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College Committees, Representatives, and Task Forces

Academic Year 2023-2024


COLLEGE STANDING COMMITTEES

Per the  College Bylaws, the Standing Committees of the College of Architecture and Design faculty shall be:

Undergraduate Committee
Graduate Committee
Steering Committee
Student Grievance Committee
Faculty Grievance Committee
Promotion, Tenure and Retention Committee
Programs Committee
Annual Performance Review
Faculty Development Leave

UNDERGRADUATE COMMITTEE

Patricia Oliver, Dean (Non-voting)
Dietmar Froehlich, Associate Dean (Non-voting)
Trang Phan, Associate Dean (Non-voting)
Rafael Beneytez-Duran, Coordinator, Advanced
Jason Logan, Coordinator, Foundation (Fall 2023)
Daniel Jacobs, Coordinator, Intermediate
Patrick Peters, Coordinator, Integration
Matthew Johnson, Coordinator, Thesis
Jeff F. Feng, Co-Director, Industrial Design
Mark Kimbrough, Co-Director, Industrial Design
Sheryl Tucker de Vazquez, Interim Director, Interior Architecture
Andrew Kudless, Coordinator, Design Media
Tom Diehl, Co-Coordinator Technology
Rives Taylor, Co-Coordinator Technology
Deepa Ramaswamy, Coordinator - History, Theory and Criticism
Mili Kyropoulou, Director – Building Analytics and Sustainable Environments (BASE) Lab

Students:  Joshua Estrella (Primary), Zeke Alvarenga (Secondary)

GRADUATE COMMITTEE

Patricia Oliver, Dean (Non-voting)
Dietmar Froehlich, Associate Dean (Non-voting)
Trang Phan, Associate Dean (Non-voting)
Gail Peter Borden, Director, Graduate Studies
Jason Logan, Coordinator, Foundation
Matthew Johnson, Coordinator, Integration (Fall 2023)
Jesse Hager, Coordinator, Integration (Spring 2024)
Rafael Longoria, Coordinator, Advanced Studies
Jeff F. Feng, Co-Director, Industrial Design
Mark Kimbrough, Co-Director, Industrial Design
Patrick Peters, Coordinator, Design/Build
Andrew Kudless, Coordinator, Design Media
Mili Kyropoulou, Coordinator, Technology
Deepa Ramaswamy, Coordinator - History, Theory and Criticism

Students: Eric Goldner (Primary), Arely Canales (Secondary)

STEERING COMMITTEE
[7 Faculty: 6 tenured/tenure-track + 1 voting-eligible adjunct faculty (two-year terms: 3 odd years, 4 even years); + 1 undergraduate student and 1 graduate student (one-year term)]

Patricia Oliver, Dean (non-voting)
Dietmar Froehlich, Associate Dean (non-voting)
Trang Phan, Associate Dean (non-voting)
Gail Peter Borden, Director of Graduate Studies (ex-officio)
Rafael Longoria, Chair (2022-2024)
Jeff Feng (2022-2024)
Roya Plauche (2022-2024)
Dijana Handanovic (2023-2025)
Elhamn Morshedzadeh (2023-2025)
Dalia Munenzon (2023-2025)
Bruce Race (2023-2025)

Students:  Michala Daniels (Primary), Valeria Servin (Secondary)

STUDENT GRIEVANCE COMMITTEE
[5 voting-eligible faculty members, at least 3 must be tenured (two-year terms), + 1 undergraduate student and 1 graduate student]

Donna Kacmar (2022-2024)
Patrick Peters (2022-2024)
Tom Diehl (2023-2025)
Michael Gonzales (2023-2025)
Susan Rogers (2023-2025)

Students:  Camille Joubert (Primary), Arely Canales (Secondary)

FACULTY GRIEVANCE COMMITTEE
(3 tenured professors, members serve recurring, alpha order for 2-year term;  alternate (2 full + 1 assoc.) and (2 assoc. + 1 full); cannot serve on PTR.

Larry Bell (P) (2022-2024)
Jeff Feng (AP) (2022-2024)
Matthew Johnson (2023-2025)

*Professor (P), Associate Professor (AP), Assistant Professor (ATP)

ANNUAL PERFORMANCE REVIEW COMMITTEE
(4 FT: 3 T, 1 must be TT; 2 on, 2 off)

Daniel Jacobs (NTT) (2023-2025)
Matthew Johnson (T) (2023-2025)
Andrew Kudless (T) (2023-2025)
Mili Kyropoulou (TT) (2023-2025)
Patrick Peters (T) (2023-2025)

*Tenured (T), Tenure-track (TT), Promotion Eligible Non-Tenure Track (PENTT)

PROMOTION, TENURE, AND RETENTION (PTR) COMMITTEE 
Elect Chair at beginning of each academic year

William Truitt, Chair, Associate Professor
Rafael Beneytez-Duran, Associate Professor
Gail Peter Borden, Professor
Geoffrey Brune, Professor
George Chow, Associate Professor
Joe Colaco, Professor
Tom Diehl, Associate Professor
Donna Kacmar, Professor
Andrew Kudless, Professor
Rafael Longoria (serves on Univ P&T), Professor
Patrick Peters, Professor
Bruce Race, Professor
Marta Rodriguez, Associate Professor
Susan Rogers, Associate Professor
Ronnie Self, Professor
Peter Zweig, Professor

PROGRAMS COMMITTEE

Dalia Munenzon (2023-2024)
Roya Plauché (2022-2024)
Deepa Ramaswamy (2022-2024)

PROGRAMS COMMITTEE - ELECT

Michael Gonzales (2023-2025)
Daniel Jacobs (2023-2025)
Jason Logan (2023-2025)

FULL PROFESSORS COMMITTEE

Larry Bell
Gail Peter Borden
Geoffrey Brune
Joe Colaco
Donna Kacmar
Andrew Kudless
Rafael Longoria
Patrick Peters
Bruce Race
Ronnie Self
Peter Zweig

FACULTY DEVELOPMENT LEAVE

Rafael Longoria (2023-2024)
Matthew Johnson (2023-2025)
Susan Rogers (2023-2025)

Steering Committee appoints members at their first meeting of the academic year


UNIVERSITY REPRESENTATIVES

Undergraduate Committee: Jeff Feng (term expires 8/19/2025)
Budget and Facilities: No one from the College is currently serving
Faculty Affairs: No one from the College is currently serving
Graduate and Professional Studies Committee: Dietmar Froehlich (term expires 8/19/2024), Gail Peter Borden (appointed by Dean), Elham Morshedzadeh (term expires 8/19/2025)
Research + Scholarship Committee: Mili Kyropoulou (Subcommittees: Chair, Bridge Grants; Centers and Institutes; Resources and Core Facilities [Small Equipment]; GEAR; Excellence in Research, Scholarship, and Creativity; term expires 8/15/2024)
Community + Government Relations Committee: No one from the College is currently serving
Faculty Governance Committee: No one from the College is currently serving
University Promotion and Tenure College Representative: No one from the College is currently serving
Faculty Grievance Committee: No one from the College is currently serving 

INDUSTRY REPRESENTATIVES

Association of Collegiate Schools of Architecture (ACSA) Councilor: Matthew Johnson
Architectural Research Centers Consortium (ARCC) Representative: Andrew Kudless 


COLLEGE TASK FORCES

Task forces are created by the dean. These temporary working groups are convened to address specific topics or issues. Task forces do not operate in the same capacity as the College's standing committees.

Facilities Task Force

Gail Peter Borden, Chair
Dijana Handanovic, Interior Architecture
Daniel Jacobs, Undergraduate Architecture
Mark Kimbrough, Industrial Design
Andrew Kudless, Design Media

Annual Performance Review Task Force

Bruce Race, Chair (T-Arch)
Jeff Feng (T-ID)
Dijana Handanovic (TT-IA)
Dalia Munenzon (TT-Arch) 

 

Updated January 29, 2024