Academic Planning Advisory Committee (APAC)
The Academic Planning Advisory Committee (APAC) was created on the recommendation of the College Park Senate, to advise the Chief Academic Officer concerning academic issues with a significant resource implication. APAC has been involved in various initiatives over the years, including creation/elimination of academic units or programs, strategic planning, major revisions of the undergraduate curriculum, resource reallocation, and the distribution of enhancement and research initiative funds.
APAC is appointed by the Provost, in consultation with the Senate Executive Committee. The 1988 Senate legislation states that "a majority of the members shall be full-time tenured faculty members who do not hold a position at the level of department chair or higher." A 1992 amendment states that "the Provost shall appoint a staff member from the Division of Academic Affairs." While members of APAC are chosen with a balance of academic areas in mind, they act as individuals, and rather than representatives of a particular constituency, they are chosen to represent the best of us. As stated in the Senate task force report, "they should be chosen for their judgment, commitment to the campus, scholarship, and teaching accomplishments and should represent a diversity of disciplines, experience, and perspectives."
Description Updated August 6, 2015
Senate Documents explaining the history and establishment of APAC
CURRENT APAC COMMITTEE MEMBERS

Jennifer King Rice
Senior Vice President and Provost
She/Her/Hers

John Bertot
Associate Provost for Faculty Affairs
Faculty Affairs SiteJames Butler
Associate Professor, Public Health
Reza Ghodssi
Distinguished University Professor & Herbert Rabin Distinguished Chair in Engineering
Abba Gumel
Distinguished University Professor & The Michael and Eugenia Brin Endowed E-Nnovate Chair in Mathematics
Alan Kaufman
Professor, Geology
Melanie Killen
Distinguished University Professor, Education
Willow Lung-Amam
Associate Professor, Urban Studies and Planning

William Reed
Associate Provost for Academic Planning
John Ronquillo
Associate Professor; Director, IPL
Linda Steiner
Professor, Journalism
Wendy Stickle
Director, CCJS Undergraduate Program at Shady Grove

Lisa Taneyhill
Associate Provost for Academic Affairs
Rohan Titekar
Associate Professor, Nutrition and Food Science
Vijaya Venkataramani
Dean's Professor of Leadership and Innovation
Jessica Vitak
Professor; Director, PhD Information Studies; Affiliate Fellow, UMD Honors College - Surveillance Cluster; Director, HCIL
Janelle Wong
Director, Asian American Studies & Professor, American Studies and Government and Politics