Committees

2026-27 Committees

Committee of the Whole (CW)

• Guanyu Hu (President)
• Camille Fairbourn (Secretary)

Advisory Committee (AC)

• Lyudmila Sakhanenko (Chair)
• Guanqun Cao
• Marianne Huebner
• Harish Sankaranarayanan

Colloquium Committee (CC)

• Guanyu Hu (Chair)
• Yuehua Cui
• Gong Xi
• Yue (Kelly) Xing

Graduate Support Committee (GSC)

• Yimin Xiao (Chair)
• Guanqun (Vivian) Cao
• Guanyu Hu
• Gee Lee
• Chih-Li Sung

Master Support Committee (MSC)

• Leonard Johnson (Chair)
• Albert Cohen
• Haiyan Liu
• Paul Speaker

Major Curriculum Committee (MCC)

• Leonard Johnson (Chair)
• Natalie Clark (None Voting)
• Gee Lee
• Dakshesh Vasan (Grad Rep)
• Yue (Kelly) Xing

Probability Preliminary Exam Committee

• Yimin Xiao (Chair)
• Guanqun (Vivian) Cao

Statistics Preliminary Exam Committee

• Lyudmila Sakhanenko (Chair)
• Guanyu Hu
• Taps Maiti

Reappointment, Promotion and Tenure Committee (RPTC)

• Lyudmila Sakhanenko (Chair)
• Yuehua Cui
• Guanyu Hu
• Yimin Xiao

Service Course Committee (SCC)

• Vince Melfi (Chair)
• Elijah Dikong
• Camille Fairbourn
• Dola Pathak
• Qian Xunlei (Grad Rep)

Inclusive, Excellence and Impact Committee (IEIC)

• Guanqun (Vivian) Cao (Chair)
• Jennifer Green
• Andriana Manousidaki
• Yue (Kelly) Xing

Reappointment and Promotion Committee for Academic Specialists and Fixed Term Faculty (RPC)

• Vince Melfi (Chair)
• Camille Fairbourn
• Leonard Johnson
• Dola Pathak

Strategic Program Assessment Committee (SPAC)

• Yimin Xiao (Chair)
• Guanqun Cao
• Yuehua Cui
• Guanyu Hu
• Leonard Johnson
• Chih-Li Sung

Awards Committee

• Vince Melfi (Chair)
• Yuehua Cui
• Gee Lee
• Yimin Xiao

Student Advisory Committee (SAC)

• Dakshesh Vasan, Grad Student Rep (Dept. and College)
• Xunlei Qian, Grad Student Rep

Bylaws Committee

• Lyudmila Sakhanenko (Chair)
• Marianne Huebner
• Kaiwen Jiang

UGAPR Committee

• Leonard Johnson (Chair)
• Jennifer Green
• Kaiwen Jiang
• Vince Melfi
• Dola Pathak
• Chih-Li Sung

Innovation Teaching Committee (ITC)

• Christina Horr (Chair)
• Savvy Barnes
• Costeal (Gabi) Bontea
• Harish Sankaranarayanan
• Fauziya Ado Yakasai