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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

Lane Greer

Biology

Don Colley

Geography

Jain Sachin

Computer Science

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/Position Operating Agent
Chair Marianna Patrauchan
English Sara Loss
Geol Tracy Quan
Math Mike Oerhtman
Music Christiaan Bester
Soc Ashley Railey
Curriculum Committee
Department/Position Operating Agent
Chair Andrew Kimbrough
Art Jenny Ramirez
CDIS Leslie Baldwin
CS Rittika Shamsuddin
Geog Don Colley
Physics Alexander Khanov
Theatre Andrew Kimbrough
Associate Dean Academic Programs Ty Hawkins
Associate Dean Academic Services Amy Martindale
Non-Tenure Track Faculty
Department/Position Operating Agent
Chair Brandon Spencer—Geography
AHUM-C Eric Howerton—English
AHUM-A TBD
NMS-A Brandon Spencer—Geography
NMS-D Kim Zoldak - Physics
SOCS-B TBD
SOCS-C Chris Drohan—Philosophy
Optional Member  
Optional Member  

Reappointment, Promotion and Tenure

Members must be tenured-majority full professors

Department/Position Operating Agent
Co-Chair  
Biology Matteo Minghetti (Assoc)
English Sarah Beth Childers (Assoc)
Geology Javier Vilcaez Perez (Full)
History Yongtao Du  (Full)
Mathematics JaEun Ku  (Full)
Music Howard Potter (Full)
MSC Dylan McLemore Assoc)
Psychology Lucia Ciciolla  (Assoc)
Sociology Andrew Fullerton  (Full)
Chemistry Smita Mohanty (Full)

Rules and Procedures

Department/Position Operating Agent
Chair Joe Haley
Biology Elisa Casadei
CDIS Mandie Harris
Languages Jonathan Ludwig
Political Science Steve Nemeth
Statistics Zeyi Wang
Theatre Jason Estala

Sabbatical Leave

Department/Position Operating Agent
Chair  
Languages Eric Turcat
Microbiology Babu Fathepure
Philosophy Eric Reitan
Political Science Danny Atkinson
Statistics Josh Habiger

Scholarship

Department/Position Operating Agent
Chair Sheri Norton
Art Andy Mattern
Chemistry Nick Materer
Computer Science Sadiq Al Buhamood
Geography Brad Bays
History David Andrea
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