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Arts and Sciences

The College of Arts and Sciences Faculty Council

consists of one elected councilor from each of the 21 college departments and 3 career-track councilors representing each of the college's three pillars.
Councilors are elected to serve a three-year term. The CASFC carries out the functions and responsibilities assigned to it by the College Faculty and Administration, insuring that channels of communication are established and maintained. The CASFC considers matters referred to it by the Dean, by the OSU Faculty Council or by members of the college faculty, as well as initiates studies of matters within the concern of the college faculty and makes recommendations to the Dean, to the college faculty and to OSU Faculty Council.
The CASFC has seven standing committees. See committee rosters below. The council meets 3:30-5:00 pm the first Wednesday of the fall semester and then the first Wednesday of every month September-December and February-May.
2025-26 ASFC Councilors

Meet Your Faculty Council Officers

Council Members 2025-26

Jennifer Borland

Art, Graphic Design and Art History

Sherri Norton

Communication Sciences and Disorders

Ryan DeTamble

Political Science

Sangyoon Li

Statistics

Natasa Kaurin-Karaca, Music

Non-Tenure Track—Arts and Humanities Pillar

Brandon Spencer, Geology

Non-Tenure Track—Math and Sciences Pillar

Sasha Hanrahan, Psychology

Non-Tenure Track—Social Sciences Pillar

Standing Committees

  1. College Policy and Planning
  2. Curriculum, General Education, and Outreach
  3. Non-Tenure Track Faculty Committee
  4. Reappointment, Promotion and Tenure
  5. Rules and Procedures
  6. Sabbatical Leave
  7. Scholarship

Standing committees are permanent and are the Faculty Council's operating agents. Except for the Reappointment, Tenure and Promotion Committee and the Sabbatical Leave Committee, the standing committees formulate and recommend actions, policies and procedures for approval by the Faculty Council, which in turn makes recommendations to the Dean. As they make recommendations concerning personnel matters, the Tenure and Promotion Committee and the Sabbatical Leave Committee report directly to the Dean.

Ad Hoc Committees may be appointed by the chair of the Faculty Council whenever necessary. This action is submitted to the Faculty Council for approval at its next meeting. The term of an Ad Hoc Committee expires after the meeting at which its final report is accepted by the Faculty Council.

College Policy and Planning
Department/PositionOperating Agent
ChairMarianna Patrauchan
EnglishSara Loss
GeolTracy Quan
MathMike Oerhtman
MusicChristiaan Bester
SocAshley Railey
Curriculum Committee
Department/PositionOperating Agent
ChairAndrew Kimbrough
ArtJenny Ramirez
CDISLeslie Baldwin
CSRittika Shamsuddin
GeogDon Colley
PhysicsAlexander Khanov
TheatreAndrew Kimbrough
Associate Dean Academic ProgramsTy Hawkins
Associate Dean Academic ServicesAmy Martindale
Non-Tenure Track Faculty
Department/PositionOperating Agent
ChairBrandon Spencer—Geography
AHUM-CEric Howerton—English
AHUM-ATBD
NMS-ABrandon Spencer—Geography
NMS-DKim Zoldak - Physics
SOCS-BTBD
SOCS-CChris Drohan—Philosophy
Optional Member
Optional Member

Reappointment, Promotion and Tenure

Members must be tenured-majority full professors

Department/PositionOperating Agent
Co-Chair
BiologyMatteo Minghetti (Assoc)
EnglishSarah Beth Childers (Assoc)
GeologyJavier Vilcaez Perez (Full)
HistoryYongtao Du (Full)
MathematicsJaEun Ku (Full)
MusicHoward Potter (Full)
MSCDylan McLemore Assoc)
PsychologyLucia Ciciolla (Assoc)
SociologyAndrew Fullerton (Full)
ChemistrySmita Mohanty (Full)

Rules and Procedures

Department/PositionOperating Agent
ChairJoe Haley
BiologyElisa Casadei
CDISMandie Harris
LanguagesJonathan Ludwig
Political ScienceSteve Nemeth
StatisticsZeyi Wang
TheatreJason Estala

Sabbatical Leave

Department/PositionOperating Agent
Chair
LanguagesEric Turcat
MicrobiologyBabu Fathepure
PhilosophyEric Reitan
Political ScienceDanny Atkinson
StatisticsJosh Habiger

Scholarship

Department/PositionOperating Agent
ChairSheri Norton
ArtAndy Mattern
ChemistryNick Materer
Computer ScienceSadiq Al Buhamood
GeographyBrad Bays
HistoryDavid Andrea