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Chair of the Faculty
Timothy V. Kaufman-Osborn, term ending 2011

Policy Committee
Mary Anne O'Neil, term ending 2009
Christopher S. Wallace, term ending 2010
Walter T. Herbranson, term ending 2011
Thomas A. Callister, Jr., ex-officio 

Board of Review
Kendra J. Golden, term ending 2009
Zahi Zalloua, term ending 2010
Brian R. Dott, term ending 2011
Ronald F. Urban, ex-officio 

Division Chairs Committee
Division I Chair, William C. Bogard, term ending 2010
Division II Chair, Jonathan S. Walters, term ending 2011
Division III Chair, Andrea K. Dobson, term ending 2009
Provost/Dean of the Faculty, Chair, Lori Bettison-Varga
Chair of the Faculty, Timothy V. Kaufman-Osborn
Associate Dean of the Faculty, Thomas A. Callister, Jr.

Ex-Officio Members Without Vote
President of the College, George S. Bridges
Provost/Dean of the Faculty, *Lori Bettison-Varga
Dean of Students, Charles E. Cleveland
Registrar, Ronald F. Urban
Associate Dean of the Faculty, Thomas A. Callister, Jr. 

ELECTED COMMITTEES

Secretary of the Faculty
Lee D. Thompson, term ending 2010

Admission and Financial Aid Committee
J. Antonio "Tony" Cabasco, Dean of Admission and Financial Aid, Chair
Barry A. Balof, term ending 2009
Alberto Galindo, term ending 2010
*Raechelle Mascarenhas, term ending 2011
*Halefom Belay (spring semester sabbatical replacement for Mascarenhas)
Kevin Dyerly, Director of Admission
Varga Fox, Director of Financial Aid

Aid to Faculty Scholarship and Instructional Development Committee (ASID)
Lori Bettison-Varga, Chair
William C. Bogard, Chair of Division I
Jonathan S. Walters, Chair of Division II
Andrea K. Dobson, Chair of Division III
J. Kay Fenimore-Smith, term ending 2009
Sharon A. Alker, term ending 2010
*Heidi E.M. Dobson, term ending 2011

Council on Student Affairs
Barry A. Balof, term ending 2009
Melissa W. Clearfield, term ending 2009
Melissa M. Wilcox, term ending 2010
*Jason C. Pribilsky, term ending 2011
*Helen Kim (spring semester sabbatical replacement for Clearfield)
Charles E. Cleveland
Student representatives: TBA

Faculty Fringe Benefits Committee
Sarah E. Hurlburt, Chair, term ending 2009
Richard N. Masteller, term ending 2009
Nohemy Solórzano-Thompson, term ending 2010
*David F. Schmitz, term ending 2011
*James E. Russo, term ending 2011
*Daniel M. Vernon, term ending 2011
(Per Faculty Code, sabbatical replacements are not required for this committee)

Faculty Personnel Committee
Dana L. Burgess, Chair, term ending 2009
Delbert W. Hutchison, term ending 2009
Mark Beck, term ending 2010
Julie A. Charlip, term ending 2010
*Michelle Y. Janning, term ending 2011
*Susan E. Pickett, term ending 2011
Lori Bettison-Varga, ex-officio

General Studies Committee
Julia L. Dunn, term ending 2009
Elizabeth Vandiver, term ending 2010
*Thomas Knight, term ending 2011
*John D. Cotts (fall semester sabbatical replacement for Dunn)
*Gaurav Majumdar (spring semester sabbatical replacement for Vandiver)
         First-Year Core Representative - Jack Iverson
         CAV Representative - Nicole Simek
Lori Bettison-Varga, ex-officio
Student representative:
Will Canine '10

Student Life Committee
Gaurav Majumdar, term ending 2009
S. Brooke Vick, term ending 2010
*Michelle K. Ferenz, term ending 2011
*Cynthia Croot (spring semester sabbatical replacement for Vick)
Clare Carson
Barbara Maxwell
Lori Bettison-Varga
Student representatives: TBA

2008-2009 APPOINTED COMMITTEES

Academic Information Technology Advisory Group (AITAG)
Sharon Alker, term ending 2011
Hal Belay (spring only)
Bob Fontenot, term ending 2009
Tim Machonkin, term ending 2009
Matt Prull, term ending 2011
Brooke Vick, term ending 2010 (fall only)
Jackie Wood, term ending 2011
Shannon Callister, ex-officio
Dalia Hagan, ex-officio
Student representatives:
TBD

Animal Care and Use Committee
Chris Wallace, Chair
Kate Jackson
Rebecca Hanrahan
Walter Herbranson
Community member:
Rev. John Knapp

Art Advisory Committee
Dawn Forbes, Co-chair
Charles Timm-Ballard, Co-chair, fall semester
Dennis Crockett, Co-Chair, spring semester
Michelle Acuff
Mark Anderson
Peter Harvey
Kynde Kiefel
Chris Petit
Matthew Reynolds
Jed Schwendiman

Biosafety Committee
Dan Vernon, Chair
Frank Dunnivant
Kendra Golden
Leena Knight (fall semester replacement for Yancey)
Paul Yancey (spring only)

Bookstore Advisory Committee
Barbara Maxwell, Chair
Allison Calhoun
Ed Dixon
Scott Elliot (fall semester replacement for Woodfork)
Jacqueline Woodfork (spring only)
Douglas Carlsen, ex-officio
Charles Cleveland, ex-officio
Student representatives:
TBD

Center for Teaching and Learning
Kurt Hoffman, Interim Director
David Carey
Kendra Golden
Lee Keene
Leena Knight
David Sprunger
Melissa Wilcox
Bob Withycombe

Cinema Arts Coordinator
Robert Sickels

College Athletic Committee
Kari Norgaard
Chris Petit
Laura Schueller (Faculty Athletic Representative)
Chris Wallace

Conservation Committee
Jed Schwendiman, Chair
Karlis Rokpelnis, Sustainability Coordinator
Bob Biles
Bob Carson
Heidi Dobson
Sean Gehrke
Shirley Harper
Sherrie Kamara
Kari Norgaard
Dan Park

Core Coordinator (First Year)
Mary Anne O'Neil

Council on Interpersonal Relations
Laura Schueller
Nancy Tavelli
Ron Urban
Cindy Waring, SHO (Sexual Harassment Officer), ex-officio

Critical and Alternative Voices Coordinator
Nicole Simek

Director of Dance
Dana Burgess

Director of High School Enrichment Program
David Guichard

Director of Testing
Margo Scribner

Distinguished Teacher Selection Committee
Kay Fenimore-Smith, Chair
Hal Belay
Ed Dixon
Tom Callister, ex-officio

Environmental Studies Committee
Robert Carson, Chair
Mark Beck
Jan Crouter (fall only)
Frank Dunnivant
Rebecca Hanrahan
Delbert Hutchison
Amy Molitor
Kari Norgaard
Tim Parker
Don Snow

Faculty Forum Coordinator
Dana Burgess

Institutional Review Board
Melissa Clearfield, Chair (spring only)
Rebecca Hanrahan, Chair (fall only)
Aaron Bobrow-Strain (fall only)
Neal Christopherson
Kendra Golden
Rich Jacks
Michelle Janning
Gilbert Mireles (spring only)
Community member:
Chris Howard

International Studies Planning Committee
Heidi Dobson, Chair
Shampa Biswas
Jack Iverson
Helen Kim
Susan Brick, ex-officio
Tom Callister, ex-officio
Ronald Urban, ex-officio

Global Studies Steering Committee
Shampa Biswas, Director
Bruce Magnusson
Gaurav Majumdar
Jim Russo
Elyse Semerdjian
Zahi Zalloua

Joint Faculty/Governing Boards Committee on Honorary Degrees
Tom Callister, Chair
Robert Bode
Andrea Dobson
Jim Hayner
Bruce Magnusson
Jed Schwendiman, ex officio

Library Advisory Committee
Tom Davis, term ending 2010
Doug Hundley, term ending 2011
Fred Moore, term ending 2010
Jeanne Morefield, term ending 2011
Pete Parcells, term ending 2010
Nicole Simek, term ending 2009
Dalia Hagan, ex-officio
Shannon Callister, ex-officio
Student representatives:

Post Graduate Fellowship Committees
Keith Raether, Interim Director

Beinecke
Theresa DiPasquale, Chair
Russ Gordon
Matthew Prull

The British Fellowships: Marshall/Mitchell/Rhodes
Julia Davis
Gaurav Majumdar

Fulbright
Teaching Committee:
Sharon Alker
Kirsten Nicolaysen
Karl Storchmann
Zahi Zalloua

Research Committee:
Marion Götz
Kari Norgaard
Jason Pribilsky
Nicole Simek

Goldwater
Barry Balof, Faculty Advisor
Allison Calhoun
Dayle Smith
Bob Varga

100 Projects for Peace
Susan Brick
Gaurav Majumdar

Truman
Robert Withycombe, Faculty Representative
Paul Apostolidis
Don Snow

Udall
Don Snow, Chair
Kari Norgaard
Tim Parker

Watson
Albert Schueller, Faculty Representative
Irv Hashimoto
Kevin Pogue
Gary Rollefson

Pre-Law Advisor
Tim Kaufman-Osborn

Pre-Medical Advisory Committee
Jim Russo, Chair
Walter Herbranson
Tom Knight
Jean Carwile Masteller
Susan Pickett

Sheehan Gallery Committee
Richard Masteller, Chair
Michelle Acuff
Alex Herzog
Ron Takemoto
Dawn Forbes, ex-officio

Trees-Landscaping Committee
Bob Carson, Co-chair
Heidi Dobson, Co-chair
Gary Brown
Peter Harvey, ex officio
Larry Malott

3-2 Engineering and 3-2 Computer Science Advisory Committee
Fred Moore, Chair
Mark Beck
Frank Dunnivant

Whitman-in-China Committee
Chas McKhann, Chair
Brian Dott
Donghui He
Nadine Knight
Nancy Simon
Susan Brick, ex-officio

Whitman Undergraduate Conference Committee
Tom Callister, chair
Lana Brown
Kay Fenimore-Smith
David Glenn
Jon Loney
Deberah Simon
Summer Singer