Faculty Committees
Academic Procedures Committee:
The Academic Procedures Committee is a standing committee of the faculty composed of three faculty members, one from each Division; the Registrar; a faculty member of the Dean of Students' staff; and two students chosen by the student government. Responsibilities include: a) evaluating academic regulations of the College and recommending changes to the faculty; b) recommending commencement honors to the faculty; c) ruling on student petitions for exceptions to the rules in effect; and d) ruling on student petitions to enroll for more than eight semesters. An extensive description of this committee's functions appears in Chapter III, Section B, under "Academic Regulations" (adopted by the faculty 3/1/1985).
2010-11 Banks (chair), Marks, Montenegro
2011-12 Williams (chair), Chavez-Silverman (fall), Hurley, Montenegro (spring)
Academic Discipline Board:
Students or instructors may refer issues pertaining to academic honesty to the Academic Discipline Board. The Board consists of eight faculty members, including the three members of the Academic Procedures Committee and the five members of the Faculty Grievance Committee, and seven students. Four faculty members and three student members of the Board are chosen randomly to constitute a panel for each hearing. This selection is made by the Board chair, who is the chair of the Academic Standards Committee; the chair must be a tenured member of the faculty. Each instance of plagiarism or cheating must be reported to the Dean of Students since a student's second offense, in whatever class it occurs, is automatically referred to the Academic Discipline Board. A full description of this Board's function appears in Chapter III, Section B, under "Academic Regulations."
2010-11 Di Grazia (2011), Grosfils (2012), Hanzawa (2011), Raff (2012), Williams (2011), Banks (chair), Marks, Montenegro
2011-12 Williams (chair), Chavez-Silverman (fall), Hurley, Montenegro (spring) Eisenstadt (2013), Grosfils (2012), Penprase (2013), Radunskaya (2013), Raff (2012)
Academic Standards Committee:
The Academic Standards Committee consists of the three faculty members of the Academic Procedures Committee, the Dean of Students, the Associate Dean of Students, the Registrar, the Director of the Asian American Resource Center, and the Student Deans from the Office of Black Student Affairs and the Chicano/Latino Student Affairs Center. The chair of the Academic Standards Committee must be a tenured member of the faculty. The committee meets at least once a semester to act on the academic standing of students, including placing those in low academic standing on probation, suspending, or recommending or requiring their withdrawal from the College. A full description of this committee appears in Chapter III, Section B, under "Academic Regulations."
2010-11 Banks (chair), Marks, Montenegro
2011-12 Williams (chair), Chavez-Silverman (fall), Hurley, Montenegro (spring)
Admissions/Financial Aid Committee:
This committee is composed of five faculty representatives, at least one from each division, one of whom acts as Chair; the Dean of Admissions; and two students. The Director of Financial Aid is also a member of this committee and votes in case of ties on decisions dealing with Financial Aid. A representative from the Office of the Dean of Students and the professional Admissions staff sit on the committee as non-voting members. The committee assists the Dean of Admissions in selecting entering students and in overseeing general and specific guidelines for admissions. The committee also serves in an advisory capacity to the Director of Financial Aid. On questions of policy, the committee may make recommendations to the faculty, but its chief business is to establish priorities if scholarship funds are insufficient to meet the computed needs of all students and to make allowance for particular cases of need.
2010-11 Auerbach, Elderkin (chair), Flaherty (fall), Leven (fall), Lytle (spring),
Mahdavi (spring), Pericolosi
2011-12 Reed (chair), Auerbach, Lytle, Pericolosi, Reinen
Alumni Association Board:
Members of this committee include faculty, students, and trustees, as well as alumni. This committee is the planning and executing arm of the Alumni Association. Acting through subcommittees, it is responsible for such events as Alumni Weekend, educational offerings for alumni, and student/alumni interactive events.
2010-11 Grigsby
2011-12 Summers Sandoval
Asian American Resource Center (AARC) Advisory Committee:
This committee serves in an advisory capacity to the Asian American Resource Center (AARC). The function of the committee is to advise the AARC Director on the AARC and Asian Pacific Islander American (APIA) campus- and community-related issues; advise the Director on the intellectual, academic, and personal development of APIA students and on outreach to the community; promote interaction between the AARC and the APIA community, administration, students, and faculty; and participate in periodic reviews of the AARC programming. The committee is composed of faculty, the Director of the AARC, and a student representative. At the beginning of every fall semester the committee will convene to set up a preliminary agenda for the year. Meetings will be held at least twice a semester, and issues of significance will be reported to the faculty.
2010-11 Cheng (chair), Cramer, Parfitt
2011-12 Cheng (chair), Cramer, Hou
Athletic Committee:
This committee provides faculty support for the athletic program, ensures that the athletic program furthers the larger goals of the College, and represents the College at meetings of the Southern California Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (SCIAC). The committee consists of the Director of Athletics, all other administrative faculty in the Physical Education Department, and a ffaculty member who serves as chair of the Athletic Committee and as Faculty Athletic Representative to the SCIAC.
2010-11 Cowan, Lebedeff, Yamashita (chair and NCAA rep.)
2011-12 Yamashita (chair and NCAA rep.), Foster
Budget Planning Advisory Committee:
Chaired by the Vice President and Treasurer, who is a non-voting member of the committee, the Budget Planning Advisory Committee reviews the financial needs of the College and makes recommendations on long-range budget priorities. Members of the committee are the Vice President for Academic Affairs and Dean of the College, the Vice President for Planning, the Vice President and Dean of Students, and faculty, staff, and students appointed by the President.
2010-11 Likens (2012), Lindholm (2013), Smiley (2012)
2011-12 Hazlett, (2013), Likens (2012), D. Smith (2013), Cavalcanti (EC representative)
Cabinet Agenda Committee:
This committee assists in planning regular Cabinet meetings, requests additional meetings as needed, and recommends two additional members for each Faculty Personnel Committee subcommittee reviewing faculty members for promotion to full professor.
2010-11 Flaherty (2012), Grigsby (2011), Miyake (2011), O'Leary (2013), Rumbos (2012), Yamashita (2011)
2011-12 Di Grazia (2014), Flaherty (2012), Grigsby (2013), O'Leary (2013), Rumbos (2012)
Charitable Giving Campaign representative:
2010-11 McKirahan
2011-12 Shahriari
Communications Committee:
This committee establishes general policy for student publications (The Student Life, Metate, Spectator, Lookbook/Handbook), for the college-owned FM station, KSPC, and for publicity distribution on campus. It is chaired by the ASPC Communications Commissioner and has 13 voting members: the Director of College Radio, two additional administrators (at least one of whom is a staff member in the Public Affairs Office), and eight students. The chair of Media Studies serves as an ex-officio member of this committee.
2010-11 Hall (ex officio)
2011-12 Hall (ex officio)
Curriculum Committee:
The Curriculum Committee's members include the Dean of the College; an Associate Dean of the College; the Registrar; six faculty members, two from each division; and three students, chosen by the ASPC. At least one member from each division must be tenured and no more than one member of any particular department shall serve on the Committee at the same time. The Committee chooses its own chair.
2010-11 Allen, Beck, Bull, Green, Silverman (chair), Zook
2011-12 Bull, Johal, Mayes, Ochoa (fall), Rapaport (spring), Rosenfeld, Runions
Draper Advisory Board
2010-11 Miller (2012), Ochoa (2012), Radunskaya (2012), Summers-Sandoval (coord), Worthington, (2012)
2011-12 Miller (2012), Ochoa (2012), Radunskaya (2012), Summers-Sandoval (coord), Worthington, (2012)
Emeriti Committee:
Any member of the faculty or any administrator with faculty status may be granted the title of emeritus or emerita, providing that he or she retires while holding faculty standing at the College. Established in 1980, the committee is composed solely of retired faculty members who serve as an advisory body to the faculty and administration on matters concerning retired faculty.
2010-11 Hypes (chair), Bages, Herman, Kohn, McDonald, Phillips, Quinlan, Sheirich
2011-12 Hypes (chair), Bages, Herman, Kohn, McDonald, Quinlan
Environmental Safety
This committee is responsible for institutional biosafety and radiation safety.
2011-12 Mawhorter (chair), Crane, Reynolds
Executive Committee:
Established in 1984 as the principal faculty committee, the Executive Committee is responsible for the work of all faculty committees except the Faculty Personnel Committee, for the policies governing committees and for coordinating reports from all faculty committees to the faculty. The committee, together with the President, appoints the membership of all committees of the faculty except those that have elected memberships. The Executive Committee, in its own work, pays special attention to the broader policies, especially institutional policies, that are of interest and concern to all of the faculty, bringing proposed changes (and new policies) to the full faculty for approval. The Executive Committee also assesses faculty budget priorities and appoints faculty on the following committees of the Board of Trustees: Academic Affairs, Facilities and Environment, Advancement, Honorary Degrees, and Student Affairs. The chair of the Executive Committee normally serves as a member of the Intercollegiate Faculty Council.
By action of the faculty (5/10/07), the Executive Committee consists of six faculty with the rank of assistant professor or above. Each division elects its chair, who serves a two-year term as one of the division's representatives on the Executive Committee, the second division representative being elected in accordance with the procedure in the Faculty Handbook. The committee selects its own chair. Elected to two-year staggered terms, the members of the committee are nominated by the divisions and elected by the faculty as a whole; for each office each division will choose at least two nominees. No more than one member of any particular department shall serve on the Executive Committee at the same time. The election is held at the March meeting of the faculty.
Executive Committee members who take leave for one semester must be replaced for the semester by the nominee receiving the second largest number of votes in the original election. Members who take leave for a full year must resign from the committee; their unexpired terms must be filled by special election from a slate of at least two nominees from the division in question.
2010-11 Bruce (chair & Division II chair) (2012), Gaines (2011), Kung (Division I chair) (2011), O'Malley (2012), Rapaport (2011), Steinberger (Division IIII chair) (2012)
2011-12 Bruce (D2 chair), Cavalcanti (2013), Lindholm (fall Chair, D1 Chair, 2013),McWilliams (2013), O'Malley (spring), Paster (to replace O'Malley fall 2011only), Rudova (to replace Lindholm spring 2012 only), Steinberger (D3 chair)
Faculty Grievance Committee:
To provide by a process of peer review the full opportunity for just settlement of faculty grievances concerning complaints of infringement of academic freedom or complaints of denial of full and fair consideration in decisions on reappointment, promotion, tenure and dismissal, this committee was established in 2000. This committee consists of five faculty members with tenure or on five- or eight-year rolling contract, two of whom should be at the rank of associate professor and at least one of whom has received tenure within the last three years. They shall be elected for staggered two-year terms by the faculty as a whole. No more than one member of any particular department shall serve on the Faculty Grievance Committee at the same time. A full description of this committee's function appears in the Pomona College Faculty Grievance Policy (Chapter IV).
2010-11 Di Grazia (chair) (2011), Grosfils (2012), Hanzawa (2011), Raff (2012), Williams (2011)
2011-12 Grosfils (chair, 2012), Eisenstadt (2013), Penprase (2013), Radunskaya (2013); Raff (2012)
Faculty Personnel Committee:
This advisory committee to the President gives counsel on recommendations which the President may make to the Cabinet on original appointments, reappointments, promotions, and tenure of faculty members. It provides the President with counsel on any other questions raised by the President, members of the committee, officers of the College, or by faculty actions. Its weekly meetings are confidential; no minutes are kept. Written ballots are taken on major personnel questions and the results are reported to the Cabinet.
The President is Chair of the committee, the Dean of the College is Vice Chair and Secretary, and the Dean of Students is a non-voting permanent member. Faculty membership is nine. The Associate Dean of the College who serves as Diversity Officer and the Assistant Dean of the College are non-voting, staff members of the Committee. Three members from each division are chosen from among faculty members at the rank of associate professor or above, at least one of whom is a full professor. All members are elected to two-year staggered terms. Committee members are nominated by the divisions and elected by the faculty as a whole at the March meeting of the faculty; for each office there must be at least two nominees, one of whom is not a department chair. No more than one member of any particular department shall serve on the Faculty Personnel Committee at the same time. The three members from each division form a subcommittee that investigates departmental recommendations on reappointment, promotion, and tenure, and reports to the Faculty Personnel Committee as a whole.
Elected members of the Faculty Personnel Committee who take leave for one semester while serving are replaced for the semester by the nominee receiving the second largest number of votes in the original election. Members who take leave for a full year must resign from the committee; their unexpired term must be filled by special election from a slate of at least two nominees from the division in question. A faculty member shall be excused from service on the Faculty Personnel Committee during a year of contract review, tenure decision, or consideration for promotion for that faculty member; the faculty member is replaced by the nominee receiving the second largest number of votes in the original election.
2010-11 EBrown (2012), Dettmar (2011), Friedlander (2011), Gladney (fall 2010 only), Goto (2012), Grieman (2012), Seligman (2011), Swartz (2012), J Taylor (2012)
2011-12: E. Brown (2012), Cheney (2013), Coffey, (2013), Crighton (2013), Goto (2012, spring), Grieman (2012), Kassam (2013), Swartz (2012), J. Taylor (2012), Weekes (fall 2011 only)
Faculty Position Advisory Committee:
This committee advises the Dean of the College and President in the following areas: 1) new and replacement position proposals; 2) conversions of programs to departments; and 3) coterminous positions that are housed in a department or program. Its members include six faculty members with tenure or on five- or eight-year rolling contracts, two from each division; three non-voting students, one from each division, chosen by the ASPC; and the Dean of the College, who is a non-voting member. The faculty members are nominated by the divisions and elected by the faculty as a whole to two-year staggered terms. For each position on the FPAC, the appropriate division will choose at least two nominees. No more than one member of any particular department shall serve on the FPAC at the same time. The division of the student members is determined by their majors (interdisciplinary majors are judgment calls). The student members serve one-year terms. The committee chooses its own chair. A full description of this committee's procedures and guidelines appears in Chapter IV.
Elected Faculty Position Advisory Committee members who take leave for one semester must be replaced for the semester by the nominee receiving the second largest number of votes in the original election. Members who take leave for a full year must resign from the committee; their unexpired terms must be filled by special election from a slate of at least two nominees from the division in question.
2010-11 Caron (2012), Kuehlwein (2012), O'Leary (2011), Runions (2011), Teixido (2012), Wright (2012)
2011-12 Buriel (Fall 2011), Caron (2012), De Silva (2013), Kuehlwein (2012), Kwok (Spring 2012), Miyake (2013), Teixido (2012)
Harassment and Discrimination Grievance Committee:
The committee consists of six faculty members, six staff members, and six student members appointed by the President for staggered two-year terms with the possibility of reappointment. The committee will select six of its members to conduct a hearing under the formal resolution procedures outlined in the Pomona College Harassment and Discrimination Policy and Complaint Procedure, in Chapter IV.
2010-11 Arase (2011), Ferguson (2012), Pouzet-Duzer (2012), Rankine (2011), Rudova (2011), V. Thomas (2011)
2011-12 Ferguson (chair, 2012), Bernhard (2013), Davis (2013), Fowler (2013), Lemelle (2013), Peterson (2013)
Health Sciences Committee:
Besides exercising general supervision over the academic program for students preparing to enter the medical field, the Health Sciences Committee's more specific business is to prepare letters of recommendation for such students. At Pomona College, normally only one joint letter, written by this committee, is submitted to medical schools. The committee collects information in the spring and composes letters in the early fall. Faculty representatives, an Associate Dean of Students, and the Coordinator for Graduate Fellowships and Health Sciences make up the committee, which is chaired by the general pre-medical advisor.
2010-11 Atlas, Barr, Bolton, Cavalcanti, Crane, Hardin, Jones, Lewis (chair), Waller
2011-12 Lewis (chair), Becker (spring), Dwyer, Flueckiger, Garza-Lopez, Grigsby, Jones, Sazinsky (spring), Waller
Institutional Review Board: Human Research Protection Committee
This committee reviews research proposals to ensure compliance with federal and state regulations concerning use of humans as research subjects. Committee members include an Associate Dean of the College and faculty members as well as the Director of the Student Health Service and a community representative.
2010-11 Borelli, Buriel, Perry
2011-12 Beck, Borelli (chair, spring), Burke (chair, fall), Divita
Orientation:
This committee solicits book nominations and makes a selection, particularly during the winter break and early spring semester, for the orientation program each fall. It also arranges faculty discussion leaders and recommends the distinguished faculty lecturer or outside speaker related to the orientation reading. It is composed of three faculty members (one of whom chairs the committee), five to ten students, and the Dean of Students. The faculty members are selected by the Executive Committee for two-year staggered terms.
2010-11 De Pace (2012), Gravendyk (2011), J. Tannenbaum (2012)
2011-12 J. Tannenbaum (chair, 2012), De Pace (2012), Hall (2013),
PAYS Advisory Board
2010-11 Sarkis (2012), Horowitz (2012)
2011-12 Sarkis (2012), Horowitz (2012)
Peer Mentor Program
2011-12 King (chair), Linnell, Rodriguez, von Schwerin-High
President's Advisory Committee on Diversity:
This committee replaces the Affirmative Action Committee. The scope of this committee includes all functions of the Affirmative Action Committee plus a broader charge of monitoring all aspects of institutional diversity pertaining to faculty, students, and staff. It reports directly to the President, who gives the committee its charge. That charge includes, at a minimum, providing the community with reports on the status of diversity and advising the President on strategies to enhance diversity at the College. It is composed of three tenured faculty members, appointed by the Executive Committee for two-year terms; the Associate Dean of the College who serves as Diversity Officer; two staff members, appointed by the Staff Council; two students, appointed by the ASPC; an Associate Dean or Director from Student Affairs; an Associate Dean or Director from Admissions; the Director of Institutional Research; a Director or Associate Director of Alumni Relations; and the Assistant Vice President and Senior Director of Human Resources.
2010-11 Rumbos (2012), Scanlon (chair fall) (2012), Tompkins (2011), Weekes (chair spring)
2011-12 Scanlon (chair, 2012), Rumbos (2012), Wall (2013)
President's Advisory Committee on Sustainability: (Not in FHB)
2010-11 Davis (fall), Miyake (spring), C Taylor (chair), Whitaker
2011-12 C Taylor (chair), Chinn, Whitaker
Public Events Committee:
The committee is responsible for arranging for individual speakers for various assembly hours and for assisting in planning other public events. A faculty member serves as chair. Other members include faculty and student representatives and representatives of the Public Affairs Office.
2010-11 Abecassis, Beeks (ex-officio), Cameron, Matsui
2011-12 Matsui (chair), Abecassis, Allen (fall), Beeks (ex-officio, fall), Cameron (spring)
Research Committee:
This committee promotes the cause of faculty research through the following activities: advising the College on the overall financial need for research support; advising the Dean's Office on recipients of grants from the General Research Fund and other internal research funds; advising on the College's nominees for national and regional fellowship competitions; evaluating sabbatical leave proposals; advising faculty applying for research support from outside agencies; and evaluating faculty-student summer research proposals. The committee consists of one faculty member from each division, one of whom is chair, and an Associate Dean of the College.
2010-11 Andrabi, Choi, Mukherjee
2011-12 Andrabi (chair), Choi, Kunin
Social Responsibility Committee: Created in 1986 in response to social concerns about investments in apartheid South Africa, the Committee on Social Responsibility now advises the President on the voting of proxies of companies in the College's investment portfolio related to environmental concerns, international law and fair labor practices. The Treasurer and her assistant staff the committee, which meets weekly for six weeks each spring. Members include a non-voting faculty convener, three other faculty or emeriti faculty members, three students, and two staff.
2010-11 Cutter (convener), Erickson (spring), Paster, Shahriari (fall)
2011-12 Paster (convener), Hoopes (spring), Lackey(spring), Rockwell (spring)
Student Affairs Committee:
This committee is charged with the legislative and judicial functions in the area of student affairs. The committee is chaired by one of the faculty members and normally is composed of the following voting members: the three Faculty Residents, a member of the Office of the Dean of Students (currently the Vice President and Dean of Students), and five student representatives from the ASPC Senate (adopted May 9, 1988).
2010-11 Bashaw, Eisenstadt, Hagedorn, O'Malley, Teixido
2011-12 Bashaw, Lozano (spring), O'Malley (spring), Teixido
Study Abroad Committee:
The committee administers and screens applicants to Pomona College's study abroad programs. The committee consists of the Director of Study Abroad, the Dean of Students or an Associate Dean of Students, the Director of Oldenborg Center, the Registrar, and faculty members and two students with experience abroad.
2010-11 Bashaw, Johnson (Chair), Klioutchkine, Wolf
2011-12 Klioutchkine (chair), Bashaw, Diercks, Johnson, Tinker Salas
Teaching and Learning Committee:
The Teaching and Learning Committee (TLC) promotes student learning and achievement by sustaining faculty in their development as teachers. The TLC encourages critical reflection, pedagogical experimentation, and innovation in teaching. It fosters an informed and collaborative dialogue among faculty on matters relating to teaching, learning, and assessment. The TLC includes six faculty members, two from each division (at least one of whom is tenured), appointed to two-year staggered terms. It also includes the Director of Institutional Research, the Director of Instructional Services, the Director of College Writing, and the Associate Dean as ex-officio members.
2010-11 Cartagena-Calderon (2012), Connell (2012), De Silva (2012), Lozano (2011),
Moore (chair) (2011), Regaignon, Shay (2012)
2011-12 Cartagena-Calderon (Chair, 2012), Connell (2012), Chandler (2013), Levin (2013), Shay (2012), Wolf (2013)
Women's Commission:
The Commission on the Education of Women (Women's Commission) was established in 1972 by President David Alexander to make recommendations that would lead to an increase in women in all ranks of the faculty, and broaden the study and discussion of women's issues on a curricular and non-curricular basis. In addition, the group sponsors the annual Phebe Estelle Spalding Lecture, meets with women candidates for faculty appointments as part of Pomona's recruitment effort, administers the President's Prize in Women's Studies, and interviews prospective co-supervisors of The Women's Union. The Commission consists of the Dean of Women and faculty and student representatives.
2010-11 Burke, Chavez-Silverman, Chin, Clark (chair)
2011-12 Burke (chair, fall), Jackson, Karnovsky, Mahdavi (chair, spring), Perry (fall), Sood (spring)
Advisors
Beinecke: Ng
British: Thielke
Carnegie: Cutter
Ford Diversity: A. Martinez
Fulbright: Garcia, Kates, Leabhart, Rindisbacher
Goldwater: Johal
Madison: Tompkins
NCAA: Boston
Wilson-Rockefeller: Buriel
Truman: Worthington
Udall: Miller
Watson: Horowitz
Chemical Engineering: Kwok
Ed/PST: Tompkins
Engineering: Kwok (fall), Zook (spring)
Health Sciences: Lewis
Pre-Business: Likens
Representatives on Claremont Colleges Committees
Advisory Board for Library Planning:
Kwok
Benefits Selection:
Beckett
Bernard Field Station Advisory Board
Hanzawa
Intercollegiate Faculty Council
Bruce
Religious Activities:
Grabiner
Trustee Committee Representatives
Academic Affairs: Bruce
Facilities and Environment: Gorse
Advancement: McWilliams
Honorary Degrees: Div. chairs - Bruce, Lindholm (fall), Rudova (spring), Steinberger
Student Affairs: O'Malley (spring)/Paster (fall)
Ad Hoc Committee on Promotion and Tenure
The charge of the ad hoc committee on Procedures for Reappointment, Tenure, and Promotion will be to perform a review of these procedures, as set out in the faculty handbook, with the expectation that the committee will present recommendations to the faculty on improving these procedures as necessary, bringing the revised procedures to the faculty for a vote. The committee is specifically not charged with considering revisions to tenure standards. The committee consists of two faculty from each division, three with FPC experience, one Associate Professor, and one Assistant Professor.
Chen, Di Grazia, Marks (chair), Perini, Seligman, Englebert
Dean Conrad
Assistant Dean Fossum, ex officio
Faculty/Trustee Retreat Planning Committee
Karaali, Kung, Menefee-Libey