Joint Committee of Faculty & Students (University Committee)

Committee Description

The Joint Committee of Faculty and Students 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 Joint Committee 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 Committee 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 Committee 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 2025-2026 Roster

Students

Co-Chair: Talar Hovsepian, CCAS - Physics; SEAS - Civil Engineering (Sophomore)

Kai Amarante Naranjo, CCAS - Political Communication; GWSB - International Business (Senior)

Troi Davis, GWSB - Marketing (Junior)

Daniel Hutton, ESIA - International Affairs (Sophomore)

Urja Mehta, GWSPH - Public Health Major (Senior)

Kendall Rogers, CCAS - Public Policy (Graduate Student)

Zuleirys Santana Rodriguez, GWSB - MBA (Graduate Student)

Faculty

Co-Chair: Karan Jatwani, Assistant Professor, Medical Oncology, SMHS

Barbara Benitez-Curry, Assistant Professor of Media and Public Affairs, CCAS

Jihae Cha, Assistant Professor of International Education, GSEHD

Alyssa DeSimone, Assistant Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering, SEAS

Leonard Friedman, Professor of Health Policy and Management, GWSPH

Daisy Le, Associate Professor of Nursing, SON

Amita Vyas, Professor of Prevention and Community Health and Global Health, GWSPH (FSEC Liaison)

Administrators

Jeffrey Brand, Associate Provost, Undergraduate Affairs & Special Programs; Associate Professor of Philosophy

Colette Coleman, Vice President for Student Affairs and Dean of Students

Jay Goff, Vice President of Enrollment and Student Success

Baxter Goodly, Vice President, Safety and Operations

Scott Mory, Senior Vice President and Chief of Staff

Paul Wahlbeck, Professor of Political Science; Dean, Columbian College of Arts and Sciences

Sevin Yeltekin, Professor of Finance; Dean, GW School of Business