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Last Updated:
November 8, 2007 14:58
Meet The Executive Committee
AY 2007/2008
The Executive Committee consists of the four officers of the Senate, the
President of the Student Government Association, and the Vice Chancellor for
Academic Affairs. "The Executive Committee shall be responsible to the
Senate for the effective and proper execution of its duties and
responsibilities."
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Pat Langley, Chair
Professor, Women's Studies and Legal Studies
Pat Langley is a lawyer by training and professor and advocate for faculty and shared governance by interest. She began teaching in 1977 in Sangamon State's interdisciplinary Legal Studies B.A. and M.A. program. Her interests have shifted considerably over the years, from legal studies to women's studies to queer theory. Her current intellectual and teaching interests include queer theory; sexual orientation, gender expression and public policy; and feminist theories. She is the convenor of the Women's Studies Program.
In addition to serving as Chair of the UIS Campus Senate, she has served on the UI Senates Conference--the coordinating committee of the three UI campus senates. Fighting a trend that is turning American public higher education into an intellectual Walmart, she is committed to keeping UIS as democratic, flexible and non-corporate as possible. She also works in the community, providing training for feminist organizations and working for and with queer groups. She has been a board member for the local chapter of PFLAG the last few years.
email: Langley,Pat@uis.edu
phone: (217) 206-7423 |
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James P. Hall, Vice Chair
Assistant Professor, Management Information Systems
email: Hall,James@uis.edu
phone: (217) 206-7860 |
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Kent Redfield, Secretary
Interim Director, Institute for Legislative Studies/
Professor, Political Studies
Kent Redfield is a professor of Political Studies at the University of Illinois - Springfield (UIS). He has research appointments with the Center for State Policy and Leadership at UIS and the University of Illinois’ Institute of Government and Public Affairs. In addition, he is also the Director of the Sunshine Project, a campaign finance research project funded by the Joyce Foundation.
He teaches courses in Illinois politics, state politics, policy analysis, political campaigns, lobbying, and research design and methodology.
He received his undergraduate degree in political science from the University of Utah and his M.A. and Ph.D. in political science from the University of Washington in Seattle. He has been engaged in research on the financing of political campaigns in Illinois and political ethics since 1991. The results of that research have been presented in numerous research reports, a series of articles in Illinois Issues, a 1994 book on financing legislative elections in Illinois, which is entitled Cash Clout and a 2001 book on the role of money in Illinois politics entitled Money Counts.
email: Redfield,Kent@uis.edu
phone: (217) 206-6574
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Marcel Yoder, Parliamentarian
Associate Professor, Psychology
email: Yoder,Marcel@uis.edu
phone: (217) 206-7228
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Harry J. Berman, Ex-Officio
Harry J. Berman is Interim Provost and Vice Chancellor for Academic
Affairs and Professor of Human Services at the University of Illinois at
Springfield. He Holds degrees in psychology from the University of
Chicago and Washington University. In 1977 he joined the faculty of
the University of Illinois at Springfield (then Sangamon State University),
teaching in the gerontology and human services programs. He accepted
an administrative position in Fall 1994 as Associate Vice Chancellor for
Academic Affairs. In January 2001 he assumed responsibility for
oversight of graduate education and research administration.
Berman's research is on the psychology of aging and has addressed topics
such as retirement decisions, relations between adult children and aging
parents, and the turnover of nurse aides in nursing homes. A major
focus of his research has been on personal accounts of the experience of
aging. This research was summarized in his book Interpreting the
Aging Self: Personal Journals of Later Life and in a chapter on
self-representation and aging in the Handbook of the Humanities and
aging, 2nd edition. He is a fellow of the Gerontological Society
of America.
Berman has served as president of the Illinois Associate of Graduate
Schools, is chair of the Publication Committee of the Midwestern Association
of Graduate Schools, and has made presentations at annual meetings of the
Council of Graduate Schools on topics related to graduate education at
predominantly master's institutions.
email:
Berman.Harry@uis.edu
phone: (217) 206-6615 |
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Robert Skorczewski, President of Student Government Association
email: rskor01s@uisad.uis.edu
phone: (217) 206-7712 |
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Duties of the Officers:
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Chairperson: |
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calls, develops agendas for, and presides over meetings
of the Senate; |
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may be called upon by the Senate to be its spokesperson
and to represent the Senate in other forums within and outside the
University as the need shall arise; |
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is responsible for supervising the support services
provided to the Senate, and makes regular reports to the Senate on the
disposition of such services. |
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Vice-Chairperson: |
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presides at meetings in the temporary absence of the
Chairperson; |
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in case of any incapacity of the Chairperson,
temporarily assumes the duties of the Chairperson; |
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assists the Chairperson in the preparation of the
agenda; |
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chairs the Committee on Committees. |
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Secretary: |
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keeps minutes of each meeting, to be transcribed by the
support staff; |
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makes the minutes available to the membership for
approval at the start of each meeting; |
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maintains a file of such minutes for perusal, when
necessary, by the members. |
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Parliamentarian: |
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advises the chair on questions of parliamentary
procedure during meetings, at the request of the presiding officer, or
upon points of order raised by the members. |
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