New Faculty Foundations Committee
New Faculty Foundations Committee
This is a year-long University level service committee convened to help co-design and implement our redesigned New Faculty Foundations events and resources for newly hired tenure-track and lecturer faculty to meet their needs.
Committee for 2026
Kaitlin Bahr, Health Sciences
Josh Chow, University Counseling
Manuela Dantas, Accounting & Information Systems
Fatmana Deniz, Special Education
Silvia Fernandez, Mathematics
Carlos Ruvalcaba, Mechanical Engineering
Kimi Sullivan, Research, Instruction, and Outreach Services
Melissa Tindage, Communication Studies
Zeynep Toker, Urban Studies and Planning
Tim Watson, Modern and Classical Languages and Literatures
- Xochitl Alvizo: Religious Studies
- Joe Bautista: Art & Design
- Joyce Marie Brusasco: Family & Consumer Sciences; Child & Adolescent Development
- Marcy De Veaux: Journalism
- Ning Fu: Marketing
- Amir Gharehgozli: Systems & Operations Management
- Jamie Johnson: Research & Instruction Librarian
- Kayla Kaiser: Chemistry
- Allen Lipscomb: Social Work
- Kristy Michaud: Journalism
- Shyrea Minton: Educational Psychology & Counseling
- Ashley Samson: Kinesiology/FacDev
- Carmen Saunders-Russell: Health Sciences
- Casey terHorst: Biology
- Dana Stone: Ed Psych & Counseling
- John Valdovinos: Electrical & Computer Engineering