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Brad G. Knight
Director, AU Core
AU Core Staff & Faculty
The AU Core Committee is charged by the Faculty Senate with the review, recommendation, and evaluation of all courses within the AU Core, and for activities related to the AU Core.
The AU Core Committee comprises all members of its Core Council and subcommittees. It is responsible for developing assessment timelines, processes, and guidelines for assessment of the curriculum, applying those assessments to review and approve new and continuing courses, determining transfer course articulations and other exceptions when needed, advising on other programmatic changes and faculty development as appropriate, and maintaining legacy issues pertaining to the General Education program that it replaced.
Click any of the links below to jump to a specific list of staff and faculty:
- Staff
- AU Core Council
- Complex Problems Subcommittee
- Creative-Aesthetic Inquiry Subcommittee
- Cultural Inquiry Subcommittee
- Ethical Reasoning Subcommittee
- Natural-Scientific Inquiry Subcommittee
- Socio-Historical Inquiry Subcommittee
- Diversity & Equity Subcommittee
- Written Communication & Information Literacy Subcommittee
- Quantitative Literacy Subcommitee
Please direct any questions you may have or requests for assistance to core@american.edu.
Staff
Cynthia Bair Van Dam Hurst Sr Professorial Lecturer CAS - Literature
Alexander Breiding Program Coordinator, Core Curriculum Provost, Office of the
Becca Comfort Program Coordinator, University College Provost, Office of the
Richard Duncan Program Manager, University College Provost, Office of the
AU Core Council
Chair: Cindy Bair Van Dam
Margot Susca Professorial Lecturer SOC - School of Communication
Ludy Grandas Sr Professorial Lecturer CAS - World Languages and Cultures
Victoria Connaughton Associate Professor CAS - Biology
Andrew Spath Professorial Lecturer SIS - School of International Service
Jeffrey Middents Associate Professor CAS - Literature
Marie Fritz Assistant Dean of Faculty Affairs School of Prof and Extd Studies
Olivia Ivey Associate Librarian University Library
Jessica Waters Dean of Undergraduate Education & Vice Provost for Academic Student Services Provost, Office of the
Complex Problems
co-Chairs: Chuck Cox & Sarah Marsh
Justin Bernstine Assistant Dean for Undergraduate Academic Services SOC - School of Communication
Monica Jackson Associate Dean, CAS Undergraduate Studies CAS - Math and Statistics
Richard Duncan Program Manager, University College Provost, Office of the
Robert Sicina Professorial Lecturer KSB - International Business
Shawn Bates Assistant Professor SIS-School of Intl Service
Creative-Aesthetic Inquiry Subcommittee
CHAIR: Jeff Middents
Shalini Venturelli Associate Professor SIS-School of Intl Service
Jeffrey Middents Associate Professor CAS - Literature
Marc Medwin Assistant Professor CAS - Performing Arts
Kimberly Llerena Professorial Lecturer SOC - School of Communication
Cultural Inquiry Subcommittee
CHAIR: Ludy Grandas
Daniel Dreisbach Professor SPA - Justice, Law and Criminology
Ayman Omar Associate Professor KSB - International Business
Pek Koon Heng-Blackburn Assistant Professor SIS-School of Intl Service
John Douglass Associate Professor SOC - School of Communication
Ludy Grandas Sr Professorial Lecturer CAS - World Languages and Cultures
Ethical Reasoning Subcommittee
CHAIR: Sarah Houser
Gul Gur Professorial Lecturer School of Prof and Extd Studies
Gwendolyn Reece Associate Librarian University Library
Andrea Tschemplik Associate Professor CAS - Philosophy and Religion
Heather Elms Associate Professor KSB - International Business
Victoria Kiechel Professorial Lecturer SIS-School of Intl Service
Natural-Scientific Inquiry Subcommittee
CHAIR: Vikki Connaughton
Rachel Borchardt Associate Librarian University Library
Matthew Hartings Associate Professor CAS - Chemistry
Victoria Connaughton Associate Professor CAS - Biology
Michael Alonzo Assistant Professor CAS - Environmental Science
Socio-Historical Inquiry Subcommittee
CHAIR: Olivia Ivey
Olivia Ivey Associate Librarian University Library
Marie Fritz Assistant Dean of Faculty Affairs School of Prof and Extd Studies
Christopher Rudolph Associate Professor SIS-School of Intl Service
Diversity & Equity Subcommittee
chair: TBD
Symphony Bruce Assistant Librarian University Library
Sarah Mady Assistant Professor KSB - International Business
Doga Eralp Sr Professorial Lecturer SIS-School of Intl Service
Priya Doshi Professorial Lecturer SOC - School of Communication
Written Communication & Information Literacy Subcommittee
chair: Michael Clayton
Patrick Joyner Hurst Sr Professorial Lecturer CAS - Literature
Neisha-Anne Green Director, Academic Student Services Writing Center CAS - Literature
Aaron Boesenecker Assistant Professor SIS-School of Intl Service
Billy Davies Associate Professor SPA - Justice, Law and Criminology
Corinne Hoare Sr Professorial Lecturer SOC - School of Communication
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Jolynn Gardner Director, Public Health Program CAS - Health Studies
Quantitative Literacy Subcommittee
Chair: Andrew Spath
Behzad Jalali Math & Stats Academic Support Director CAS - Math and Statistics
Joseph Young Associate Professor and Department Chair, JLC SPA - Justice, Law and Criminology
Andrew Spath Professorial Lecturer SIS - School of International Service
Olga Cordero-Brana Professorial Lecturer CAS - Math and Statistics
Nathan Harshman Associate Professor and Department Chair, Physics CAS - Physics
