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:
Baltimore: 2nd and 4th Monday, 1 - 2 p.m.
USG: 1st and 3rd Tuesday, 1 - 2 p.m.

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

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

Position	Name
Chair	Jennifer Fitzgerald, DNP, NNP-BC
Chair-Elect	Veronica Quattrini, DNP, FNP-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 Shumate (USG)
UMB Senator Representative to Faculty Council	Karin Russ, JD, MS, RN

Position	Name
Chair	Samantha Hoffman, DNP, CPNP-PC
Representatives	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 Jennifer Dalton, PhD, RN, CNE, CHSE Joyell Arscott, PhD, ACRN

Position	Name
Chair	Michelle R. Spencer, DNP, RN
Representatives	Marleen Thornton, PhD, RN Sun Young Park, DNP, FNP-C, CNE Megan Doede, PhD, RN Cory Stephens, DNP, RN, NI-BC, CPHIMS, FHIMSS, CNE Patricia Christensen, DNP, RN, NEA-BC Kaitlin Shapelow, DNP, CRNP, AGNP-PC, CNE

Position	Name
Chair	Taylor Jones Swing, DNP, RN, CRNP-PC
Representatives	Carolyn Greely, DNP, CRNP Blanche R. Brown, DNP, RN, CRNP-PC Barb Van de Castle, DNP, NI-BC, OCN-Emeritus Caitlin Donis, PhD, AG-ACNP, AACNS-AG Johnny Gayden, DNP, CRNA Jennifer Fitzgerald, DNP, NNP-BC Jessica Sullivan, DNP, PMHNP-BC Molly McComiskey, DNP, CNP-AC

Position	Name
Chair	Rachel Blankstein Breman, PhD, MPH, RN, FAWHONN
Representatives	Rachel McPherson, PhD, MA 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	Nicole "Jennifer" J. Klinedinst, PhD, MPH, RN, FAHA
Non-Tenured Associate Professors	Bridgitte Gourley, DNP, FNP-BC, FACU, FNAP Veronica "Ronnie" Quattrini, DNP, FNP-BC, FAANP
Tenured Associate Professors	Kelly Doran, PhD, RN, FAAN Sarah Holmes, PhD, MSW
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	Robyn Gilden, PhD, RN Pei-Ying Chuang, EMBA, PhD, MSN, RN Rebecca Weston, EdD, MSN, RN, CNE Ngozi Osuagwu, DNP, CRNP, PNP, FNP

Position	Name
Chair	Yvette Conyers, DNP, RN, FNP-C, CTN-B, CFCN, CFCS, CNE, FADLN, CWCN-AP Steven L. Johnson, MA Email: Nrsjudicialboard@umaryland.edu
BSN Judicial Board	Anjana A. Solaiman, DNP, NNP-BC, IBCLC, C-EFM Linda Cook, PhD, RN, CNS, ACNP Kelly Bates, DNP, FNP-BC Sarah Rangelov
MSN Judicial Board	Marik Moen, PhD, MPH, RN Charlotte Nwogwugwu, DrPH, BSN, RN, HIV PCP, CPH-BC Tara Stoudt, DNP, RNC-NIC Lynn Chen, PhD Maria Robinson, DNP Robyn Gilden, PhD, RN Cheryl Fisher, EdD, MSN, RN
DNP Judicial Board	Oluchi Ayichi, DNP, RN, CRNP Veronica Y. Amos, PhD, CRNA, PHCNS-BC, FAANA, FAAN Victoria Vykol, DNP, CRNP, NNP-BC Taylor Melton-Farley, DNP, CRNP, AGNP-C, CNE Johnny Gayden, DNP, CRNA Megan Rosenblatt, DPC, LCSW-C

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.