Academic Affairs Committee

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.

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 Athletics

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

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

The Academic Affairs Committee meets bi-monthly all calendar year.  Members are expected to be available throughout the year to regularly attend meetings. 

AY2025-2026 AAC Meeting Calendar

All meetings are held from 1:00-2:00 PM.

Committee Guests and 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.