SBS Committees and Councils

The SBS College Personnel Committee has many annual duties as well as some case-by-case responsibilities. Each year, the committee is tasked with reviewing: exceptional merit awards (September); faculty tenure (November); promotion cases (January); and mini tenure cases (March). A sub-committee of the Personnel Committee meets in April to handle Periodic Multi-Year Review cases. Additionally, the committee reviews tenure with hire cases based on the hire date throughout the year and it reviews distinguished professorship cases based on when the individual cases are received throughout the year. After the Personnel Committee review level, the cases are then reviewed separately by the Dean and the Associate Dean of Research and Faculty Development.

Contacts: 

• Ventura Pérez, Anthropology
   
• Leda Cooks, Communication
   
• James Heintz, Economics
   
• Nicholas McBride, Journalism
   
• TBD, Landscape Architecture and Regional Planning
   
• Timothy Pachirat, Political Science
   
• John Stranlund, Resource Economics
   
• Thad Miller, School of Public Policy
   
• Agustin Lao-Montes, Sociology

• Lynnette Sievert, Anthropology
   
• Erica Scharrer, Communication
   
• Donald Katzner, Economics
   
• Joshua Braun, Journalism
   
• Carolina Aragón, Landscape Architecture and Regional Planning
   
• Lauren McCarthy, Political Science
   
• Christian Rojas, Resource Economics
   
• Katie McDermott, School of Public Policy
   
• Hoang Phan, Social Thought and Political Economy
   
• Laurel Smith-Doerr and Tom Juravich, Sociology

The Dean's Research Council reviews internal grant applications in SBS and applications for the ISSR Scholars program and makes recommendations to the Dean. The Council offers two categories of grants to support research each year. A strong preference is given to generating a new research project or a new direction within an existing project. Priority in most cases is given to those projects that are likely to lead to external foundation or government funding; however, SBS also supports high-quality, meritorious research for which opportunities for extramural funding are limited. All ranks of tenure track faculty and lecturers whose major responsibilities include research are eligible to apply to both categories.
 

• Jennifer Lundquist, Chair
  Senior Associate Dean of Research and Faculty Development
   
• Felicity Aulino, Anthropology
   
• Charlie Schweik, School of Public Policy & Environmental Conservation
   
• John Stranlund, Resource Economics
   
• Viviana Wu, School of Public Policy

The Dean's Staff Advisory Council meets monthly to discuss staff-related updates, share resources, and plan events.

• Saulo DePaula, Associate Dean of Administration and Finance – SBS Dean's Office
   
• Mary Ann Libardi, Director of Human Resources – SBS Dean's Office
   
• Mikayla Viscione, Associate Director of Events and Projects – SBS Dean's Office
   
• Andrea Lydick, Academic Advisor – SBS Pathways Center
   
• Adrianna DiMaio, Administrative and Operations Coordinator – Anthropology
   
• Sheila Gilroy, Director of Administration and Finance – Economics
   
• Sophie Williamson, Director of Administration and Finance – Journalism
   
• Nicole Dunham, Director of Administration and Operations – PERI
   
• Kayla Constantine, Associate Director of Finance – Political Science
   
• Terry Trudeau, Director of Administration and Finance – LARP
   
• Amy Crysel, Director of Administration and Finance – Resource Economics
   
• Patrice Paré, Associate Director of Administration and Finance – School of Public Policy
   
• Wilton Schereka, Program Coordinator – STPEC
   
• Brandina Jersky, Director of Administration and Finance – Sociology