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A. Astronomy Department Jobs

Neal Evans
chairman@astro.as.utexas.edu

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Astronomy Department Chairman

Dan Jaffe
dtj@astro.as.utexas.edu

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Astronomy Department Associate Chairman
Anita Cochran
anita@astro.as.utexas.edu

Coordinating with
Chris Wilkinson
equus@astro.as.utexas.edu

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Computing
Milos Milosavljevic
milos@astro.as.utexas.edu

Handing off to
Sally Dodson-Robinson
sdr@astro.as.utexas.edu

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Colloquium
Volker Bromm
vbromm@astro.as.utexas.edu

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Graduate Advisor
Paul Shapiro
shapiro@astro.as.utexas.edu

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GSC Chair
John Kormendy
kormendy@astro.as.utexas.edu

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Library (Péridier)
Tom Barnes
tgb@astro.as.utexas.edu

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Technical Editor for StarDate
Don Winget
dew@astro.as.utexas.edu

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Undergraduate Advisor, Minority Liaison
John Scalo
parrot@astro.as.utexas.edu

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Visiting Distinguished Professorships
Shardha Jogee
sj@astro.as.utexas.edu

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NSF STEMS Program
Derek Wills
oo7@astro.as.utexas.edu

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Course Scheduling, PBIS Committee, TA Supervisor
John Jardel
jardel@astro.as.utexas.edu

Chalence Safranek
ctss@astro.as.utexas.edu

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Colloquium Lunch Hosts
Amanda Heiderman
alh@astro.as.utexas.edu

Randi Worhatch
randi@astro.as.utexas.edu

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Gender/Family/Diversity Hosts


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B. College or University Jobs

Paul Shapiro
shapiro@astro.as.utexas.edu

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Faculty Council
John Kormendy
kormendy@astro.as.utexas.edu

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Promotion & Tenure Committee
Greg Shields
shields@astro.as.utexas.edu

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Study Abroad, Undergraduate Honors, Course and Curriculum
Don Winget
dew@astro.as.utexas.edu

Eiichiro Komatsu
komatsu@astro.as.utexas.edu

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Dean's Scholars Steering Committee
Pawan Kumar
pk@astro.as.utexas.edu

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CNS Scholarship Committee
Pawan Kumar
pk@astro.as.utexas.edu

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UTeach


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C. Astronomy Department Committees

Evaluations Committee (Also Institutional Assessment for Research)

  Craig Wheeler* (Chair)
wheel@astro.as.utexas.edu

John Lacy
Don Winget
Milos Milosavljevic
Rob Robinson*
*serving 2nd & last year of term

Cox Committee

  Dan Jaffe (Chair)
dtj@astro.as.utexas.edu

Chris Sneden
Research Scientist Volunteer
Jeremy Murphy (Grad Rep)

Graduate Studies Executive Committee

  Paul Shapiro (GSC Chair)
shapiro@astro.as.utexas.edu

Volker Bromm (Grad. Student Advisor)
Karl Gebhardt (Asst. Advisor)
Chris Sneden
Neal Evans (Ex-officio)
Dan Jaffe (Ex-officio)

GSC
Faculty + Research Scientists who have or might have students

Graduate Admissions Committee

  John Scalo (Chair)
parrot@astro.as.utexas.edu

Craig Wheeler (Recruiter)
Milos Milosavljevic (Asst. Recruiter)
John Kormendy (Asst. Recruiter)
Shardha Jogee
Tom Barnes
Char Burke (Grad. Coord.)
Jeremy Murphy (Grad. Rep.)
Volker Bromm (ex officio)

Undergraduate Studies Executive Committee

  Greg Shields (Undergraduate Studies Chair)
shields@astro.as.utexas.edu

Don Winget (Undergrad Advisor)
Eiichiro Komatsu (Asst. Advisor)
Mary Kay Hemenway
Neal Evans (Ex-officio)

Undergraduate Studies Committee
Faculty + Mary Kay Hemenway

SACS Committee (Also Institutional Assessment for Education)

  Greg Shields (Chair)
shields@astro.as.utexas.edu

Paul Shapiro (Graduate Program)
Volker Bromm (Graduate Program)
Don Winget (Undergrad Program)
Neal Evans (Ex-officio)

Teaching Peer Review/Awards Committtee

  Harriet Dinerstein (Chair)
harriet@astro.as.utexas.edu

Rob Robinson (Chair in Fall)
Craig Wheeler

Faculty Search Committee

  Will form committee if we get to hire


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D. Observatory Committees

TAC

  John Kormendy (Chair)
kormendy@astro.as.utexas.edu

Rob Robinson
Steve Odewahn
Bill Cochran
Greg Shields
A player to be named later

McDonald Users

  Josh Adams (Grad student rep.)


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E. Joint Department/Observatory Committees

Office Space Committee

  Neal Evans (Chair)
nje@astro.as.utexas.edu

Dan Jaffe
Anita Cochran
Mary Lindholm
Gordon Orris
Jeremy Murphy (Grad Rep)

Library Committee

  John Kormendy (Chair)
kormendy@astro.as.utexas.edu

Bill Cochran
Greg Shields
Elise Nacca (Ex-officio)
Irina Marinova
John Caldwell (Mt. Locke)

Computing Advisory Committee

  Anita Cochran (Chair)
anita@astro.as.utexas.edu

Paul Shapiro (Faculty)
Steve Odewahn (Mt. Locke)
Terry Bruegging (Staff)
John Booth (Engineering)
Steve Odewahn (Mt. Locke)
Juntai Shen (Postdoc)
Chris Lindner (Graduate Student)

Futures Study

  Karl Gebhardt (Facilitator)
gebhardt@astro.as.utexas.edu

Eiichiro Komatsu
Shardha Jogee
Volker Bromm
Milos Milosavljevic
Sally Dodson-Robinson
Jenny Greene
Michael Montgomery
Michael Endl

Postdoc Advisory Committee

  John Lacy (Chair)
lacy@astro.as.utexas.edu

Milos Milosavljevic
Anita Cochran
Remco van den Bosch (Fall Postdoc Rep.)
Peter Yoachim (Spring Postdoc Rep.)