Research and Scholarly Awards Committee
2024-2025
Membership
The membership of the Research and Scholarly Awards Committee shall be composed of voting faculty and non-voting ex-officio members as follows:
- Voting faculty members will be three (3) elected representatives from Heritage College departments and three (3) representatives from Heritage College departments appointed by the executive dean, upon the recommendation of the associate dean for research and innovation.
- Non-voting ex-officio members will be the director of research administration and the associate dean for research and innovation.
- Administrative support will be provided by the Office of Research and Grants.
- Upon recommendation of the associate dean for research and innovation, the executive dean shall designate a voting faculty member to serve as chairperson annually.
Voting
| Vishwajeet Puri, PhD, Chair | Non-clinical | 2nd term ends 6/30/25 (E) |
| Graciela Muniz-Terrera, PhD | Non-clinical | 1st term ends 6/30/25 (E) |
| Emily Guseman, PhD | Clinical | 1st term ends 6/30/25 (E) |
| Devora Shapiro, PhD | Non-clinical | 1st term ends 6/30/26 (A) |
| Larry Witmer, PhD | Non-clinical | 1st term ends 6/30/25 (A) |
| Shaohua Wang, PhD | Non-clinical | 1st term ends 6/30/25 (A) |
Ex-Officio Non-Voting Members
Darlene Berryman, PhD, associate dean, research and innovation
Jessica Wingett, MA, director, research administration and student research
Administrative Support
Karen Collins, MPA, assistant director, research administration