Academic Quality Committee

Membership 2025-26

Co-chairs: Rowanna Carpenter, Harold McNaron

NameDepartmentStart of Service
Carpenter, RowannaUNST2023
De Lis, IrisTLC2025
Dozal-Lockwood, RichardSPH2024
Gray, MollyUNST2023
McLemore, KevinCOE2025
McNaron, HaroldOAI2023
Mitra, ArnabECN2024
Nadeau, JayPHY2025
Newton-Calvert, ZapouraUNST2025
Tunc, YasinC&I2023
Zagarella, AngelaWLL2024
TBDStudent 
Consultants:  
TBDOIRP 
TBDOAA rep. 
TBDEPC rep. 
  status 8/27/25

Charge

1. Research, identify, and recommend practices that promote and sustain academic quality for faculty and students at Portland State University.

2. Conduct and review biennial surveys of faculty and students.

3. Report on issues, concerns, and potential for actionable ideas.

4. Conduct research on implementation of best practices and make recommendations to Faculty Senate.

5. Maintain a “dashboard” that evaluates progress on implementation of academic quality initiatives.

6. Report to the Faculty Senate at least once each year.

Reports

AQC Annual Report 2024-25
AQC Annual Report 2023-24
AQC Annual Report 2022-23
AQC Annual Report 2021-22
AQC Annual Report 2020-21
AQC Annual Report 2019-20