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.
2026-27 Meetings
- August 28, 3 PM: Organizational meeting (Microsoft Teams)
- October 2, 3 PM: Working meeting (Microsoft Teams)
- November 6, 3 PM: Voting meeting for Dean Johnston awards (Microsoft Teams)
- February 5, 3 PM: Working meeting (Microsoft Teams)
- February 26, 3 PM: Voting meeting Faculty Summer Fellowships (Microsoft Teams)
- March 12, 3 PM: Voting meeting for Undergraduate Summer Fellowships, Rhodes Award, and Proposal Writing Support Awards (Microsoft Teams)
- April 23, 3 PM: Working meeting, election of Vice Chair, new appointments and reappointments, voting meeting for Geneseo Foundation Student Assistantships (Microsoft Teams)
Constitution of the Research Council(PDF) pdf (Rev. Jan. 12, 2017)
Research Council 2026-27
| 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* | Sponsored Programs Administration | 5060 | colon@geneseo.edu |
| Carlo Filice (fall) | Philosophy | 5232 | filice@geneseo.edu |
| Carly Herold (spring) | Philosophy | 6352 | heroldc@geneseo.edu |
| Varuni Jamburuthugoda | Biology | 5315 | jamburuthugoda@geneseo.edu |
| Anthony LaLena | Performing Arts | 5824 | alalena@geneseo.edu |
| Michael Lynch | Psychology & Neuroscience | 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 & Creative Writing | 5273 | onwabara@geneseo.edu |
| Paul Pacheco,Student Grants Subcommittee Chair | Anthropology | 5275 | pacheco@geneseo.edu |
| Reece Torres | Sociology | 5335 | rtorres@geneseo.edu |
| Jennifer Tripp | Adolescence/Teaching Students with Disabilities | 5325 | jtripp@geneseo.edu |
| Stephen Tulowiecki | Geography & Sustainability Studies | 6196 | tulowiecki@geneseo.edu |
| Nicholas Warner | Geological, Environmental, & Planetary Sciences | 5291 | warner@geneseo.edu |
| Michael Webb | Chemistry & Biochemistry | 5314 | mwebb@geneseo.edu |
| Thea Yurkewecz-Stellato | Early Childhood, Childhood & Literacy Education | 5355 | yurkewecz@geneseo.edu |
* non-voting member
