Campus Committees

Academic Integrity Committee [no longer constituted]

Charge – The LaunchBox Student Engagement Committee exists to connect Penn State Brandywine students to the programs and resources offered by the Penn State Brandywine LaunchBox. For the 2026-2027 academic year, the committee will focus on supporting and promoting the Penn State Brandywine Entrepreneurship Club’s events, student pitch, and workshops. Student involvement with the Brandywine LaunchBox makerspace on campus. And planning and participation of events for youth involvement in STEM/STEAM education.

Members

Tony Mattei, Director of Entrepreneurship & Digital Marketing – Chair
Olugbenga Adeyinka – Faculty
Falesha Ghee – Staff
Stephanie Fitzgerald – Staff
Timothy Holahan – Staff
Eshani Lee – Faculty
Kenneth Murphy – Staff
Jasmaine Price-Thornton – Staff
Patton Vo – Staff
Jonathan Westman – Faculty
Luna Yang – Faculty
Michael Yatauro – Faculty

Global Programs

Charge – This committee is charged with promoting the educational value of embedding focused immersion experiences in foreign countries within courses and often collaborates to provide such opportunities to our campus and the University.

Members

Paul Greene – Faculty (Ethnomusicology, Integrative Arts) – Chair
John Baffoe-Bonnie – Faculty (Economics)
Tina Brackett-Wood – Staff (Student Affairs)
Evan Bradley – Faculty (Psychology)
Steve Cimbala – Faculty (Political Science)
Susan Fredricks – Faculty (Communication Arts & Sciences)
Sandra Maria Lawrence – Faculty (Spanish)
Andrea Randolph-Krisova – Faculty (Kinesiology)
Julie Stanton – Faculty (Business)
Xianfang (Sharon) Tan – Faculty (Engineering) 
Luna Yang – Faculty (Business)

Scholarly and Research Communications Committee

Charge – The charge to the Scholarly & Research Communications Committee will be to help tell the stories, both on campus and through media to our region, of faculty, staff, students, and alumni who are positively impacting the world through research, scholarly activities, and engagement. This committee will be open to faculty and staff. The committee will design and implement multiple events over the course of the academic year to showcase accomplishments, to recommend ideas for ways to share stories of our research with impact (themed publications, podcasts, and so on), and to propose themes for showcasing our faculty and staff research, scholarly activities and engagement (such as sustainability, diversity, antiracism, and so on).

This committee will be convened by the Chief Academic Officer and choose a co-chair for succession planning from its current committee ranks

Members

George Eleftherakis – Faculty (Computer Science) – Chair
James Berkey – Faculty (English), Ex-Officio
Jamie Hawthorn – Staff (Development & Alumni Relations)
Godwin Izibili – Faculty (Information Sciences & Technology)
Holly Ryan – Interim CAO, Academic Affairs, Ex-Officio
Aaron Rape – Faculty (Engineering)
Shruti Shrestha – Faculty (Physics)
Karen Theveny – Faculty (Communications)
Bill Tyson – Staff (Strategic Communications)
Luna Yang – Faculty (Business)
Martin Yeh – Faculty (Information Sciences & Technology)

Teaching and Learning Committee

Charge – The charge to the Teaching & Learning Committee will be to explore ways to improve teaching and learning at Brandywine, utilizing campus data and resources.

This committee will be convened by the Chief Academic Officer and choose a co-chair for succession planning from its current committee ranks.

Members

Jennifer Zosh – Faculty (Human Development & Family Studies) Co-Chair
Shruti Shrestha – Faculty (Physics) Co-Chair
Matthew Bodek – Staff (Instructional Design)
John Brown – Faculty (Mathematics)
Laura Evans – Faculty (Human Development & Family Studies)
Amy Forsberg – Staff
Laura Guertin – Faculty (Earth Sciences)
Godwin Izibili – Faculty (Information Sciences & Technology)
Timothy Lawlor – Faculty (Physics)
Apoorva Mate – Faculty (Mathematics)
Taya Misheva – Faculty (Biology)
Lusine Mueller – Part-Time Faculty
Christina Olear – Faculty (Accounting)
Josh Phillips – Associate Director of Academic Affairs, Administrator, Ex-Officio
Kimberly Schultz – Faculty (Mathematics)

Undergraduate Research Steering Committee

Charge – The charge to this Committee is to promote and support “high-quality mentored undergraduate research, scholarship, and creative inquiry” as a high-impact practice for student success. The Committee also will promote and support professional development opportunities for faculty, staff, administrators, and students. It sponsors the Exhibition of Undergraduate Research Enterprise and Creative Accomplishment (EURECA), in collaboration with the Student Engagement Expo, and it guides student participation in Penn State’s Eastern Regional Undergraduate Research Symposium. The committee also evaluates proposals for undergraduate research funding at our campus.

NOTE: This steering committee seeks participation in the Undergraduate Research Fair from faculty, staff, and students across campus.

Members

Kurt Kistler – Faculty (Chemistry) – Co-Chair
Josh Marquit – Faculty (Psychology) – Co-Chair
James Berkey – Faculty (English)
Andrea Randolph-Krisova – Faculty (Kinesiology)
Aaron Rape – Faculty (Engineering)
Hans Schmidt – Faculty (Communications)
Rachel Skinner – Faculty (Biology)
Michael Yatauro – (Mathematics)
Martin Yeh – Faculty (Information Sciences & Technology)
Nasibeh Zohrabi – Faculty (Engineering)