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Faculty Senate

Standing Committees

Community and Government Relations Committee

The Community and Government Relations Committee (CGRC) serves as the Faculty Senate liaison to the university community, external communities, and governmental entities. It considers and provides recommendations for issues pertaining internally to needs of the university community at large and externally in support of university outreach and community engagement. It seeks to facilitate collegiality across the university and contributes through supporting student success initiatives, including Welcome Week student orientation and engagement activities. It reviews nominations for and facilitates the Assistant Professor of eXcellence (APeX) lecture series, as well as coordinates the biannual Faculty Senate Conference.

Committee Chair

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Douglas

Thornton

Associate Professor

Pharmacy

jdthornton@uh.edu

Exp: 08/23

Members

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Rachel

Bush

Instructional Associate Professor

Arts

Exp: 08/24

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Lindita

Camaj

Associate Professor

CLASS

Exp: 08/24

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Christiana

Chang

Instructional Associate Professor

Engineering

Exp: 08/23

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Ann

Christensen

Professor

CLASS

Exp: 08/25

Mabel

Cuesta

Associate Professor

CLASS

Exp: 08/25

Brigitte

Dauwalder

Associate Professor

NSM

bdauwalder@uh.edu

Exp: 08/24

Taylor

Davis-Van Atta

Assistant Librarian

Libraries

tgdavis-vanatta@uh.edu

Exp: 08/24

Susie

Gronseth

Clinical Associate Professor

Education

slgronseth@uh.edu

Exp: 08/23

Michelle

Ivey

Instructional Associate Professor

CLASS

Exp: 08/25

Tiffany

Legendre

Assistant Professor

HRM

jslegendre@uh.edu

Exp: 08/24

Alan

Lish

Professor of Practice

Business

Exp: 08/24

Steven

Matijcio

Research Assistant Professor

Arts

smmatijcio@uh.edu

Exp: 08/23

Larry

Yi-Lung Mo

Professor

Engineering

Exp: 08/23

Swati

Modi

Clinical Associate Professor

Optometry

Exp: 08/23

Megan

Robertson

Professor

Engineering

mlrobertson@uh.edu

Exp: 08/23

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David

Shattuck

Associate Professor

Engineering

shattuck@uh.edu

Exp: 08/24

Annie

Wu

Librarian

Libraries

Exp: 08/23