculty’s name, and show proof of payment (an example would be the XXXX-4196 credit card).

Reimbursement is post-travel: Travel can be reimbursed only after the fact, unless a corporate travel card is used (see below).

Travel advances: Please contact the Comptroller’s Office for more information, as these are processed through them. Download the travel advance form at right.

Corporate travel cards overview

Corporate travel cards are available to faculty members so that travel expenses can be paid from faculty accounts, rather than out-of-pocket.
 

• Apply: To apply for a card, please visit the Travel Services website to fill out an application.
• For your travel only: The travel card is an individual liability, not the department’s. It is for the card member’s travel only; you cannot book travel for other people. In rare circumstances, nonfaculty travel expenses may be charged to your card, but you are responsible for those charges and they cannot be paid from university accounts.
• Prepayment: Payments are made directly to the corporate card and can be made before the travel occurs (airfare, hotel, and other expenses).
• Allowable charges: airfare, hotels, Amtrak, car rentals, conference fees, membership fees, ground transportation, fuel for vehicles, restaurants (while on travel status).
• Prohibited charges: equipment, catalog orders, alcohol, personal expenses, supplies and commodities, entertainment.