The Student Academic Appointee Affairs Committee studies existing problems of SAAs and attempts to anticipate future problems and recommends improvements in policies concerning the role of SAAs, helping in the implementation of these changes.
2025-2026 Assignments
- Continue to advance priorities for improving the experience of SAAs laid out by the Task Force on Graduate Education, as well as those identified in the IUB 2030 strategic plan.
- Review SAA policies, outside the grievance processes, to assess and determine if any updates are needed to reflect current practice.
- Work with the Center for Innovative Teaching and Learning to establish modules/workshops to assist SAAs in understanding SEA 202.
- Examine and report on the expected impact of program eliminations/mergers/reorganizations on SAAs.
- Others presented by the committee for review and approval.
2025-2026 Members
Co-chairs:
Carolyn Calloway-Thomas, African American and African Diaspora Studies
Matthew Jackson, GPSG-SAA Representative
| Dora Kathryn Ahearn-Wood GPSG-SAA Representative | Rashad Freeman GPSG-SAA Representative |
| Spencer Hall Department of Biology | Amr Sabry Luddy School of Informatics |
| Deborah Snaddon Chemistry | Denise Tryon Jacobs School of Music |
| Gustave Weltsek School of Education | David Daleke Dean for the IUB Graduate School and Vice Provost for Graduate Education and Health Sciences (Ex-officio) |
| Jessica Lester Associate Vice Provost for Faculty and Academic Affairs (Ex-officio) |