Research

Responsibilities

From the University Senate Bylaws, Article VII. Committees:

Section 7. Committee on Research

1. The Committee on Research shall be composed of the Executive Vice President for Academic Affairs and Provost; the Vice President for Research and Economic Development; the Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer; one student who is a member of the Senate; one staff senator; and at least twenty-six (26) faculty senators as follows: six (6) members from the College of Arts and Sciences, three (3) members each from the J. Mack Robinson College of Business, and the College of Education and Human Development; one (1) member each from Perimeter College, the Byrdine F. Lewis College of Nursing and Health Professions, the College of the Arts, the College of Law; the Andrew Young School of Policy Studies; and the School of Public Health; with the remaining members selected at large.
2. The duties of this committee shall be to review, revise, and propose research policies, programs, and services.
3. The committee shall elect a chair within ten (10) working days after the election of a new committee.

Members

• Executive VP for Academic Affairs and Provost Nicolle Parsons-Pollard 
• VP for Research and Economic Development Tim Denning
• Executive VP and Chief Operating Officer Jared Abramson 
• Student (member of the Senate) 
  
• Staff senator Marco Vargas

At least 26 faculty members as follows:

• Arts and Sciences Margo Brinton
• Arts and Sciences Candace Kemp
• Arts and Sciences Xiaojun Cao
• Arts and Sciences Nadine Kabengi
• Arts and Sciences Anne Murphy
• Arts and Sciences Alex Zelikovsky
  
• Arts Craig Dongoski
• Business William Robinson
• Business Yusen Xia
• Education and Human Development Cynthia Puranik
• Education and Human Development Joe Magliano
• Education and Human Development  Ken Rice
• Law Jack Williams
• Nursing and Health Professions Pey-Shan Wen
• Perimeter Tracienne Ravita
• Policy Studies Janelle Bassett
• Public Health  Jidong Huang
  
• At large (A&S) Eric Gaucher
• At large (A&S) Hang Shi
• At large (A&S) MaryAnn Romski
• At large (A&S) Zhipeng Cai
• At large (A&S)  Lynee Gaillet
• At large (A&S) Jelena Subotic
• At large (A&S) Xiaochun He
• At large (A&S) Rose Sevcik (Chair)
• At large (A&S) Desmond Goss
• At large (A&S) Scott Lightsey
• At large (A&S) Yi Jiang
• At large (A&S) Jun Kong
• At large (A&S) John Horgan
• At large (A&S) Amy Spring
• At large (A&S) John Horgan
• At large (CEHD) Janice Fournillier
• At large (IBMS) Andrew Gewirtz
• At large (IBMS) Hongyu Qiu
• At large (LIB) Denise George
• At large (NHP) Desiree Wanders
• At large (NHP) Veronica Rowe
• At large (PER)  Melody Kelley
• At large Policy Studies Vjollca Sadiraj
• At large (RCB) John Thielman
• Administrative Assistant to the Committee: Jessica Shepherd, Research Office

Minutes