Academic Integrity Committee
Charge – The charge to the Academic Integrity Committee is to be the general motivator for campus discussions on Academic Integrity and how to best uphold it. Specific goals are the Academic Integrity Committee are to: be functional home of AI hearings, broadly promote faculty understanding of AI policies & tactics, support faculty in communicating and promoting AI messaging overall and serve as a resource for faculty desiring clarification or advice.
Members
Angela Putman – Faculty (Communication Arts & Sciences) – Chair
John Baffoe-Bonnie – Faculty (Economics)
Earl Catagnus, Jr – Faculty (Information Sciences & Technology)
Stephen Cimbala – Faculty (Political Science)
Julie Gallagher – Faculty (History & American Studies)
Gary Miller – Staff (Student Affairs)
BC Ben Park – Faculty (HDFS)
Kim Schultz – Faculty (Mathematics)
Xianfang Tan – Faculty (Engineering)
Elizabeth Womack – Faculty (English)
Brandywine LaunchBox Student Engagement Committee
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 2024-2025 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
Nannette D'Imperio – Faculty
Stephanie Fitzgerald – Staff
Jane Homan – Staff
Vincent Perez – Faculty
Jasmaine Price-Thornton – Staff
Sam Pezzimenti – Faculty
Aaron Rape – Faculty
Patton Vo – Staff
Luna Yang – Faculty
Center for Social Impact Student Engagement Committee - New in 2024-2025
Charge – The Center for Social Impact Student Engagement Committee is to promote student participation in The Center for Social Impact's programs and partnerships by fostering cross-campus and interdisciplinary collaborations with Brandywine's academic programs and courses, research and scholarship, service and leadership, and to showcase this student participation in the campus' annual Student Engagement Expo. This Committee also will assist in identifying potential seed grants, external funding opportunities, and public-private partnerships. This Committee will be chaired by the Director and comprised of up to seven (7) members, open to interested faculty, staff, and members of the campus community. The Chairs/Co-Chairs of the Chancellor's Commissions on Equity by Design and Chancellor's Commission on Sustainability may serve as ex-officio members.
Members
Stephanie Jones, Director of Student Affairs – Chair
Co-Chair – To Be Named
Christina Billie – Staff
Don Brennan – Staff
Marinda Harrell-Levy – Faculty
Jasmaine Price-Thornton – Staff
Shawn Riley – Staff
Bill Tyson – Staff
Patton Vo – Staff
Ex-Officio Members
Michael Sturm – Faculty Co-Chair, Chancellor’s Commission on Disability & Advancing Accessibility
Elizabeth Parrett – Staff Co-Chair, Chancellor’s Commission on Disability & Advancing Accessibility
Andrea Randolph-Krisova – Faculty Chair, Chancellor’s Commission on Empowering Women
Don Brennan – Staff Co-Chair Chancellor’s Commission on Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, and Queer (LGBTQ+) Equity
Terrie Wong – Faculty Co-Chair Chancellor’s Commission on Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, and Queer (LGBTQ+) Equity
Myeisha Matos – Staff, Co-Chair Chancellor’s Commission on Racial & Ethnic Justice
Dana Hallahan – Staff, Co-Chair Chancellor’s Commission on Racial & Ethnic Justice
Earl Catagnus – Faculty, Chair Chancellor’s Commission on Veteran & Military Success
Paul Greene – Faculty Chair, Chancellor’s Commission on Interfaith & Spiritual Inclusion | Chancellor’s Commission on Sustainability
Global Programs
Charge – To promote the educational value of embedding focused immersion experiences in foreign countries within courses.
Members
Paul Greene – Ethnomusicology, Integrative Arts – Chair
Tina Brackett-Wood – Staff, Student Affairs
Evan Bradley – Psychology
Kalpani Dissanayake – Business & Economics
Susan Fredricks – Communication Arts & Sciences
Annie Jansen – Library
Sandra Maria Lawrence – Spanish
Tony Mattei – Staff, Strategic Communications
Ben Park – Human Development & Family Studies
Andrea Randolph-Krisova – Kinesiology
Julie Stanton – Business
Scholarly and Research Communications Committee
Charge – The charge to this new Scholarly & Research Communications Committee will be to develop initial steps and ideas to better 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. Specific steps this year will be to explore ways to develop a list of the research and scholarly outputs, expertise and interests of our faculty and staff, to recommend ideas for ways to share stories of our research with impact (themed publications, podcasts, and so on), and 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
Kari Berton – Staff (Enrollment Management)
Earl Catagnus – Faculty (Information Sciences & Technology)
Falesha Ghee – Staff (Police Services)
Kassiani Kotsidou – Part-time Faculty
Jen Nesbitt – Academic Affairs, Ex-Officio
Joshua Phillips – Faculty (Communications Arts & Sciences)
Shruti Shrestha – Faculty (Physics)
Karen Theveny – Faculty (Communications)
Bill Tyson – Staff (Strategic Communications)
Michael Yatauro – Faculty (Mathematics)
Pauline Thompson – Faculty (Psychology)
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
Laura Guertin – Faculty (Earth Sciences) – Chair
James Berkey – Faculty (English), Ex-Officio
Matthew Bodek – Staff (Instructional Design)
Apoorva Mate – Faculty (Mathematics)
Jen Nesbitt – Administrator, Ex-Officio
Aaron Rape – Faculty (Engineering)
Kimberly Schultz – Faculty (Mathematics)
Shruti Shrestha – Faculty (Physics)
Jennifer Zosh – Faculty (Human Development & Family Studies)
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, and serves a significant role in EURECA and how it relates to and feeds into Penn State’s Eastern Regional Undergraduate Research Symposium.
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)
Kalpani Dissanayake – Faculty (Business & Economics)
Aaron Rape – Faculty (Engineering)
Hans Schmidt – Faculty (Communications)
Michael Yatauro – (Mathematics)
Martin Yeh – Faculty (Information Sciences & Technology)
Nasibeh Zohrabi – Faculty (Engineering)