College Committees, Representatives, and Task Forces

Academic Year 2026-2027

COLLEGE STANDING COMMITTEES

Per the  College Bylaws, the Standing Committees of the College of Architecture and Design faculty shall be:

Undergraduate Committee
Graduate Committee
Steering Committee
Student Grievance Committee
Faculty Grievance Committee
Promotion, Tenure and Retention Committee
Programs Committee
Annual Performance Review
Faculty Development Leave

UNDERGRADUATE COMMITTEE

Patricia Oliver, Dean (non-voting)
Trang Phan, Associate Dean (non-voting)
Rafael Beneytez-Duran, Director, Undergraduate Studies; Coordinator, Advanced
Mark Kimbrough, Co-Director, Industrial Design
Andrew Kudless, Coordinator, Design Media, Co-Coordinator, Foundation
Mili Kyropoulou, Director –Coordinator, Technology/Env. Systems
Jason Logan, Co-Coordinator, Foundation
Roya Plauche, Director of Environmental Design Deepa Ramaswamy, Coordinator - History, Theory and Criticism
Jose Roldan, Coordinator, Integration
Sheryl Tucker de Vazquez, Director, Interior Architecture

Students: TBD
Student representatives are selected at the start of the academic year.

GRADUATE COMMITTEE

Patricia Oliver, Dean (non-voting)
Trang Phan, Associate Dean (non-voting)
Gail Peter Borden, Director, Graduate Studies
Sam Clovis, Coordinator, Foundation
Jeff F. Feng, Co-Director, Industrial Design
Jesse Hager, Coordinator, Integration (Spring)
Mark Kimbrough, Co-Director, Industrial Design
Andrew Kudless, Coordinator, Design Media
Mili Kyropoulou, Coordinator, Technology
Rafael Longoria, Coordinator, Advanced Studies
Patrick Peters,  Coordinator, Design/Build
Deepa Ramaswamy, Coordinator - History, Theory and Criticism

Students: TBD
Student representatives are selected at the start of the academic year.

STEERING COMMITTEE
[7 Faculty: 6 tenured/tenure-track + 1 voting-eligible adjunct faculty (two-year terms: 3 odd years, 4 even years); + 1 undergraduate student and 1 graduate student (one-year term)]

STUDENT GRIEVANCE COMMITTEE
[5 voting-eligible faculty members, at least 3 must be tenured (two-year terms), + 1 undergraduate student and 1 graduate student]

George Chow (2025-2027)
William Dupont (2026-2028)
Meg Jackson (2025-2027)
Elham Morshedzadeh (2025-2027)
Susan Rogers (2026-2028)

Students: TBD
Student representatives are selected at the start of the academic year.

FACULTY GRIEVANCE COMMITTEE
(3 tenured professors, members serve recurring, alpha order for 2-year term; alternate (2 full + 1 assoc.) and (2 assoc. + 1 full); cannot serve on PTR.

Joe Colaco (P) (2026-2028)
Marta Rodriguez (AP) (2025-2027)
Susan Rogers (AP) (2026-2028)

*Professor (P), Associate Professor (AP), Assistant Professor (ATP)

ANNUAL PERFORMANCE REVIEW COMMITTEE
(4 FT: 3 T, 1 must be TT; 2 on, 2 off)

Gail Borden (T) (2026-2028)
Tom Diehl (T) (2025-2027)
Michael Gonzales (PENTT) (2026-2028)
Dalia Munenzon (TT) (2025-2027)
Peter Zweig (T) (2025-2027)

*Tenured (T), Tenure-track (TT), Promotion Eligible Non-Tenure Track (PENTT)

TENURE, PROMOTION, AND RETENTION (TPR) COMMITTEE 
Elect Chair at beginning of each academic year

William Truitt, Chair, Associate Professor
Larry Bell, Professor
Rafael Beneytez-Duran, Professor
Gail Borden, Professor
Geoffrey Brune, Professor
George Chow, Associate Professor
Tom Diehl, Associate Professor
William Dupont, Professor
Jeff Feng, Professor
Dietmar Froehlich, Professor
Mili Kyropoulou, Associate Professor
Andrew Kudless, Professor
Rafael Longoria (serves on Univ P&T), Professor
Patrick Peters, Professor
Ronnie Self, Professor
Peter Zweig, Professor

PROGRAMS COMMITTEE

Ruth Lo (TT) (2025-2027)
Jose Roldan (PENTT) (2025-2027)
Elham Morshedzadeh (TT) (2026-2027)

PROGRAMS COMMITTEE - ELECT

Melanie Louterbach Rippe (TT) (2026-2028)
Christopher Battaglia (TT) (2026-2028)
Dalia Munenzon (TT) (2026-2028)

FULL PROFESSORS COMMITTEE

Larry Bell
Rafael Beneytez-Duran
Gail Borden
Geoffrey Brune
William Dupont
Jeff Feng
Dietmar Froehlich
Andrew Kudless
Rafael Longoria (serves on University P&T)
Patrick Peters
Ronnie Self
Peter Zweig

FACULTY DEVELOPMENT LEAVE

Rafael Beneytez-Duran (2025-2027)
Tom Diehl (2024-2026)
Ronnie Self (2026-2029)

Steering Committee appoints members at their first meeting of the academic year

UNIVERSITY

FACULTY COUNCIL

Associate Presiding Officer: (President will select the next faculty member from 2 nominees)

STAFF COUNCIL

Academic Affairs Division Representative: Jessica Rosa (2026-2029)

INDUSTRY REPRESENTATIVES

Association of Collegiate Schools of Architecture (ACSA) Councilor: TBD
Architectural Research Centers Consortium (ARCC) Representative: Andrew Kudless 
National Council of Architectural Registration Boards (NCARB): Patrick Peters
Building Technology Educators' Society (BTES) Liaison: Mili Kyropoulou

Updated June 4, 2026