Appointed Committees 2016-17
Academic Excellence Committee
The purpose of this committee is to encourage high standards of teaching and learning in the College of Communication and to nominate candidates for the Teaching Excellence Award. It is comprised of the recipients of the Teaching Excellence Award selected within the last 3 years.
Brad Love - CHAIR
Randy Cox
LeeAnn Kahlor
Administrative Committee
The Administrative Committee meets monthly to advise the Dean on administrative matters. It also gives final approval to degree and course changes in the College. Members include the Dean, department chairs/directors and their administrative associates, and assistant and associate deans, and program directors within the College.
Jay Bernhardt, Dean (Committee Chair)
Rosental Alves, Director, Knight Center for Journalism in the Americas
Mark Bernstein, Associate Dean for Student Affairs
James Booth, Chair, Department of Communication Sciences and Disorders
John Brejot, Director, Development
R.B. Brenner, Director, School of Journalism
Barry Brummett, Chair, Department of Communication Studies
Courtney Byrd, Director, Lang Stuttering Institute
Mike Cramer, Director, Texas Program in Sports and Media
Janice Daman, Assistant Dean for Business and Technology Services
Nick Hundley, Director of Communications
Gerald Johnson, Director, Texas Student Media
Dave Junker, Director, Senior Fellows Program
Susan Nold, Director, Annette Strauss Institute for Civic Life
Steve Reese, Associate Dean for Academic Affairs
Darrell Rocha, Assistant Dean for Student Affairs
Charles Soto, Director, Technology
Warren Spector, Director, Denius-Sams Gaming Academy
Paul Stekler, Chair, Department of Radio-TV-Film
Pat Stout, Director, Stand Richards School of Advertising & Public Relations
Sharon Strover, Director, Telecommunications and Information Policy Institute
Stewart Vanderwilt, Assistant Dean for Media Operations
Michael Wilson, Assistant Dean, External Relations
Graduate Advisors Committee
The purpose of this committee is to advise the departments/schools and the Dean on the general developments of the graduate programs. Comprised of Graduate Advisors from each department/school with the Associate Dean for Academic Affairs serving as chair.
Steve Reese – CHAIR
Gary Wilcox – Advertising
Elizabeth Pena – CSD
Sharon Jarvis – CMS
Renita Coleman – Journalism
Shanti Kumar and Richard Lewis – RTF
Latino Media Studies Committee
This committee oversees and gives general direction to this program, which leads to an undergraduate concentration and certificate.
Joseph D. Straubhaar - RTF Chair
Mary Beltran - RTF
Barbara Davis - CSD
Lisa Dobias - ADV
Stephen D. Reese - JOUR
Staff Excellence Award Committee
The purpose of this committee is to select winners of the College Staff Excellence Awards and to provide for recognition of the outstanding work of staff members and their contributions to the programs in the College.
Dave Cox (2012-13) Co-Chair
Jeremy Grury (2012-13) Co-Chair
Efrain Colon-Cabrera (2013-14)
Michelle Monk (2014-15)
Jennifer Betancourt (2014-15)