Committees

 

Administrative and Committee Assignments

Fall 2019 - Spring 2020

 

I.  OFFICERS:

 

Head – M. Meléndez

 

Associate Head – M. Bowles            

            

Director of Graduate Studies – J. Irigoyen-García

 

Advisors to first year M.A. Students

                       Spanish Linguistics: Bowles

                       Hispanic Literatures: Irigoyen-García

                       Portuguese: Karam

 

Director of Undergraduate Studies, Spanish – Abbott

              

Director of Education Abroad – Escobar

 

Undergraduate Advisor in Spanish (including Honors and Study Abroad) – Robles

 

Director of Introductory Spanish Language – Waters

            

Director of 4th Semester Spanish Language – Carollo

            

Director of Advanced Spanish Language – Henshaw

 

Director of Basic Language Instruction for Portuguese – Goebel

 

Undergraduate Advisor in Portuguese—Karam

 

Parliamentarian – Tolliver

 

Graduate Student Representative to Departmental Meetings – Jone Vicente

 

Basque Studies Mentor – Hualde

 

Catalan Studies Mentor - Tolliver

 

Course Supervisors (AY 2019-2020):

 

SPAN 232 – Abbott

SPAN 252 – Jegerski

SPAN250 –  Martínez-Quiroga

SPAN 254 – Goldman

SPAN 303 – Hualde

SPAN 305 – MacDonald (Spring)

SPAN 307 – Bowles

SPAN 308 – Escobar

SPAN 318 – Irigoyen García

SPAN 324 – Meléndez

 

II.  STANDING COMMITTEES

 

Advisory Committee [elected]- Irigoyen (2018-2020), Tolliver (2018-2020), Ledesma (2019-2021), MacDonald (2019-2021), Bowles (ex officio)

 

Study Abroad Committee: Escobar (Chair), Abbott, Bowles, Goldman, Robles, Arkaitz Ibarretxe (student)

 

Graduate Recruitment & Admissions- Irigoyen (Chair), Hualde (Spanish Linguistics), Jegerski (Spanish Linguistics), Karam (Portuguese), Ledesma (Latin American Literature)

                      

Committee on Graduate Awards – Irigoyen (Chair, ex officio), Hualde, Ledesma, MacDonald

                        

Area Review Committees on Graduate Progress (including course scheduling and strategic planning within the group):

                      

             Spanish Linguistics: Hualde (Chair), Bowles, Escobar, Jegerski, MacDonald, Montrul

                                                   

Spanish, Latin American Literatures/Cultures: Ledesma (Chair), Cervantes, Delgado, Fornoff, Goldman, Irigoyen-García, Karam, Meléndez, Tolliver

 

Portuguese: Karam (Chair), Goebel

                                                         

Committee on Undergraduate Awards (Flores, Jugenheimer, Alvaro Monserrat Llardén, Borgeson, Pasquariello): Abbott (Chair), Escobar, Karam, Martínez-Quiroga

                                                                 

Curriculum Committee: Jegerski (Chair), Abbott (ex officio), Goldman, Henshaw, Irigoyen (ex officio), Karam, Robles (ex officio), Iker García (student)

                                             

Policy & Development – Tolliver (Chair), Fornoff, Goebel, Henshaw, Miren Antón (student)

 

Capricious Grading Committee [elected -3] – Montrul (Chair, 17-20), Karam (18-21), Cervantes (19-22), María Arruti (student)

 

Lectures & Arrangements Committee – Fornoff (Chair), Jegerski, Tolliver, Lucía Sánchez (student)

            

Academic Integrity Violations Appeals Committee (elected-3): Goldman (Chair), Fornoff, Tolliver

 

Faculty Annual Review Committees: (Evaluations must be completed by April 21 for non-tenure track

                                                             faculty and by May 15 for tenure track)

             Assistant Professors: All tenured faculty (Associate and Full professors)

             Associate Professors: Delgado, Hualde, Escobar, Meléndez, Montrul

             Non-tenure track faculty: Advisory committee (other faculty may be recruited if needed)

 

P&T Committee for Promotion from Associate Professor to Full: Delgado, Hualde, Escobar, Meléndez,and

Montrul         

 

III.  AD HOC

 

Darlene Wolf Fellowship – Montrul (Chair), Hualde, Jegerski,

 

Non-departmental Awards for Excellence – Goldman (Chair), Carollo, Martínez-Quiroga, Montrul

(This is a committee that identifies awards in LAS or campus and suggests nominations from our faculty)

 

Website committee: Ledesma (Chair), Irigoyen, MacDonald, Aritz Regoyo (student)

 

Newsletter committee: Meléndez (Chair), Abbott, Cervantes, Escobar

 

Scheduling and Timetable committee: Bowles (Chair), Carollo, Henshaw, Waters, Aritz Regoyo

 

Proficiency evaluation committee (Fulbright, Study Abroad, other): Martínez Quiroga (Chair), Carollo,

Goebel, Henshaw, Waters

 

Spanish in the US Search Committee: Escobar (Chair), Bowles, Cervantes

 

 

 

IV.  NON-DEPARTMENTAL COMMITTEES (School, College, Campus and U of I System wide) As August 26, 2019

 

  • Bowles, Melissa:
    • AS Policy and Development Committee
    • LAS Foreign Language Accommodations Committee
    • Committee to Review Pamela Greene, Director of FLTE

 

  • Delgado, Luisa Elena:
    • LAS Faculty Excellence Task Force
    • COHORT Committee
    • LAS Humanities Council Committee (representing the School)

 

  • Escobar, Anna María:
    • SLCL Executive Committee 
    • LAS - National and International Scholarships Program - Fulbright Program

 

  • Fornoff, Carolyn:
    • Fulbright Fall Review Student Application Committee 

 

  • Henshaw, Florencia:
    • Executive Committee of CLIC

 

  • Goldman, Dara:
    • Strategic planning working group IV — Strengthen our Resources, Visibility, and Impact 
    • Mortensen Center Advisory Committee 
    • Fulbright Review Committee 
    • PJCS Executive Committee

 

  • Hualde, José Ignacio:
    • Campus Research Board                                     
    • P& T Committee Chair, Linguistics Dept (Shosted)
    • P & T Committee member, EALC Dept (Shih)

 

  • Irigoyen-García, Javier:
    • LAS Global Studies, Faculty Advisory Committee

 

  • Jegerski, Jill:
    • Executive committee for the SLATE (Second Language Acquisition and Teacher Education)

 

 

  • Ledesma, Eduardo:
    • LAS LEAP Award Selection Committee
    • LAS Selection Committee for Illinois Diversity Postdoctoral Fellowship in Humanities Based Data Science
      Studies (Digital Humanities
    • Public Humanities Steering Committee
    • Graduate Summer Fellowships Selection Committee – Center for Latin American and Caribbean Studies

 

 

  • Karam, John:
    • Funding Initiative for Multiracial Democracy, Campus Research Board, Ad Hoc Committee Member
    • Illinois Program for Research in the Humanities, Advisory Committee Member
    • Lemann Institute for Brazilian Studies, Associate Director and Advisory Board Member

 

  • MacDonald, Jonathan:
    • LAS Committee on Academic Standards (CAS)
    • Fulbright Fall Review Student Application Committee

 

  • Meléndez, Mariselle:
    • Humanities Council Committee, chair (elected)
    • 2019-20 University of Illinois President’s Executive Leadership Program (PELP) Fellow (elected)
    • 2019-2020 LAS Working Group for Strategic Plan on Diversity and Inclusion (appointed)

 

  • Montrul, Silvina:
    • Member Executive Committee Social and Behavioral Sciences Center 
    • Program Review Evaluation Committee (Provost Office) 
    • University Scholars Selection Committee (Office of Vice-Chancellor for Research)
    • National and International Scholarships Programs

 

  • Robles, Tasha:
    • Social Justice Education Committee
    • Career Certificate Training (Fall 2019)
    •  Student Success Initiative
    • Latino Family Visit Day (Fall 2019)
    •  LAS General Education Committee

 

  • Tolliver, Joyce
    • University Senates Conference (elected)
    • University Senates Conference Executive Committee (elected)
    • Faculty Advisory Committee for System Academic Affairs (appointed)
    • Academic Senate representative for SP (elected)
    • Humanities Council Committee (representing Center for Translation Studies)
    • EO’s advisory group (representing Center for Translation Studies)

 

 

VI. Administrative Positions

  • Delgado, Elena: Director of SLCL
  • Goldman, Dara: Director Program in Jewish Culture and Society
  • Tolliver, Joyce: Director Center for Translation Studies

 

 

VII.  SPGO – Graduate Student Organization

President:  Laura Cummings

Vice President: Aritz Regoyo

Treasurer: Marco Parodi

Secretary: Cristina Gonzalez

Representative to Faculty Meetings: Jone Vicente Urrutia

Social Event Coordinator: Sara Saez

 

GEO Steward: Sara Saez

 

VIII.  OFFICE STAFF

Staff Supervisor, Administrative Associate to the Director of FLB – TBA

EO Support - Office Mgr. for Classics, Translation Studies, Medieval Studies – TBA

EO Support - Office Mgr. for Linguistics & Modern Greek – Dee Bates

EO Support – Office Administrator for SP, SLATE, ULAC, Study Abroad– Katie Walker