The By-Laws to the Constitution of the Faculty of Augsburg University in the Faculty Handbook list the following Standing Committees of the Faculty and their subcommittees.
The President of the university and the Provost are ex-officio members of all standing committees of the faculty.
Faculty Senate Subcommittees
Subcommittee on Committees (SOC)
- Sophia Frank, At-Large, SoH, 2026-2028
- Jayoung Koo, At-Large, SoB, 2026-2028
- Amy Larson, At-Large, SoNS, 2025-2027
- Sarah Degner Riveros, At-Large, SoHSSE, 2026-2027
Subcommittee on Compensation
- Mark Bergman, SoA, 2026-2028
- Won Yong Kim, SoB, 2025-2027
- Jennifer Mollberg, SoHSSE, 2025-2027
- Erik Steinmetz, SoNS, 2026-2028
- Michelle Ullery, SoH, 2025-2027
Subcommittee on Faculty Grievances (1-year terms)
- Su Doree, At-Large, SoNS, 2026-2027
- Sarah Greenfield, At-Large, SoHSSE, 2026-2027
Subcommittee on Personnel Policies (PPC)
- Andy Aoki, SoHSSE, 2026-2028
- Jill Dawe, SSoA, 2025-2027
- Daniel Hickox-Young, SoNS, 2026-2028
- Phyllis Kapetanakis, SoB, 2025-2027
- Christopher Mark, SoH, 2026-2028
Faculty Standing Committees
Academic Affairs Committee (AAC)
- Charles Adams, Jr, SSoA, 2026-2028
- David Crowe, SoNS, 2025-2027 (Chair)
- Melissa Hensley, At-Large, SoH, 2025-2027
- Ibrahim Keita, SoB, 2025-2027
- Lori Lohman, At-Large, SoB, 2026-2028
- Katie Martin, At-Large, SoH, 2026-2028
- Gisel Suarez Bonilla, At-Large, SoNS, 2025-2027
- Joe Underhill, SoHSSE, 2026-2028
Additional members:
TBD, Student Representative
Shayna Sheinfeld, Director of General Education
One shared vote between:
Dave Matz, Associate Provost
Chris Houltberg, Director, Schwartz School of the Arts
Ben Stottrup, Director, School of Natural Sciences
Advisory (non-voting) Members:
Tom Kelsey, University Registrar
Rebecca Nowicki-Anderson, Assistant Registrar
Kelsey Richardson Blackwell, Associate Dean of Academic Support Services
Admissions and Enrollment Committee (AEC)
- Antonio Vasquez, At-Large, SoHSSE, 2026-2028
- Jiachen Zhang, At-Large, SoNS, 2025-2027
Additional Member:
Robert Gould, Vice President for Strategic Enrollment Management
Assessment Committee
- Charles Adams, SSoA, 2025-2027
- Taryn Marashi, SoHSSE, 2026-2028 (Interim Chair, Fall)
- Jin Seo, SoH, 2026-2028 (on leave in Fall 26)
- Dan Smytka, SoB, 2026-2028
- Jason Tan-Arroyo, SoNS, 2025-2027
Additional Members:
Ben Denkinger, Assistant Dean of Assessment and Academic Analytics, (Chair, Spring)
Representative from the Strommen Center for Meaningful Work
Student Representative appointed by the Student Senate
Committee on Tenure and Promotion (CTP)
- Jenny Hanson, SSoA, 2026-2028
- Abby Hughes-Scalise, SoH, 2026-2027
- Soebin Jang, At-Large, SoB, 2025-2027 (on leave Fall 26)
- Mary Lowe, SoHSSE, 2025-2027
- Tara Mader, SoNS, 2026-2028
- Erin Sugrue, At-Large, SoH, 2026-2028
- Liaila Tajibaeva, SoB, 2026-2028
Advisory (non-voting) member:
Paula O’Loughlin, Provost and Senior Vice President
Faculty Development Committee (FDC)
- Dahn Gim, At-Large, SSoA, 2025-2027
- Rachel Lloyd, Director of the Center for Teaching and Learning (ex officio) (Chair)
- David Matz, Associate Provost (ex officio)
- Ly Thuy Nguyen, At-Large, SoHSSE, 2026-2028
- Christopher Thyberg, At-Large, SoH, 2026-2028
Graduate Academic Affairs Committee (GAAC)
- Christopher Anders (PsyD), SoH, 2025-2027
- Adriane Brown (MAL), SoHSSE, 2026-2028
- Cory Erickson (MBA), SoB, 2026-2028
- Alex Fink (MSW), SoH, 2025-2027
- Juyoung Lee (MMT), SSoA, 2026-2028
- Ryane Lester (PA/DMSci), SoH, 2025-2027
- Jason Lukasik (MAE/MAT), SoHSSE, 2026-2028
- Anna Pirsch (MAN/DNP), SoH, 2026-2027
- Lindsay Starck (MFA), SoHSSE, 2026-2028
One shared vote between:
Vanessa Bester, Director, School of Health
Jeanne Boeh, Director, School of Business
Advisory (non-voting) Members:
Tom Kelsey, University Registrar
Dave Matz, Associate Provost
Director of Graduate Recruitment
Institutional Review Board (IRB)
- Membership is appointed by the Provost and Senior Vice President for Academic and Student Affairs, not elected by the Faculty. See the IRB website.
Parliamentarian
- Joe Underhill, At-Large, SoHSSE, 2026-2027
Student Standing Committee (SSC)
- Gabriella Amberchan, At-Large, SoNS, 2026-2028
- Ashley Baber, SoHSSE, 2026-2028
- Alex Fink, At-Large, SoH, 2025-2027
- Tom Kelsey, University Registrar (Chair)
Additional Voting Members:
Director of Undergraduate Admissions
Kelsey Richardson Blackwell, Associate Dean of Academic Support Services
Technology Enhanced Learning (TEL)
- David Hall, At-Large, SoHSSE, 2026-2028
- Tara Mader, At-Large, SoNS, 2025-2027
- Michelle Ullery, At-Large, SoH, 2025-2027
Advisory (non-voting) Member:
Susan Hadjiyanis, Instructional Design Technologist
Dave Matz, Associate Provost
University Committee on Academic Planning (UCAP) (2-year Terms, effective at Culmination of Current Terms)
- George Dierberger, At-Large, SoB, 2024-2027 (Co-Chair)
- Darcey Engen, At-Large, SSoA, 2025-2028
- Audrey Lensmire, At-Large, SoHSSE, 2025-2028
- Paula O’Loughlin, Provost and Senior Vice President (Co Chair)
- Diana Soran, At-Large, SoH, 2026-2027
Additional Voting Members:
TBD, Associate Vice President and Chief Financial Officer
Robert Gould, Vice President for Strategic Enrollment Management
Marketing and Communication representative
Other Faculty Committees
University Joint Budget Working Group (BWG)
- Tim Pippert, At-Large, SoHSSE, 2025-2027