Faculty Council

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The UMSON Faculty Council is the mechanism by which the Faculty Assembly is engaged in:

The Faculty Council consists of nine elected and eight ex-officio members:

The elected members are the chair, chair-elect, secretary, representatives from the associate/assistant deans and each department and the UMSON UMB Faculty Senate representative.
The ex-officio members include the dean, immediate past chair of Faculty Council, and the chairs of the standing committees.

Faculty Council Committee Affiliations:

There are six Standing Committees of the Faculty Council. All members are elected from the Faculty Assembly. The Standing Committees include four Curriculum Committees, Student Affairs, and Appointments, Progressions, and Tenure.
Faculty are members of the Admissions and Academic Standing Committees and the three Judicial Boards. Faculty are elected from the Faculty Assembly for positions on the Academic Standing Committee and Judicial Boards.
The Faculty Council participates in shared governance through their role on the Governance, Academic and Student Affairs, and Technology Councils.

Meeting Times

Faculty Council:
3rd Monday, 10 - 11:50 a.m.
All faculty members are welcome to attend.

Entry to Practice (ETP) Curriculum Committee:
2nd Monday, 10 a.m. - noon

MSN Curriculum Committee:
1st Monday, 10 - 11:50 a.m.

DNP Curriculum Committee:
2nd Monday, 1 - 2:50 p.m.

PhD Curriculum Committee:
1st Monday, 1 - 2:50 p.m.

Appointments, Promotion and Tenure (APT) Committee:
2nd and 4th Mondays, 10 - 11:50 a.m.

Student Affairs Committee:
4th Monday, 1:30 - 3:20 p.m.

Judicial Boards:
varies

Faculty Senate:
3rd Wednesday, noon - 12:50 p.m.

BSN Admissions and Scholarship Committee:
4th Friday, 1 - 2 p.m.

Position	Name
Chair	Veronica Quattrini, DNP, FNP-BC
Chair-Elect	Jennifer Fitzgerald, DNP, NNP-BC
Secretary	Amy L. Daniels, PhD, RN, CHSE-A
Associate or Academic Dean Representative	Susan L. Bindon, DNP, RN, NPD-BC, CNE, FAAN, ANEF
Departmental Representatives	Veronica Y. Amos, PhD, CRNA, PHCNS-BC, FAANA (OSAH) Taylor Jones Swing, DNP, RN, CRNP-PC, CNE (FCH) Lynn Marie Elizabeth Bullock, DNP, RN, NEA-BC (PPEP) Luana Colloca, MD, PhD, MS (PTSS) Pam L. Shumate, DNP, RN, CCRN, CNE, CHSE (USG)
UMB Senator Representative to Faculty Council

Position	Name
Chair	Mary Pat Ulicny, MS, MHA, RN, CNE, CHSE
Chair Elect	Samantha Hoffman, DNP, CPNP-PC
Representatives	Jennifer Dalton, PhD, RN, CNE, CHSE Malissa da Graça, DNP, RNC, FNP-C, CNE Martine Kirwin, DNP, FNP-C, RN Sarah Bennett, DNP, CRNP, CPNP-PC, FNE-AP Patricia Schaefer, DNP, RN, CNE-cl, CHSE, CNE

Position	Name
Chair	Michelle R. Spencer, DNP, RN
Representatives	Marleen Thornton, PhD, RN Sun Young Park, DNP, FNP-C, CNE Susan M. Antol, PhD, MS, RN Megan Doede, PhD, RN Cory Stephens, DNP, RN, NI-BC, CPHIMS, FHIMSS, CNE Patricia Christensen, DNP, RN, NEA-BC

Position	Name
Chair	Maranda Jackson-Parkin, PhD, CRNP-BC, ACNP, CCNS, CCRN-K, CNE
Chair Elect	Priscilla Aguirre, DNP, CRNA, CRNP-AC
Representatives	Caitlin Donis, PhD, AG-ACNP, AACNS-AG Johnny Gayden, DNP, CRNA Taylor Jones Swing, DNP, RN, CRNP-PC Jennifer Fitzgerald, DNP, NNP-BC Taylor Melton, DNP, CRNP, AGNP-C, CNE Carolyn Greely, DNP, CRNP Blanche R. Brown, DNP, RN, CRNP-PC Barb Van de Castle, DNP, NI-BC, OCN-Emeritus

Position	Name
Chair	Shijun Zhu, PhD, DrE
Representatives	Rachel Blankstein Breman, PhD, MPH, RN, FAWHONN Amber Kleckner, PhD Ameera Chakravarthy, PhD, RN, ACNP-BC, FNP-BC Kim Mooney-Doyle, PhD, RN, CPNP-AC, FAAN Beth Galik, PhD, CRNP, FAAN, FAANP Kelly Doran, PhD, RN, FAAN

Position	Name
Chair	Luana Colloca, MD, PhD, MS (Professor Tenured)
Non-Tenured Associate Professors	Janet Selway, DNSc, AGNP-C, CPNP-PC, FAANP, FAAN Cheryl Fisher, EdD, MSN, RN
Tenured Associate Professors	Nicole "Jennifer" J. Klinedinst, PhD, MPH, RN, FAHA
Non-Tenured or Tenured Professors	Alison M. Trinkoff, ScD, MPH, RN, FAAN Veronica P. Njie-Carr, PhD, RN, ACNS-BC, FWACN Susan G. Dorsey, PhD, RN, FAAN Arpad G. Kelemen, PhD

Position	Name
Chair	Angelica Fernandez-Dizon, PhD, MD, MBA-HCM, MSN, NP-C
Representatives	Marik Moen, PhD, MPH, RN Pei-Ying Chuang, EMBA, PhD, MSN, RN Mary Grace "Molly" Renfrow, DNP, FNP, CNE Robyn Gilden, PhD, RN

Position	Name
Chair	AD Student and Academic Services Jennifer Schum, PhD
BSN Judicial Board	Karen Clark, PhD, RN, NI-BC, Alumna CCRN Rhea Freeman-Williams, PhD, CNM, FACNM Samantha Hoffman, DNP, CPNP-PC Anjana A. Solaiman, DNP, NNP-BC, IBCLC, C-EFM Yvette Conyers, DNP, RN, FNP-C, CTN-B, CFCN, CFCS, CNE, FADLN, CWCN-AP Lynn Chen, PhD Linda Cook, PhD, RN, CNS, ACNP
MSN Judicial Board	Susan M. Antol, PhD, MS, RN Sandra Lucci, PhD, RN, CNE, CMSRN Marleen Thornton, PhD, RN Marik Moen, PhD, MPH, RN Janet Armstead Wulf, DNP, AGPCNP-BC, ACHPN Charlotte Nwogwugwu, DrPH, BSN, RN, HIV PCP, CPH-BC Tara Stoudt, DNP, RNC-NIC
DNP Judicial Board	Ameera Chakravarthy, PhD, RN, ACNP-BC, FNP-BC Barb Van de Castle, DNP, RN-BC, ACNS-BC, OCN Richard Conley Jr., DNP, CRNA Paul Thurman, PhD, RN, ACNPC, CCNS, CCRN* Jennifer Fitzgerald, DNP, NNP-BC Johnny Gayden, DNP, CRNA Charlette Pace, DNP, PNP-AC

Position	Name
Chair	DeNiece Bennett, DNP, RN
Representatives	Angelica Fernandez-Dizon, DNP, MD, MBA-HCM, NP-C Rachael Holton Parran, MS, BSN Rhea Freeman-Williams, PhD, CNM, FACNM Tarleen Weston, DNP, PMHNP-BC

Visit the Faculty Senate webpage to learn more.