Composition

The Institutional Review Board exists as a standing committee. It consists of at least five members, including:

• a member of the Psychology Department
• a member of the Sociology-Anthropology Department

• a member whose primary concerns are in non-scientific areas

• a representative of the public from the local community who does not have active ties to the College or to the organization sponsoring the research

• an administrator (ex officio)

The chair of the committee is appointed by the administration of the College. The community  representative is invited by the Dean of the Faculty to serve on a yearly basis. The community member may serve as many consecutive terms as he or she is invited to and willing to serve.

The members of the IRB for 2012-2013 are:

• Alison Darrow, Sponsored Research
• James C. Davis, Associate V.P. of Academic Affairs
• Matthew Kimble, Psychology
• John Maluccio, Economics
• Linus Owens, Sociology-Anthropology
• Moyara Ruehsen, International Economics/Middle Eastern Studies (MIIS)
• Ira Schiffer, Chaplain's Office
• Michael J. Sheridan, Sociology-Anthropology (Chair)
• Bonnie Stevens (community member)
• Jean Turner, Linguistics (MIIS)
• Fred Wehling, Political Science (MIIS)

The IRB Coordinator is Eileen Brunetto.