Fairmount College of Liberal Arts and Sciences

College Governance Roster, 2025-2026


Tenure and Promotion Committee

 
Division Discipline Faculty Term Ends
Humanities MCLL Rachel Showstack 5/30/2027
Humanities/NTT English Fran Connor 5/30/2028
Humanities/NTT Philosophy Susan Sterrett 5/30/2026 (appt)
Natural Sciences/Mathematics Physics Holger Meyer 5/30/2027
Natural Sciences/Mathematics Biology Leland Russell 5/30/2028 (appt)
Natural Sciences/Mathematics Geology Andrew Swindle (chair) 5/30/2026
Social/Behavioral Sciences School of Criminal Justice Yumi Suzuki 5/30/2027 (appt)
Social/Behavioral Sciences Elliott School Lisa Parcell 5/30/2028
Social/Behavioral Sciences/NTT Sociology Chuck Koeber 5/30/2026

Non-Tenure Track Promotion Committee

 
Division Discipline Faculty Term ends
Humanities English Fran Connor 5/30/2028
Humanities Philosophy Susan Sterrett 5/30/2026
Natural Sciences/Mathematics Physics Holger Meyer 5/30/2027
Social/Behavioral Sciences Sociology Chuck Koeber 5/30/2026
Non-tenure Track Faculty Social Work Shaunna Millar 5/30/2028

Dean's Faculty Advisory Committee

 
Division Discipline Faculty Term ends
Humanities MCLL Rachel Showstack 5/30/2027
Humanities Philosophy Susan Sterrett 5/30/2026
Natural Sciences/Mathematics Biology David McDonald 5/30/2027
Natural Sciences/Mathematics Physics Holger Meyer 5/30/2028
Social/Behavioral Sciences Sociology Jodie Hertzog 5/30/2028
Social/Behavioral Sciences Political Science Carolyn Shaw 5/30/2026
Ex-Officio Decanal Staff    

Faculty Support and Fellowship Awards Committee

 
Division Discipline Faculty Term ends
Humanities Philosophy TBD  
Humanities English Rebeccah Bechtold 5/30/2026
Natural Sciences/Mathematics Physics Mathew Muether 5/30/2028
Natural Sciences/Mathematics Mathematics and Statistics Tianshi Lu 5/30/2026
Social/Behavioral Sciences Psychology Rhonda Lewis 5/30/2027
Social/Behavioral Sciences Political Science Carolyn Shaw 5/30/2028

Admission and Exceptions Committee

 
Division Discipline Faculty Term ends
At-Large Biological Sciences Bin Shuai 6/30/2027
Humanities Philosophy Pat Bondy 6/30/2026
Natural Sciences/Mathematics Mathematics and Statistics Yuan Liu 6/30/2026
Social/Behavioral Sciences Political Science Michael Hall 6/30/2026
Ex-Officio Patricia Phillips, Chair    

College Curriculum Committee

 
Division Discipline Faculty Term ends
Humanities Philosophy Susan Castro 5/30/2027
Humanities English Carrie Dickison 5/30/2028
Natural Sciences/Mathematics Mathematics and Statistics Mohamed Nassar 5/30/2028
Natural Sciences/Mathematics Biology Li Yao 5/30/2026
Social/Behavioral Sciences   TBD 5/30/2028
Social/Behavioral Sciences Sociology Twyla Hill 5/30/2026

College Council

 
Division Discipline Faculty Term ends
Humanities English Kerry Jones 5/30/2025
Humanities History    
Humanities MCLL Cuitlahuac Chavez 5/30/2026
Humanities Philosophy   Xiufen Lu 5/30/2025
Humanities Women’s, Ethnicity and Intersectional Studies    
Natural Sciences/Mathematics Biological Sciences Thomas Luhring 5/30/2025
Natural Sciences/Mathematics Chemistry and Biochemistry    
Natural Sciences/Mathematics Geology  Andrew Swindle 5/30/2026
Natural Sciences/Mathematics Mathematics and Statistics Chris Green 5/30/2027
Natural Sciences/Mathematics Physics Terrance Figy 5/30/2027
Social/Behavioral Sciences Anthropology   Matt Howland 5/30/2027
Social/Behavioral Sciences Elliott School    
Social/Behavioral Sciences Hugo Wall School  Xiaoheng Wang 5/30/2026
Social/Behavioral Sciences Political Science   Michael Hall 5/30/2027
Social/Behavioral Sciences Psychology Carryl Baldwin 5/30/2025
Social/Behavioral Sciences Criminal Justice   Michael Birzer 5/30/2027
Social/Behavioral Sciences Social Work     
Social/Behavioral Sciences Sociology Alyssa Lynne-Joseph 5/30/2025