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Membership AY 2024-2025

Unit Designation
Members Elected (Term of Office)
Chair
Jennifer Axe (2025)
CAS
jaxe@american.edu
Vice Chair
Stephen Silvia (2025)
SIS
ssilvia@american.edu
Past Chair
Thomas Merrill (2025)
SPA
merrill@american.edu
CAS Representative
Alison Chrisler (2026)
CAS/Health Studies
chrisler@american.edu
CAS Representative
Benjamin Djain (2026)
CAS/Literature
djain@american.edu
CAS Representative
Nathan Harshman (2026)
CAS/Physics
harshman@american.edu
CAS Representative
Laura Beers (2026)
CAS/History
beers@american.edu
KSB Representative
Sheila Bedford (2026)
KSB
bedford@american.edu
OGIS/OGPS Representative
Jeff Sosland (2025)
OGIS
sosland@american.edu
SOE Representative
Corbin Cambell (2025)
SOE
campbell@american.edu
SOC Representative
Kurt Braddock (2025)
SOC
braddock@american.edu
SIS Representative
Douaa Sheet (2026)
SIS
dsheet@american.edu
SPA Representative
Alan Levine (2025)
SPA
alevine@american.edu
University Library
Clarissa Ihssen (2025)
University Library
ihssen@american.edu
WCL Representative
Benjamin Leff (2026)
WCL
bleff@american.edu
At-Large Representative
Tricia Bacon (2025)
SPA
bacon@american.edu
At-Large Representative
Jim Quirk (2025)
SPA/term only seat
jquirk@american.edu
At-Large Representative
John Bracht (2026)
CAS
jbracht@american.edu
At-Large Representative
Mary Switalski (2026)
CAS
meswitalski@american.edu
At-Large Representative
Chris Tudge (2025)
CAS/Biology
ctudge@american.edu
Chair, Committee on Learning Assessment (COLA)
Tracy Spesia (2025)
SOC
specia@american.edu
Chair, Committee on Faculty Actions (CFA)
Justin Jacobs (2025)
CAS
jjacobs@american.edu
Chair, Committee on Undergraduate Curriculum (UCC)
Dario Bernardini (2025)
SOC
dariob@american.edu
Chair, Committee on Graduate Curriculum (GCC)
Beverly Peters (2025)
OGPS
bpeters@american.edu
Chair, Committee on Information Services (CIS)
Susan George (2025)
CAS
smgeorge@american.edu
Chair, Committee on Academic Budget & Benefits (CABB)
Jason Snyder (2025)
SOE
jtsnyder@american.edu
Chair, Faculty Committee on Inclusive Excellence & (FacCIE)
William Brent (2025)
CAS
brent@american.edu
Chair, Committee on Term Faculty Affairs (CTFA)
Terry Bryant (2025)
SOC
bryant@american.edu
Chair, Committee on Scholarship (COS)
Rachel Borchardt (2025)
UL
borchardt@american.edu
Acting Provost
Vicky Wilkins*
wilkins@american.edu
Dean of Faculty
Monica Jackson *
monica@american.edu

* Ex officio, non-voting member