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: 

• Lynnette Sievert, Anthropology
   
• Leda Cooks, Communication
   
• Arslan Razmi, Economics
   
• Frank Sleegers, Landscape Architecture and Regional Planning
   
• Nathalie Lavoie, Resource Economics
   
• Michael Ash, School of Public Policy
   
• Ofer Sharone, Sociology

• Brigitte Holt, Anthropology
   
• Shawn Shimpach, Communication
   
• Donald Katzner, Economics
   
• Karen List, Journalism
   
• Henry Renski, Landscape Architecture and Regional Planning
   
• Paul Collins, Political Science
   
• David Keiser, Resource Economics
   
• Brenda Bushouse, School of Public Policy
   
• 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
   
• Charli Carpenter, Political Science
   
• Ventura Pérez, Anthropology
   
• Jamie Rowen, Political Science
   
• Wayne Xu, Communication

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

• Karen Schoenberger, Senior Assistant Dean
   
• Saulo DePaula, Assistant Dean
   
• Mary Ann Libardi, Director of Human Resources
   
• Shelley Silva, Academic Programs Manager – Anthropology
   
• Marianne Neal-Joyce, Senior Academic Advisor – Communication
   
• Nancy Billings, Communications and Recruitment Manager – DACSS
   
• Sheila Gilroy, Director of Administration and Research – Economics
   
• Sophie Williamson, Department Administrator – Journalism
   
• Terry Trudeau, Director of Administration and Finance – LARP
   
• Crystal Paul, Director of Administration and Research – Political Science
   
• Amy Crysel, Director of Administration and Finance – Resource Economics
   
• Patrice Paré, Associate Director of Administration and Finance – School of Public Policy
   
• Donna Vanasse, Program Coordinator – STPEC
   
• Brandina Jersky, Director of Administration and Finance – Sociology