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Academic Planning Advisory Committee (APAC)

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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

Provost Jennifer King Rice

Jennifer King Rice

Senior Vice President and Provost

She/Her/Hers

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John Bertot

Associate Provost for Faculty Affairs

Faculty Affairs Site

James 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

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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

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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