Undergraduate Studies Council Members
MEMBERSHIP: The composition of the council can be found in the Faculty Senate Bylaws, Article VI: Councils, Sec. 1, including at least 17 members including the provost, the associate provost for enrollment management, the dean of the Lee Honors College, 11 faculty members elected by the Senate (three from Arts and Sciences–with representation from each division recommended, one from each of the other colleges, one from unaffiliated units, and one at large), the Faculty Senate president or executive board designee as an ex officio member, and two undergraduate students selected by the Western Student Association.
The USC requires 10 out of its current 17 voting members to be in attendance to establish quorum, as long as there are no Vacant seats, any Vacant seat(s) should be removed from the voting member total so that one more than half of the new total is needed for quorum. (*indicates a non-voting member)
Council officers
Bret Wagner, Chair
Dave Karowe, Vice Chair
Dylan McGlothin, Secretary
Ex Officio member
David Rudge
Faculty Senate Executive Board
Permanent members
Carrie Cumming
Registrar (designee for Associate Provost for Enrollment Management)
Lisa DeChano-Cook
Curriculum Manager (designee for Provost and Vice President for Academic Affairs)
Irma Lopez
Dean, Lee Honors College
Elected members
Mert Atilhan (2027)
Representative-at-Large
Jessica Birnbaum (2026)
Aviation
Jessica Cataldo (2027)
Health and Human Services
Kerry Hegele (2028)
Education and Human Development
Dave Karowe (2026)
Arts and Sciences (Sciences and Mathematics)
Dylan McGlothlin (2025)
Unaffiliated Unit (University Libraries)
Natalio Ohanna (2028)
Arts and Sciences (Humanities)
Diane Riggs (2027)
Arts and Sciences (Social Sciences)
Priyanka Sharma (2026)
Engineering and Applied Sciences
Yuanliang Sun (2026)
Fine Arts
Bret Wagner (2028)
Business
Student members
VACANT
Undergraduate student
VACANT
Undergraduate student
Academic advising liaison
*Tomika Griffin-Brown
Assistant Dean for Academic Advising, Merze Tate College
*Colleen Stano
Advising Director, Haworth College of Business