2023-2024 Committee Assignments & Service Roles

BS Program Committee
Oversees curriculum, including preparation for ABET application; helps problem solve emergent issues; nominates BS students for awards; Oversees Data Science minor courses.

• Chair: Brock Craft
  ​Members: 
  • Cindy Atman
  • Sarah Coppola
  • Alanna Daniels
  • Meghan Oxley
  • Kathleen Rascon
  • Jennifer Turns

MS/UCD Program Committee
Oversees curriculum; helps problem solve emergent issues; nominates MS students for awards.

• Co-Chairs: Daniela Rosner & Mark Zachry
  ​Members:
  • Alanna Daniels
  • Gary Hsieh
  • Alex Llapitan
  • David McDonald
  • Kathleen Rascon

PhD Oversight Committee
Oversees curriculum; helps problem solve emergent issues; nominates PhD students for awards.

• Chair: Sean Munson
  ​Members:
  • Sucheta Ghoshal
  • Charlotte Lee
  • Nadya Peek
  • Kathleen Rascon

Infrastructure Committee
Monitoring and occasional updating of the space policy; Makes recommendations on updates to space assignments and investment of space improvement; Makes recommendations about department safety updates; Makes decisions on technology investment and development of department makerspaces.

• Chair: Nadya Peek
  ​Members:
  • Cecilia Aragon
  • Sarah Coppola
  • Brock Craft
  • Scott Rivers
  • Jane Skau

Research & Scholarship Committee
Identifies and implements strategies for promoting and supporting research and scholarship within HCDE; Plans HCDE Distinguished Lecture; Contributes to Research Discussion Seminar.

• Co-Chairs: Gary Hsieh & Kate Starbird
  ​Members:
  • Sayamindu Dasgupta
  • Charlotte Lee
  • Leah Pistorius

Faculty Support Committee
Oversees execution of faculty mentoring plan; Reviews the peer teaching evaluation policy; Runs the annual merit review sessions; Nominates faculty for awards; Reviews Merit Review and Promotion & Tenure criteria/process as needed.

• Chair: Mark Zachry
  ​Members:
  • Stacia Green
  • Julie Kientz
  • Alan Marks
  • Sean Munson
  • Jennifer Turns

Diversity Committee
Monitors diversity statistics in department; Monitors departmental culture; Engages in projects to support student, faculty, and staff diversity. Elected position(s).

• Chair: Daniela Rosner
  ​Members:
  • Ana Pinto da Silva
  • Kathleen Rascon

External Partnerships Committee
Oversee and strategizes on external engagements. Includes contributing to External Advisory Board agenda, liasoning with Alumni Leadership Board. Makes recommendations for Mikey Award and Graduation Speaker.

• Chair: Beth Kolko
  ​Members:
  • Melissa Ewing
  • Sean Munson
  • Daniela Rosner
  • Kate Starbird

Outreach Committee
Oversee and strategize on department outreach activities, including Engineering Discovery Days, K-12 outreach activities, Broadening participation in research.

• ​Chair: Arpita B
  Members:
  • Katya Cherukumilli
  • Sayamindu Dasgupta
  • Melissa Ewing
  • Beth Kolko
  • Leah Pistorius