Chairs Advisory Council 2024-2025

The Chairs Advisory Council (CAC) is composed of all department chairs at FIU. Acting together, they aim to define the roles of the chairs at FIU and ensure that chairs can perform effectively as leaders.

To that end, the council seeks out professional development opportunities, promotes institutional awareness and builds a shared mission and purpose for the chairs. They also advise university leadership on issues related to departmental governance and management.

The CAC elects its officers and meets as a whole at least once every fall and spring semester.

College of Communication, Architecture + The Arts

Henry Rueda
Architecture
hruedaco@fiu.edu
Nicholas Nedev
Interior Architecture
nnedev@fiu.edu
Ebru Ozer
Landscape Architecture & Environmental/Urban Design
eozer@fiu.edu
Tori Arpad-Cotta
Art + Art History
arpadt@fiu.edu
Karen Fuller
Music
Karen.Fuller@fiu.edu
Jennifer Ivey
Theatre
Ivey-jivey@fiu.edu
Davina Clarke
Communication
divina.clarke@fiu.edu
Susan Jacobson
Journalism and Media (Interim)
sujacobs@fiu.edu

College of Arts, Sciences & Education

Leonard Scinto
Earth & Environment
scintol@fiu.edu
Shawn Christian
English
shawn.christian@fiu.edu
Vanessa Sohan
Liberal Studies
vsohan@fiu.edu
Alexander Mebel
Chemistry & Biochemistry
mebela@fiu.edu
Caroline Simpson
Math & Statistics
simpsonc@fiu.edu
Paul Warren
Philosophy
paul.warren@fiu.edu
Joerg Reinhold
Physics
reinhold@fiu.edu
Dana McMakin
Psychology
dmcmakin@fiu.edu
Alexandra Cornelius
Center for Women's & Gender Studies
acornel@fiu.edu
Rebecca Christ
Teaching and Learning
rchrist@fiu.edu
Kirsten Edwards
Educational Policy Studies (Interim)
ktedwards@fiu.edu
Tania Santiago Perez
Counseling, Recreation and School Psychology (Interim)
tsantiag@fiu.edu
DeEtta Mills
Biological Sciences
millsd@fiu.edu

Steven J. Green School of International and Public Affairs

Mihaela Pintea
Economics
pinteam@fiu.edu
Jessica Adler
History
jadler@fiu.edu
Barry Levitt
Politics & Intl. Relations
levittb@fiu.edu
Nicki Fraser
Modern Languages (Interim)
nfraser@fiu.edu
Erik Larson
Religious Studies
erik.larson@fiu.edu
Douglass Kincaid
Global and Sociocultural Studies
kincaidd@fiu.edu
Lisa Stolzenberg
Criminology & Criminal Justice
stolzenb@fiu.edu
Shaoming Cheng
Public Policy & Administration
scheng@fiu.edu
Valerie Patterson
African & African Diaspora Studies
patterso@fiu.edu

College of Business

Mark Myring
School of Accounting
mmyring@fiu.edu
Karlene Cousins
Information Systems & Decision Sciences
karlene.cousins@fiu.edu
Edward Lawrence
Finance
elawrenc@fiu.edu
Fred Walumbwa
International Business
owalumbw@fiu.edu
Eli Beracha
Real Estate
eli.beracha@fiu.edu
Kimberly Taylor
Marketing and Logistics
taylork@fiu.edu
Ravi Gajendran
Global Leadership & Management
rgajendr@fiu.edu

College of Engineering and Computing

Jorge Riera Diaz
Biomedical Engineering (Interim)
jrieradi@fiu.edu
Jose Faria
Moss School of Construction, Infrastructure, and Sustainability
Jose.Faria@fiu.edu
Anil Misra
Civil & Environmental Engineering
anmisra@fiu.edu
Oscar Saenz
Enterprise & Logistics Engineering
ossaenz@fiu.edu
Jason Liu
Computing & Information Sciences
liux@fiu.edu
Daniela Radu
Mechanical & Materials Engineering
dradu@fiu.edu
Chin-Sheng Chen
Engineering Management
chenc@fiu.edu
Monica Cardella
SUCCEED
mcardell@fiu.edu
Deidra Hodges
Electrical and Computing Engineering
dhodges@fiu.edu