Committees

Big ideas steering comittee

Duties:

Review, revise and implement Big Ideas Initiative at SDSU; insure timely communication with academic units; design proposal format, rubric and selection process; convene and charge the Selection Committee.

Members:
  •  Karen May-Newman, Ph.D., Professor of Mechanical Engineering (ENG), Chair
  • Jessica Barlow, Professor of Speech Language (HHS)

  • Marva Capello, Professor, Department of Teacher Education (EDU)

  • Christopher Glembotski, Professor, Department of Biology (SCI)

  • Jennifer Imazeki, Associate Chief Diversity Officer for Faculty Success (DEI)

  • Seth Mallios, Professor, Department of Anthropology (CAL)

  • Gregorio Ponce, Dean of SDSU Imperial Valley (IV)

  • Eric Smigel, Professor of Music, Chair of Arts Alive SDSU Steering Committee (PSFA)

  •  Chamu Sundaramurthy, Professor and Chair, Department of Management (BUS)

  • Wil Weston, Head of Collections Management (LIB)

Big ideas selection comittee

Duties:

Reviews proposals; distributes and discusses input from all stakeholders; makes selections; advises teams and steering committee

Members:

The Big Ideas selection committee will review and discuss all proposals. This committee is comprised of faculty, staff, students, and administrators as well as alumni and donors.