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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 Academic Services), ex officio
  • Kim Winters (Administrative Manager, Office of Academic Services), ex officio
  • Amber Brodnax (Senior Adviser, Office of Academic Services), ex officio
  • Pavneet Aulakh (Assistant Dean, Office of Academic Services), Chair, ex officio
  • Katie Clements  
  • Andrew Coe
  • Joe Rando
  • Tasha Rijke-Epstein
  • Honorine Rouiller 
  • ML Sandoz (Faculty Council) 
  • Tara Todd (Faculty Council) 
  • Meredyth Wegener 
  • Isaac West 
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, Office of Academic Services), Chair, ex officio 
  • KellyNoel Waldorf, ex officio 
  • Henry Chan (Faculty Council) 
  • Guil Gualda 
  • Liz Haynes 
  • Jeff Johnston 
  • Adrienne Seiffert 
  • Helmut Walser Smith 
Committee on Educational Programs
  • Elizabeth Meadows (Assistant Dean, Director of Academic Services), ex officio 
  • Alissa Hare (Assistant Dean, Office of Academic Services), Chair, ex officio 
  • Moses Ochonu 
  • Atsushi Inoue 
  • JuLeigh Petty 
  • Akshya Saxena 
  • Bob Scherrer 
  • Nathan Schley 
  • Claudine Taafe (Faculty Council) 
Committee on Graduate Education
  • John McLean (Senior Associate Dean of Graduate Education), Chair
  • Ari Bryen (Faculty Council)
  • 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
  • Elizabeth Meadows (Assistant Dean, Director of Academic Services), Chair, ex officio 
  • Racquel Goff (Academic Services Coordinator, Office of Academic Services), ex officio 
  • Jeavanie Desarmes, ex officio 
  • Laura Carpenter 
  • Elizabeth Catania (Faculty Council) 
  • Lori Catanzaro 
  • Julia Cohen 
  • Nicole Creanza 
  • Luis Lopez Gonzales 
  • Erica Grundstrom (Faculty Council) 
  • Jonathan Hiskey  
  • Alex Jacobs 
  • Shaul Kelner 
  • Bianca Manago 
  • Sean McAfee 
  • Adeana McNicholl 
  • Stephen Taylor 
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 Academic Services), ex officio 
  • Alissa Hare (Assistant Dean, Office of Academic Services), ex officio 
  • Chalene Helmuth, Chair 
  • Celina Callahan-Kapoor (Faculty Council) 
  • Elsa Filosa 
  • Mazalit Haim 
  • Seok Bae Jang 
  • Peter Lorge (Faculty Council) 
  • María Paz Pintané 
  • Silke Schade 
  • Anand Taneja