Elected Committees and Positions 2017-18
Promotions Committee
The Promotions Committee advises the president on cases in which a faculty member is under review for promotion with tenure or to full professor. The Promotions Committee also serves as a body of review in termination for cause cases involving faculty members. The committee consists of three full-time full professors who are elected by the faculty. No more than two members of the committee may be from one division and no more than one from a department.
2017-18 Membership
G. Herb to 2018
J. C. Davis to 2019
S. Moorti to 2019
Reappointments Committee
The Reappointments Committee advises the provost in all reappointment reviews. This committee also conducts ten-year reviews. The committee consists of three full-time full professors who are elected by the faculty. No more than two members of the committee may be from one division and no more than one from a department.
2017-18 Membership
J. Tropp to 2018
P. Zupan to 2019 (on leave)
J. Munroe to 2020 (on leave)
M. Collaer to 2018
S. Abbott to 2020
Faculty Council
Faculty Council is the executive committee of the faculty. In this capacity it (1) coordinates faculty business; (2) represents the College faculty when working with the administration and/or Board of Trustees on all matters related to the College faculty; (3) acts as the Committee on Committees; and (4) in conjunction with other elected faculty committees, works with the administration and/or Board of Trustees on matters of shared interest related to the College, the Schools, and the Institute.
2017-18 Membership
A. Draper to 2018
J. Maluccio to 2018 (Secretary)
A. Briggs to 2019
A. Goodsell to 2019
N. Eppelsheimer to 2020
M. Baker-Medard to 2020
H. Vila to 2020
The committee may be contacted, en masse, via e-mail facultycouncil@middlebury.edu.
Faculty Council Archives - Minutes of council meetings, tagged by content (restricted to members of the Middlebury Community).
Educational Affairs Committee
The EAC has two primary functions: to oversee the general direction of the College's curriculum and to make recommendations on staffing and the allocation of teaching resources. The EAC consists of five tenured members of the faculty, elected by the faculty. No more than two members of the committee may be from one division, and no more than one from a department.
2017-18 Membership
E. Proctor, chair (ex-officio)
I. Barrow to 2018
C. Myers to 2018
R. Tiger to 2020
E. Vazquez to 2020
J. Ward to 2020
Inquiries for the EAC may be directed to Dean of Curriculum. The entire committee may be contacted via email at Educational Affairs Committee.
For more information about requesting staffing positions, teaching expectations, the course release policy, and EAC reports, please visit the EAC subpage.
Strategy Committee
The Strategy Committee represents the College faculty in long-range strategic planning with the administration and Board of Trustees. Though the committee is concerned primarily with the College, it will also represent the faculty in shared-governance discussions on matters of common interest to the College, the Schools, and the Institute. The committee is also charged with engaging the faculty, administration, and trustees on developments in high education (both nationally and globally), as they might affect Middlebury College.
2017-18 Membership
S. Stroup to 2020
D. Kafumbe to 2020
C. Faraone to 2018
M. Rohena-Madrazo to 2019
Resources Committee
The Resources Committee represents the College faculty in shared-governance discussions with the administration and Board of Trustees regarding Middlebury's financial sustainability, especially as it relates to the College. In addition to its concern with matters direcly related to the faculty, the Committee will also consider other financial matters that affect the integrity of Middlebury's academic program and, for example, the College's commitments to supporting students with financial need and insuring the diversity of the community.
2017-18 Membership
B. Matthias to 2019
E. Garcia to 2020
J. Larrabee to 2020
J. Schmitt to 2020
Appeals Council
The Appeals Council hears petitions from faculty members who wish to contend a promotion review that results in non-reappointment. Appeals are granted only on grounds involving procedural errors that may have influenced the review committee and/or the provost, or violations of academic freedom. The Appeals Council consists of five tenured faculty members, elected by the faculty. No two members of the Council may be from the same department.
2017-18 Membership
N. Graham to 2018
E. Oxfeld to 2018
B. Millier to 2019
M. Olinick to 2019
J. Spackman to 2020
Faculty Moderator
David Dorman, Mathematics (to 2018)
The Faculty Moderator presides over Faculty Meetings, participates with Faculty Council and with the administration in planning the agenda for faculty meetings, and encourages faculty to make suggestions for the agenda.
To write to the Faculty Moderator, click here. The moderator will also maintain a webpage.
Committees Appointed by Faculty Council 2017-18
Administration Committee
2017-18 Membership
T. Billings (co-chair)
V. Backus
S. Mirling
W. Xu
Admissions Advisory Committee
2017-18 Membership
D. Brayton
M. Durst
A. Gregg
C. Thomsen
Americans with Disabilities Act Committee
2017-18 Membership
D. Evans
J. Weber
Athletic Policy Committee
2017-18 Membership
P. Sommers (chair)
J. Chaplin
R. Moeller
E. Quinn
Center for Careers and Internships Advisory Committee
2017-18 Membership
J. Teets
I. Uricaru
College Street Children's Center Board
2017-18 Membership
J. Berazneva
Community Council
2017-18 Membership
D. Ayoub
R. Mitchell
W. Nash
Curriculum Committee
2017-18 Membership
T. Affolter
T. Byker
M. Evancho
M. Higa
Education Studies Committee
Currently not meeting
Environmental Council
2017-18 Membership
J. Howarth
J. L'Roe
A. Nurok
Faculty LIS Advisory Committee (FLAC)
2017-18 Membership
J. Fitzsimmons
P. Johnson
L. Stein
Health Professions Committee
2017-18 Membership
R. Bunt (chair)
W. Amidon
B. Baird
I. Brancoli
M. Dube
M. Kubacki
M. Spritzer
C. Star
Academic Integrity Committee (instead of Honor Code Review this year)
2017-18 Membership
L. Burnham
L. White
Institutional Animal Care and Use Committee
Please contact Katie Gillespie (x-3053) with any questions for this committee.
Institutional Biosafety Committee (IBC)
2017-18 Membership
G. Spatafora (Chair)
K. Cronise
J. Ward
Institutional Review Board
2017-18 Membership
C. Velez (chair)
M. Linderman
J. Ortegren
A. Robbett
M. Sheridan
B. Stevens
J. Ralph
Judicial Boards
2017-18 Membership
Academic Judicial Board
E. Bleich (co-chair)
M. Anderson
R. Greeley
M. Manrique-Gomez
P. Schumer
Community Judicial Board
E. Foutch
L. Hamberlin
C. Medeiros
W. Waldron
Laboratory Safety Committee
2017-18 Membership
V. Backus
S. Choi
M. Dash
M. Durst
Off-Campus Study/Programs Abroad
2017-18 Membership
J. Cason (chair)
S. Closser
L. Davis
I. Feldman
Ombudsperson(s)
J. Gamero de Coca to 2018
M. Beatty to 2020
Pre-Professional Committees
2017-18 Membership
Architecture
J. McLeod
Engineering
D. Scharstein
Law
K. Callanan
M. Dry
- ad hoc Committee on Assessment
2017-18 Membership
R. Bennette
L. Castaneda
J. Isham
H. Klein
M. Lawrence
- ad hoc Honorary Degree Committee
2017-18 Membership
A. Crouzieres-Ingenthron
E. Gong
- ad hoc Language Schools Faculty Advisory Committee
Two Year Membership 2016/17 and 2017-18
M. Clinton
J. Paolo de Souza
S. Gumuscu
P. Saldarriaga
M. Ward