INTERIM UNIVERSITY COMMITTEES FOR FALL 2025

Due to Senate Bill 37, UTA is implementing interim university committees for the Fall of 2025. Once the Board of Regents implements a regents’ rule related to SB 37, the university’s shared governance bodies will be revisited. Some committees are currently on hiatus. Should a regents rule not be in place by January, committees on hiatus will be revisited to determine if certain work needs to be undertaken, whether that work will be moved to an existing committee or working group, or whether an ad hoc committee will be formed to undertake necessary work.

New University Interim Committees and Working Groups

University Faculty Roundtable: Facilitator to be selected by members
Chi-Young Choi, Ceil Flores, Jeremy Glass, Penny Ingram, Justyn Jaworski, Theresa Jorgensen, Vinayak Kaushal, Catherine LaBrenz, Rhonda Prisby, Alejandro Rodriguez, Jodi Tommerdahl, Benjamin Wagley

Reimagining the Core Curriculum Working Group: Chair to be selected by members
Kimberly Bruer, Elias Chandarlis, Rechelle Christie, Austin Eyer, Andrew Hippisley, Tom Ingram, Sonia Kania, Ashley Purgason, Barbara Shipman, Seiichiro Tanizaki, Kimberly Tate, Melissa Walsh, Patrick Wilson, Peter Zuk

Academic Standards and Policy Working Group: Adam Annaccone and Nathan Brown, Co-Chairs
Mark Cooper, Andres Morales, Nancy Michael, Owen Parker, Ashley Purgason, Kelli Rogers, Sarah Shelton, Kimberly Tate, Yi Zhang (Leaf)

Academic Program Futures Working Group: Chair to be selected by members
Invitations will be issued later in the Fall Semester.

Learning Year Design Working Group: Chair to be selected by members
Invitations will be issued later in the Fall Semester.

University Administrative Committees

Executive Budget Committee: Jennifer Cowley, Chair
Tamara L. Brown, John Davidson

Compliance, Accountability, Risk and Ethics Committee: Jennifer Cowley, Chair Compliance, Accountability, Risk and Ethics (C.A.R.E.) Committee: Jennifer Cowley, Chair Salma Adem, Shelby Boseman, Tamara L. Brown, Deepika Chalemela, John Davidson, Lowell Davis, John Hall, Teresea Madden, Kate Miller, Jewel Washington, Ex-officio: Joe Zschiesche (ad interim), David Price, Faculty Senate Seat Vacant

Council of Deans: Tamara L. Brown, Chair
Ann Cavallo (ad interim), Peter Crouch, Harry Dombroski, Kirk Foster, Jim Grover, Sean Kelly, Morteza Khaledi, Ming-Han Li, Elizabeth Newman, Tanya Sudia (ad interim), John Wang

Council of Chairs: Tamara L. Brown, Chair
Diane Jones Allen, George S Benson, Karabi C Bezboruah, Elten D Briggs, Robert Matthew Brothers (ad interim), Miriam Byrd, Dennis A Chiessa, Michael Cho, Allan Clay Clark, Stephanie Cole, David H Coursey, William J Crowder, August Davis, Rasika Dias, A Raymond Elliott, David Franco, Sampson Gholston, Jeanmarie Higgins, Hong Jiang, Candace Joswick (ad interim), Cynthia Laborde, Gregory Matthew LeClair, Wei-Jen Lee, Julia Lindgren, Radha Mahapatra, Barbara Marini, Charla Markham Shaw, Efstathios Meletis, Linda Perrotti, Daniel Robinson (ad interim), Timothy Richardson (ad interim), Deden Rukmana, Sanjiv Sabherwal, Brent E Sasley, Melanie L Sattler, Beth Anne Shelton (ad interim), Jessica Grace Smith (ad interim), Amy Speier, Jianzhong Su, Kamesh Subbarao (ad interim), Mari F Tietze (ad interim), Ramgopal Venkataraman, Martha Walvoord, Alexander H Weiss, Arne M Winguth

Institutional Audit Committee: Helen Dickey, Chair (Partner, Harris & Dickey)
External members: Julie Pence (Vice President Internal Audit, Vizient), Janya Kieffer (Chief Information Officer, Austin Industries); Internal members: Jennifer Cowley, Tamara L. Brown, Salma Adem, Shelby Boseman, John Davidson, Jim Grover, John Hall, Jewel Washington; Non-voting internal members: Joe Zschiesche (ad interim), David Price, Faculty Senate Seat Vacant

Faculty Committees

UT System Faculty Advisory Council
Rhonda Prisby, Penelope Ingram

COACHE Steering Committee: Jacqueline Fay, Chair
Maxine Abegbola, Henry Anderson, George Benson, Minerva Cordero, Leaf Zhang, Funda Karapinar-Reilly, Sandro Milajatovic, Anne Nordberg, and Lora O’Riordan

Staff Committees

Staff Advisory Council: Mistie Ryan Maskil, Chair
 Michele Allen-Franklin, Maricela Avila, Kyndal Banks, Christian Barnhill, Cindy Bassey, Kim Bennett, Soli Beran, Ethan Briggs, Tristian Brooks, Christine Ruth Buttram, Camden Byrd, Daniela Cardenas, Didier Orlando Chavez, Elizabeth K Coen, Shawnta Coleman, Steph D'Adamo, Garry M Douthitt, Heather Earnhardt, Craig Adam Fike, Joshua Finley, Alyssa Foy, Rodney E Gardner, Ashley C Guzman, Brandon J Hale, Janet E Hazelmyer, Andy Hedrick, Stephanie Henry, Fernando Hernandez, Misty Hogg, Margaret Ann Jackymack, Ashleigh F Johnson, Amanda C Johnston, Lauren Michelle Jones, Margaret Keller, Callum Knitowski, Jitenga Ifetayo Knox, Mistie Ryan Maskil, Peggy McCorkle, Jeffrey McCulley, Joenn McCurdy, Sandro Miljatovic, Carla Kay Monk, Ashley Moore, Sonya Pulley, Kristopher K Ramirez, Augustus C Ruby, Kelli R Sederavicius, Ashten Simmons, Amanda Hammonds Smith, Christopher Templeton, Shatavia F. Thomas, Marla Alicea Vega, Michelle Wampler, Jordin Weinberg, Tabitha S Wiles

Reporting to the President: General University Committees

Belonging and Engagement UTA Council, Jennifer Cowley, Chair
Jennifer Cowley, Jewel Washington, Imelda Wicks, Michele Allen-Franklin, Michele Bobadilla, Shelby Boseman, Shabaz Brown, Lowell K Davis, Maria Delgado, Kelly Dill, Karolyn Field, Janice Fredenburg, Kimberly (Kymmi) Grubb, Dustin Harp, Nali Kim, Jitenga Knox, Darryl Lauster, Erika LeFlore, Andrew Miller, Tiffani Riddick, Sarah Rose, Jason Shelton, Renee Stanley, Jeffrey E. Taylor, Nicholas J Viator, Misti Maskil, Xavier Vidal Medina, Abeer Almughrabi, Marika Apostolova, Myrtle Bell, Alan Bowling, Elten Briggs, Rashida Casey-Reynolds, Faye Cocchiara, Leah Collum, Austin Eyer, Zach Helton, Ann Hunt, Darlene Hunter, Mahal Kita Hurst, Raymond "Joe" Jackson, Ben Jones, Margaret Moore, Rhonda Prisby, Mandi Rivers, Alejandro Rodriguez, Ericka Roland, Jessica Sanchez, Quentin Scott, Kathryn Slover, Philisa Stanford, Tasha Talton, Christopher Templeton, Carter Tiernan, Mohammad Tondo, Margarita Trevino, Kendra Wallis, Laura Wolf, Vanden Thong, Allia Lewis, Kathy Murphy, Nico Covarrubias, and Faculty Senate Seat Vacant

UTA Veterans Advisory Committee: TBD, Chair
Invitations will be issued later in the Fall Semester.

Hearing Panel: Jennifer Cowley, Chair
Invitations have been issued to prospective members.

Reporting to the Provost and Senior Vice President for Academic Affairs

Council of Associate Deans: Andrew Hippisley, Chair
Myrtle P Bell, Wendy J Casper, Jorge F Jaramillo, Karabi C Bezboruah, Paul Fadel, Tanya Sudia, Carla Amaro-Jimenez, Ambra Green, Cory Forbes, Paul J Componation, Mohsen Shahandashti, Gautam Das, Lynn Peterson, Raymond L Jackson, Desiree Henderson, Sergio Espinosa, Rebecca Deen, Katie A Musick Peery, Peter Zhang, Suzanne Byke, Laura D Mydlarz, Foss, Frank W, Jr, Regina T Praetorius, Anne Elizabeth Nordberg, Tonya Hansel

University Tenure and Promotion Committee: Minerva Cordero, Chair
Invitations have been issued to prospective members.

University Academic Advising Committee: Ashley Purgason, Chair
Jose Ayala-Rodriguez, Mishael Berger, Bobbie Brown, Candice Calhoun-Butts, Serina Davenport, Ami Dominguez, Cheryl Donaldson, Scott Elbert, Arturo Elizondo, Alex Ferracuti, Jessica Gilmore, Ambra Green, Patrice Green, Denise Hayes (Wylie), Angel Hernandez, Garrick Hildebrand, Brandon Hoogeveen, Jennifer Janes, Siddhi Javalkar, Courtney Jones, Adriane Jones, Lynne Kinnan, Danielle Klein, Josh Knight, Karen Krause, Valerie Martinez, Lauren Minaudo, Shahandashti Mohsen, Anna Niemeyer, Austin Perry, Derrick Perry, Lynn Peterson, Vincent Prior, Liz Richter, Melissa Rose, Diana Sabogal, Mikila Salazar, Kimberly Tate, Jeffrey Taylor, Deidra Turner, Vacant, Laura Wolf

Quality Enhancement Plan Committee: Amy Austin and Holly Hungerford-Kresser, Co-Chairs
Alexander Anokhin, Karabi Bezboruah, Tara Brown, Richa Desai, Andrew Hunt, Andrew Miller, Ashley Purgason, Nicole Spoor, Patricia Thomas, Saibun Tjuatja, Shelley Wigley, Ling Xu, Faculty Senate Seat Vacant Ex-Officio: Mark Cooper, Sarah Lock, Maria Fonseca, Kim Van Arsdale

Program Review Committee: Raymond (Joe) Jackson, Chair
Andrew Hansz, Rachael Mariboho, Melissa Walsh, Erin Carlson, Jared Kenworthy, Andrew Hunt, Yi (Leaf) Zhang

Student Success Committee: Nilakshi Veerabathina, Chair
Rachel Voth Schrag, Aimee Israel-Pelletier, Joyce Myers, Kaci O’Donnell, Thomas Dombrowsky

Professional Development Committee: TBD, Chair
Invitations will be issued later in the Fall Semester.

Academic Professional Track Committee: Kathryn Warren and Laura Kunkel, Co-Chairs.
Invitations will be issued later in the Fall Semester.

Reporting to the Vice President for Research and Innovation

Council of Associate Deans: Kate Miller, Chair
Sergio Espinosa, Eileen Clements, Jon Weidanz, Rebecca Deen, Paul Fadel, Jeremy Forsberg, Scott Miller, Jeff Campbell, Todd Castoe, Cory Forbes, Wendy Casper, Tonya Hansel, Minerva Cordero, Karabi Bezboruah, Gautum Das, Edward Gonzales

Research Committee: Chair to be selected by members.
Invitations are being issued to prospective members.

Research Enhancement Program Committee: Sergio Espinosa, Chair
Cory Forbes, Gautam Das, Wendy Casper, Paul Fadel, Robert Matthew Brothers, Eileen Clements, Karabi Bezboruah, Tonya Hansel, Yaowu Hao, Michael Vasilyvev

Interdisciplinary Research Program Committee: Cory Forbes, Chair
Ashfaq Adnan, Georgios Alexandrakis, Austin Allen, Warda Ashraf, Matthew Brothers, Marco Brotto, Ann Cavallo, Yujie Chi, Saiful Chowdhury, Matt Clark, Eileen Clements, Gautam Das, Ali Davoudi, Jeffery Demuth, Noelle Fields, Genevieve Graaf, Tracy Greer, Yi Hong, Justyn Jaworski, Kayunta Johnson-Winters, Hristo Kojoharov, Anne Nordberg, Zui Pan, Dan Trott, Venu Varanasi, Jon Weidanz, Chrisan Zlolniski, Salman Sohrabi, Muthu Wijesundara, Todd Castoe, Tonya Hansel, Mike Nelson, and Sergio Espinosa.

Core Facilities Steering Committee: Kevin Schug, Chair
Jeff Campbell, Frank Foss Jr., Kevin Schug, Weidong Zho, Choong-Un Kim, Shadi Nazarian, Jeffrey Demuth, Venu Varanasi, Rhonda Prisby, Edward Gonzales, Eileen Clements, Scott Miller

Research Space Allocation Subcommittee: Jeremy Forsberg, Chair
Jeremy Forsberg, Paul Fadel, Paul Componation, Todd Castoe, Jeffrey Scott Campbell

Research Conflict of Interest Committee: George Kondraske, Chair
Greg Frazier, Raymond (Joe) Jackson, Gautam Das, Jeremy Forsberg, Muthu Wijesundara, Kirstin Morningstar, Lisa Greening, Russell Kruzelock, Arul Amundha Thirumaran, Latanya Lowery, Joe Zschiesche, Mekka Steinruck

Institutional Biosafety Committee: Liping Tang, Chair
Liping Tang, Martin Rugroden, Alison Ravenscraft, Philip Oliepo, Merja Karwoski, Melissa Conklin-Pierce, Maria “Renee” Franco

Institutional Review Board: George Alexandrakis, Chair
Daniel Duran, Elisabeth Rowlett, Tracy Greer, Chueh-Lung Hwang, Thomas Dombrowsky, Noelee Fields

Institutional Animal Care and Use Committee Roster is Confidential

Reporting to the Vice President for Administration and Economic Development

Space Renovation and Allocation Committee (SRAC): John Hall, Chair
Tamara L. Brown, Kate Miller, Luisa Havens-Gerardo, Lowell Davis, Ashley Purgason, Don Lange, Amber Campbell (non-voting),Peter Crouch (Council of Deans representative), Faculty Senate Seat Vacant

University Parking Committee: John Hall, Chair
David Hayden, Chris Templeton, Cristina Salinas, Cindy Lowery, Mari Duncan, Danielle Klein, Non-Voting: Savanah Greenlee, Adam Kaufman, Todd Smith, Larry Cummings III, Ex-Officio: Greg Hladik, Chris Fulton, Kim Lemaux, Jeff Johnson

Parking Appeals Committee: Cheryl Donaldson, Chair
Antoinette Nelson, Craig Adam Fike, Devon I Peralta, Elisha Denee Tones, Holly E Woods, Jade Myers, Liang Chee, Mei Li Chee, Melissa Hurtado, Tiara Okoruwa

Radiation Safety Committee: Jaehoon Yu, Chair
Paul Chippindale, Subhrangsu Mandal, Nathan Brown, Ben Jones, Linda Perrotti, Kristin Morningstar, Otu Inyang

Building Emergency Safety Team Executive Committee: Aurora Some, Chair
David Heinsohn, James Emmele, Kwa heri Harris, Amanda Hassan, Otu Inyang, Joe Carpenter, Nelda Lawson, Zak Walton, Laura Phipps

Business Continuity Executive Steering Committee: Elizabeth Rodriguez-Santo, Chair
Robert Leitgeb, Wayne Anthony Isbell, Regenna Prince, Melanie Bacci, Howard Shaffer, Dax Kuykendell, Pamela Smith, Angeliki Marko, Rebecca Neilson

Sustainability Committee: Robbie Werner, Chair
Abeer AlMughrabi, David Albart, Karla Arenas, Behnaz Balmaki, Arpita Bhatt, Charlie Brooks, Sharon Carey, Paul Carlile, Bobby Childress, Morgan Chivers, Robb Chock, Doris Davies, Susan Dequeant, Rasika Dias, Mari Duncan, Angela Ezell, Jackie Fay, Sarah Giberman, John Hall, Bhanu Jain, Justyn Jaworski, Erick Jones, Rosie Kallie, Adam Kaufman, Vinayak Kaushal, Sharareh Kermanshachi, Dax Kuykendall, Kirsti Landels, Don Lange, David Locke, Bear Lunce, Li-Ya Mar, Gyde Martin, Lauren McLain, Rogelio Meixuerio, Joanna Merritt, Andrew Milson, Nancy England, Kaci O'Donnell, Latoya Oduniyi, Linda Panther, Nick Paton, Ramon Ruiz, Chandani Rana, Swapna Reddy, Debbie Sandoval, Peggy Semingson, Todd Smith, Carol Sosebee, Jianzhong Su, Kimberly Tate, Kendra Wallis, Emma Yang, Joe Zschiesche

Police Training Advisory Committee: Sarah El Sayed, Chair
Arvind Isaac, Derek Bradford, Jay Tillerson, Jonathan King, Kayunta Johnson-Winters, Keith Scullin, Sheila Barton, Victoria Rodriguez

Reporting to the Athletic Director

Athletics Liaison Committee: Jon Fagg, Chair
Robert Bing, Ron Liggett, Alexis Bull, Kim Tate, Janet Wehner, Keith Halman, Raul Gonzalez, Ashley Purgason, Adam Annaccone, Faculty Senate Seat Vacant Ex-Officio: Debbie Garcia, Savannah Greenlee, Shelby Boseman, Mishael Berger, Angela Perry, Joe Zschiesche