Research Council

The functions of the Research Council are to encourage and promote research and scholarly activities on the campus. It shall improve present means and initiate new means to help faculty and staff members to obtain external funding.

2025-26 Meetings

  • August 29, 3 PM:  Organizational meeting (Microsoft Teams)
  • October 3, 3 PM:  Voting meeting for Proposal Writing Support awards (Microsoft Teams)
  • November 7, 3 PM:  Voting meeting for Dean Johnston awards (Microsoft Teams)
  • January 30, 3 PM:  Working meeting (Microsoft Teams)
  • February 20, 3 PM:  Voting meeting Faculty Summer Fellowships (Microsoft Teams)
  • March 6, 3 PM:  Voting meeting for Undergraduate Summer Fellowships, Rhodes Award, and Proposal Writing Support Awards (Microsoft Teams)
  • April 17, 3 PM:  Working meeting, new appointments and reappointments, voting meeting for Geneseo Foundation Student Assistantships (Microsoft Teams)

Constitution of the Research Council pdf (Rev. Jan. 12, 2017)

Research Council 2025-26

Ryan Jones, Chair History 5449 jonesr@geneseo.edu
Ming Lei, Vice Chair Communication 5228 lei@geneseo.edu
Anne Baldwin* Sponsored Research 5547 baldwinA@geneseo.edu
Hanna Brant Political Science & International Relations 6445 hbrant@geneseo.edu
Susana Castillo-Rodríguez Global Languages & Cultures 6350 castillos@geneseo.edu
Shou Chen School of Business 5364 chens@geneseo.edu
Alexis Clifton* Teaching & Learning Center 5597 clifton@geneseo.edu
Betsy Colón* Grants Management 5060 colon@geneseo.edu
Carly Herold Philosophy 6352 heroldc@geneseo.edu
Varuni Jamburuthugoda Biology 5315 jamburuthugoda@geneseo.edu
Anthony LaLena Performing Arts 5824 alalena@geneseo.edu
Michael Lynch Psychology 5212 mlynch@geneseo.edu
George Marcus Physics & Astronomy 5197 marcus@geneseo.edu
Brenna McCaffrey Anthropology 5818 bmccaffrey@geneseo.edu
Sedar Ngoma Mathematics 5392 ngoma@geneseo.edu
Olaocha Nwabara English 5273 onwabara@geneseo.edu
Paul Pacheco, Student Grants Subcommittee Chair Anthropology 5275 pacheco@geneseo.edu
Reece Torres Sociology 5335 rtorres@geneseo.edu
Stephen Tulowiecki Geography 6196 tulowiecki@geneseo.edu
Annmarie Urso School of Education 5468 urso@geneseo.edu
Nicholas Warner Geological, Environmental and Planetary Sciences 5291 warner@geneseo.edu
Kazushige Yokoyama Chemistry & Biochemistry 5320 yokoyama@geneseo.edu

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

* non-voting member