2025 Fresno State WSCUC Committees

The WSCUC team consists of faculty, staff, administrators, and ASI representatives who actively worked on various aspects of the accreditation process. The team consisted of  the following committees.

• Fresno State WSCUC Executive Committee
• Fresno State WASC Advisory Committee
• WSCUC Working Groups
• WSCUC Steering Committee

WSCUC Executive Committee Members

WSCUC Advisory Committee Members

 

WSCUC WORKING GROUPS

Social Mobility Working Group

Ruby-Sangha Rico, Chair, Director, Fresno State Learning Center

Farin Bakhtiari, Assistant Professor of Psychology

Nora Diaz-Vasquez, Career Counselor, Fresno State Career Development Center

Hongtao Yue, Office of Institutional Effectiveness

William Hardaway, Instructional Designer, Office of IDEAS

Leece Lee Oliver, Associate Professor and Director of American Indian Studies

Sierra Lewis Estrada, Associate Director, Financial Aid and Scholarships

 

Impact of Scholarship and Service Working Group

Nupur Hajela, Chair, Assistant Professor of Physical Therapy

Ana Alfaro, Director, Central Valley Women’s Entrepreneurial Center

Kayla Ferreira, Special Projects Coordinator Richter Center

Ray Hall, Chair, Academic Senate and Professor of Physics

Ram Nunna, Dean, Lyles College of Engineering

Jorge Pesantez, Assistant Professor of Civil Engineering

Miguel Preciado, Lead Business Development Specialist, Central Valley Women’s Entrepreneurial Center

Rolston St. Hilaire, Dean, Jordan College of Agricultural Sciences and Technology

Tania Pacheco-Warner, Director, Central Valley Health Policy Institute

 

Career Satisfaction Working Group

Doug Fraleigh, Chair, University Assessment Coordinator and Professor of Communication

Jonathan Biggane, Associate Professor of Management

Michaela Bojorquez Ford, Director of Student Experiences, Craig School of Business

Yuleinys Castillo, Assistant Professor of Clinical Rehabilitation and Mental Health Counseling

Alejandra De Alba, Office of Undergraduate Studies

Cheryl Gardner, Assistant Professor of Media, Communications, and Journalism

Betsy Hays, Professor of Media, Communications, and Journalism and Career Champion

Larissa Mercado-López, Professor and Chair, Department of Women’s, Gender, & Sexuality Studies      

Scott Sailor, Professor of Kinesiology and Special Assistant to the Dean, College of Health and Human Services

Song Vang-Sung, Director, Jumpstart Fresno

Mary Willis, Director, Career Development Center

Laura Yager, University Registrar

 

High Impact Practices and Experiential Learning Working Group

Sergio La Porta, Chair, Interim Dean, Kremen School of Education and Human Development and Professor of Armenian Studies

Subcommittee 1:  Recommending a Process for Classifying and Evaluating HIP/Experiential Learning Courses

Honora Chapman, Dean, College of Arts and Humanities

Dermot Donnelly-Hermosillo, Professor of Chemistry and Biochemistry and Chair, General Education Committee

Kathleen Rindahl, Professor of Nursing

Debbie Donner, Office of Scheduling

Alexis Holladay, Lead Graduate Degree Specialist, DRGS

Christi Banks, Lecturer, Department of Construction Management

Gil Harootunian, Executive Director, University Initiatives Development

Rhett Billen, Professor of Child and Family Sciences

 

Subcommittee 2: Recommending a Process for Classifying and Evaluating HIP/Experiential Learning co-curricular courses and activities

Kent Willis, Vice President for Student Affairs and Enrollment Management

Melissa Jessen Hiser, Central Valley College Corps Director  

Jamie Boley, Professor of Art, Design, and Art History

Carlie Corrigan, Director of Student Athlete Development

Sarah McDaniel, University Librarian

Alma Her, Wayfinders Residential Coordinator

Amanda Ambriz, Academic Records Assistant, Registrar’s Office

Taylan Parker, Assistant Director, Richter Center

 

Subcommittee 3:  Recommending Strategies for Increasing Student Participation in HIP/Experiential Learning and Closing Equity Gaps in Participation

Shimel Her Saychou, Director, Southeast Asian Student Success Initiative

Emily Walter, Professor of Biology

Delia Cholakian, Lecturer and Internship Coordinator, Craig School of Business

Ginny Crisco, Professor of English

Allison Way, Project Support Specialist, Richter Center

Kimberly Coy, Professor of Literacy, Early, Bilingual, and Special Education

Lindsey Yang, Women’s, Gender, and Sexuality Administrative Support Coordinator and Graduate Student in Higher Education Educational Leadership

Erika Castanon, New Student and Family Programs

 

Subcommittee 4:  Develop and Implement a Plan to Survey Student Participation in High Impact Practices at Fresno State, Including Disaggregated Data

Sergio La Porta, Interim Dean, Kremen School of Education and Human Development and Professor of Armenian Studies

Melissa Martinez, Office of Institutional Effectiveness

Beth Weinman, Professor of Earth and Environmental Sciences

Natalie Munoz, Professor of Modern and Classical Languages and Literature and Director, Center for Faculty Excellence

Chris Fiorentino, Director, Richter Center

Bryan Berrett, Director, Office of IDEAS

Alejandroz Mendez, High Impact Practice Coordinator, College of Science and Mathematics

 

Economic Impact Working Group

Alam Hasson, Chair, Vice Provost

Antonio Avalos, Professor of Economics

Celeste DeMonte, Program Review Coordinator and Committee for the Protection of Human Subjects Coordinator

Samuel Fairbanks, Assistant Director, Water, Energy, and Technology Center

David Hoff, Director of Programming, Division of Continuing and Global Education

Srini Konduru, Professor and Chair, Department of Agricultural Business

Jake Ward, Buyer, Procurement and Support Services