Faculty Committees

Assessment Systems

The Assessment Systems Committee is a committee representing departmental liaisons and areas within the College of Education to address the College’s assessment needs.

Roles and responsibilities of a committee member:

  • Provide leadership through the review and update departmental Academic Learning Compacts
  • Provide leadership through the review and update of Student Learning Outcomes within the Â鶹ŮÀÉ Assessment System
  • Update annual Standards and Details reports on the EIPEP site
  • Attend Fall and Spring Assessment Systems Committee meetings
  • Attend webinars and sharing sessions associated with departmental assessment
  • Provide leadership through departmental-related accreditation reporting and visits
  • Share related data, reports, and action items at departmental meetings
  • Oversee and assist with LiveText compliance

Being on the Assessment Systems Committee, you will:

  • Provide a college-wide service
  • Support student learning growth
  • Develop assessment expertise
  • Collaborate with all College of Education departments
  • Enhance technological skills

Assessment Committee Members

Dr. Sheila Walden, Director of Accreditation, Assessment and Analytics Office of Accreditation, Assessment and Analytics Member and Chair
Dr. Traci Catto, Executive Director of School Engagement, Assessment and Accreditation School Engagement Member
Dr. Kelli Moransais, Director of School Engagement School Engagement Member
Dr. Taka Mays, Faculty Education Leadership: ELRM Member
Dr. Vonzell Agosto, Chair of Department Education Leadership: ELRM Member
Dr. Lisa Finnegan, Faculty Special Education: SPED Member
Dr. Joseph C. Gagnon, Chair of Department Special Education: SPED Member
Dr. Bridgette Cassidy and Robyn Klein, Faculty Curriculum and Instruction: C&I Members
Dr. Sabrina Sembiante and Dr. Michelle Vaughan-McGovern, Interim Co-Chairs of Department Curriculum and Instruction: C&I Members
Dr. Alex Fields, Faculty Counselor Education: COED Members
Dr. Elizabeth Villares Sacks, Chair of Department Counselor Education: COED Member
Dr. Dale Williams, Chair of Department Communication Sciences and Disorders: COMD Member
Visit the Office of Accreditation, Assessment and Analytics

2025 Outstanding Dissertation Award Committee

Department of Educational Leadership and Research Methodology Pat Maslin-Ostrowski, Chair
Department of Communication Sciences and Disorders Faculty Representative: TBA
Department of Counselor Education Michael Frain
Department of Curriculum and Instruction Rina Bousalis
Department of Special Education Jim Forgan

Emergency Committee/COOP (Continuity of Operations Committee)

Charles Dukes, Co-Chair Dean (Building Safety Administrator)
Michael DeDonno Assistant Dean / Boca Campus (Building Safety Supervisor)
Deborah Shepherd Associate Dean / Davie Campus (Building Safety Supervisor)
Joel Herbst Vice President for PK-12 and Pre-Baccalaureate Programs
Steve Diaz Boca Campus
Josephine Elliott Boca Campus
Rick Laliberte Boca Campus (Building Alternate Safety Supervisor)
Joe Waters Boca Campus (Building Safety Representative)
Dale Williams Chair, Communication Sciences and Disorders
Elizabeth Villares Sacks Chair, Counselor Education / Jupiter Campus (Building Safety Supervisor)
Sabrina Sembiante and Michelle Vaughan-McGovern Co-Chairs, Curriculum and Instruction
Vonzell Agosto Chair, Educational Leadership and Research Methodology
Joseph C. Gagnon Chair, Special Education
Ray Coleman Pine Jog Environmental Education Center
Nikki Davis-Thomas Jupiter Campus

Executive

Charles Dukes Dean
Deborah Shepherd Associate Dean, Academic and Student Services
Michael DeDonno Assistant Dean of Research
Joel Herbst Vice President for PK-12 and Pre-Baccalaureate Programs
Dale Williams Chair, Communication Sciences and Disorders
Elizabeth Villares Sacks Chair, Counselor Education
Sabrina Sembiante and Michelle Vaughan-McGovern Interim Co-Chairs, Curriculum and Instruction
Vonzell Agosto Chair, Educational Leadership and Research Methodology
Joseph C. Gagnon Chair, Special Education
Rick Laliberte Business Manager
Daniel Reyes-Guerra President, Faculty Assembly

Graduate Programs

Graduate Programs Committee 2026-2027 Academic Year

Lisa Finnegan, Chair Associate Professor, Special Education
Deborah Shepherd (Ex-officio) Associate Dean

Subcommittee Student Petitions

  • Sharon Darling, Chair, Subcommittee Student Petitions, Special Education
  • Christy Timm Fulkerson, Communication Sciences and Disorders
  • Victoria Siegel, Counselor Education
  • Melissa Antonelli, Curriculum and Instruction
  • Katie Friesen, Educational Leadership and Research Methodology

Subcommittee Curriculum Issues

  • Lisa Finnegan, Subcommittee Curriculum Issues
  • Lilyanna Zmijak, Communication Sciences & Disorders
  • Hannah Bowers Parker, Counselor Education
  • Rina Bousalis, Curriculum and Instruction
  • Maysaa Barakat, Educational Leadership and Research Methodology
COE Graduate Programs Schedule And Subsequent University Meetings 2025-2026 - (Updated August 2025)

Documents

Forms

Graduate Curriculum Forms

Student Petition Form

GPC Current Meetings Agendas & Minutes

2025 - 2026

2024 - 2025

2023 - 2024

2022 - 2023

2021 - 2022

2020 - 2021

Library Committee

Parrish Bush, Chair Â鶹ŮÀÉ Libraries (CSD)
Tom O'Brien, Chair Â鶹ŮÀÉ Libraries (CI)
Marina Lee Narvaez, Chair Â鶹ŮÀÉ Libraries (ELRM)
Christy Timm Fulkerson Communication Sciences & Disorders
Carman Gill (Boca) Counselor Education
Ruya Savuran (Boca) Curriculum and Instruction
Nicole Contreras-Garcia (Boca) Educational Leadership and Research Methodology
John Hardman (Jupiter/Davie) Educational Leadership and Research Methodology
Jim Forgan (Jupiter) Special Education
Brianna Miller (Boca) Special Education
Susannah Brown (Boca) Curriculum and Instruction
Patricia Willems (Davie) Curriculum and Instruction

Non-tenure Track Promotion 2026 - 2027

Robyn Klein (Chair) Curriculum and Instruction
Carman Gill Counselor Education
Kelly Steele Communication Sciences and Disorders
Rangasamy Ramasamy Special Education
John Hardman Educational Leadership and Research Methodology
Michael DeDonno (Ex-officio) Assistant Dean of Research

Promotion & Tenure 2026 - 2027

Deborah Floyd (Chair) Educational Leadership and Research Methodology
Ali Asghar Danesh Communication Sciences and Disorders
Michael Frain Counselor Education
Bessie P. Dernikos Curriculum and Instruction
Lisa Finnegan Special Education
Last modified: May 04 2026.

Research Committee

Michael Frain Counselor Education
Meredith Mountford Educational Leadership and Research Methodology
Joseph C. Gagnon Special Education
Ali Danesh Communication Sciences and Disorders
David Kumar Curriculum and Instruction
Rick Laliberte Dean's Office
Michael DeDonno (Ex-officio) Assistant Dean of Research
Last modified: March 02 2026.

Scholarship (Departmental) Committee

Deborah Shepherd — Chair Associate Dean
Jessica Stupec OASS
Fatemeh Tabari Communication Sciences and Disorders
Carman Gill Counselor Education
John Hardman Educational Leadership and Research Methodology
Jack Scott Special Education
Rina Bousalis Curriculum and Instruction
Last modified: August 06 2026.

Undergraduate Programs Committee

Undergraduate Programs Committee (UPC) 2026-2027 Academic Year

Yash Bhagwanji, Chair Curriculum and Instruction

Undergraduate Programs Committee Members/Representatives

Alex Fields Counselor Education
Yash Bhagwanji Curriculum and Instruction
Cristobal Salinas Educational Leadership and Research Methodology
Katie Miller Special Education
Terry Clark Communication Sciences and Disorders

Due Dates for New Course/Program Requests and Course/Program Change Requests*

  • August 14, 2026
  • September 28, 2026
  • October 9, 2026
  • November 9, 2026
  • January 9, 2027
  • January 29, 2027
  • February 28, 2027
  • March 29, 2027

* While UPC accepts requests on a rolling basis, these dates represent the latest dates that will provide enough time for the committee to review and make decisions prior to the upcoming due dates for UUPC review. Submissions to the COE UPC, however, do not guarantee approval of requests; submissions therefore should be made earlier rather than later in order to accommodate for time that may be required to address any recommendations for revisions. This strategy will also be helpful in case UUPC has recommendations for revisions.

Please see University’s UUPC website for due dates for UUPC, UFS Steering Committee, and UFS Meetings.

Documents and Helpful Instructions

To access the following forms and resources please visit the University’s UUPC website. It is very important that the correct forms be completed; please consult with the UPC Chair if you are unsure of which forms to complete.

  • New Course Form
  • Change/Terminate Course Form
  • New Program or Program Change Form
  • New Combined Degree Form / Guidelines
  • Syllabus Guidelines / Syllabus Checklist
  • UUPC Guidelines and Procedures
  • Course Numbering and Other Related Information
  • New Degree Program Forms
  • Degree Termination, Inactivation, Reactivation Forms
  • Provost Memorandum: Definition of a Credit Hour

COE Representatives to University Committees 2026-2027

Chair: Dawn Rothe (SW&CJ)

Members:

  • Evan Bennett (A&L)
  • (EDU)
  • Kevin Lanning (HON)
  • Ceylan Isgor (MED)
  • Beth Pratt (NUR)
  • Wolfgang Tichy (SCI)
  • Thomas O'Brien (LIB) 
  • Roland Kidwell (BUS)
  • Masoud Lashaki (ENG)
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Chair: Kim Dunn (Business)

Members:
  • Stacie Lee Rossow (A&L, AY 25-27)
  • Meredith Mountford (ED, AY 25-27)
  • Zhijun Yin (SCI, AY 25-27)
  • Fred Hoffman (SCI, AY 26-28)
  • Sharon Darling (ED, AY 26-28)
  • Ramesh Teegavarapu (EE, AY 26-28)
  • Ken Dawson-Scully (non-voting), ex-officio and Provost
  • Jayson Iroff (non-voting), ex-officio and Vice President for Financial Affairs, CFO

Meeting Schedule & Learn More

Chair: Arthur Sementelli (A&L) 

Members:
  • David Fang/Soyoung Park (BUS)
  • Lisa Brennan (MED)
  • (ED)
  • Lincoln Sloas (SW&CJ)
  • Raquel Assis (ENG)
  • Patricia Fiorillo (LIB)
  • Beth King (NUR)
  • Marianne Porter (SCI)

Learn More

Click HERE to be directed to the Graduate Programs Committee Webpage 

Chair: Evangelos Kaisar (ENG)

Members:
  • Eileen Ariza (EDU)
  • Kevin Lanning (HON)
  • Wen Shen (MED)
  • Armiel Suriaga (NUR)
  • Neela Manage (BUS)
  • Gabriel Cesar (SW&CJ)   
  • Shane Eason (A&L)
  • Anton Oleinik (SCI)

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Faculty Members
  • Angela Nichols—Arts and Letters
  • Laura Winn—Arts and Letters
  • Julia Higgs—Business
  • Daniel Cornely—Business
  • Anita Pennathur—Business
  • Bruce Arneklev—Criminology
  • Kelly Emelianchik-Key—Education
  • Khaled Sobhan—Engineering and Computer Science
  • Michael DeDonno—Medicine
  • B. Sue Grave—Science

Academic/Athletic Staff
  • Office of General Counsel — TBD
  • Office of UG Admissions — Maura Flaschner
  • Dean of UG Studies — Dan Meeroff
  • Presidential Appointments — Steve Engle, Eric Shaw
  • Student-Athlete — TBD
  • Compliance — John Stephenson
  • Athletic Academic Support — Toya Ballard
  • Office of the Provost — Geoffrey Johnson
  • Athletic Directors — Brian White, Mary Giardina
What the IAC Does?

Academic Performance:
  • Evaluation and comparison of academic metrics
  • Evaluation of qualifications of newly admitted student-athletes
  • Template for documenting medical absences
  • Policy for handling missed appointments
Institutional Control:
  • Ongoing mandatory compliance review
  • Name, image, likeness protocol
  • Procedure for investigating potential infractions
  • Implementation of recommendations from compliance reviews
  • Monitoring of transfer portal and conduct of Varsity Blues audits
Student-Athlete Welfare:
  • Mental health awareness and resources
  • Monitoring of time management
  • Monitoring of transfer portal
Intercollegiate Athletics Committee Bylaws

Chair: Suzie Kaye (NUR)

Members:
  • TBD (A&L)
  • Alan Kunz Lomelin (SW&CJ)
  • David Javakhadze (BUS)
  • (EDU)
  • Isaac E. Elishakoff (ENG)
  • WairimÅ© Ngaruiya Njambi (Fall)/ Benjamin Keoseyan (Spring) (HON)
  • Jerrel Horn (LIB)
  • Ashley Artese (SCI)
  • Michelle Knecht (MED)
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Chair: Vicki Brown (AY 25-27)

Members:
  • Eric Dumbaugh (AY 25-27)
  • Meredith Mountford (AY 25-27)
  • Angela Nichols (AY 25-27)
  • Morgan Cooley (AY 26-28)
  • Richard Gendler (AY 26-28)
  • Kim Dunn (Past President)
  • Stephen Engle (non-voting), Vice Provost

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Chair: Dawn Rothe (SW&CJ)

Members:
  • Patricia Kollander (A&L)
  • Warren McGovern (HON)
  • (EDU)
  • Lawrence Toll (MED)
  • Ping Cheng (BUS)
  • Ruth Tappen (NUR)
  • Tanja Godenschwege (SCI *subject to change in the fall)
  • Oren Masory (ENG)

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Chair: Tina Penhollow (SCI)

Members:
  • Stephen Charbonneau (A&L)
  • Maya Thevenot (BUS)
  • Borko Furht (ENG)
  • (EDU)
  • Andia Chaves Fonnegra (HON/HBOI)
  • Sunghae Ress (LIB)
  • Katherine Heinze (NUR)
  • Maria Mejia (MED)
  • Morgan Cooley (SW&CJ)
  • Gregg Fields (VP for Research)
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Chair: William Trapani (President)

Members:
  • Bruce Arneklev (AY 25-27)
  • Carla Calarge (AY 25-27)
  • David Newman (AY 25-27)
  • Chris Beetle (AY 26-28)
  • LeaAnne DeRigne (AY 26-28)
  • Meredith Mountford (AY 26-28)
  • Kim Dunn (Past-President)
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Chair: 

Members:
  • Will McConnell (A&L)
  • Julia Higgs (BUS)
  • (EDU)
  • Yalan Liu (ENG)
  • Terje Hill (HON)
  • Larry Mello (LIB)
  • Elizabeth Adenmosun (NUR)
  • Sigal Rubin (SW&CJ)
  • Korey Sorge (SCI)
Learn More

Click HERE to be directed to the Undergraduate Programs Committee Webpage 

Chair: Art Sementelli (A&L) 

Members:
  • Eric Berlatsky (A&L) 
  • Ajay Bommareddy (MED) 
  • David Fang/Soyoung Park (BUS)
  • (EDU)
  • Danielle Groton (SWCJ) 
  • Masoud Lashaki (ENG)
  • David Newman (NUR)
  • Marianne Porter (SCI)
  • Audri Pabustan (LIB)
  • Deenah Ilario (GPSA)
Learn More

Click HERE to be directed to the University Graduate Council Webpage

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