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UMSL | Faculty Senate and University Assembly

Committee Chairs 2020-2021


Committee Name Department Telephone & Email

Senate
Steering
Committee

  Alice 
 Hall		  Communication
 & Media

 x6662
 halla@umsl.edu 

JOINT 
COMMITTEE

Bylaws and 
Rules
Sanjiv
Bhatia

 Computer Science

 x6520
bhatias@umsl.edu
FACULTY
SENATE 
COMMITTEES
Academic
Advisory 

Laura
Westhoff

  
History
 

 x5692
westhoffl@umsl.edu
Appointments,
Tenure and
Promotion 		 Beth
Huebner		 Criminology &
Criminal Justice

 x5043
huebnerb@umsl.edu
Assessment 
of Educational
Outcomes 		 Shea
Kerkhoff		 Educator Preparation
& Leadership

 x6820
kerkhoffs@umsl.edu
Committee on 
Committees 		  Sanjiv
 Bhatia

 Computer Science
 x6520
 bhatias@umsl.edu
 
Curriculum
and
Instruction 		 Michael
Allison		 Economics

x5306
allisonm@umsl.edu
Faculty
Teaching and
Service
Awards 		 Brian
Speicher		 Economics

x5557
speicherb@umsl.edu
Issues of
Tenure
Removal 		 George
Gokel

 Chemistry &
Biochemistry
 

 x5321
gokelg@umsl.edu
Oversight Joanna
Mendoza		 Music

 x4258
mendozajo@umsl.edu
Promotion of
Non-Tenure
Track Faculty 		 Andrew
Black		 Philosophy

x6199
blackan@umsl.edu
Research
Misconduct		 Lea-Rachel
Kosnik
 		 Economics

 x5564
kosnikl@umsl.edu

Research & Libraries		 Jim
O'Brien		 Chemistry &
Biochemistry

 x5717
obrienj@umsl.edu
Research -
Fall Panel 		 James
Bashkin		 Chemistry &
Biochemistry
 

 x7352
bashkinj@umsl.edu
Research - 
Spring Panel 		 James
Shuls		 Educator Preparation
& Leadership

x6528
shulsj@umsl.edu
UNIVERSITY
ASSEMBLY 
COMMITTEES
Administrator
Evaluation 		 Natalie
Bolton		 Educator Preparation
& Leadership

 x5787
boltonn@umsl.edu
Budget and
Planning 		 Theresa
Coble		 Education Sciences
& Professional Prog

 x5951
coblet@umsl.edu
Information
Technology 		 Paul
Van Wert

Accounting

 x6147
vanwertp@umsl.edu
Physical
Facilities,
Space, and
General
Services 

Jim
Craig
Sociology

 x6037
craigjr@umsl.edu
Recruitment,
Admissions,
Retention, & Student
Financial Aid 		 Alicia
Hutchings		 Nursing

x6075
hutchingsa@umsl.edu
Student
Affairs		 Martille
Elias &

Jeremy
Spriggs
(Co-chairs)		 Educator Prep
& Leadership

x5799
eliasmr@umsl.edu