Active Ad Hoc Committees and Task Forces

Freedom of Expression and Academic Freedom Task Force

Mary Lynn Reed

College of Science

mlrsma@rit.edu

2023-Present

Chair AY 2023-present

Bilge Altay

College of Engineering Technology

bnappr@rit.edu

2026 - Present

Frank Deese

College of Art and Design

fwdppr@rit.edu

2022-Present

Bob Finnerty

Marketing and Communications

refuns@rit.edu

2022-Present

Joel Gallegos Greenwich

Academic Affairs

jgggla@rit.edu

2022-Present

Jim Habermas

Golisano College of Computing and Information Sciences

jim.habermas@rit.edu

2022-Present

Adriana Kulakowski

National Technical Institute for the Deaf

acknbt@ntid.rit.edu

2025-Present

Laverne McQuiller

Academic Affairs

llmgcj@rit.edu

2022-Present

Alexander Roth

Kate Gleason College of Engineering

adrche@rit.edu

2022-Present

Janice Shirley

College of Health Sciences and Technology

jmsscl@rit.edu

2022-Present

Kevin Sweeney

Saunders College of Business

ksweeney@saunders.rit.edu

2025-Present

Lawrence Torcello

College of Liberal Arts

lgtghs@rit.edu

2022-Present

Formed on October 14, 2021

Report submitted to Faculty Senate on April 25, 2024

Changed from committee to task force on April 17, 2025

Student Graduation and Retention Task Force

Clyde Eirikur Hull

Saunders College of Business

chull@saunders.rit.edu

2025-Present

Chair

Alissa De Wit-Paul

Golisano Institute for Sustainability

addgis@rit.edu

2026-Present

Joshua Faber

College of Science

jafsma@rit.edu

2026-Present

Scott Johnson

Golisano College of Computing and Information Sciences

sxjcs@rit.edu

2025-Present

Larry Villasmil

College of Engineering Technology

luvmet@rit.edu

2025-Present

Graduate Tuition Task Force

Poornima Padmanabhan

Kate Gleason College of Engineering

poornima.padmanabhan@rit.edu

Chair

Tae Oh

Golisano College of Computing and Information Sciences

thoics@rit.edu

Carl Salvaggio

College of Science

cnspci@rit.edu

Pengcheng Shi

Golisano College of Computing and Information Sciences

spcast@rit.edu

Longer Evaluation Cycles for Senior Faculty Task Force

Zhi Tang

Saunders College of Business

ztang@saunders.rit.edu

Co-Chair

Cristian Linte

Kate Gleason College of Engineering

calbme@rit.edu

Co-Chair