Faculty Senate Committees 2017-2018
Faculty Senate Executive Committee (SEC): 2017-2018 Officers
Chair: Santosh Venkatesh, SEAS/ESE
Chair-Elect: Jennifer Pinto-Martin, Nursing
Past Chair: Laura Perna, GSE
Secretary: Cynthia Connolly, Nursing
Secretary-Elect: Ayelet Ruscio, SAS/Psychology
Past Secretary: Marcella Devoto, PSOM/
Pediatrics and Epidemiology
At-Large Representatives
Karen Detlefsen, SAS/Philosophy
C. Neill Epperson, PSOM/Psychiatry
Emily Falk, Annenberg
Karen Glanz, PSOM/Biostatistics &
Epidemiology
Robert Hurst, PSOM/Radiology
Kelly Jordan-Sciutto, Dental
Hans-Peter Kohler, SAS/Sociology
Jennifer Lukes, SEAS/MEAM
Barbara Medoff-Cooper, Nursing
Brendan O’Leary, SAS/Political Science
Anil Rustgi, PSOM/Medicine
Petra Todd, SAS/Economics
Assistant Professor Representatives
John Fiadjoe, PSOM/Medicine
Antonio Garcia, Social Policy and Practice
Sharon Irving, Nursing
Penn Association of Senior & Emeritus Faculty
(PASEF Representative)
Martin Pring, PSOM/Physiology
Constituency Representatives
Guobin Yang, Annenberg
Robert St. George, SAS/History
Gwendolyn DuBois Shaw, SAS/
History of Art
Ron Donagi, SAS/Mathematics
Brian Gregory, SAS/Biology
Elizabeth Rhoades, SAS/Chemistry
Kathryn Hellerstein, SAS/Germanic
Language & Literature
Steven Matthews, SAS/Economics
Suvir Kaul, SAS/English
Jianjing Kuang, SAS/Linguistics
Steve Tinney, SAS/NELC
Mirjam Cvetic, SAS/Physics & Astronomy
Julia Lynch, SAS/Political Science
Elizabeth Brannon, SAS/Psychology
Chenoa Flippen, SAS/Sociology
Kathleen Boesze-Battaglia, Dental
Janine Remillard, GSE
Gershon Buchsbaum, SEAS/Bioengineering
Rakesh Vohra, SEAS/CIS
Franca Trubiano, Design
Eric Feldman, Law
Douglas Wiebe, PSOM/Biostatistics &
Epidemiology
David Smith, PSOM/Anesthesiology & Critical Care
James Palmer, PSOM/Otorhinolaryngology
Pedro Gonzalez-Alegre, PSOM/Neurology
Frank Leone, PSOM/Medicine
Marilyn Schapira, PSOM/Medicine
Julie Brothers, PSOM/Pediatrics
Lewis Kaplan, PSOM/Surgery
Eileen Lake, Nursing
Ezekiel Dixon-Román, Social Policy &
Practice
Anna Kashina, Vet
Paula Henthorn, Vet
Eric Clemons, Wharton/Accounting, Health
Care Management, OID, Statistics
Karen Lewis, Wharton/ Finance, Legal
Studies & Business Ethics, Business
Economics & Public Policy
Jehoshua Eliashberg, Wharton/
Management, Marketing, Real Estate
The Senate Committee on Academic Freedom and Responsibility (SCAFR)
Charles Bosk, SAS/Sociology
Cynthia Connolly, Nursing
David Eckmann, PSOM/Anesthesiology & Critical Care
Vivian Gadsden, GSE, Chair
Nancy Hirschmann, SAS/Political Science
Julia Lynch, SAS/Political Science
Jon Merz, PSOM/Medical Ethics
Holly Pittman, SAS/History of Art
Diana Robertson, Wharton/Legal Studies and Business Ethics
Ex officio:
Jennifer Pinto-Martin, Nursing, Faculty Senate Chair-Elect
The Senate Committee on Economic Status of the Faculty (SCESF)
Kenneth Burdett, SAS/Economics
Robert Ghrist, SAS/Mathematics
Blanca Himes, PSOM/Biostatistics,
Epidemiology & Informatics
Sarah Kagan, Nursing
Iourii Manovskii, SAS/Economics
Robert Stine, Wharton, Chair
Ex Officio:
Santosh Venkatesh, SEAS/ESE, Faculty
Senate Chair
Laura Perna, GSE, Faculty Senate Past
Chair
Jennifer Pinto-Martin, Nursing, Faculty
Senate Chair-Elect
The Senate Committee on Faculty Development, Diversity, and Equity (SCFDDE)
Kristen Feemster, PSOM/Pediatrics
Carmen Guerra, PSOM/Medicine, Chair
Mauro Guillén, Wharton
Michael Jones-Correa, SAS/Political
Science
Irina Marinov, SAS/Earth &
Environmental Science
Kate Nathanson, PSOM/Medicine
Susan Yoon, GSE
Ex officio:
John Keene, Design, PASEF non-voting
member
Jennifer Pinto-Martin, Nursing, Faculty
Senate Chair-Elect
Santosh Venkatesh, SEAS/ESE, Faculty
Senate Chair
The Senate Committee on Faculty and the Administration (SCOA)
Joel Bennett, PSOM/Medicine
Ken Drobatz, Vet
Al Filreis, SAS/English
Katherine Margo, PSOM/Family Medicine
Pamela Sankar, PSOM/Biomedical Ethics,
Chair
Talid Sinno, SEAS/CBE & MEAM
Peter Struck, SAS/Classical Studies
Ex Officio:
Marshall Meyer, Wharton, PASEF
non-voting member
Jennifer Pinto-Martin, Nursing, Faculty
Senate Chair-Elect
Santosh Venkatesh, SEAS/ESE, Faculty
Senate Chair
The Senate Committee on Faculty and the Academic Mission (SCOF)
William Beltran, Vet
Eric Feldman, Law
Lea Ann Matura, Nursing
Susan Sauvé Meyer, SAS/Philosophy
Mindy Schuster, PSOM/Infectious Diseases
Bruce Shenker, Dental
Tom Sollecito, Dental, Chair
Lyle Ungar, SEAS/CIS
Ex Officio:
Jennifer Pinto-Martin, Nursing, Faculty
Senate Chair-Elect
Gino Segre, SAS/Physics, PASEF
non-voting member
Santosh Venkatesh, SEAS/ESE, Faculty
Senate Chair
Senate Committee on Students and Educational Policy (SCSEP)
Sunday Akintoye, Dental
José Bauermeister, Nursing
Laura Desimone, GSE
Sharon Irving, Nursing
Carol Muller, SAS/Music
Karen Redrobe, SAS/History of Art
Ralph Rosen, SAS/Classical Studies
Jorge Santiago-Aviles, SEAS/ESE
Dominic Sisti, PSOM/Medical Ethics
& Health Policy, Chair
Ex Officio:
Jennifer Pinto-Martin, Nursing, Faculty
Senate Chair-Elect
Anita Summers, Wharton,
PASEF non-voting member
Santosh Venkatesh, SEAS/ESE, Faculty
Senate Chair
The Senate Committee on Publication Policy for Almanac
Sunday Akintoye, Dental
Christine Bradway, Nursing
Daniel Cohen, SAS/Sociology
Al Filreis, SAS/English
Beth Linker, SAS/History & Sociology of
Science
Cary Mazer, SAS/English
Martin Pring, PSOM/Physiology, Chair
Ex officio:
Jennifer Pinto-Martin, Nursing, Faculty
Senate Chair-Elect
Faculty Grievance Commission
James Palmer (PSOM/Otorhinolaryngology),
Chair
Mitch Marcus (SEAS/CIS), Past Chair
Martha Farah (SAS/Psychology),
Chair-Elect