University Standing Committees and Task Forces

Duties

Advise the administration on matters of policy pertaining to research, both internal and external, and provide the Office of Research and the Office for Sponsored Programs faculty input concerning policies and procedures that govern administration of externally funded research.

Composition

This committee shall consist of 17 voting members: Three representatives from Arts & Sciences (one each from science/mathematics, arts/humanities and social/behavioral sciences), three representatives from diverse departments in Engineering, one representative from each of the remaining colleges/schools (Commerce and Business Administration, Communication and Information Sciences, Community Health Sciences, Continuing Studies, Education, Environmental Sciences, Law, Libraries, Nursing and Social Work); and a Faculty Senate Representative.  These members shall serve staggered non-succeeding three-year terms.  The following shall serve as liaison members: the Associate Vice President for Research, the Director of the Office for Sponsored Programs, the Assistant Vice President for Academic Affairs/Dean of the Graduate School and a representative from the Office of University Counsel.

The divisional representatives of the research faculty will be recommended to the President by the Division Heads.

Reporting Channel
Dr. Joe Benson, Interim Vice President for Research

Membership/Terms

Arts and Sciences
Humanities
Joel Brouwer – joel.brouwer@ua.edu, 2010

Natural Sciences and Mathematics
David Dixon – dadixon@bama.ua.edu, 2009

Social Sciences
George Rable – grable@bama.ua.edu, 2008

C&BA
Mike Hardin – mhardin@cba.ua.edu, 2010

Continuing Studies
Bill Weems – bweems@ccs.ua.edu, 2010

Communication
Steven MacCall – smaccall@bama.ua.edu, 2008

Community Health Sciences
Karen Burgess - KBurgess@cchs.ua.edu, 2009

Education
Cynthia Sunal – cvsunal@bamaed.ua.edu, 2008

Engineering
Samit Roy – sroy@eng.ua.edu, 2010
Mark Weaver – mweaver@eng.ua.edu, 2008
Su Gupta – sgupta@eng.ua.edu, 2009

HES
Mike Perko – mperko@ches.ua.edu, 2009

Law
Anne Hornsby – ahornsby@law.ua.edu, 2010

Nursing
Susan Gaskins – sgaskins@bama.ua.edu, 2009

Social Work
Michael Parker – mwparker@sw.ua.edu, 2008

University Libraries
Lou Pitschmann - lpitschm@bama.ua.edu, 2008

Faculty Senate Representative

Shane Street – street@bama.ua.edu