Faculty Assembly
Welcome
The higher education Faculty of the College of Education is a community of scholars dedicated to the concept that policy making within a college be decentralized to the faculty level. The intent is that policy in the College of Education shall be made in a collegial fashion by the Dean and the Faculty Assembly working cooperatively.
The Assembly is committed to the following governing principles:
- Academic freedom. [1]
- Open democratic communication and participation.
- Sustaining and creating opportunities for faculty voice in all aspects of the College of Education governance.
- Commitment to a professional ethic that supports multiple/ alternative perspectives.
All full-time members of the higher education faculty of the College who hold tenure or all members who have tenure-earning positions, are voting members except those on leave of absence, sabbatical, or medical leave. This includes chairs, associate deans and deans who hold tenured or tenure-earning positions.
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Faculty Assembly Steering Committee Motion Matrix Form
S. Ramnarace (OASS), L. Finnegan (VP, Special Education), S. Darling (President, Special Education), K. Emelianchik-Key, (Counselor Ed), J. Scott (Special Education), C. Imgrund (Communication Sciences and Disorders), M. Mountford (Archivist, Ed Leadership & Research Methodology), and M. Lieberman, (Ed Leadership & Research Methodology). Not pictured: Ira Bogotch (Secretary, Ed Leadership & Research Methodology).
2025-2026 COE Governance Meeting Schedule
Faculty Assembly (FA) Meetings -10 a.m. - 12 p.m.
Attended by all COE tenured & tenure-earning faculty, Chairs, and Deans
- Friday, Sept. 5, 2025 **(Hybrid Meeting, Room ED-313)
- Friday, Nov. 7, 2025 **(Hybrid Meeting, Room ED-313)
- Friday, Jan. 23, 2026 **(Hybrid Meeting, Room ED-313)
- Friday, April 10, 2026 **(Hybrid Meeting, Room ED-313)
Faculty Assembly Steering Committee Representatives
- Andres Ramirez Agudelo, President (ramirezj@fau.edu)
- Daniel Reyes Guerra, Vice President (dreyes@fau.edu)
- Kelly Emelianchik-Key, Secretary (kemelian@fau.edu)
- Meredith Mountford, Archivist (mmountfo@fau.edu)
- Dilys Schoorman, CI (dschoorm@fau.edu)
- Anne L. van Zelst, CSD (avanzelst@health.fau.edu)
- Jack Scott, SE (jscott@fau.edu)
- Mary Lieberman, ELRM (mlieberm@fau.edu)
- Sita Ramnarace, OASS (Ramnarac@fau.edu)
Faculty Assembly Steering Committee (FASC) Dates-10 a.m. - 12 p.m. *
Attended by FA (Elected) Executive committee and Department FA representatives
- Friday, Aug. 22, 2025 (Hybrid Meeting: Melby Center, ED-241)
- Friday, Oct. 24, 2025 (Hybrid Meeting: Melby Center, ED-241)
- Friday, Jan. 9, 2026 (Hybrid Meeting: Melby Center, ED-241)
- Friday, March 20, 2026 (Hybrid Meeting: Melby Center, ED-241)
Faculty Assembly Executive Committee (FAEC)
- Andres Ramirez Agudelo, President
- Daniel Reyes-Guerra, Vice President
- Kelly Emelianchik-Key, Secretary
- Meredith Mountford, Archivist
Faculty Assembly Executive Committee (FAEC) - 12 p.m. - 1 p.m. *
Attended by COE FA (Elected President, Vice President, Secretary, and Archivist) Executive committee, Dean
The Faculty Assembly Executive Committee will meet with Interim Dean Charles Dukes directly following the FASC meetings.
*All FASC and FAEC meetings will be hybrid meetings held in the Melby Center, ED-241, and virtually.
College of Education Senators to the University Faculty Senate (UFS): 2025-2026
- Andres Ramirez Agudelo, President of COE Faculty Assembly, (2nd of 2-year term)
- Ayse Torres (1st of 2 year term)
- Sharon Darling (2ndof 2-year term)
- Charles Dukes (2nd of 2-year term)
- Lisa Finnegan (2ndof 2-year term)
- Dilys Schoorman (2nd-of 2-year term)
- Meredith Mountford
- Daniel Reyes-Guerra (VP FA COE).