Faculty Council Membership 2023–24
Faculty Council Officers
Kimberly A.S. Howard
Chair
Professor, Counseling Psychology, Wheelock College of Education & Human Development
Kevin Smith
Vice-Chair
Professor, Physics, College of Arts & Sciences
Luz Marilis López
Secretary-Treasurer
Clinical Professor, School of Social Work
Faculty Council Committee Chairs
Andy Andres
Co-Chair, Undergraduate Affairs Committee
Chair, Sustainability Committee
Master Lecturer, Natural Sciences & Mathematics, College of General Studies
Paul Barbone
Co-Chair, Graduate Affairs Committee
Professor, Mechanical Engineering, College of Engineering
Jeffrey Furman
Co-Chair, Faculty Policies Committee
Associate Professor, Strategy & Innovation, Questrom School of Business
Jeffrey Gavornik
Chair, Administrative Policies Committee
Assistant Professor, Biology, College of Arts & Sciences
Donna McLaughlin
Chair, Credentials & By-Laws Committee
Clinical Associate Professor, School of Social Work
George J. Murphy
Co-Chair, Research & Scholarly Activities Committee
Associate Professor and Director of Research, Section of Hematology and Oncology, Medicine, Chobanian & Avedisian School of Medicine
Pinelopi Pani
Chair, Teaching & Learning Resources Committee
Clinical Assistant Professor, General Dentistry, Goldman School of Dental Medicine
Marnie Reed
Chair, Awards Committee
Clinical Professor, Language Education, Wheelock College of Education & Human Development
Brigitte Ritter
Chair, Compensation & Benefits Committee
Assistant Professor, Biochemistry, Chobanian & Avedisian School of Medicine
Karin Schon
Chair, Equity & Inclusion Committee
Assistant Professor, Anatomy & Neurobiology, Chobanian & Avedisian School of Medicine
Eleonora Villegas-Reimers
Chair, Academic Freedom Committee
Clinical Professor, Wheelock College of Education & Human Development
Leslie Will
Co-Chair, Student Life & Policies Committee
Anthony A. Gianelly Professor, Orthodontics & Dentofacial Orthopedics, Goldman School of Dental Medicine
Representatives and Alternates
Faculty Council service begins on September 1.
Chobanian & Avedisian School of Medicine
Representatives
Eric M. Brown
Assistant Professor, Mental Health Counseling & Behavioral Medicine, Graduate Medical Sciences
Christopher M. Conley
Clinical Assistant Professor, Anesthesiology
Laurie Craigen
Associate Professor, Psychiatry
Heather Edwards
Assistant Professor, Otolaryngology
Sandy-Ann Griffith
Assistant Professor, Mental Health Counseling & Behavioral Medicine, Graduate Medical Sciences
Adam B. Hall
Assistant Professor, Anatomy & Neurobiology
Zhen Jiang
Associate Professor, Pharmacology & Experimental Therapeutics
Karsten Lunze
Assistant Professor, Medicine, General Internal Medicine
Brigitte Ritter
Chair, Compensation & Benefits Committee
Assistant Professor, Biochemistry
Karin Schon
Chair, Equity & Inclusion Committee
Assistant Professor, Anatomy & Neurobiology
Kathleen Swenson
Clinical Associate Professor, Medical Sciences & Education
Sean Tallman
Assistant Professor, Anatomy & Neurobiology
Alternates
Christopher D. Andry
Professor, Pathology & Laboratory Medicine
Robert Canelli
Assistant Professor, Anesthesiology
Charlene Julien
Assistant Professor, Family Medicine
Hee-Young Park
Professor, Dermatology, Graduate Medical Sciences
Valentina Sabino
Professor, Pharmacology & Experimental Therapeutics
Kushak Suchdev
Assistant Professor, Neurobiology
College of Arts & Sciences
Representatives
Abigail Gillman
Professor, World Languages & Literatures
Katherine Lakin-Schultz
Master Lecturer, Romance Studies
Leonid Levin
Professor, Computer Science
Edward Loechler
Professor, Biology
Philip Muirhead
Associate Professor, Astronomy
Neil Myler
Associate Professor, Linguistics
Meers Oppenheim
Professor, Astronomy
Kelly Polychroniou
Master Lecturer, Classical Studies
Alternates
Diane Allenberg
Senior Lecturer, Writing Program
Angelica Avcikurt
Senior Lecturer, Romance Studies
Brandy Barents
Lecturer, Writing Program
Laura Brusetti McGinn
Master Lecturer, Romance Studies
Anushya Chandran
Associate Professor, Physics
Thomas Oller
Senior Lecturer, Writing Program
Malavika Shetty
Lecturer, Writing Program
Brian Walsh
Senior Lecturer, Writing Program & Core Curriculum
Lillie Webb
Lecturer, Romance Studies
College of Communication
Representatives
Hayes Jackson
Assistant Professor, Film & Television
Joyce Walsh
Associate Professor of the Practice, Mass Communication
Alternates
Judy Austin
Associate Professor, Mass Communication
Brooke Williams
Associate Professor of the Practice, Journalism
College of Engineering
Representatives
Paul Barbone
Co-Chair, Graduate Affairs Committee
Professor, Mechanical Engineering
David Starobinski
Professor, Electrical & Computer Engineering
Alternates
Richard Brower
Professor, Electrical & Computer Engineering
Ray Nagem
Associate Professor, Mechanical Engineering
Joshua Semeter
Professor, Electrical & Computer Engineering
Michael L. Smith
Associate Professor, Biomedical Engineering
College of General Studies
Faculty of Computing & Data Sciences
Henry M. Goldman School of Dental Medicine
Representatives
Ana Keohane
Clinical Assistant Professor, General Dentistry
Vasiliki Maseli
Clinical Associate Professor, General Dentistry
Debashree Saxena
Clinical Assistant Professor, General Dentistry
Alternates
Peixi Liao
Clinical Associate Professor, Restorative Sciences & Biomaterials
Konstantinos Michalakis
Professor, Restorative Sciences & Biomaterials
Goli Parsi
Clinical Associate Professor, Orthodontics & Dentofacial Orthopedics
Pardee School of Global Studies
Questrom School of Business
Representatives
Alan Cohen
Research Professor, Markets, Public Policy & Law
Jeff Furman
Co-Chair, Faculty Policies Committee
Associate Professor, Strategy & Innovation
Shulamit Kahn
Professor, Markets, Public Policy & Law
Alternates
Megan Macgarvie
Associate Professor, Markets, Public Policy & Law
Aaron Stevens
Senior Lecturer, Finance & Economics
Hao Xing
Associate Professor, Finance & Economics
Sargent College of Health & Rehabilitation Sciences
School of Hospitality Administration
Representative
Richard Currie
Assistant Professor, Hospitality Finance & Revenue Management
Alternate
Mabel Bai
Assistant Professor, Hospitality Finance & Revenue Management
School of Social Work
Representative
Donna McLaughlin
Chair, Credentials & By-Laws Committee
Clinical Associate Professor
Alternate
Thomas Byrne
Associate Professor
Wheelock College of Education & Human Development
CELOP (non-voting member)