Academic Affairs Committee

Composition 

• Eleven faculty, at least six of whom are actively involved in teaching courses, selected with representation from the various areas of the University in mind, and with at least three geographical regions represented. Normally, eligibility for membership shall be limited to those who have been members of the WSU faculty for at least four years (F)
• One graduate and two undergraduate students, with one-year terms (renewable)
• Faculty representatives from the Advising Consultant Group and First Year Programs (X#)
• One dean, elected by the Council of Deans (X#)
• Registrar, serving as secretary (X#)
• Director, Admissions (X#)
• Director, Academic Success and Career Center, or designee (X#)
• Vice provost for undergraduate education, or designee (X#)
• All chancellors or their designee(s) (X#)

Function

• On a continuous basis, reviews and appraises educational policies and programs of Washington State University, except those applying exclusively to graduate education or the professional health sciences.
• Makes recommendations to the Faculty Senate concerning academic policies, undergraduate courses and curricula, new bachelor degree programs, minimum University requirements for graduation, scholastic standards, calendar, catalog, examinations, summer session, and educational innovation. Also considers similar policies and procedures for all non-health-related professional degree programs.
• Receives, reviews, and acts upon policy recommendations of its permanent subcommittees.

Workload 

• Meets every other week, Tuesday 3:00 pm – 5:00 pm on weeks between Faculty Senate meetings.

Workload Committee Chair

• Within a 2-week cycle, the chair performs the following tasks:
  • AAC Committee Meeting: 2 hours
  • Steering Committee meeting: 1.5 hours
  • Pre-meetings: 1 hour
  • Review materials/prep for meeting: 1.5 hours
  • Total: 6 hours every 2 weeks = 3 hours per week

Workload Committee Member:

• Within a 2-week cycle, committee members perform the following tasks
  • AAC Committee Meeting: 2 hours
  • Review materials: 1 hour
  • Total: 3 hours every 2 weeks = 1.5 hours per week

Additional notes

• The vice-chair is elected by the committee and becomes the chair. The chair may serve two consecutive terms.
• Permanent Subcommittees: University Academic Advising Council and Catalog.
• Whenever possible, at least one non-ex officio member of the Academic Affairs Committee shall serve on each of the permanent subcommittees.
• Has representation on the Budget and Steering Committees.
• Responsible to: Faculty Senate.
• Reports to: Faculty Senate and the president, through the provost and executive vice president.

Name	Rank	College	Location	Start Term	End Term
Committee Chair: John Barber (F)
Committee Vice-Chair: Paul Buckley
2027 Rotation
Robby Cooper (F)	Scholarly Associate Professor	CAHNRS	Pullman	2024	2027
Mark Gibson (F)	Professor	CAHNRS	Pullman	2021	2027
Benjamin McCamish (F)	Associate Professor	Computer Science	Vancouver	2026	2027
2028 Rotation
John Barber (F)	Professor	CAS	Vancouver	2025	2028
Paul Buckley (F)	Professor	CAS	Pullman	2022	2028
Alejandro Prera (SP) (F)	Associate Professor	CAHNRS	Pullman	2023	2028
Yoon-Wha (Yuna) Roh (F)	Assistant Professor	CAS	Pullman	2025	2028
2029 Rotation
William Brecher (F)	Professor	CAS	Pullman	2026	2029
Melissa Nicolas (F)	Professor	CAS	Pullman	2026	2029
Richard Zack (F)	Professor	CAHNRS	Pullman	2026	2029
Xiao Zhang (F)	Professor	CAS	Tri-Cities	2026	2029
Student Representatives
Shetu Ranjan Biswas (G)	Graduate Student	GPSA Representative	Pullman	2026	2027
Boone Brown (U)	Undergraduate Student	ASWSU Representative	Pullman	2026	2027
Katie Moriwaki (U)	Undergraduate Student	ASWSU Representative	Pullman	2026	2027
Ex-Officio Non-Voting Members
Bill Davis (X#)	Vice Provost for Academic Engagement and Student Achievement	Academic Engagement and Student Achievement	Pullman	Academic Engagement and Student Achievement Representative	Academic Engagement and Student Achievement Representative
Amanda Morgan (X#)	ASCC Director (or designee)	Academic Success & Career Center	Pullman	ASCC Representative	ASCC Representative
Courtney Meehan (X#)	Dean Elected by the Council of Deans	Council of Deans	Pullman	Council of Deans Representative	Council of Deans Representative
Matt Zimmerman (X#)	Registrar	Office of the Registrar	Pullman	Office of the Registrar Representative	Office of the Registrar Representative
Andrew Brewick (X#)	Director of Admissions (or designee)	Office of Admissions	Pullman	Office of Admissions Representative	Office of Admissions Representative
Laura Welch (X#)	Student Services	Transfer Center for Policy & Resources	Pullman	Transfer Center for Policy & Resources Representative	Transfer Center for Policy & Resources Representative
Samantha Solomon (X#)	Faculty Representative from the Advising Consultant Group and First Year Programs	Advising Consulting Group and First Year Programs	Pullman	Advising Consulting Group and First Year Programs	Advising Consulting Group and First Year Programs
Shameem Rakha (X#)	Chancellor / Designee	System Representation	Vancouver	Vancouver Representative	Vancouver Representative
Anna Plemons (X#)	Chancellor / Designee	System Representation	Tri-Cities	Tri-Cities Representative	Tri-Cities Representative
Pending (X#)	Chancellor / Designee	System Representation	Everett	Everett Representative	Everett Representative
Kim Mickey (X#)	Chancellor / Designee	System Representation	Spokane	Spokane Representative	Spokane Representative
Heather Morgan	Registrar & Secretary Designee	Office of the Registrar	Pullman	Office of the Registrar Representative	Office of the Registrar Representative

*(S): Faculty serving on sabbatical; (SS): Faculty sabbatical substitute; (FS): Service only for Fall semester; (SP) Spring semester service start