Many individuals across the university contribute to academic planning, governance, or initiatives through service on committees, task forces, and councils. Below is a list of the university-wide committees and their membership for 2011-2012.
Faculty Affairs and Policy Committees
Faculty Affairs Committee [+]
The Faculty Affairs Committee includes representatives from the divisions and the Provost's Office. It reviews, recommends, and develops policy, guidelines, and proposals that address issues such as workload, evaluation and review, and support.
Bryna Sanger, Deputy Provost, Chair
Simone Douglas, Chair, UPRC, Parsonsbr />
George Fisher, Mannes
Oz Frankel, Associate Dean, Lang
David Howell, NSPE
Cynthia Lawson, Parsons
Will Milberg, NSSR, Faculty Senate
Jim Miller, NSSR, Provost's Office
Helen Schulman, NSPE
Lisa Servon, NSPE
Bhawani Venkataraman, Chair, UTRC, Lang Faculty Senate
Aleksandra Wagner, NSPE, Faculty Senate
Peter Wheelwright, Parsons
Eleni Litt, Provost's Office (ex officio)
University Promotion Review Committee (UPRC) [+]
The UPRC provides procedural oversight for tenure, extended employment, and post-probationary reviews, to ensure that divisional and university policies and procedures align with the Full Time Faculty Handbook, AAUP guidelines, and best practices.
Simone Douglas, Parsons, Chair
Elaine Abelson, NSSR/Lang
Jane Ira Bloom, Jazz
Patricia Carlin, NSPE
Alice Crary, NSSR
Clive Dilnot, Parsons
Jeff Goldfarb, NSSR
Paul Kottman, Lang
Nina Khrushcheva, NSPE
Alex Schwartz, NSPE
Sven Travis, Parsons
With support from:
Jackie Clark, Provost's Office
Eleni Litt, Provost's Office
University Term Review Committee (UTRC) [+]
The UTRC provide procedural oversight for term reviews (just as the UPRC does for Tenure, EE, and post probationary reviews).
Bhawani Venkataraman, Lang, Chair
Joseph Heathcott, NSPE
Mark Larrimore, Lang
Rosemary O'Neill, Parsons
Joe Salvatore, NSPE
Carol Wilder, NSPE
Johanne Woodcock, Parsons
With support from:
Jackie Clark, Provost's Office
Eleni Litt, Provost's Office
Faculty Research and Funding Opportunities Committees
Academic Events Fund Committee [+]
This ad hoc committee meets at one or two points during the year to review applications to the Academic Events Fund and make recommendations to the Provost regarding awards. The committee may also recommend procedural changes to the funding program or process.
Link to Academic Events Fund
2011-2012 membership to be posted soon.
Innovations in Education Fund Application Review Committee[+]
This ad hoc committee meets at one or two points during the year to review applications to the Innovations in Education Fund and make recommendations to the Provost regarding awards. They committee may also recommend procedural changes to the funding program or process.
Link to Innovations in Education Fund
2011-2012 membership to be posted soon.
Faculty Research Fund Application Review Committee [+]
This ad hoc committee meets at one or two points during the year to review applications to the Faculty Research Fund and make recommendations to the Provost regarding awards. They committee may also recommend procedural changes to the funding program or process.
Link to Faculty Research Fund
2011-2012 membership to be posted soon.
Institutional Review Board [+]
The Institutional Review Board (IRB) is in place to ensure that all research involving human subjects is conducted in an ethical manner, particularly with regard to the informed consent, health, and welfare of human participants.
Link to Institutional Review Board
Marcel Kinsbourne, NSSR, Chair
Katayoun Chamany, Lang
Erin Cho, Parsons
Peter Eisinger, Urban Policy, The New School for Public Engagement
Alice Crary, Philosophy, The New School for Social Research
Janet Roitman, NSSR
Ron Kassimir, Provost's Office
Research Council [+]
The Research council was formed to help advance, connect, and support research as a university-wide priority.
Link to Research Support
Stephen Colllier, NSPE
Bill Hirst, NSSR Psych
Aseem Inam, Parsons
Marcel Kinsbourne, NSSR
Will Milberg, NSSR
Christiane Paul, NSPE
Supported by:
Robert Gutierrez, Provost's Office
Rose London, Development and Alumni Relations
Amy Minter, Provost's Office
Student Services and Support Committees
Advisors Forum [+]
This group includes administrators and faculty with primary responsibilities related to advising. It meets regularly to discuss policy, practices, issues, opportunities, and potential improvements to advising services university-wide. (Except where noted members are administrators.)
Adrienne Marcus, Provost's Office (Curriculum and Learning), Chair
Philip Akre, NSPE
Audrey Axinn, Mannes
Eric Godoy, NSSR
Dan Greenblatt, Jazz
Joseph Grob, NSPE
William Kimmel, University Registrar
Tracyann Williams, NSPE
Susan Morris, NSPE
Carrie Neal, University degrees (“TIPS”)
Lesley Painter-Farrell, NSPE (English Language Teaching)
Juli Parker, Parsons
Chrissy Roden, NSPE (Continuing Education)
Richard Russell, Mannes
Angela Sanko, Lang
Jackson Taylor, NSPE
Jonathon White, Lang
Tsuya Yee, NSSR
Career Services Task Force [+]
This task force was convened in spring 2011 to review the present status career services across the university, consider national models and best practices, and recommend ways to improve career services university-wide. The task force will produce a report and recommendations to the Provost and President in fall 2011, and will continue its work in 2011-2012.
Adrienne Marcus, Provost's Office (Curriculum and Learning), Chair
Carol Anderson, Milano Career Services
Jessica Arnold, University Alumni Relations
Susan Austin, Parsons
Rebecca Bernstein, Milano student
Jami Black, Development
Joseph Grob, NSPE-Milano (Dean's Office/Student Services)
Robert Hoyt, Drama (Dean's Office/Professional Development)
Beatrice Kraemer, NSSR (Dean's Office, Career Services)
Mara Kurtz, NSPE/Milano (PTF Media Studies)
Marcus Longmuir, Information Technology
Susan Morris, NSPE/Milano (Student Affairs, Milano)
Charis Ng, Provost's Office (Institutional Research)
Rosanne Sonatore, NSPE/Milano (Career Services NSPE)
Bhawani Venkataraman, Lang
Jonathon White, Lang (Dean's Office/Assistant Dean of Students)
Student Disciplinary Review Panel [+]
Under the aegis of the Office of Student Affairs, the Disciplinary Review Panel adjudicates violations of the Code of Conduct. The panel includes a faculty representative designated by the University Faculty Senate, a student representative designated by the University Student Senate, a representative designated by the Senior Vice President for Student Services, and two representatives (at least one of whom is a faculty member) designated by the Provost. The panel makes recommendations on cases to the Senior Vice President for Student Services and the dean(s) of the division(s) in which the student is enrolled.
2011-2012 membership to be posted soon.
Program and Curriculum Committees
Assessment of Student Learning Committee [+]
This committee meets monthly to develop and manage a student learning assessment process across the university. The group reviews research on national trends and best practices, makes recommendations to the Provost, and brings relevant information to and from the divisions.
Carolyn Comiskey, Provost's Office (Curriculum and Learning), Co-chair
2011-2012 membership to be posted soon.
University Curriculum Committee [+]
Lisa DeBenedittis, Provost's Office (Curriculum and Learning), Chair
Carolyn Comiskey, Provost's Office (Curriculum and Learning)
Erica Fae, New School for Drama
George Fisher, Mannes
Terri Gordon, NSPE
Richard Harper, New School for Jazz and Contemporary Music
Jeannie Kahaney, Provost's Office (Writing Center)
Adrienne Marcus, Provost's Office (Curriculum and Learning)
David Morgan, Lang
Charis Ng, Provost's Office (Institutional Research)
James O'Connor, New School Online
Ed Scarcelle, University Librarian
John VanderLippe, NSSR
Jesse Villalobos, Provost's Office (Social Justice)
Mary Watson, NSPE
Resources Planning Committees
University Facilities Committee [+]
The University Facilities committee meets regularly to ensure broad information-sharing and input on facilities planning and major projects, especially the University Center.
Marla Appelbaum, Design & Construction
Karen Backus, consultant
Minju Bae, student representative
Pat Baxter, Provost's Office
Sam Biederman, Communications and External Affairs
Nadine Bourgeois, Parsons
Stephanie Browner, Dean, Lang College
Ted Byfield, Parsons
Alexander Cline, student representative
Chris Crews, student representative
Jonathan Drescher, consultant
Alexander Durst, consultant
Peter Eisinger, NSPE
Lia Gartner, Vice President for Design, Construction, Facilities Management
Paul Goldberger, University Professor
John Green, NSPE
Grace Hunt, student representative
Steven Jacobs, consultant
Michael Joy, Design, Construction and Facilities Management
Ed Keller, Parsons
Bill Kimmel, University Registrar
David Marcinkowski
Tim Marshall, Provost
Roy Moskowitz, Vice President and Legal Counsel
Martin Mueller, Jazz
Corey Mullee, student representative
Daniel Nicasio
Min Seon Park, student representative
Shelley Reed, Senior Vice President for Information Technology
Linda Reimer, Senior Vice President for Student Services
Liz Ross, Provost's Office
Ed Scarcelle, University Librarian
Michael Schober, Dean, NSSR
David Scobey, Executive Dean, NSPE
Earl Scott, faculty, Parsons
Tim Sheldon, Design, Construction and Facilities Management
Peter Taback, Communications and External Affairs
Joel Towers, Parsons
Ed Verdi, Finance and Business
Technology Planning, Policy, and Procedure Committee ("P3") [+]
P3 includes IT staff, representatives of academic divisions, and representatives of the Provost's Office. Members serve as liaisons between their areas and IT. The work focuses on technologies and related policies, procedures, and workflows.
2011-2012 membership to be posted soon.
Information Systems Project Management Steering Committee [+]
The Information Systems Project Management Steering Committee's mission is to assist Information Technology in building a methodology to evaluate information technology projects in order to prioritize them, and review and discuss the results of the project priority list that is prepared by Information Technology using the evaluation methodology. This committee will address technology projects associated with business processes. The P3 will continue to evaluate technology projects related to teaching and learning.
2011-2012 membership to be posted soon.
Special Topics and Initiatives Committees
Social Justice Committee [+]
The university Social Justice Committee meets monthly to share information, explore models and best practices, and recommend strategies to promote a more diverse, welcoming, and socially just community.
Link to Social Justice
Shana Agid, Parsons
Katayoun Chamany, Lang
Doris Chang, NSSR
Chris Crews, University Student Senate
Keisha Davenport-Ramirez, HEOP
Dennis Derryck, NSPE
Phyllis De Verteuil, Parsons (Part-Time Faculty)
Kate Eichhorn, Lang
Darrick Hamilton, NSPE
Shannon Logan, Office of Student Development and Activities
Karen Merson, NSPE
Tim Marshall, Provost
Amy Minter, Provost's Office (Student Academic Support and Special Projects)
Monique Ngozi Nri, International Student Services
Liz Ross, Provost's Office (Academic Services) ex officio
Sara Villa, NSPE
Jesse Villalobos, Provost Office (Social Justice)
Tsuya Yee, NSSR (Dean's Office)
Civic Engagement Committee [+]
The Civic Engagement Committee was formed in spring 2011 to promote civic engagement across the university. It organizes forums and other means to share projects, initiate conversation and collaboration, and spark ideas.
Link to Civic Engagement
Elizabeth Aaron, Mannes
Kate Eichhorn, Lang
Jenay Forman, Student representative (Lang)
Michele Kahane, NSPE
Ron Kassimir, Provost's Office
Judy Mejia, Lang
Supported by: Amy Minter, Provost Office
Monique Ngozi Nri, International Student Services
David Scobey, Executive Dean, NSPE
Jeannie Smith, Student representative (NSSR)
Andrew White, NSPE
Tony Whitfield, Parsons
Deva Woodly, Lang/NSSR
Awards & Honors Committees
Distinguished University Teaching Awards Committee [+]
Honorary Degree Committee [+]
This committee meets in the fall semester and early in the spring to propose, review, and recommend candidates to receive honorary degrees at commencement.
Link to Honorary Degrees
Adria Bengamin, Mannes
Amy Burton, Mannes
Celesti Colds Fechter, NSPE
Simon Collins, Parsons
Eileen Doyle, Student Financial Services
Federico Finchelstein, NSSR
Mark Greif, Lang
Jamer Hunt, Parsons
Ron Kassimir, Provost's Office (Research and Special Projects)
Nina Krushecheva, NSPE
Carin Kuoni, NSPE
Orville Lee, Lang
Bevis Longstreth, University Trustee
Gabriel Diaz Maggioli, NSPE
Ashlee Miller, Student representative
Sean Moriarty, Development & Alumni Relations
Sanjay Reddy, NSSR
Rose Rejouis, Lang
Pamela Sabrin, Jazz
Ed Scarcelle, Provost's Office (Libraries)
Anwar Shaikh, NSSR
Lucille Tenazas, Parsons
Jeremy Varon, NSSR
Gary Vena, Drama (Part-Time Faculty)
Bhawani Venkataraman, Lang
Andrew White, NSPE
Middle States Committees
2011-2013 Middle States Reaccreditation Review [+]
