Committees and Councils

Research and Scholarly Activity Council

Purpose or Function: This Council enhances and monitors academic research activities at the University, including research administration, program oversight, and program evaluation.

Membership: One faculty representative from each college recommended by the dean, plus directors of the University’s research centers, the chair of the Institutional Review Board, a representative from Comptroller’s Office, a representative from the Faculty Renaissance Center Advisory Committee, a representative from the library, and the immediate winner of the Faculty Research Award..

Chair: Associate Vice President for Research & Scholarly Activity

Name	Reason for Membership	Term, if applicable
Knull, Harvey Chair	Dean of Graduate Education & Associate VP for Research & Scholarly Activity
Blount, Grady	Faculty, College of S&T
Cassidy, Jack	Center for Educational Development, Evaluation & Research (CEDER)
Friday, Swint	Faculty, College of Bus
Haswell, Jan	Faculty, College of A&H
Hay, Rick	Center for Water Supply Studies
Jackson, Vanessa	Recipient of Faculty Research Award
Jeffress, Gary	Blucher Institute
Kreneck, Tom	Library
Middleton, Karen	Chair, Institutional Review Board
Murray, Karen	Faculty, College of N&HS
Rhoades, Philip	Social Sciences Research Center
Southern, Steve	Faculty, College of Ed
Torres, Becky	Comptroller’s Office
Tunnell, Wes	Center for Coastal Studies
Jensen, David	National Spill Control School
	Faculty Renaissance Center Comm. rep.