HOFSTRA COLLEGE OF LIBERAL ARTS AND SCIENCES

STANDING COMMITTEES
HOFSTRA COLLEGE STANDING COMMITTEES: 2025-2026
 School RepresentedTerm* Subject to Spring 2026 Election
   ** Sabbatical/Replacement
Executive Committee 6   
Ethna Lay (WSR)HUM2025-2028 
Mun Yee Kwan (PSY)NSC2024-2027 
Danyang Li (ECO) (Co-chair)PSK2025-2028**Sabbatical Spring 2026
Roberto Mazzoleni (ECO)     PSKSpring 2026**Sabbatical Replacement Sp 2026 only
Matthew Smylie (PHYS)NSM2025-2026(CPC Chair)
Kevin Nolan (PSY)NSM2025-2026(Grad Chair)
Mark Visona (CLLL)HUM2025-2026(S&R Chair)
    
Curriculum Proposals Committee 6   
Matthew Smylie (PHYS) (Chair)NSC 2023-2026*
Deborah Silva (CHEM)NSC2025-2028 
Amy Karofsky (PHI)PSK    2025-2028 
Craig Dalton (GS)PSK2025-2028 
Neil Donahue (CLLL) HUM2023-2026*
Benita Sampedro (RLL)HUM2024-2027 
    
Graduate Committee 6   
Dan Cole (WSR)HUM2025-2026**Sabbatical Replacement 2025-2026
OPEN Any dept except WSRHUM  
Steve Raciti (BIO) NSC2025-2028 
Kevin Nolan (PSY) (Chair)NSC2024-2027 
Open Any deptPSK  
Open Any deptPSK  
    
Standards and Review Committee 6   
Frank Gaughan (WSR)HUM2025-2028 
Mark Visonà (CLLL) (Co-chair)HUM2024-2027 
Yalan Xing (CHEM)NSC2024-2027 
Sasha Pesci (GEOL)NSC2024-2027 
Kristen Maziarka (SOC) (Co-chair)PSK2023-2026*
OPEN Any dept except SOCPSK  
    
February 10, 2026   
A peaceful garden features a stone bench, blooming flowers, lush greenery, and a bronze statue of a woman standing on a pedestal near a shaded path.
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