Department Committees

Awards, Student Scholarships and Internships Committee
NamePositionTerm ends
John Ruberson Chair, Department Head Indef
Lance Meinke Faculty Undefined
Tom Weissling Faculty Undefined
Curriculum and Distance Education Committee
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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
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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
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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
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Tom Weissling Chair, Graduate Program Director 2023
Troy Anderson Faculty 2023
Susan Weller Faculty 2024
Georgina Bingham Faculty 2025

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

Safety Committee
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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
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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)
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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
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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
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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)