Academic Year 2023-2024

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)
Dietmar Froehlich, Associate Dean, Chair (non-voting)
Trang Phan, Associate Dean (non-voting)
Ylei Gachupin (non-voting)
Rafael Beneytez-Duran, Director, Undergraduate Studies; Coordinator, Advanced
Tom Diehl, Co-Coordinator Technology
Dijana Handanovic, Coordinator, Foundation
Daniel Jacobs, Coordinator, Intermediate
Matthew Johnson, Coordinator, Thesis (non-voting / guest for specific topic discussion)
Mark Kimbrough, Co-Director, Industrial Design
Andrew Kudless, Coordinator, Design Media
Mili Kyropoulou, Director – Building Analytics and Sustainable Environments (BASE) Lab
Roya Plauche, Interim Director of Environmental Design (non-voting)
Deepa Ramaswamy, Coordinator - History, Theory and Criticism
Jose Roldan, Coordinator, Integration
Rives Taylor, Co-Coordinator Technology
Sheryl Tucker de Vazquez, Director, Interior Architecture

Students: Ezequiel Alvarenga, Hannah Pavelka
Student representatives are selected at the start of the academic year.

GRADUATE COMMITTEE

Patricia Oliver, Dean (non-voting)
Dietmar Froehlich, Associate 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)
Matthew Johnson, Coordinator, Integration (Fall)
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: Matthew Avelar (primary)
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)
Meg Jackson (2025-2027)
Elham Morshedzadeh (2025-2027)
Marta Rodriguez (2024-2026)
Ronnie Self (2024-2026)

Students: Haley Hudgeons
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.

Gail Peter Borden (P) (2024-2026)
Geoffrey Brune (P) (2024-2026)
Marta Rodriguez (AP) (2025-2027)

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

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

Tom Diehl (T) (2025-2027)
Dalia Munenzon (TT) (2025-2027)
Peter Zweig (T) (2025-2027)
Andrew Kudless (T) (2024-2026)
Mark Kimbrough (PENTT) (2024-2026)

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

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

William Truitt, Chair, Associate Professor
Larry Bell, Professor
Rafael Beneytez-Duran, Associate Professor
George Chow, Associate Professor
Joe Colaco, Professor
Tom Diehl, Associate Professor
Jeff Feng, Associate Professor
Donna Kacmar, Professor
Andrew Kudless, Professor
Rafael Longoria (serves on Univ P&T), Professor
Patrick Peters, Professor
Bruce Race, Professor
Susan Rogers, Associate Professor
Ronnie Self, Professor
Peter Zweig, Professor

PROGRAMS COMMITTEE

Sam Clovis (2024-2026)
Ophelia Mantz (2024-2026)
Min Kang (2024-2026)

PROGRAMS COMMITTEE - ELECT

Ruth Lo (TT) (2025-2027)
Shawn Lutz (Adj) (2025-2027)
Jose Roldan (PENTT) (2025-2027)

FULL PROFESSORS COMMITTEE

Larry Bell
Rafael Beneytez-Duran (effective 9/1/25)
Joe Colaco
Jeff Feng (effective 9/1/25)
Donna Kacmar, Chair
Andrew Kudless
Rafael Longoria (serve on University P&T)
Patrick Peters
Bruce Race
Ronnie Self
Peter Zweig

FACULTY DEVELOPMENT LEAVE

Rafael Beneytez-Duran (2025-2027)
Tom Diehl (2024-2026)
Matthew Johnson (2023-2025)

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

UNIVERSITY

FACULTY SENATE

Gail Peter Borden

TEACHING AWARDS COMMITTEE

Gail Peter Borden

INDUSTRY REPRESENTATIVES

Association of Collegiate Schools of Architecture (ACSA) Councilor: Matthew Johnson
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 27, 2025