Working Groups

Standard I Criteria

  • Cynthia Falk (Co-Chair), Professor, Cooperstown Graduate Program
  • Audrey Porsche (Co-Chair), Associate Director of Scholarly Activities
  • Karen Brown, Assistant Vice President for Enrollment Management and Executive Director of Admissions
  • Christine Edwards, Director of Residential and Community Life
  • Rachel Kornhauser, Sustainability Coordinator
  • Florian Reyda, Professor of Biology
  • Sean Shannon, Assistant Professor of Business
  • James Zians, Associate Professor of Psychology
  • Aolat Salami, Student Association member

Standard II Criteria

  • Amanda Finch (Co-Chair), Associate Vice President for Student Affairs
  • Darren Chase (Co-Chair), Director of Milne Library
  • Dia Carleton, Personnel Director
  • Bill Harcleroad, Director of Campus Activities and Leadership
  • Katherine Lau, Associate Professor of Psychology
  • Diane Van Buren, Director of Foundation Investment Management
  • Elyse Purcell, Associate Professor of Philosophy
  • Emily Riddle, Assistant Professor of Human Ecology
  • Molly Miller, Student Association member

Standard III Criteria

  • Eileen Morgan-Zayachek (Co-Chair), Acting Vice President for Academic Affairs
  • Andrew Kahl (Co-Chair), Professor of Theater
  • Howard Ashford, Assistant Professor of Africana & Latinx Studies
  • Ed Beck, Instructional Designer
  • Robbielynn Maney, Lecturer of Elementary Education & Reading, Mohawk-Valley Community College
  • JoAnne Murphy, Associate Director of Academic Advisement
  • Sarah Portway, Assistant Professor of Human Ecology
  • Michelle Thibault, Senior Director, Career and Academic Planning
  • Daniel Stich, Associate Professor of Biology
  • Emma Sutkin, Student Association member

Standard IV Criteria

  • Maurice Odago (Co-Chair), Associate Professor of Chemistry & Biochemistry
  • Monica Grau (Co-Chair), Director of Office of Student Experience (left campus September 2022)
  • Jenny Bagby, Associate Director of Accessibility Resources
  • Amy Crouse-Powers, Assistant Director of Tutoring Services
  • Katie Griffes, Assistant Professor of Sport and Exercise Sciences
  • Anna Legname, Academic Advisor
  • Rhea Nowak, Professor of Art and Faculty Center Director
  • Barbara Pledger, Associate Director of Financial Aid and Scholarships
  • Theresa Russo, Acting Associate Vice President for Academic Affairs
  • Robb Thibault, Director of Student Life and Leadership
  • Lena Schorr, Student Association member Standard V Membership

Standard V Criteria

  • Julie Licata (Co-Chair), Associate Professor of Music (left campus June 2022)
  • Joshua Nelson (Co-Chair), Institutional Assessment Specialist
  • Mary Lynn Bensen, Librarian
  • Maureen Cashman, Business Analyst, Registrar’s Office
  • Alison Fugit, Director of Student Learning Center
  • Tim Hayes, Senior Advancement Officer
  • Leslie Hasbargen, Associate Professor of Earth & Atmospheric Sciences
  • Pathy Leiva, Director of Access and Opportunity Programs
  • John McCaslin-Doyle, Professor of Theatre
  • Katherine McMichael, Interim Director of Office of Student Experience
  • Angeliki Kazas-Pontisakos, Associate Professor of Mathematics, Computer Science & Statistics
  • Ursula Sanborn-Overby, Assistant Professor of Psychology
  • Brenda Seery, Assistant Professor of Human Ecology
  • Katie Murphy, Student Association member

Standard VI Criteria

  • Rebecca O’Donnell (Co-Chair), Associate Vice President for Finance and Administration/Controller
  • William Vining (Co-Chair), Professor of Chemistry & Biochemistry
  • Reece Allen, Assistant Professor of Human Ecology
  • Scott Barton, Facilities Program Coordinator
  • Michael Koch, Associate Professor of Philosophy
  • Michael McAvoy, Associate Professor of Business
  • Napoleon Tiapo, Financial Analyst, Academic Affairs
  • John Villanti, Director, Business Services, Finance and Administration
  • Maddie Nedell, Student Association member

Standard VII Criteria

  • Brendan Aucoin (Co-Chair), Head of Access Services & Library Technology
  • Gretchen Sorin (Co-Chair), Cooperstown Graduate Program Director & Distinguished Service Professor
  • Beth Small, Associate Professor & Chair of Foreign Languages & Literature
  • Keith Jones, Associate Professor of Mathematics, Computer Science & Statistics, and Presiding Officer of the Faculty & Chair of the University Senate
  • Joseph Pignato, Professor of Music
  • Steve Maniscalco, Chief Information Officer
  • Isabella Bollman, Student Association member
  • Caroline Brown, Cooperstown Graduate Program graduate student
  • Denise Straut (Co-Chair), Director of Research, Grants and Contracts
  • Caitlin Allen (Co-Chair), Director of Institutional Research
  • Maureen Artale, University Registrar
  • Jennifer Bueche, Distinguished Service Professor, Human Ecology
  • Carolyn Chryst, Assistant Professor of Educational Psychology, Counseling & Special Education
  • Danielle Baker, Research Analyst, Institutional Research

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