Executive Committee
The DSC Executive Committee, elected by and from the incoming DSC at its first plenary meeting, serves for one year commencing on July 1. The committee consists of the three Co-Chairs of the DSC, the USS representative (ex-officio, non-voting), and the UFS Liaison (ex-officio, non-voting).
The Executive Committee
- makes decisions on a day-to-day basis for the DSC as per the policies established and actions taken by the Steering Committee and the DSC and be subject to review by these bodies;
- consults and seeks the advice of the Steering Committee on the Executive Committee members' duties;
- establishes or disestablishes whatever ad-hoc committees are deemed necessary to discharge its responsibilities;
- interfaces with faculty, staff, and administration; and
- prepares agendas for Plenary and Steering Committee meetings.
For detailed responsibilities of the Executive Committee members, visit their pages below.
Co-Chair for Student Affairs
Suzanne Tamang is a doctoral candidate in computer science. Her research work involves the application of data-mining and statistical natural language processing techniques to medical datasets. Currently, she is a Graduate Teaching Fellow at Brooklyn College and an Adunct Lecturer at the School of Professional Studies.
Co-Chair for Communications
Shawn Rice is a 4th year student in the English program. His interests include the rhetoric of politics and persuasion, and he hopes to graduate one day and move on to the real world. Currently he teaches at Hunter College.
Co-Chair for Business
Chris Alen Sula is a doctoral candidate in philosophy and a member of the doctoral certificate program in Interactive Technology and Pedagogy. His research focuses on individual's interactions with each other and the world, including topics in metaethics, intentionality, and cognitive science, as well empirical work in moral psychology and evolutionary biology and formal models of social behavior and decision making. He is currently an adjunct lecturer at Lehman College.
USS Delegate
Allyson Foster is a Ph.D. student in the English program, with a specialization in medieval literature. Her research interests include late medieval women’s literary culture, manuscript studies, and medievalism in the Victorian period. She is currently a teaching fellow at Hunter College.
UFS Liaison
Anick Boyd is a third year student in the Comparative Literature department. Her research interests include French, German and Anglophone literature, especially the modernist novel and tragedy.
