Faculty Governance
The Libraries' faculty are members of the University of Colorado faculty and participate in faculty governance, as established by the University of Colorado Board of Regents policy (Article 5, Faculty) and University of Colorado Boulder's Office of Faculty Affairs.
Governance Committee
The Faculty Governance Committee (FGC) is the primary representative body of the faculty in shared governance, and it advocates for faculty interests, ideas, and concerns. The FGC gathers Faculty opinion on governance issues through methods of its choosing, and informs the Faculty of its decisions, activities, and recommendations.The current Faculty Chair serves as Chair of the Faculty Governance Committee. For full information about the responsibilities of the FGC and its membership, see the Faculty By-Laws linked below in the Documents section.
2025 Membership
- Kathia Ibacache (Faculty Chair) - Chair of the Faculty Governance Committee
- Philip White (Chair Elect and Boulder Faculty Assembly Unit Representative)
- Elizabeth Novosel (Chair, Appeals Committee)
- Ashlyn Velte (Chair, Merit Review & Salary Committee)
- Emily Dommermuth (At-Large Member)
- Aditya Ranganath (Chair, Curriculum Committee)
- Rebecca Kuglitsch (Chair, Tenure Committee)
- Emily Semenoff (At-Large Member)
- Adrienne VandenBosch (Chair, Faculty Development Committee)
- Keno Catabay (Chair, Awards & Elections Committee)
- Melissa Cantrell (Chair, Faculty Hiring Committee)
- Juliann Couture (Chair of the Teaching Evaluation Subcommittee)
- Amy Arenson (Faculty Support Project Manager)