The College Executive Committee (CEC) serves an important advisory function to the Dean and Associate Deans on issues critical to the operation of the College, particularly the strategic development of the College. The CEC will review sabbaticals, college RFP applications (e.g., faculty travel, course release, etc.), and advise the dean’s office as appropriate.

The CEC is composed of four tenured faculty members (two from each division of the college) and two tenure-track faculty members (one from each division of the college) who are selected following a vote of the faculty in their respective division.  

Tenured faculty members are selected to serve on this committee for a term of three years and may serve no more than two complete three-year terms in a row.

Tenure-track faculty terms are for one year only, and tenure track faculty must serve in a year that they are on tenure track (i.e., not yet tenured).

Committee Members

• Vanessa Ballam, Theatre and Dance [Fall 2020-Spring 2023]
• Justin Dolan Stover, History [Fall 2020-Spring 2023]
• John Dudgeon, Anthropology [Fall 2022 replacement for Justin Stover]
• Tom Kloss, Music [Fall 2022-Spring 2025]
• Joshua Swift, Psychology [Fall 2022-Spring 2025]
• Morey Burnham, Sociology, Social Work, and Criminology [Fall 2022-Spring 2023]
• Vacant - nominations are due to cal@isu.edu by September 6, 2022

CAL Committee Guidelines

The Tenure and Review Committee (TRC) is composed of six tenured faculty members (three from each division of the college) who are selected following a vote of the faculty in their respective division. Faculty members are selected to serve on this committee for a term of three years (the terms are staggered) and may serve no more than two complete three-year terms in a row. A chair is elected among the committee members at the first meeting of the year. 

The committee will review tenure and/or promotion applications and third year reviews. (Note: for the 2021 review cycle only, the TRC will not review third year review materials but, instead, will review PPR materials.) The committee is charged with reviewing candidate dossiers, along with the recommendations of the department level review committees and department chairs, and issuing their own recommendations in writing to the college dean.

Committee Members

• Thom Hasenpflug, Music [2021-2024]
• Malliga Och, Global Studies and Languages [2021-2023]
• Sonja Launspach, English and Philosophy [2022-2025] 
• DJ Williams, Sociology, Social Work, and Criminology [2021-2024]
• Joshua Swift, Psychology [2021-2023]
• Andy Speer, Anthropology [2022-2025]

CAL Committee Guidelines

The Humanities Café Coordinating Committee (HCCC) is a new college-level committee that will be made up of five CAL faculty members. All full-time CAL faculty (tenured, tenure track, lecturers, etc.) will be eligible to serve on the HCCC. Membership will not be dependent on CAL division affiliation; however, no more than two individuals from the same department should serve on the HCCC simultaneously. Members will serve staggered three-year terms with the possibility of reelection, though no one will be eligible for election after serving two consecutive full three-year terms. 

Committee Members

• Eddie Ludema, Music [2021-2024]
• Shin Kue Ryu, Political Science [2021-2024]
• Darci Graves, Sociology, Social Work, and Criminology [2021-2023]
• Ananda Keator, Theatre and Dance [2021-2023]
• Arunima Datta, History [2022-2025]

CAL Committee Guidelines

Overview

Faculty members from the College of Arts and Letters also provide essential service through participation on the Faculty Senate and numerous university committees. Links to some of these important groups are below.

Academic Standards Council

Faculty Professional Policies Council

Faculty Senate

Honors Advisory

General Education Requirements Committee (GERC)

Graduate Council

Research Council

Undergraduate Curriculum Council

University Library Committee