Ad Hoc Committees and Task Forces

Task Force on Freedom of Expression and Academic Freedom

Mary Lynn Reed

College of Science

mlrsma@rit.edu

2023-Present

Chair AY 2023-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 Success Task Force

Clyde Eirikur Hull

Saunders College of Business

chull@saunders.rit.edu

2025-Present

Chair

Jessica Hardin

College of Liberal Arts

jahgss@rit.edu

2025-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

Inactive Task Forces/Committees

RIT Certified Advisory Board

Stephen Aldersley

National Technical Institute for the Deaf

sfance@ntid.rit.edu

2022- 2024 (1st term)

Gregory Babbitt

College of Science

gabsbi@rit.edu

2022-2024 (1st term)

Appointed on February 3, 2022 (Currently Inactive)

Task Force on Social Computing Tools for Instruction

Trent Hergenrader

College of Liberal Arts

wthgsl@rit.edu

Elouise Oyzon

Golisano College of Computing and Information Sciences

eroics@rit.edu

Ian Webber

Academic Affairs

ian.webber@rit.edu

Formed on June 4, 2020 (Currently inactive)

Faculty Compensation

Amlan Ganguly

Kate Gleason College of Engineering

axgeec@rit.edu

Brian Landi

Kate Gleason College of Engineering

bjlsps@rit.edu

Eli Saber

Kate Gleason College of Engineering

esseee@rit.edu

James Watters

Finance and Administration

jhwbgt@rit.edu

ex-officio

Formed on March 28. 2019 (charged for two years)