Working Groups

Guiding our academic strategic planning process will be three core pillar groups, focused on shaping vision and strategy around research and creative excellence, educational excellence and student success and public impact. Intersecting and supporting each of the core pillar groups will be four working groups, formed around our shared and cross-cutting values to shape the process and implementation of the refreshed academic strategic plans in the areas of Diversity, Equity, Inclusion and Accessibility, Global Engagement, Enrollment Strategy and Resource Sustainability and Budgeting.

The membership of the core pillar groups and working groups include students, faculty, staff and administrators.

Core Pillars

  • Duncan Brown (Co-chair), Vice President for Research
  • Vivian May (Co-chair), Director, Humanities Center,  Professor, Women’s and Gender Studies, College of Arts and Sciences
  • Kal Alston, Associate Dean, Academic Affairs, School of Education
  • Nick Armstrong, Managing Director, Research and Data, D’Aniello Institute for Veterans and Military Families
  • Kim Parks Cameron, Assistant Director, Office of Budget and Planning
  • Makana Chock, David J. Levidow Endowed Professor, Communications, Newhouse School of Public Communications
  • Elisa Dekaney, Associate Dean of Research, Graduate Studies and Internationalization, College of Visual and Performing Arts
  • Yousr Dhaouadi, Graduate Student, College of Engineering and Computer Science; GSO President
  • Emily Hart, Science Librarian and Research Impact Lead, Syracuse University Libraries
  • Laura Kolton, Executive Director Federal Government Engagement, Office of Government and Community Relations
  • Bess Krietemeyer, Associate Professor, School of Architecture
  • Lisa Manning, Cluster Lead, BioInspired, Professor of Physics, College of Arts and Sciences
  • Katie McDonald, Associate Dean of Research, Professor, Public Health, Falk College of Sport and Human Dynamics
  • Jennifer Montez, Professor, Sociology, Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs
  • Romita Ray, Associate Professor, College of Visual and Performing Arts
  • Cole Smith, Dean, College of Engineering and Computer Science

  • Lois Agnew (Co-chair), Interim Dean, College of Arts and Sciences
  • Kira Reed (Co-chair), Associate Professor, Management, Whitman School of Management
  • Kyle Dailey, Assistant Vice President, Student Experience
  • Chris Johnson, Associate Provost for Academic Affairs
  • Malique Lewis, Student Association Chief of Staff; Undergraduate Student
  • Dan Pacheco, Professor of Practice, Magazine, News and Digital Journalism, Peter A. Horvitz Chair of Journalism Innovation, Newhouse School of Public Communications
  • Jolynn Parker, Director, Center for Fellowship and Scholarship Advising
  • David Pérez, Associate Professor, Higher Education, School of Education
  • Steve Schaffling, Assistant Dean, Student Success, Director of Advising, College of Arts and Sciences
  • Danielle Smith, Director, Renée Crown Honors Program, Professor, African American Studies, College of Arts and Sciences
  • Kal Srinivas, Director for Retention and Student Success
  • Jennifer Stromer-Galley, Senior Associate Dean for Academic and Faculty Affairs, Interim Director of Diversity, Equity, Inclusion and Accessibility Initiatives, School of Information Studies
  • Judy Teng, Executive Director, Center for Online and Digital Learning, College of Professional Studies
  • Cory Wallack, Executive Director, Health and Wellness, Barnes Center at The Arch

  • Christy Ashby (Co-chair), Director, Center on Disability and Inclusion, Professor of Inclusive Special Education, School of Education
  • Sean O’Keefe (Co-chair), University Professor, Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs
  • Jill Anderson, Managing Director, Syracuse Stage
  • Craig Boise, Dean, College of Law
  • David Bruen, Student Association President, Undergraduate Student
  • Maureen Casey, Chief Operating Officer, D’Aniello Institute for Veterans and Military Families
  • Erin Draper, Director, Experiential Programs, Whitman School of Management
  • Pamela Heintz, Associate Vice President and Director, Shaw Center
  • Tanisha Jackson, Executive Director, Community Folk Art Center, Assistant Professor, African American Studies, College of Arts and Sciences
  • Cydney Johnson, Vice President for Community Engagement and Government Relations
  • Brian Konkol, Dean, Hendricks Chapel
  • Sarah Scalese, Senior Associate Vice President for Communications
  • Yutaka Sho, Associate Professor, School of Architecture
  • Emily Stokes-Rees, Director, School of Design, College of Visual and Performing Arts

Cross-Cutting Issues/Values

  • Mary Grace Almandrez (Co-chair), Vice President of Diversity and Inclusion
  • Marcelle Haddix (Co-chair), Associate Provost for Strategic Initiatives
  • Maisam Aljanabi, Student
  • Rachel Aubrey, Assistant Teaching Professor, Communications Design, School of Design, College of Visual and Performing Arts
  • Rockell Brown Burton, Associate Dean of Inclusivity, Diversity, Equity and Accessibility, Newhouse School of Public Communications
  • Jorge Castillo, Director, LGBTQ Resource Center
  • PJ DiPietro, Assistant Professor, Women’s and Gender Studies; Director of Undergraduate Studies, College of Arts and Sciences
  • Amir Duric, Muslim Chaplain, Hendricks Chapel
  • Marie Garland, Assistant Provost, Faculty Affairs
  • Yingyi Ma, Professor, Sociology, Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs
  • Gladys McCormick, Associate Dean, DEIA, Associate Professor, History, Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs
  • Diane Murphy, Dean, Falk College of Sport and Human Dynamics
  • Shikha Nangia, Associate Professor, College of Engineering and Computer Science
  • Paula Possenti-Perez, Director, The Center for Disability Resources
  • Scott Manning Stevens, Associate Professor, English, College of Arts and Sciences
  • Michael Tick, Dean, College of Visual and Performing Arts

  • David Van Slyke (Co-chair), Dean, Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs
  • Ryan C. Williams (Co-chair), Vice President, Enrollment Management
  • Chris Anderson, Director of Graduate and Undergraduate Recruiting, College of Arts and Sciences
  • Sid Bhattacharya, Associate Vice President for Marketing Strategy, Marketing
  • Vittoria Buccina, Assistant Dean of Enrollment Management, School of Architecture
  • Mike Frasciello, Dean, College of Professional Studies
  • Ling LeBeau, Associate Director, International Student Success, College of Arts and Sciences
  • Mark Lodato, Dean, Newhouse School of Public Communications
  • Denny Nicholson, Assistant Dean, Enrollment Management
  • Kristin Repice, Associate Director, Enrollment, Tuition, and Financial Aid, Office of Budget and Planning
  • Jenny Saluti, Director, Office of Recruitment and Admissions, College of Visual and Performing Arts
  • Peter Vanable, Associate Provost and Dean, Graduate School
  • Steve Vassallo, Assistant Vice President and Director of the Office of Institutional Research
  • Chris Wszalek, Executive Director of Graduate Admissions and Student Recruitment, Whitman School of Management

  • Michael Speaks (Co-chair), Dean, School of Architecture
  • Erika Wilkens (Co-chair), Assistant Provost and Executive Director, Syracuse Abroad
  • Bernard Appiah, Assistant Professor, Public Health, Falk College of Sport and Human Dynamics
  • Matthew Cleary, Associate Professor, Political Science, Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs
  • Ingrid Erickson, Assistant Professor, School of Information Studies
  • Tula Goenka, Professor, Television, Radio, and Film, Dean’s Leadership Fellow, Newhouse School of Public Communications
  • Troy Gordon, Director, Syracuse Abroad London Center
  • Andrew Horsfall, Assistant Dean of International Programs, College of Law
  • Robin Howard, Director of Newhouse Programming, Syracuse University Los Angeles
  • Bong Gee Jang, Associate Professor, Reading and Language Arts, School of Education
  • Eunkyu Lee, Associate Dean for Global Initiatives, Whitman School of Management
  • John Liu, Vice President for International Strategy
  • Kris Patel, Professor of Practice, Policy Studies, Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs
  • Fei Wang, Director of China Programs, Associate Teaching Professor, School of Architecture
  • Ryan O. Williams, Associate Dean, College of Professional Studies

  • Sinéad MacNamara (Co-chair), Associate Dean for Student Affairs, Associate Professor, School of Architecture
  • Brett Padgett (Co-chair), Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer
  • Amanda Barbuto, Senior Human Resources Business Partner, Office of Human Resources
  • Steve Bennett, Senior Vice President for International Programs and Academic Operations, Chief of Staff, Academic Affairs
  • Cyn Carnahan, Interim Assistant Vice President, BFAS, Office of Budget and Planning
  • Joe Comprix, Professor, Chair, Joseph I. Lubin School of Accounting, Whitman School of Management
  • Chris Eiffe, Director of Budget, Operations and Strategic Initiatives, College of Visual and Performing Arts
  • Julie Hasenwinkel, Professor, Biomedical and Chemical Engineering, College of Engineering and Computer Science, Co-Chair, Senate Budget Committee
  • Steve Kuusisto, University Professor and Director of Interdisciplinary Programs, Burton Blatt Institute, College of Law
  • Alex McKelvie, Interim Dean, Whitman School of Management
  • Micah Rothbart, Assistant Professor, Public Administration and International Affairs, Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs
  • Pete Sala, Vice President and Chief Facilities Officer
  • Sarah Souders, Ph.D. Candidate, Public Finance, Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs
  • Torin Washington, Assistant Dean for Advancement, School of Education
  • David Whitmore, Vice President for Advancement, Academic Affairs