Committees, Councils, and Taskforces

The Office of Faculty Affairs sponsors numerous committees, councils, and taskforces working on projects related to faculty affairs at Penn State. Memberships for these groups are listed below.

Faculty Affairs Advisory Council (FAAC)

Abby Diehl, Associate Vice Provost for Faculty Affairs, Faculty Affairs

Jeff Dodge, Associate Dean, Academic Affairs and International Programs, Dickinson Law

Peter Hopsicker, Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs, Penn State Altoona

Steven Huddart, Senior Associate Dean for Research and Faculty, Smeal College of Business

Jud Mathews, Associate Dean for Academic Affairs, Penn State Law and the School of International Affairs

Todd Migliaccio, Vice Chancellor and Chief Academic Officer, Penn State Berks, Penn State Berks

Colin Neill, Chancellor, Dean, and Chief Academic Officer, Penn State Great Valley

Yvette Richardson, Senior Associate Dean for Undergraduate Education, College of Earth and Mineral Sciences

Mitchell Smith, Director, The School of International Affairs

Josh Wede, Faculty Senate Chair and Teaching Professor of Psychology, College of the Liberal Arts

Cynthia Brewer, Associate Dean for Faculty Affairs, College of Information Systems and Technology

Rae Brown, Associate Dean for Undergraduate Education, Ross and Carol Nese College of Nursing

Ann Clements, Associate Vice Provost for Faculty Affairs – Faculty Development, Faculty Affairs

Greg Filbeck,Vice Chancellor and Associate Dean for Academic Affairs, Penn State Erie, The Behrend College

Matt Fury, Interim Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs, Penn State Abington

Jennelle Malcos, Assistant Dean for Undergraduate Students, Eberly College of Science

Vahid Motevalli, Interim Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs and Senior Associate Dean, Penn State Harrisburg, The Capital College

Anthony Olorunnisola, Associate Dean for Graduate Programs and Research, Donald P. Bellisario College of Communications

Kristen Pueschel, Associate Teaching Professor, Mathematics, Penn State New Kensington

Alan Rieck, Associate Vice Provost and Associate Dean for Undergraduate Education, Undergraduate Education

Nicole Webster, Associate Dean for Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion and Faculty Affairs, College of Health and Human Development

Amy Allen, Associate Dean for Faculty Affairs and Advancement, The College of the Liberal Arts

Kathy Bieschke, Vice Provost for Faculty Affairs, Faculty Affairs

George Blackall, Vice Dean for Faculty and Administrative Affairs, Penn State College of Medicine

Mallika Bose, Associate Dean for Research, Creative Activity, and Graduate Studies, College of Arts and Architecture

Richard Brazier, Interim Dean and Senior Associate Dean for Faculty and Research, University College

John Coupland, Professor of Food Science and Undergraduate Program Coordinator, College of Agricultural Sciences

Jennifer Gilley, Co-Director of the Commonwealth Campus Libraries, Head Librarian, Penn State New Kensington

Christina Grozinger, Faculty Senate Faculty Affairs Chair, Publius Vergilius Maro Professor of Entomology, and Director, Center for Pollinator Research, Insect Biodiversity Center, College of Agricultural Sciences

Gwendolyn Lloyd, Associate Dean for Faculty Affairs, College of Education

Shelley Stoffels, Associate Dean for Faculty Affairs, College of Engineering

Standing Advisory Committee for Assessment of Teaching Effectiveness

Nicole Andel, Teaching Professor of English & Humanities, Penn State Schuylkill

Bryce Berger, UPUA Representative, College of Education

Kathy Bieschke, Senior Vice Provost, Faculty Affairs

Victor Brunsden, Associate Professor of Mathematics, Penn State Altoona

Abby Diehl, Associate Vice Provost for Faculty Affairs, Faculty Affairs

Paul Frisch, Assistant Teaching Professor of History, Penn State Scranton

Angela Linse, Associate Dean and Executive Director, Schreyer Institute for Teaching Excellence

Todd Migliaccio, Vice Chancellor and Chief Academic Officer, Penn State Berks

Renea Nicols, Associate Teaching Professor, Donald P. Bellisario College of Communications

Yvette Richardson, Senior Associate Dean for Undergraduate Education, College of Earth and Mineral Sciences

Eric Roman, Associate Teaching Professor, College of Arts and Architecture

Denise Solomon, Professor of Communication Arts and Science, College of the Liberal Arts

Terri Vescio, Professor of Psychology, College of the Liberal Arts

Mary Zaborskis, Assistant Professor of American Studies and Gender Studies, Penn State Harrisburg

Standing Joint Committee on Faculty Safety

Kofi Adu, Co-Chair, Associate Professor of Physics, Division of Mathematics and Natural Sciences, Penn State Altoona

SeriaShia Chatters, Co-Chair, Associate Vice Provost for Educational Equity, Office of Educational Equity

Abby Diehl, Associate Vice Provost for Faculty Affairs, Office of Faculty Affairs

Michelle Gordon, Professor of Business, Business Division, Penn State Greater Allegheny

Sarah Helmick, Associate General Counsel, Office of General Counsel

Kamesh Madduri, Associate Professor, College of Engineering

Efraín Marimón, Associate Teaching Professor of Education, Curriculum Instruction Department, College of Education

Karen Pollack, Associate Vice Provost for Online Programs, Penn StateWorld Campus

Bill Raab, Director of Risk Management and Chief Risk Officer, Office of Risk Management

Sabine Klahr, Associate Vice Provost for, Penn State Global

Katy Larkin, Senior Director of the Office of Student Conduct, Office of Student Affairs

Wes Sheets, Chief of Police and Public Safety, University Police and Public Safety

Faculty Workload Expectations Taskforce

Rick Brazier, Dean of University College, Office of the Vice President for Commonwealth Campuses

Lisa Chewning, Associate Professor of Communications, Division of Arts and Humanities, Penn State Abington

Francesco Costanzo, Professor, College of Engineering

Abby Diehl, Co-Chair, Associate Vice Provost for Faculty Affairs, Office of Faculty Affairs

Craig Newschaffer, Raymond E. and Erin Stuart Schultz Dean, College of Health and Human Development

Tiffany Petricini, Co-Chair, Associate Teaching Professor of Communication, School of Humanities and Social Sciences, Penn State Behrend

Sarah Stager, Assistant Teaching Professor, College of Information Sciences and Technology

Marilyn Wells, Regional Chancellor, Office of the Vice President for Commonwealth Campuses

P&T Modernization Taskforce

Amy Allen, Associate Dean for Faculty Affairs and Advancement, Distinguished Professor of Philosophy and Women’s, Gender, and Sexuality Studies, College of the Liberal Arts

Mallika Bose, Chair, Associate Dean for Research, Creative Activity & Graduate Studies, Professor of Landscape Architecture, College of Arts & Architecture

Rick Brazier, Dean of the University College, Professor of Math and Geology, Office of the Vice President for Commonwealth Campuses

Cassie Caldwell, Project Manager, Office of Faculty Affairs

Deb Ehrenthal, SSRI Director and Professor, Office of the Vice President for Research

Peter Hopsicker, Professor of Kinesiology, Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs, Associate Dean for Research and Sponsored Programs, Penn State Altoona

Jennifer Kraschnewski, Professor and Vice Chair for Research, Department of Medicine, Penn State College of Medicine

Beth McGraw, Biology Department Head, Eberly College of Science

Amit Sharma, Edward Friedman and Stuart Mann Professor of Hospitality Management, Associate Director & Professor-In-Charge of Undergraduate Programs, Director, Food Decisions Research Laboratory, School of Hospitality Management, College of Health and Human Development

Jeanine Staples-Dixon, Professor of Education (Literacy and Language, African American Studies, Women’s Gender and Sexuality Studies), College of Education

Douglas Wolfe, AVP for Research and Professor of Material Sciences and Engineering, College of Earth and Mineral Sciences

Promotion to Full Taskforce

Pradip Bandyopadhyay, Division Head, Professor of Physics, Science Division, Penn State Berks

Rick Brazier, Dean of the University College, Professor of Math and Geology, Office of the Vice President for Commonwealth Campuses

Denise Costanzo, Associate Professor of Architecture, College of Arts and Architecture

Betty Harper, Assistant Vice Provost for Assessment, Office Of Planning, Assessment, and Institutional Research

Mark Morrisson, Professor of English, Associate Dean of Undergraduate Studies, College of the Liberal Arts

Raghu Sangwan, Associate Chief Academic Officer, Director of Engineering Programs, Professor-in-Charge, Master of Software Engineering, Professor of Software Engineering, Engineering Division, Director, Insights Lab, Penn State Great Valley

Nicole Stokes, Director of Academic Partnerships and Institutional Grant Initiatives, Professor of Sociology, Psychological and Social Sciences, Penn State Abington