Executive Committee

Overview

The CHASS Faculty Assembly elects five of its members to serve as officers. The executive committee convenes and sets the agenda for faculty assembly meetings and oversees the committees of the faculty assembly.

Roster

The Executive Committee is responsible for overseeing the overall functioning of CHASS Shared Governance. This includes cooperative endeavors with CHASS administration, MFA, and UDMPU.

This committee reports to the Executive Board and to the faculty assemble as appropriate. The committee consists of five members, as follows: Note: elected for one-year terms.

Jason Roche

President

Jason Roche (2026-2027)

Elena Garcia

Vice President

Elena Garcia (2026-2027)

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Secretary / Communications Officer

Gregory Banazak (2026-27)

Andrew Papa

Member at large

Andrew Papa (2026-2)

Emily Dowgwillo

Member at large

Emily Dowgwillo (2025-2026)

Roles and Responsibilities

  1. Prepare the agenda for all meetings of the Assembly.
  2. Receive communications addressed to the Assembly, including recommendations from the Curriculum & Standards Committee, the Grants & Funds Committee, the Grade Grievance Committee and the Faculty Development Committee, and the Tenure & Promotion Committee–with the exception of recommendations and issues regarding tenure and promotion candidates.
  3. Review recommendations originating in Committees and determines which matters do and do not require a vote of the Assembly as described in Article 7.3 below.
  4. Communicate its recommendations on those matters to the Dean and to the Assembly as described in Article 7.3(b) below for matters which it determines do not require a vote of the Assembly.
  5. Maintain regular liaison with the Deans and other administrators and staff regarding matters relevant to the Assembly. Recommend approvals to the Dean’s office as needed.
  6. Call for special meetings of the CHASS Faculty Assembly if authorized.
  7. Maintain and publicize minutes of all meetings to members of the Assembly.
  8. Convene meetings of the Faculty of CHASS Fall and Winter
  9. Review charges for sub committees.
  10. Conduct elections for CHASS SG, CHASS representatives to MFA, CLAE representatives to McNichols Promotion and Tenure committee, and representatives for Faculty Review Committee.
  11. Manage the proposal and processing of revisions to the Charter.
  12. Review the attached Roles and Responsibilities for CHASS Committees. Note important dates.
  13. Review the University of Detroit Mercy 2019-2024 Strategic Plan.
  14. Check the webpage for the specific Committee to determine information provided is accurate.
  15. Keep the University community informed of committee activities by providing annual reports to be posted to the shared governance website. 
  16. Add special tasks at the discretion of the Committee and/or Dean.