Committees and Members

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The Dean's Leadership Council has the highest executive authority within the School of Education.

The Academic Affairs Committee (2-year term) deals with matters requiring School-wide consideration or adjudication.

The Diversity, Equity, Inclusion and Community Engagement (DEICE) Committee is charged with guiding the collective efforts of the School of Education to embrace diversity, equity, and inclusion.

Faculty Senate Representatives and Graduate Council Faculty Representatives serve three-year terms

The Promotion and Tenure Committee (2-year terms) is representative of the various constituencies of the School, as identified in the Operating Paper of the School. The committee also is selected in such a manner as to reflect appropriate representation with respect to rank, gender and race. Each member of the Promotion and Tenure Committee shall serve a term of two years.

Committees

Dean's Leadership Council

Dean's Leadership Council Members

The Dean's Leadership Council now functions in place of the Executive Committee having the highest authority in the School of Education.

Dr. Victoria Groves-Scott
Dean of the School of Education
Wham 115
618-453-2415

Dr. Stacy D. Thompson
Associate Dean for Academic Program Support and Student Success
Wham 115
618-453-4254

Dr. Brad Colwell
Associate Dean for Graduate Programs, Faculty Success, and Continuous Improvement
Wham 115
618-453-2415

Shannon Schroeder
Chief Academic Advisor
Wham 122
618-453-6340

Maeve Kirk
Recruitment and Retention Coordinator
Wham 135
618-453-5404

Carol Greenlee
Director of Development
Wham 102D
618-453-4001

Meeting Agendas and Minutes

2023

2022

Academic Affairs Committee

This committee consists of faculty members elected from each operating unit in the School, four appointed graduate students, and two appointed undergraduate students. The Academic Affairs Committee has the responsibility for instructional, research and creative activities, and service activities related to undergraduate and graduate education in the School. The Associate Dean serves as the ex-officio member.

Faculty members elected from each Operating Unit in the School, four appointed graduate students, and two appointed undergraduate students make up the Academic Affairs Committee. This committee has the responsibility for instructional, research and creative activities, and service activities related to undergraduate and graduate education in the School. The Associate Dean serves as the ex-officio member.

Academic Affairs Committee Members

Dr. Jennifer Koran
Quantitative Methods

Diversity, Equity, Inclusion and Community Engagement (DEICE) Committee

DEICE Committee Members

Dr. Senetta Bancroft, Committee Chair
Associate Professor

Dr. Ahmed Al-Asfour, Committee Co-chair
Associate Professor

Dr. Dimitrios Anastasiou
Professor

Dr. Heidi Bacon
Associate Professor

Thais Perez
Coordinator of Equity and Inclusion for Schaumburg School District 54

Marina Paula Carreira Rolim
Teaching Assistant, College of Liberal Arts

Dr. Stacy D. Thompson
Associate Dean for Undergraduate Studies and Curriculum

Vacant
Committee Secretary

Meeting Minutes

Graduate Council Members

Graduate Council Members

Dr. Rhonda Kowalchuk
Quantitative Methods

Dr. Cheng-Yao Lin
Elementary Education | Math | Mathematics Education

Faculty Senate

Faculty Senate Representative

Dr. Lingguo Bu
Organizational Learning, Innovation, and Development

Promotion and Tenure Committee

This committee is representative of the various constituencies of the School, as identified in the Operating Paper of the School. The committee also is selected in such a manner as to reflect appropriate representation with respect to rank, gender and race. Each member of the Promotion and Tenure Committee shall serve a term of two years.

This committee is representative of the various constituencies of the School, as identified in the Operating Paper of the School. The committee also is selected in such a manner as to reflect appropriate representation with respect to rank, gender and race. Each member of the Promotion and Tenure Committee shall serve a term of two years.

Promotion and Tenure Committee Members

To Be Determined

Operating Paper Committee

Operating Paper Committee Members

Dr. Heidi Bacon
Associate Professor, Elementary Education | Language, Literacies, and Culture

Dr. Senetta Bancroft
Associate Professor, STEM Education | Secondary Science Methods and Introductory Chemistry

Dr. Deborah A. Bruns
Retired

Program Improvement and Assessment Committee (PIAC)

Program Improvement and Assessment Committee (PIAC) Members

Dr. Seburn Pense
618-453-2496
Agricultural Education

Dr. Steven Still
618-453-2496
Agricultural Education

Dr. Stacy D. Thompson
618-453-4256
Early Childhood
Undergraduate Program Coordinator

Vacant
Elementary Education
Undergraduate Program Coordinator

Dr. Dan R. Jones
618-453-2415
Rend Lake Off Campus
Undergraduate Program Coordinator

Dr. Dee Ann Schnautz
Rend Lake Early Childhood
Undergraduate Program Coordinator

Dr. Senetta Bancroft
618-453-5721
Science Education
Undergraduate Program Coordinator

Dr. Dimitrios Anastasiou
618-453-2311
Special Education
Undergraduate Program Coordinator

Dr. Jody Paulson
618-453-4315
Art Education

Dr. James Reifinger
618-453-2843
Music Education

Dr. Ron Nagrodsk
618-453-5302
Mathematics Education

Dr. Wesley Calvert
618-453-6573
Mathematics Education

Dr. Valerie Boyer
618-453-8283
Communication Disorders & Sciences
Graduate Program Coordinator

Dr. Gary Kelly
618-453-3082
Principal, Superintendent & Chief School Business Official
Graduate Program Coordinator

Dr. Heidi Bacon
618-453-2415
Reading Specialist
Graduate Program Coordinator

Dr. Lavern Byfield
Reading Specialist
Graduate Program Coordinator

Dr. Elaine Jurkowski
618-453-2243
School of Social Work
Graduate Program Coordinator

Dr. Joseph Shapiro
618-453-6858
English Education

Vacant
Foreign Language Education

Dr. Grant Miller
618-536-2441
History Education