{"id":177110,"date":"2022-04-08T09:00:37","date_gmt":"2022-04-08T13:00:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/gso\/?page_id=177110"},"modified":"2025-12-30T08:40:05","modified_gmt":"2025-12-30T13:40:05","slug":"faculty-committee-membership","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/gso\/about\/faculty-committee-membership\/","title":{"rendered":"Faculty Committee Membership"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Bold<\/strong> = Committee Chair  | Italic<\/em> = Ex Officio Member<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Student Admissions and Review<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Deals with graduate student admissions processes (meets weekly in spring, as needed in fall).
Becky Robinson<\/a>
<\/strong>Roxanne Beinart<\/a>
Jaime Palter<\/a>
Art Spivack<\/a>
Princess Metuge<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Dean’s Advisory Committee<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Helps advise the dean on mission-critical decisions.
Tatiana Rynearson<\/a><\/strong>
Chris Kincaid<\/a>
Martha McConnell<\/a>
Art Spivack<\/a>
Bob Campbell<\/a>
Nick Pizzo<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Community Building & Engagement<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Makes the Bay Campus more just, equitable, diverse, and inclusive.
Rainer Lohmann<\/a> <\/strong>
Fenix Garcia Tigreros<\/a><\/strong>
Jaime Palter<\/a> <\/strong>(Interim)
Kelton<\/a> McMahon<\/a>
Becky Robinson<\/a>
Jim Yoder<\/a>
Kris Lewis<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Promotion and Tenure<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Brice Loose<\/a><\/strong>
Kelton<\/a> McMahon<\/a>
Tetsu Hara<\/a>
Chris Roman<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Educational Policy<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

J.P. Walsh<\/strong><\/a>
Kei Inomura<\/a>
Martha McConnell
<\/a>Nick Pizzo<\/a>
Hongjie Wang<\/a>
Taylor Elpers<\/a> (Student seat)
Rebecca Lippitt <\/a>(Student seat)
Rob Pockalny<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Space and Facilities<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Matt Wei<\/a><\/strong>
Kathy Donohue<\/a>
Katie Kelley<\/a>
Brice Loose<\/a>
Susanne Menden-Deuer<\/a>
Jason Dahl
Dave Palazzetti<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Ship Operations and R.I. Endeavor Program<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Melissa Omand<\/a>
<\/strong>Roxanne Beinart<\/a>
Bob Campbell<\/a>
Steve D\u2019Hondt<\/a>
Adam Soule<\/a>
Jim Yoder<\/a> (Chair, RIEP proposal review subcommittee)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Small Boats<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Chris Kincaid<\/a><\/strong>
Candace Oviatt<\/a>
Brennan Phillips<\/a>
Chris Roman<\/a>
Lew Rothstein<\/a>
Dave Ullman<\/a>
Mingxi Zhou<\/a>
Brian Caccioppoli<\/em><\/a> (small boat manager)
Anya Hanson<\/em><\/a> (dive coordinator)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Safety and Sustainability<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Rainer Lohmann<\/a><\/strong>
Jeremy Collie<\/a>
Isaac Ginis<\/a>
Yang Shen<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Seawater Oversight<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Dina Proestou
<\/a><\/strong>Tatiana Rynearson<\/a>
<\/a><\/strong>Jon Puritz
Candace Oviatt<\/a>
Jan Rines<\/a>
Colleen Suckling
<\/a>Andy Davies<\/a>
<\/a>Hongjie Wang<\/a>
Ed Baker<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Faculty Senate<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Lew Rothstein<\/a> (2022-25)
David Smith<\/a> (2023-26)
Matt Wei<\/a> (2024-27)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Graduate Council Representative<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Yang Shen<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Representative to the University Corporation of Atmospheric Research (UCAR)<\/b><\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Jaime Palter<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Academic Affairs Diversity Task Force (AADTF)<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

TBD<\/p>\n\n\n\n

University Diversity Council<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Tatiana Rynearson<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Awards Committee<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Adam Soule<\/b><\/a>
Paula Bontempi<\/a>
J.P. Walsh<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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