Collegiate Council

As specified in the ARHU Plan of Organization, the Collegiate Council is the chief body of shared governance of the college. Each academic unit in the college elects one member (and one alternate who attends and votes in the absence of the elected representative) from among its faculty. In addition, representatives of professional-track faculty, graduate and undergraduate students, exempt and non-exempt staff serve on the Council. Council members shall serve two-year terms and no member shall serve more than two successive terms. The Dean and the Dean's representatives, if any, shall have voice, but not vote, in the Collegiate Council.

To act as the chief representative and advocate of the constituent members of the College.
To consult with the Dean, academic and administrative unit heads, and other administrators regarding academic and administrative matters before the College.
To communicate matters of academic and administrative policy to College's constituent members.
To solicit information and opinion of the College constituent members on academic and administrative matters before the College.
To participate in crafting, periodic revision, and approval of the College strategic plan.
To promote excellence in instruction, research, and creative activities, and to advise the Dean on long-range plans for the professional and physical development of the College.
To administer the regular or special election of PTK representatives to the Senate and all faculty, staff, and student At-Large representatives to the Collegiate Council, consistent with the procedures in this Plan and the Plan of Organization for Shared Governance at the University of Maryland, College Park.
To facilitate communication among the constituent units and members of the College.
To oversee the periodic review of the College Plan of Organization, as specified in Article VIII.
To oversee amendments to the College Plan of Organization, as specified in Article XI.
To review and approve unit-level plans of organization, as specified in Article VIII.
To elect representatives to the Administrative Council, the Academic Planning and Advisory Committee, and the Technology Advisory Committee, as provided in this Plan.
To supply the Dean with slates of candidates from which the Dean may consider appointments to the councils, committees, task forces, and other administrative, deliberative, and/or advisory bodies described in this plan.
To advise the Provost and any committee appointed by the Provost on the selection or renewal of the Dean of the College. This function includes, but is not limited to: advising the Provost on procedures for the search, forwarding the names of candidates to be considered by the search committee, forwarding concerns of the faculty of the College on matters regarding the selection of Dean, and responding to requests from the search committee for evaluation of the candidates.

Stephanie Shonekan, Dean (ex-officio)
Trevor Parry-Giles, Associate Dean, ARHU (ex-officio)
Kate Keeney, Associate Professor, Theatre, Dance and Performance Studies (Chair)
Sahar Khamis, Associate Professor, Communication (Vice Chair)
Omar Agha, Assistant Professor, Linguistics
Wendy Bernard, ARHU Staff Council and Business Service Specialist, History
Robert Chiles, Senior Lecturer, History
Edward Daschle, Lecturer, English
Andrew Delfino, Senior Lecturer, English
Mark Fitzgerald, Senior Lecturer, English
Maryl Gensheimer, Associate Professor, Art History and Archaeology
Robin Giebelhausen, Assistant Professor, Music Education
Chiara Graf, Assistant Professor, Classics
Katherine Guinness, Associate Professor, English
Madeline Hsu, Professor, History and Director, Center for Global Migration Studies
Sarah Bonnie Humud, Associate Director of Honors Humanities
Chad Infante, Associate Professor, English and Comparative Literature
Hayim Lapin, Professor, Classics and History
Chris Lewis, Assistant Clinical Professor, Languages, Literatures, and Cultures
Lourdes Milagros Long, Undergraduate Student Representative, History
Nancy Mirabel, Associate Professor, American Studies
Avia Pasternak, Associate Professor, Philosophy
Rebecca Steinberg, Graduate Student, School of Theatre, Dance, and Performance Studies
Cameron Thurston, ARHU Staff Council and Coordinator, English
Miquel Valerio, Associate Professor, Languages, Literatures, and Cultures
Maggie Williams, Lecturer, Department of Communications
Ruth Zambrana, Distinguished University Professor, Women, Gender, and Sexuality Studies

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Functions

Collegiate Council Members

Meetings

Collegiate Council Meeting Minutes