Monthly Report of the Committee on Committees for March 2025
QUEENSBOROUGH COMMUNITY COLLEGE – THE CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK
Monthly Report of the Committee on Committees for March 2025
March 24, 2025
From: Ben Murolo, Chairperson of the Committee on Committees
To: Dr. Scott Litroff, Chairperson of the Academic Senate Steering Committee
I. Standing Committees of the Academic Senate
The table below provides the complete proposed rosters for the standing senate committees from 2025-2028. Those people with terms ending in 2028 were the ones who were nominated this academic year by the Committee on Committees during their February 27th, 2025 meeting to be approved by the Academic Senate at its April 8th meeting. Ballots of Nominees were sent via email to all faculty members and the Secretary of the Steering Committee on March 24th, 2025.
Committee Ballots for 2025-2028. All terms are for three years.
2025-2028: Committee on Academic Development & Elective Programs (9 Members)
|
Name |
Department |
Term Ending |
|
Rezan Akpinar |
Health, Physical Education, & Dance |
2026 |
|
Melissa Dennihy |
English |
2026 |
|
Deborah Karlin |
Academy Advisement |
2026 |
|
William Duque |
Academy Advisement |
2027 |
|
Chukwudi Ikwueze |
Social Sciences |
2027 |
|
Zeynep Akcay Ozkan |
Mathematics & Computer Science |
2027 |
|
Daniel Armstrong |
HPED |
2028 |
|
Danny Mangra |
Engineering Technology |
2028 |
|
Timothy Keogh |
History |
2028 |
2025-2028: Committee on Admissions (6 Members)
|
Name |
Department |
Term Ending |
|
Sarbani Ghoshal |
Biological Sciences & Geology |
2026 |
|
Jannette Urciuoli |
Counseling |
2026 |
|
Kristen Hoffman |
English |
2027 |
|
Aine O'Rourke |
Admissions and Recruitment |
2027 |
|
Renee Rhodd |
Transfer Resource Center |
2028 |
|
Brian Tsai |
Registrar |
2028 |
2025-2028: Committee on Assessment & Institutional Effectiveness (9 Members)
|
Name |
Department |
Term Ending |
|
Paul Marchese |
Physics |
2026 |
|
Neeraj Mehta |
Music |
2026 |
|
Stefan Spezio |
Center for Tutoring & Academic Support |
2026 |
|
Alisa Cercone |
English |
2027 |
|
Elizabeth Nercessian |
Student Success |
2027 |
|
Fei Ye |
Mathematics & Computer Science |
2027 |
|
Debra Bernstein |
Library |
2028 |
|
Qin Li |
Social Sciences |
2028 |
|
Elizabeth Gordon |
Information Technology |
2028 |
2025-2028: Committee on Awards & Scholarship (6 Members)
|
Name |
Department |
Term Ending |
|
Carrie Blank |
Marketing & Communication |
2026 |
|
Christopher Roblodowski |
Biological Sciences & Geology |
2026 |
|
Angela Gmuca |
Human Resources |
2027 |
|
Christine Pagano |
Nursing |
2027 |
|
Victoria Mcewen |
ASAP |
2028 |
|
Ashlee Klepper |
Communication, Theatre, & Media Production |
2028 |
2025-2028: Committee on Bylaws (6 Members)
|
Name |
Department |
Term Ending |
|
Rondi Davies |
Biological Sciences and Geology |
2026 |
|
Sujun Wei |
Chemistry |
2026 |
|
Shannon Kincaid |
Social Sciences |
2027 |
|
Patrick Wallach |
Mathematics & Computer Science |
2027 |
|
Mangala Tawde |
Biological Sciences & Geology |
2028 |
|
Vazgen Shekoyan |
Physics |
2028 |
2025-2028: Committee on Computer Resources (9 Members)
|
Name |
Department |
Term Ending |
|
Jonggu Moon |
Health, Physical Education, & Dance |
2026 |
|
Anuradha Srivastava |
Biological Sciences & Geology |
2026 |
|
Ronald Van Cleef |
History |
2026 |
|
Sanjay Koul |
Biological Sciences and Geology |
2027 |
|
Venessa Singhroy |
Mathematics & Computer Science |
2027 |
|
James Timbilla |
Biological Sciences & Geology |
2027 |
|
Changiz Alizadeh |
Mathematics & Computer Science |
2028 |
|
Jessica Prepetit |
Nursing |
2028 |
|
Edward Diller |
HPED |
2028 |
2025-2028: Committee on Continuing Education (6 Members)
|
Name |
Department |
Term Ending |
|
Lori Conkling |
Continuing Education & Workforce Development |
2026 |
|
Rex Taibu |
Physics |
2026 |
|
Namsik Baek |
Mathematics & Computer Sciences |
2027 |
|
Stephen Whitlock |
Biology and Geology |
2027 |
|
Celia Sporer |
Social Sciences |
2028 |
|
Suzanne Jones |
Office of Accessibility Services |
2028 |
2025-2028: Committee on Course and Standing (9 Members)
|
Name |
Department |
Term Ending |
|
JoAnne Chang |
Music |
2026 |
|
Amanda Tambe |
ASAP |
2026 |
|
Esma Yildirim |
Mathematics & Computer Science |
2026 |
|
Gina Capozzoli |
Counseling |
2027 |
|
William Ryan |
English |
2027 |
|
Mark Ulrich |
Business |
2027 |
|
Arthur Abramov |
Advisement |
2028 |
|
Madeline Ruggiero |
Library |
2028 |
|
Ewa Stelmach |
Mathematics & Computer Science |
2028 |
2025-2028: Committee on Cultural & Archival Resources (9 Members)
|
Name |
Department |
Term Ending |
|
Guozhen An |
Engineering Technology |
2026 |
|
Clarence Hall Jr. |
History |
2026 |
|
John Talbird |
English |
2026 |
|
Keba Sylla |
Social Sciences |
2027 |
|
Quintis Pinder |
Library |
2027 |
|
Brigitte Tilley |
English |
2027 |
|
Danny Sexton |
English |
2028 |
|
Denera Ragoonanan |
Office of EIB |
2028 |
|
Quintis Pinder |
Library |
2028 |
2025-2028: Committee on Curriculum (9 Members)
|
Name |
Department |
Term Ending |
|
Bonnie Flaherty |
CUNY Start |
2026 |
|
George Fragopoulos |
English |
2026 |
|
Tirandi Hemraj-Benny |
Chemistry |
2026 |
|
Jeffrey Ballerini |
International Affairs |
2027 |
|
Victoria Tomasulo |
English |
2027 |
|
Leslie Ward |
Library |
2027 |
|
Zhou Zhou |
Chemistry |
2028 |
|
Lisa Halstead |
Counseling |
2028 |
|
Adam Luedtke |
Social Sciences |
2028 |
2025-2028: Committee on eLearning (9 Members)
|
Name |
Department |
Term Ending |
|
Emily El Halouani |
Marketing & Communications |
2026 |
|
Barbara Frary |
Business |
2026 |
|
Mohammad Javdan |
Biology & Geology |
2026 |
|
Wei Lai |
Foreign Languages |
2027 |
|
Karan Puri |
Math |
2027 |
|
Angela Ridinger-Dotterman |
English |
2027 |
|
Wilfredo Moran |
Business |
2028 |
|
Deon Gibson |
Social Sciences |
2028 |
|
Jodi Van Der Horn Gibson |
Communication, Theatre, & Media Production |
2028 |
2025-2028: Committee on Environmental, Quality of Life & Disability Issues (9 Members)
|
Name |
Department |
Term Ending |
|
Parisa Assassi |
Health, Physical Education, & Dance |
2026 |
|
Jill Bellovary |
Physics |
2026 |
|
Elizabeth Mauro |
Nursing |
2026 |
|
Emily Epple |
Engineering Technology |
2027 |
|
Gisela Rivera |
Student Activities |
2027 |
|
Lucy Shi |
Accounting, Related Entities, Asset & Risk Management |
2027 |
|
Franca Ferrari |
Communication, Theatre, & Media Production |
2028 |
|
Agnieszka Tuszynska |
English |
2028 |
|
Michael DeMarco |
Social Sciences |
2028 |
2025-2028: Food Insecurity (9 Members)
|
Name |
Department |
Term Ending |
|
Philip Nelan |
Nursing |
2026 |
|
Howard Sporn |
Mathematics & Computer Science |
2026 |
|
Weier Ye |
English |
2026 |
|
Leah Anderst |
Englsh |
2027 |
|
Lorraine Cupelli |
Nursing |
2027 |
|
Emily Tai |
History |
2027 |
|
Dorith Brodbar |
Counseling |
2028 |
|
Sara Danzi-Engoron |
Biology & Geology |
2028 |
|
Katwicia Desruisseaux |
College Discovery |
2028 |
2025-2028: Committee on Library (6 Members)
|
Name |
Department |
Term Ending |
|
Howard Sporn |
Mathematics and Computer Science |
2026 |
|
Roumen Vragov |
Business |
2026 |
|
Arthur Adair |
Communication, Theatre, & Media Production |
2027 (needs leave replacement for 25-26) |
|
Jody Resko |
Social Sciences |
2027 |
|
Nathaniel Sullivan |
Art & Design |
2028 |
|
Amy Traver |
Social Sciences |
2028 |
2025-2028: Pre- College (6 Members)
|
Name |
Department |
Term Ending |
|
Guozhan An |
Engineering Technology |
2026 |
|
Elizabeth Carroll |
CUNY Start |
2026 |
|
Martina Hoyte |
Bursar |
2027 |
|
Jennifer Maloy |
English |
2027 |
|
Punita Bhansali |
Biology & Geology |
2028 |
|
Steven Cheng |
Mathematics & Computer Science |
2028 |
2025-2028: Committee on Publications (6 Members)
|
Name |
Department |
Term Ending |
|
Patrick Byers |
Social Sciences |
2026 |
|
Melida Sanchez |
Foreign Languages |
2026 |
|
Adam Volin |
Strategic Initiatives & Digital Transformation |
2027 |
|
Mark Zelcer |
Social Sciences |
2027 |
|
Wenjian Liu |
Mathematics |
2028 |
|
Elizabeth Toohey |
English |
2028 |
2025-2028: Committee on Student Activities (6 Members)
|
Name |
Department |
Term Ending |
|
Jacqueline Mulone |
Social Sciences |
2026 |
|
Sybil White |
English |
2026 |
|
Lisa Scandaliato |
Human Resources |
2027 |
|
Jun Shin |
Chemistry |
2027 |
|
Humberto Morales |
Business |
2028 |
|
Mark Schiebe |
English |
2028 |
2025-2028: Committee on Vendor Services (6 Members)
|
Name |
Department |
Term Ending |
|
Rosalinda Macaluso |
Social Sciences |
2026 |
|
Sushma Teegala |
Biological Sciences & Geology |
2026 |
|
Raymond Lam |
Engineering Technology |
2027 |
|
Ali Ragoub |
Engineering Techology |
2027 |
|
Guozhen An |
Engineering Technology |
2028 |
|
Gheorghe Proteasa |
Biological Sciences & Geology |
2028 |
2025-2028: WID WAC Committee (9 Members)
|
Name |
Department |
Term Ending |
|
Shenaz Ida |
Nursing |
2026 |
|
Susan Lago |
English |
2026 |
|
Nicole McClam |
Health, Physical Education, & Dance |
2026 |
|
Alison Mello |
Biological Sciences & Geology |
2027 |
|
Neera Mohess |
Library |
2027 |
|
James Nichols |
History |
2027 |
|
Rommel Robertson |
Social Sciences |
2028 |
|
David Rothman |
English |
2028 |
|
Emily Pelletier |
Social Sciences |
2028 |
III. Upcoming Business
- Meet in May to elect new chair and secretary for the 2025-2026 Academic Year.
- Solicit interest for eligible faculty members to join CoC and fill the vacating spots of Shannon Kincaid (Social Sciences), Jasper Lin (Art & Design), Jong Gu Moon (HPED)
Respectfully submitted,
S Benjamin Murolo
Chairperson, Committee on Committees
Membership/officers
Shannon Kincaid, Associate Professor, Social Sciences, 2025
Jasper Lin, Assistant Professor, Art & Design, 2025
Jong Gu Moon, Lecturer, HPED, 2025
Aliza Atik, Associate Professor, English, 2026
Lixu Li, Lecturer, Math and Computer Science, 2026
S Ben Murolo, Chair, Professor, Business, 2026
Steven Dahlke, Professor, Music, 2027
Kevin Kolack, Secretary, Lecturer, Chemistry, 2027
Barbara Rome, Associate Professor, HPED, 2027
