Academic Environment (Standards 3, 4)

The Academic Environment Committee focuses on the academic and learning environment, evaluating scholarly activity and diversity and pipeline activities. This committee also examines faculty affairs and faculty development.

Co-Chairs

• Jamie DeWitt, PhD, Associate Professor, Pharmacology and Toxicology
• Brandon Kyle, PhD, Course Director, Behavioral Science; Basic Psychiatry

Members

• Paula Daughtry, Manager, Faculty Employment
• Amber Gautam, Medical Student
• Johanna Hannan, PhD, Assistant Professor, Physiology
• Jason Higginson, MD, Associate Professor and Chair, Pediatrics
• Cheryl Knudson, PhD, Professor and Chair, Anatomy and Cell Biology
• Kelly Lancaster, Staff Support
• William McAllister, Medical Student, M3
• John Norbury, MD, Clerkship Director, Neurology and PM&R
• Hellen Ransom, DHCE, Course Director, Ethical Issues in Medicine
• Fritz Stine, DO, Resident, Pediatrics

Resource Members

• Kendall Campbell, MD, Senior Associate Dean for Academic Affairs
• Irma Corral, PhD, Assistant Dean for Diversity and Inclusion
• Leigh Patterson, MD, Associate Dean for Faculty Development
• Russ Price, PhD, Associate Dean for Research and Graduate Studies
• Salma Syed, DO, Assistant Dean for Faculty Development