Faculty Research

The committee shall be responsible for bringing research related concerns to the Vice President for Research, and for reporting appropriate research matters and policies back to the Senate.

Membership

The Faculty Research Committee shall consist of one faculty member from each college and one from the Libraries. The chairs of the Institutional Biosafety Committee, the Institutional Review Board for Protection of Human Subjects in Research (IRB 1 and IRB 2), the Institutional Animal Care and Use Committee, and the Libraries' Research Data Management Librarian shall serve as ex-officio members of the committee. The Vice President for Research, the Associate Vice President for Research, and the Graduate Dean shall serve as non-voting, ex-officio members of the committee.

  • Restrictions:

    • All faculty members shall serve three-year staggered terms. The committee Chair shall be selected from among the 13 faculty representatives.

Members

Name Department Term Exp.

Robert (Rusty) Arnold, Chair

 Harrison College of Pharmacy 2025

Christine Feeley

 College of Nursing 2025

Amrut Sadachar

 College of Human Sciences 2025

Adrienne Wilson

 College of Liberal Arts 2025

Paul Dyce

 College of Agriculture 2026

Vinicia Biancardi

 College of Veterinary Medicine 2026

Joyce Thomas

 College of Architecture, Design and Construction 2026

Lei Huang

 Harbert College of Business 2026

Mark Schall

 Samuel Ginn College of Engineering 2027

Wei Zhan

 College of Sciences and Mathematics 2027

David Marshall

 College of Education 2027

Christopher Anderson

 College of Forestry, Wildlife, and the Environment 2027

Patricia Hartman

 Libraries 2027

Terry Brandebourg

 Chair of Institutional Animal Care and Use Committee Continuing - Ex-officio

Drew Fruge

 Chair of Institutional Biosaftey Committee Continuing - Ex-officio

Jennifer Kerpelman

 Interim Chair of IRB Continuing - Ex-officio

Ali Krzton

 Libraries' Research Data Management Librarian Continuing - Ex-officio

Steven Taylor

 Vice-President for Research Continuing, Non-voting - Ex-officio

Jennifer Kerpelman

 Associate Vice-President for Research Continuing, Non-voting - Ex-officio

George Flowers

 Graduate School Dean Continuing, Non-voting - Ex-officio