Faculty Council Officers
Chair: Kevin Bozelka
Vice Chair: Shazia Khan
Secretary: Theresa Smalec
Parliamentarian: Laurence Brenner
Schedule
Location: Meister (ME), Room 228
Time: 12 – 2 pm
Fall 2024: 9/19, 10/17, 11/14
Spring 2025: 2/13, 3/20, 4/10
Agenda & Minutes
For minutes of previous meetings visit:
https://academicworks.cuny.edu/bx_arch_minutes/
BCC Faculty Council
Current Term: Fall 2023 – Spring 2025
Faculty Council
- Membership of the Faculty Council: Those Senators who are members of the Instructional Staff and who do not hold the title of President, Vice President or Dean, shall comprise the Faculty Council.
- Functions of the Faculty Council: The Faculty Council shall have the following functions:
- The authority to pass recommendations or resolutions which shall express the views of the Bronx Community College faculty and instructional staff.
- To elect faculty and staff to college and university bodies on which elected faculty, or elected faculty and instructional staff, serve. Such elections shall be conducted by the entire Council.
Officers of the Faculty Council
- The Council shall elect a Chairperson, a Vice Chairperson, and a Secretary from its membership.
- The term of office for officers of the Faculty Council shall be two years.
- Meetings of the Faculty Council
- The Faculty Council shall convene at least once per semester.
- The Faculty Council shall be convened by the Council’s Chairperson, or by petition of at least 40 percent of the Council’s membership.
Total voting membership = 41
At-Large Senators (18)
- John Athanasourelis – English
- Emakoji Ayikoye – Business & Information Systems
- Kevin Bozelka – Communication Arts & Sciences
- Larry Brenner – Communication Arts & Sciences
- Howard Clampman – Business & Information Systems
- Hisseine Faradj – Social Sciences
- Teresa Fisher – Communication Arts & Sciences
- Tanweer Haroon – Business & Information Systems
- Noah Jampol – English
- Farnaz Kaighobadi – Social Sciences
- Peter Kolozi – Social Sciences
- Kyeng (Joe) Lee – Biological Sciences
- Charles Maliti – Biological Sciences
- Maria Psarelli – Mathematics & Computer Science
- Nelson Reynoso – Social Sciences
- Jonathan Scott – English
- Gerard Weber – Social Sciences
- John Ziegler – English
At-Large Alternate Senators (5)
- Grisel Acosta – English
- VACANT
- VACANT
- VACANT
- VACANT
Department Senators (15)
- Andrea Ortuno – Art & Music
- Shazia Khan – Biological Sciences
- James Cecil Simpson – Business & Information Systems
- Chelia Cullen – Chemistry, Earth Sciences, & Environmental Sciences
- Sara Brady – Communication Arts & Sciences
- Barbara Caballero Flores – Education & Academic Literacy
- Harrison Carranza – Engineering, Physics & Technology
- Melissa Coss – English
- Ulana Lysniak – Health, Physical Education & Recreation
- Seth Offenbach – History
- Michael Miller – Library
- Kerry Ojakian – Mathematics & Computer Science
- Shanell Rawls – Nursing & Allied Health Sciences
- Jawied Nawabi – Social Sciences
- Salvador Salazar – World Languages and Cultures
Department Alternate Senators (15)
- Patricia Cazorla – Art & Music
- Diane P. Banks – Biological Sciences
- Thomas D’Arrigo – Business Information Systems
- Julio Garay – Chemistry, Earth Sciences, & Environmental Sciences
- Theresa Smalec – Communication Arts & Sciences
- Steve Powers – Education & Academic Literacy
- Abu Kamruzzaman – Engineering, Physics & Technology
- Sharmila Mukherjee – English
- Tiquana Gatlin – Health, Physical Education & Recreation
- Stephen Duncan – History
- VACANT – Library
- Hassimiou Wann – Mathematics & Computer Science
- Manish Sharma – Nursing & Allied Health Sciences
- Monique Guishard – Social Sciences
- Silvia Carlorosi – World Languages and Cultures
Adjunct Senators (2)
- William Calathes — Social Sciences
- VACANT
Adjunct Alternate Senator (1)
- VACANT
CLT Senators (2)
- Bubacarr Bah – Education & Academic Literacy
- Martha Sanchez – Library
CLT Alternate Senator (1)
- Lourdes Rosario – Biological Sciences
HEO Senators (3)
- Katherine Acevedo-Coppa – Academic Affairs
- Chris Efthimiou – Institutional Research
- Albert Robinson – CTLT
HEO Alternate Senator (1)
- VACANT
Registrar Senator (1)
- (TBA)