Department Committees

Awards, Student Scholarships and Internships Committee
Name	Position	Term ends
John Ruberson	Chair, Department Head	Indef
Lance Meinke	Faculty	Undefined
Tom Weissling	Faculty	Undefined

Curriculum and Distance Education Committee
Name	Position	Term ends
Doug Golick	Chair, CASNR Curriculum Comm rep	Undef
Gary Hein	Director of DPH Program	Undef
Lance Meinke	Faculty	Undef
Louise Lynch-O’Brien	Undergrad Program Coordinator	Undef
Tom Weissling	Distance Education	Undef
Bob Wright	Faculty	Undef
Kathy Schindler	Office education coordinator	Undef
Jeff Cluever	Graduate student representative	2023

Diversity and Inclusion Committee
Name	Position	Term 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
	Staff/Postdoc representative	2023
Hannah Stowe	Graduate Student representative	2023

Executive Committee
Name	Position	Term ends
John Ruberson	Chair, Department head	Undef
Joe Louis	Professor, Associate Dept. Head
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
Bob Wright	Professor, extension	Undef

Graduate Committee
Name	Postion	Term ends
Tom Weissling	Chair, Graduate Program Director	2023
Troy Anderson	Faculty	2023
Susan Weller	Faculty	2024
Georgina Bingham	Faculty	2025

Promotion and Tenure Committee
Name	Position	Term ends
Gary Brewer	Faculty, Chair	2023
Julie Peterson	Faculty	2024
Joe Louis	Faculty	2025
Jeff Bradshaw	Faculty	2026

Safety Committee
Name	Position	Term ends
Erin Bauer	Chair, Graduate Lecturer	Undef
Josh Villazana	Research Technician	Undef
Kathy Schindler	Office Staff	Undef
Lise Pingault	Postdoc/Faculty	Undef
Heena Puri	Graduate Student representative	Undef

Science Literacy and Recruitment Outreach Committee
Name	Position	Term ends
Doug Golick	Chair	Undef
Gary Brewer	Faculty	Undef
Pragya Gupta	Graduate student representative	Undef
Louise Lynch-O’Brien	Undergrad Program Coordinator	Undef
Judy Wu-Smart	Faculty, Extension	Undef
John Ruberson	Department head	Undef
Kathy Schindler	Office education coordinator	Undef

Seminar Committee
Entomology Department Fall 2022 Seminar Series (pdf)
Name	Position	Term ends
Georgina Bingham	Faculty	2023
Kyle Koch	Faculty	2024
John Ruberson	Faculty	2025
Lise Pingault	Ad hoc Faculty/Postdoc	2023
Pragya Gupta	Grad student representative	2023

Undergraduate Committee
Name	Position	Term ends
Louise Lynch-O'Brien	Chair, Insect Science Program Coordinator	Undef
Autumn Smart	Faculty	2023
Troy Anderson	Faculty, at-large member	2024
Julie Peterson	Faculty	2025
Claire Klein	Insect Science Student Member	2023

Wellness Committee
Name	Position	Term ends
Erin Bauer	Chair, Graduate Lecturer	Undef
Ana Vélez	Faculty	Undef
Marissa Kemp	Staff	Undef
_____________	Graduate student rep	Undef
_____________	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 – Doug Golick (2020-2023)
Representative to Agricultural Research Division Advisory Council for District 5 (Entomology, Statistics, School of Veterinary Medicine and Biomedical Sciences – Gary Brewer (2020-2023)