Academic Affairs Committee

The Academic Affairs Committee functions shall be to review and report to the Academic Senate its recommendations regarding:

All new academic policies, procedures, programs, and curricula having inter-school or all-university impact;
Proposed changes to the University Catalog that have inter-school or all-university impact;
The Academic Plan; and
Proposed changes in the implementation of the General Education Program.

In addition, the Academic Affairs Committee shall serve as the University Curriculum Committee for inter-school programs that have required courses for majors and/or minors (i.e., not electives) in more than one school; and shall recommend to the Academic Senate action to be taken when there is disagreement among faculty involved in proposed changes to the Catalog and/or to academic policies, procedures, programs and curricula having inter-school or all-university impact.

Contact the Academic Affairs Committee (AAC) members at academicaffairscommittee@csub.edu

Membership

2025-2026 Academic Affairs Committee (AAC) Members

Representation	Member
Arts and Humanities	Tiffany Tsantsoulas - AAC Chair
Business and Public Administration	Atieh Poushneh
Natural Sciences, Mathematics and Engineering	Heidi He - AAC Vice-Chair
Social Sciences and Education	Alice Hays
At-Large	Joe Ren
At-Large	Qiwei Sheng
At-Large	Jahyun Kim
Student; ASI VP University Affairs	Emelia Reed, ASI Executive Vice President *Spring 2026
Ex-Officio, Non-Voting Members
Representative(s) from the Office of Academic Affairs with responsibilities that include, but are not limited to, Peoplesoft, academic standing, academic master plan, course management activities, articulation agreements, general student program inquiries, graduate program coordination, and academic policies.	Elizabeth Adams (Interim)
	Angelica Mendoza, Office of Enrollment Systems *Spring 2026
GE Faculty Director	Eduardo Montoya