NTC Faculty Committees

 

Newcomb-Tulane College faculty committees address issues that impact all full-time undergraduate students, including curricular matters, major advising, and study abroad. 

Executive Committee

The Executive Committee shall be composed of seven faculty members, the secretary of the faculty (ex officio), and the dean of the Newcomb-Tulane College as chair. The committee shall meet on call of the dean, and a meeting must be called when requested by three or more of its members.

Executive Committee duties include:

  • To serve as an advisory committee to the dean on any matter of administration
  • To receive and act on routine reports of ordinary standing and special committees
  • To act for the faculty at the direction of the faculty
  • In addition to its annual report, the committee shall issue special reports when appropriate


Additional duties are described in the Newcomb-Tulane College Faculty Constitution. 

Chair: Mollye Demosthenidy, Dean of Newcomb-Tulane College

Voting Members: 

  • Will Bradshaw, School of Architecture, term 2024-2027
  • Laura Rosanne Adderley, School of Liberal Arts, term 2024-2027
  • Amy Pfimmer, School of Liberal Arts, term 2023-2026
  • Aaron Maus, School of Science and Engineering, term 2025-2028
  • Mita Sujan, A. B. Freeman School of Business, term 2025-2028
  • Matt Higgins, A.B. Freeman School of Business, term 2025-2028
  • Meena Vijayaraghavan, School of Science and Engineering, term 2023-2026
  • Lauren Dunaway, School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine, term 2024-2027

 

Ex Officio Members:

  • Kelly A. Grant, Senior Associate Dean of Newcomb-Tulane College
  • Michael Brumbaugh, Associate Dean of College Curriculum & Policy, Newcomb-Tulane College
  • Liz Abboud, School of Science and Engineering, Secretary of the Faculty

Curriculum Committee

The NTC Curriculum Committee deals with all matters relating to the College's Core Curriculum, as well as academic programs that involve more than one school. 

If you have questions regarding Core attributes and the review process or would like to submit other agenda items to this committee, please contact Cathy Marques at cmarques2@tulane.edu. 

The final deadlines for courses seeking Core attributes are as follows:

For Spring/Summer 2026 Courses:

  • Friday, August 29, 2025: Permanent courses must reach the NTC Curriculum Committee Coordinator in CIM by this date. 
  • Friday, September 19, 2025: Priority deadline for Special Topics course review. Please note that Special Topics courses can only carry Core attributes TWICE before they must be submitted to the NTC Curriculum Committee as permanent courses. Departments can request Core attributes for Special Topics courses via CLSS for NTC review. 
  • Friday,  September 5th  
  • Friday,  October 10th  
  • Friday, November 14th  
  • Friday,  December 12th  

Voting Members:

  • Christian Burr, School of Science & Engineering, term 2025-2028
  • Stephanie Cheng, School of Business, term 2024-2027
  • Sanda Groome,  School of Business, term 2025-2026
  • F. Thomas Luongo, School of Liberal Arts, term 2023-2026
  • Adam McKeown, School of Liberal Arts, term 2024-2027
  • Sarah Michaels, School of Public Health, term 2024-2027
  • Daniela Rivero Bryant, School of Architecture, term 2024-2027
  • Alireza Shirvani, School of Science & Engineering, term 2024-2027

 

Ex Officio Members:

  • Lauren Briggs, Academic Advising Center
  • Michael Brumbaugh, Associate Dean of College Curriculum and Policy, Newcomb-Tulane College
  • Cathy Marques, Director of College Curriculum and Policy, Newcomb-Tulane College
  • Sarah Montes, Office of the Registrar  

Course proposals flow through the CIM system and submissions should be made by logging in and using one of the admin links below. Login using your Tulane username and password.

 

If you have questions or issues using CIM, please contact the Registrar via their Registrar Support Form at https://registrar.tulane.edu/.

Study Abroad Committee

This committee establishes academic policies and procedures relating to study abroad.

  • September 17,2025
  • November 19, 2025

Voting Members:  

  • Sam Chaturvedi, School of Science & Engineering, term 2025-2026  
  • Scott Grayson, School of Science & Engineering, term 2025-2028
  • Eugina Leung, School of Business, term 2025-2026
  • Juan Medina Revilla, School of Architecture, term 2024-2027
  • Tatsuya Murakami, School of Liberal Arts, term 2024-2027
  • Ashley Nelson, School of Business, term 2024-2026
  • Emilia Oddo, School of Liberal Arts, term 2023-2026
  • Eva Silvestre, School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine, term 2024-2027

 

Ex Officio Members:

  • Annie Gibson, Office of Study Abroad
  • Dolores Hemphill, Academic Advising Center
  • Valerie McGinley, Stone Center for Latin American Studies
  • Mary Hicks, School of Business
  • Roxanne Davila, School of Liberal Arts

Committee on Academic Requirements 

This committee maintains academic standards as established by the faculty and considers student petitions for waivers of academic policies and requirements.   

Please use this form to submit an academic policy change proposal for consideration by Newcomb-Tulane College. 

  • Thursday, August 28th
  • Thursday, September 25th  
  • Thursday, October 16th  
  • Thursday, November 20th  
  • Thursday, December 11th 

Voting Members: 

  • Kate Adams, School of Liberal Arts, term 2025-2028 
  • Hannah Frank, School of Science & Engineering, term 2025-2028 
  • Yongseok Kim, School of Business, term 2025-2026 
  • Mike Hogg, School of Business, term 2024-2027 
  • Aaron Maus, School of Science & Engineering, term 2024-2027 
  • Ken Orie, School of Public Health, term 2025-2028 
  • Oana Sabo, School of Liberal Arts, term 2024-2027 
  • Jill Stoll, School of Architecture, term 2024-2026 

 

Ex Officio Members: 

  • Lauren Briggs, College Advising 
  • Michael Brumbaugh, Associate Dean of College Curriculum and Policy, Newcomb-Tulane College
  • Cathy Marques, Director of College of Curriculum and Academic Policy, Newcomb-Tulane College 

Committee on Academic Integrity

This committee shall make recommendations on policies and procedures pertaining to the Code of Academic Conduct to the faculty and the committee appoints panels for hearing appeals of honor board verdicts.

Faculty Chair of the Honor Board: Scott Nolan, School of Liberal Arts