Student Academic Grievance Committee

The committee shall resolve academic grievances of students that result from actions of faculty or administrators. The Student Policy e-Handbook, Auburn University’s student handbook, provides the guidelines for this procedure [section 4.7.1 in current Faculty Handbook].

Membership

The Student Academic Grievance Committee shall be composed of 11 members:

  • Faculty:

    • Three faculty members

    • One alternate faculty member

  • Continuing/Ex-officio:

    • One administrator from a relevant field

    • One alternate administrator from a relevant field

  • Graduate:

    • One graduate student

    • One alternate graduate student

  • Undergraduate:

    • Two undergraduate students

    • One alternate undergraduate student

  • Restrictions:

    • Faculty members shall serve three (3) year terms, and their appointments shall be arranged so that one (1) faculty member is replaced each year. Their terms of service shall start in fall semester of the year of their appointment. The chairman of the Committee shall be appointed from among these faculty members nominated by the Senate Rules Committee in consultation with the President of the University. No person shall serve as chairman for more than three (3) years.

Members

Name Department Term Exp.

Chih-hsuan Wang, Chair

 Educational Foundations, Leadership, and Technology 2026

Melinda Camus

 Professor and Associate Dean, Veterinary Medicine Continuing

Ramesh Jeganathan

 Alternate - Professor, Human Sciences Continuing

Aleksandr Vinel

 Industrial and Systems Engineering 2025

Rebecca Riggs

 Biological Sciences 2027

Aditi Sengupta

 Alternate - Economics 2027

Didimos Johnson Pulikkottil

 Graduate Student Representative 2024

Aasma Sharma

 Alternate - Graduate Student Representative 2025

Emma Kay Snyder

 Undergraduate Student Representative 2025

Carly Dunn

 Undergraduate Student Representative 2025

Hannah Roberts

 Alternate - Undergraduate Student Representative 2025