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A&S Faculty Committees

Faculty members are appointed to the Faculty Committees listed below for a one-year term by the dean of A&S in consultation with Faculty Council. Below are the committee members:

Administrative Committee
  • Allison Schachter, (Senior Associate Dean of Academic Affairs), ex officio
  • Elizabeth Meadows, (Assistant Dean, Director of Undergraduate Education), ex
    officio
  • Lydia Abell, (Administrative Manager, Office of Undergraduate Education), ex
    officio
  • Pavneet Aulakh (Assistant Dean), Chair
  • Katherine Clements (Faculty Council)
  • Aimi Hamraie
  • Joe Rando
  • Daniel Solomon
  • Claudine Taaffe (Faculty Council)
  • Meredith Wegener
  • Isaac West
Admissions Committee
  • Timothy McNamara (Ginny and Connor Searcy Dean of the College of Arts and
    Science), ex officio
  • Allison Schachter (Senior Associate Dean of Academic Affairs), ex officio
  • Elizabeth Meadows, (Assistant Dean, Director of Undergraduate Education), ex
    officio
  • Alissa Hare (Assistant Dean), ex officio
  • Doug Christiansen (Vice Provost), ex officio
  • Brett Benson, Chair
  • Jose Cardenas Bunsen
  • Diana Heney
  • Peter Lorge (Faculty Council)
  • Lars Plate
  • Jacob Sauer (Faculty Council)
  • Michael Stone
Art Gallery Committee

No appointments recommended at this time.

AXLE Implementation Committee

This committee is in abeyance.

Committee on Academic Standards and Procedures
  • Allison Schachter (Senior Associate Dean of Academic Affairs), ex officio
  • Mario Rewers (Assistant Dean), ex officio
  • Pavneet Aulakh (Assistant Dean), ex officio
  • James Patton, Chair
  • Candice Amich
  • Sourish Dutta
  • Emily Greble (Faculty Council)
  • David Hess
  • Joshua Murray
Committee on Educational Programs
  • Elizabeth Meadows, (Assistant Dean, Director of Undergraduate Education), ex
    officio
  • Mario Rewers (Assistant Dean), ex officio
  • Alissa Hare (Assistant Dean), ex officio
  • Ken MacLeish, Chair
  • Erika Grundstrom (Faculty Council)
  • Nicole Hemmer
  • Analisa Packham
  • Nathan Schley
  • John Sloop
Committee on Graduate Education
  • John McLean (Senior Associate Dean of Graduate Education), Chair
  • Karen Ng
  • Jessica Oster
  • Jared Speck
  • Sharece Thrower
Committee on Health Related Professions

No appointments recommended at this time.

Committee on Individual Programs

No appointments recommended at this time.

Curriculum Committee
  • Allison Schachter, (Senior Associate Dean of Academic Affairs), ex officio
  • Elizabeth Meadows, (Assistant Dean, Director of Undergraduate Education), ex
    officio
  • Ashley Heaton (Interim Association Director, CASPAR), ex officio
  • Racquel Goff (Academic Services Coordinator, Office of Undergraduate
    Education), ex officio
  • Jonathan Hiskey (Chair)
  • Lori Catanzaro
  • Elizabeth Catania (Faculty Council)
  • Courtney Peterson (Faculty Council)
  • Stephen Taylor
  • Rachel Teukolsky
  • Laurie Woods
Second Language Study Committee

This committee has been disbanded due to the establishment of an advisory committee for the Vanderbilt Center for Languages.

Student-Faculty Relations Committee

No appointments recommended at this time.

Study Abroad Committee
  • Allison Schachter, (Senior Associate Dean of Academic Affairs), ex officio
  • Elizabeth Meadows (Assistant Dean, Director of Undergraduate Education), ex
    officio
  • Nathalie Porter, Chair
  • Jelena Bogdanovic
  • Mazalit Haim
  • Xianmin Liu
  • Maria Paz Pintane
  • Anand Taneja
  • Leonora Williamson (Faculty Council)
  • Laurence Zwiebel (Faculty Council)