Department Committees

Awards, Student Scholarships and Internships Committee
NamePositionTerm ends
John Ruberson Chair, Department Head Indef
Tom Weissling Faculty Undefined
*** Faculty Undefined
Curriculum and Distance Education Committee
NamePositionTerm ends
Doug Golick Chair, CASNR Curriculum Comm rep Undef
Jeff Bradshaw Director of DPH Program Undef
Louise Lynch-O’Brien Undergrad Program Coordinator Undef
Tom Weissling Distance Education Undef
Erin Bauer Faculty  Undef
*** Faculty Undef
Kathy Schindler Office education coordinator Undef
*** Graduate student representative 2024

Diversity and Inclusion Committee
NamePositionTerm ends
John Ruberson Chair, Department head Undef
Gary Brewer Professor Undef
Ana Vélez Assistant Professor, research Undef
Louise Lynch-O’Brien Assistant Professor, teaching Undef
Suresh Varsani Staff/Postdoc representative 2024
*** Graduate Student representative 2024

Executive Committee
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John Ruberson Chair, Department Head Undef
Joe Louis Professor, Associate Dept. Head Undef
Gary Brewer Professor, research/teaching Undef
Julie Peterson Associate Professor, off-campus Undef
Ana Vélez Assistant Professor, research Undef
Tom Weissling Associate Professor, teaching Undef
*** Professor, extension Undef
Graduate Committee
NamePostionTerm ends
Tom Weissling Chair, Graduate Program Director 2026
Susan Weller Faculty 2024
Georgina Bingham Faculty 2025
Justin McMechan Faculty 2026
Promotion and Tenure Committee
NamePositionTerm ends
Julie Peterson Faculty, Chair 2024
Joe Louis Faculty 2025
Jeff Bradshaw Faculty 2026
Troy Anderson Faculty 2027

Safety Committee
NamePositionTerm ends
Erin Bauer Chair, Graduate Lecturer Undef
Kathy Schindler Office Staff Undef
Lise Pingault Faculty/Staff Undef
Lynda Elaine Graduate Student representative 2024
Heather Hernandez Graduate Student representative from Molecular Biology areas 2024
Science Literacy and Recruitment Outreach Committee
NamePositionTerm ends
Doug Golick Chair Undef
Gary Brewer Faculty Undef
*** Graduate student representative 2024
Louise Lynch-O’Brien Undergrad Program Coordinator Undef
Judy Wu-Smart Faculty, Extension Undef
*** Museum Coordinator Undef
John Ruberson Department head Undef
Kathy Schindler Office education coordinator Undef

Seminar Committee
Entomology Department Fall 2023 Seminar Series (pdf)
Entomology Department Spring 2024 Seminar Series (pdf - to be published Jan. 2024)
NamePositionTerm ends
Kyle Koch Chair, Faculty 2024
John Ruberson Faculty 2025
Shaonpius Mondal Faculty 2026
Lise Pingault Ad hoc Faculty/Postdoc 2024
*** Grad student representative 2024

Space Committee
NamePositionTerm ends
Troy Anderson Faculty
Kyle Koch Faculty
Justin McMechan Faculty
Lise Pingault Faculty
Judy Wu-Smart Faculty
Undergraduate Committee
NamePositionTerm ends
Louise Lynch-O'Brien Chair, Insect Science Program Coordinator Undef
Troy Anderson Faculty, at-large member 2024
Julie Peterson Faculty, at-large member 2025
Georgina Bingham Faculty, at-large member 2026
*** Insect Science Student Member 2024
Wellness Committee
NamePositionTerm ends
Erin Bauer Chair, Faculty Undef
Ana Vélez Faculty Undef
Marissa Kemp Staff Undef
Sanket Shinde Graduate student rep Undef
Representative to CASNR Faculty Advisory Committee – Erin Bauer (2020-2023)
Representative to IANR Greenhouse Committee – Justin McMechan (2020-2023)
Representative to Faculty Senate – Tom Weissling (2023-2026)
Representative to Agricultural Research Division Advisory Council for District 5 (Entomology, Statistics, School of Veterinary Medicine and Biomedical Sciences –  Gary Brewer (2020-2023)