College Senates
(Bylaws, Article 15.1.2)

1. The College Senate shall consist of the departmental chairs of the college and the dean or deans of the college. The dean, or the dean's designee, shall serve as chair of the senate and be responsible for preparing the agenda.
   
   
2. The College Senate shall consider and review administrative matters of the college and advise the dean of the college on such matters.
   
   
   College Senates Membership 2012-2013
   
   College of Business
   Deans:
   Denise Schoenbachler, dean
   Daniel Wunsch, associate dean for administration
   Elizabeth Towell, associate dean for undergraduate programs
   Paul Prabhaker, associate dean for graduate programs
   
   Chairs:
   Jim Young, chair, Department of Accountancy
   Marc Simpson, chair, Department of Finance
   Sarah Marsh, chair, Department of Management
   Geoffrey Gordon, chair, Department of Marketing
   Chang Liu, chair, Department of Operations Management and Information Systems
   
   College of Education
   Deans:
   La Vonne I. Neal, dean
   Jeffrey B. Hecht, associate dean
   Connie Fox, associate dean
   Suzanne Willis, interim chair, Department of Counseling, Adult and Higher Education
   Lara Luetkehans, chair, Department of Educational Technology, Research and Assessment
   Paul Carpenter, chair, Department of Kinesiology and Physical Education
   Marc VanOverbeke, interim chair, Department of Leadership, Educational Psychology and Foundations
   Jennifer Berne, chair, Department of Literacy Education
   Sharon Smaldino, LD & Ruth G. Morgridge Endowed Chair for Teacher Education, Partnership Office
   Terry Borg, director of external programs
   Betsy Hull, assistant to the dean
   Paul Baker, director of college relations
   
   College of Engineering and Engineering Technology
   Deans:
   Promod Vohra, dean
   Mansour Tahernezhadi, associate dean
   Omar Ghrayeb, associate dean, Outreach & Undergraduate Program Chairs:
   Ibrahim Abdel-Motaleb, chair, Department of Electrical Engineering
   Cliff Mirman, chair, Department of Engineering Technology
   Purush Damodaran, chair, Department of Industrial and Systems Engineering
   Pradip Majumdar, chair, Department of Mechanical Engineering
   
   
   College of Health and Human Sciences
   Deans:
   Derryl Block, dean
   Mary Pritchard, associate dean
   
   Chairs:
   Jan Strom, School of Nursing and Health Studies
   Tom Pavkov, chair, School of Family, Consumer and Nutrition Science
   Deb Gough, chair, School of Allied Health and Communicative Disorders
   David Dosier, Department of Military Science
   
   
   College of Liberal Arts and Sciences
   Deans:
   Chris McCord, dean, chair
   Sue Doederlein, associate dean for undergraduate affairs
   Michael Peddle, associate dean for academic administration
   Lesley Rigg, associate dean for research and graduate affairs
   
   Chairs:
   Kendall Thu, chair, Department of Anthropology
   Barrie Bode, chair, Department of Biological Sciences
   Jon Carnahan, chair, Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry
   Gary Burns, chair, Department of Communication
   Nicholas Karonis, chair, Department of Computer Science
   Virginia Wilcox-Gok, chair, Department of Economics
   Amy Levin, chair, Department of English
   Katharina Barbe, chair, Department of Foreign Languages and Literatures
   Andrew Krmenec, chair, Department of Geography
   Colin Booth, chair, Department of Geology and Environmental Geosciences
   Beatrix Hoffman, chair, Department of History
   Bernard Harris, chair, Department of Mathematical Sciences
   David Buller, chair, Department of Philosophy
   Laurence Lurio, chair, Department of Physics
   Matthew Streb, chair, Department of Political Science
   Gregory Waas, chair, Department of Psychology
   Kirk Miller, chair, Department of Sociology
   
   Directors:
   Reed Scherer, director, Environmental Studies Program
   Michael Gonzales, director, Center for Latino and Latin American Studies
   Nancy Castle, interim director, Center for NGO Leadership & Development
   Kurt Thurmaier, director, Division of Public Administration
   Judy Ledgerwood, director, Center for Southeast Asian Studies
   Rama Lingham, director, Division of Statistics
   TBD, director, Women's Studies Program
   
   Stephanie DeCicco, assistant to the dean
   Tammy Stevens, business administrative associate
   
   
   College of Visual and Performing Arts
   Deans:
   Richard Holly, dean
   Deborah Robertson, associate dean
   
   Directors:
   Douglas Boughton, director, School of Art
   Paul Bauer, director, School of Music
   Alexander Gelman, director, School of Theatre and Dance
   Jo Burke, director, NIU Art Museum
   Deborah Booth, director, CVPA External Programs
   
   Susan Carter, assistant to the dean/CVPA business manager