Joint Committee of Faculty & Students (University Committee)
Committee Description
The Joint Committee of Faculty and Students (JCFS) was created as a common forum for representatives of the Faculty Senate and the Student Government Association to facilitate efforts to improve student-faculty relations and encourage student recommendations in areas of Faculty Senate policy-formulation which affect student life.
The JCFS is led by a student Co-Chair and a faculty Co-Chair. Its membership currently includes seven students, seven faculty members, and seven senior administrators.
The JCFS may exercise advisory powers in matters it decides are important to the University community by making recommendations in the form of resolutions conveyed to the Faculty Senate, the Student Government Association, the President, the Provost, or any other appropriate university official or body.
The JCFS may also study matters or resolutions referred to it by either the Faculty Senate or the Student Government Association, and with respect to such matters or resolutions, make recommendations and reports to the Faculty Senate or to the Student Government Association in accordance with their respective governing documents.
Joint Committee of Faculty & Students 2026-2027 Roster
Students
Co-Chair: Bernice Ashitey, ESIA (Junior)
Bryson Handy, ESIA (Senior)
Luca Lazzarini, CCAS (Junior)
Dia Makhecha, CCAS (Junior)
Emily Pawlowski, CCAS (Sophomore)
Ranyeli Rodriguez, ESIA (Junior)
Madison Wyman, CPS (Graduate Student)
Faculty
Co-Chair: Amita Vyas, Professor of Prevention and Community Health and Global Health, GWSPH
Sina Azodi, Assistant Professor of Middle East Politics; Director, Middle East Studies MA Program, ESIA
Heather Bamford, Professor of Spanish, CCAS
Alyssa DeSimone, Assistant Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering, SEAS
Irene Foster, Professor of Economics, CCAS
Dhinu Jayaseelan, Associate Professor of Health, Human Function, and Rehabilitation Sciences, SMHS
Daisy Le, Associate Professor of Nursing, SON
Administrators
Co-Chair: Colette Coleman, Vice President for Student Affairs and Dean of Students
Co-Chair: Scott Mory, Senior Vice President and Chief of Staff
Jeffrey Brand, Associate Provost, Undergraduate Affairs & Special Programs; Associate Professor of Philosophy
Jay Goff, Vice President of Enrollment and Student Success
Baxter Goodly, Vice President, Safety and Operations
Paul Wahlbeck, Professor of Political Science; Dean, Columbian College of Arts and Sciences
Sevin Yeltekin Sleet, Professor of Finance; Dean, GW School of Business