Academic Affairs Committee (AAC)
Committee Charge
The Academic Affairs Committee (AAC) is responsible for reviewing and recommending to the Provost the creation of new and modification of existing academic process, procedures, and policy. This committee serves as hub for the creation of new and modification of existing academic process, procedures, and policy to ensure faculty input and review, and ensuring consistency among university academic matters and compliance with academic policy requirements.
Specifically, this committee reviews and makes recommendations to the Provost regarding:
- The establishment or revision of current academic processes or procedures
- The need for new or modification of existing policy, specifically, the committee coordinates discussion around academic policy issues that need to be addressed and recommends that a new policy is created or that existing policy is modified to address the specific issue(s) or components and to include needed criteria.
Additionally, this committee provides consultation to the Provost’s Office as requested on academic matters and facilitates the discussion of key academic issues among appropriate groups on campus.
Committee Membership
The membership of the AAC is comprised of representatives from the university’s colleges, faculty senate, and key academic administrative areas, including an Assistant/Associate Dean from each College and Library, Faculty Senate Academic Policies Committee Chair, Accreditation Liaison, VP of Enrollment Management, Registrar, and Director of the Office of Student Advising.
Associate Provost for Academic Affairs serves as the Chair of the AAC. Provost and Deans are non-voting, ex-officio members.
AY2025-2026 Voting Members:
College of Aeronautics (COA)
- Dr. Rian Mehta, Associate Dean
Nathan M. Bisk College of Business (COB)
- Dr. Christian Sonnenberg, Associate Dean
College of Engineering and Science (COES)
- Dr. Jessica Smeltz, Interim Associate Dean for Academics
College of Psychology and Liberal Arts (COPLA)
- Dr. Darby Proctor, Associate Professor, School of Psychology
Evans Library
- Nancy Garmer, Associate Dean
Faculty Senate
- Dr. Marshall Jones, Academic Policies Chair
Accreditation
- Dr. Mark Archambault, Associate Provost for Accreditation
Enrollment Management
- Brian Ehrlich, Vice President of Enrollment Management
Office of the Registrar
- Caroline Johnston, Registrar
Office of Student Advising
- Susan Meeler, Registrar
AY2025-2026 Non-Voting, Ex-Officio Members:
AAC Chair:
- Dr. Munevver Mine Subasi, Associate Provost for Academic Affairs
Ex-Officio Members:
- Dr. John Z. Kiss, Provost and Senior VP for Academic Affairs
- Dr. John Deaton, Dean, College of Aeronautics
- Dr. Theodore Richardson, Dean, College of Business
- Dr. Philip Bernhard, Interim Dean, College of Engineering and Science
- Dr. Lisa Steelman, Interim Dean, College of Psychology and Liberal Arts
- Dr. Jason Martin, Dean, Evans Library
Committee Calendar
The Academic Affairs Committee meets bi-monthly all calendar year. Members are expected to be available throughout the year to regularly attend meetings.
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Meeting Schedule |
Agenda Items Due |
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Monday, August 11, 2025 1:00-2:00 PM |
Monday, August 4, 2025 |
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Monday, August 25, 2025 1:00-2:00 PM |
Monday, August 18, 2025 |
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Monday, September 8, 2025 1:00-2:00 PM |
Monday, September 1, 2025 |
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Monday, September 22, 2025 1:00-2:00 PM |
Monday, September 15, 2025 |
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Monday, October 6, 2025 1:00-2:00 PM |
Monday, September 29, 2025 |
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Monday, October 20, 2025 1:00-2:00 PM |
Monday, October 13, 2025 |
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Monday, November 3, 2025 1:00-2:00 PM |
Monday, October 27, 2025 |
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Monday, November 17, 2025 1:00-2:00 PM |
Monday, November 10, 2025 |
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Monday, December 1, 2025 1:00-2:00 PM |
Monday, November 24, 2025 |
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Monday, January 12, 2026 1:00-2:00 PM |
Monday, January 5, 2026 |
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Monday, January 26, 2026 1:00-2:00 PM |
Monday, January 19, 2026 |
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Monday, February 9, 2026 1:00-2:00 PM |
Monday, February 2, 2026 |
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Monday, February 23, 2026 1:00-2:00 PM |
Monday, February 16, 2026 |
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Monday, March 9, 2026 1:00-2:00 PM |
Monday, March 2, 2026 |
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Monday, March 23, 2026 1:00-2:00 PM |
Monday, March 16, 2026 |
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Monday, April 6, 2026 1:00-2:00 PM |
Monday, March 30, 2026 |
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Monday, April 20, 2026 1:00-2:00 PM |
Monday, April 13, 2026 |
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Monday, May 4, 2026 1:00-2:00 PM |
Monday, April 27, 2026 |
Committee Guests & Open Meetings
The Academic Affairs Committee (AAC) may regularly invite faculty and other guests who are subject matter experts in the topic being discussed to provide context and answer questions from the committee members.
AAC meetings are open to all Florida Tech faculty, administrators, and staff. Non-committee members in attendance can contribute to the discussion and provide questions, comments, and other information for the committee to consider as part of their deliberations. After the open discussion, the committee deliberates and votes. Guests may not disrupt final committee deliberation and voting.
Non-committee members are welcome to bring forward prospective items for the committee’s consideration. Those items should be submitted in advance to the chair or brought up at the end of the meeting as other business and will be considered for a future agenda.
Meeting agenda, supporting documents, minutes, and recordings of committee meetings will be made available to the Florida Tech community on the AAC webpage.
Delayed Voting Mode
The Academic Affairs Committee (AAC) meets bi-monthly all calendar year. The first meeting is designated for the committee to review and discuss items on the agenda. Voting occurs only at the final meeting of the month. This gives committee members the opportunity to continue the discussion with their college, department, or program(s) and bring additional feedback and insight before final. The chair will provide time for final discussion and deliberation before the official vote.
AAC voting members are expected to be available throughout the year to regularly attend meetings.