Committees & Meeting Minutes

AY 2022-23, last updated January 11, 2023.

Committee lists will be updated at the beginning of each academic year once membership has been confirmed by the department. To view the list of current members or a committee's charge, click on a committee below to expand the accordion. 

Departmental Committees (Standing)

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Departmental Committee

  • Leslie Morris, Chair     
  • All tenure and tenure track faculty
  • Full time teaching faculty
  • Grad Rep, Vincent Kancans
  • Grad Rep, Kendall Theroux
  • Grad Rep, Firdavs Ummataliev
  • TF Rep, Beth Kautz
  • 1 Undergraduate Advisory Council Rep 
  • 1 GSD and 1 RUS Undergraduate Advisory Council Alts
  • 1 Staff Rep 

Executive Committee

  • Leslie Morris, Chair
  • Helena Ruf, DLI
  • Thomas Gurke, DGS
  • Ben Bigelow, DUS
  • Keiko Ehret, Administrator 
     

Professorial Committee

  • All tenured and tenure-track faculty
  • DLI: Helena Ruf ( non-voting ) 

Faculty Committee

  • All tenured and tenure track faculty
  • Helena Ruf, DLI
  • Emily Groepper, TF Rep 
  • Beth Kautz, TF Rep
  • Ginny Steinhagen, TF Rep
  • Erik McDonald, TF Rep
  • Kyle Korynta, TF Rep
  • Lily Obeda, TF Rep 

Graduate Committee

(Includes all tenure and tenure track faculty, TF with graduate faculty status, Department Chair, DGS, DLI, GPC, and 3 Grad Reps)
 
  • Leslie Morris, Chair
  • Thomas Gurke, DGS
  • Helena Ruf, DLI
  • Lena Schroeder, GPC
  • Firdavs Ummataliev, Grad Rep
  • Vincent Kancans, Grad Rep
  • Kendall Theroux, Grad Rep
  • Ben Bigelow
  • Gary R. Jahn
  • Katerina Korola
     
  • Anatoly Liberman
  • Matthias Rothe
  • Jamele Watkins
  • Jenneke Oosterhoff
  • Erik McDonald
  • Nadya Clayton
  • Irina Zaykovskaya

 

Undergraduate Committee

  • DUS, Chair: Ben Bigelow
  • Faculty Rep: Jamele Watkins
  • Faculty Rep: Katerina Korola
  • DLI: Helena Ruf
  • Curriculum Staff Member: Kaylin Land 
  • TF Rep: Emily Groepper
  • TF Rep: Lily Obeda 
  • TF Rep: Irina Zaykovskaya
  • 1 Undergraduate Advisory Council Rep (Russ)
  • 1 Undergraduate Advisory Council Rep (GSD) 
  • 1 Undergraduate Advisory Council Rep Alt (Russ)
  • 1 Undergraduate Advisory Council Rep Alt (GSD)

Faculty Merit Review Committee

  • Anatoly Liberman ( Chair ) 
  • Ben Bigelow 

 

Teaching Faculty Staff Committee

  • DLI, Chair: Helena Ruf
  • DUS: Ben Bigelow
  • TF Rep: Nadya Clayton
  • TF Rep: Jenneke Oosterhoff

Departmental Committees (Ad Hoc)

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Special Events Committee

  • Thomas Gurke, Chair
  • Henning Schroeder, Faculty Rep
  • Irina Zaykovskaya, TF Rep 
  • Jennifer Peterson, TF Rep 
  • Kyle Korynta, TF Rep 
  • Deborah Akerele, Grad Rep
  • Michael Wagner, Grad Rep 
  • Missy Drew, Grad Rep
  • Kendall Theroux, Grad Rep 
  • Staff Rep 

Outreach Committee

  • DLI, Co-Chair: Helena Ruf
  • CiS Cord, Co-Chiar: Ginny Steinhagen
  • TF Rep: Arsena-Ianeva-Lockney
  • TF Rep: Lily Obeda
  • TF Rep: Nadya Clayton
  • Grad Rep: Kathleen Berube
  • Grad Rep: Michael Wagner
  • Grad Rep: Bjorn Treber

TA Review Committee

Helena Ruf, Chair 
Thomas Gurke, faculty rep.
Erik McDonald, TF rep.

TS/Lecturer Search Committee

Helena Ruf, Chair 
TBD faculty rep.
TBD TF rep.
TBD TF rep.
Olivia Branstetter, grad. rep.

Undergraduate Advisory Council

  • DUS: Ben Bigelow
  • 2 Russian Undergraduates

  • 2 GSD Undergraduates 

     

Diversity, Equity, & Inclusion Committee

  • Irina Zaykovskaya, Chair
  • Beth Kautz, TF Rep
  • Anie Hendrix, Staff Rep
  • Ahlam Hassan, Grad Rep
  • Kathleen Berube, Grad Rep 

Recruitment & Social Media Committee

  • Leslie Morris, Chair
  • Faculty and TF Reps
  • Olivia Branstetter, Graduate Rep 
  • Bjorn Treber, Graduate Rep
  • Deborah Akerele, Graduate Rep 

 

Space Committee

Irina Zaykovskaya, Chair
Ben Bigelow
Jennifer Peterson
Kyle Korynta
Mari Jarris
Thomas Gurke
Kendall Theroux

University Committees (Representatives)

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Council of Graduate Students (COGS)

Ahlam Hassan