General Education Oversight Committee

The General Education Oversight Committee is charged (2.43.230) with making recommendations to the President or her/his designee for the implementation and review of the General Education curriculum. The committee meets throughout the Fall and Winter semesters. The committee, which includes elected faculty members, as well as liaisons from the Academic Senate, the Student Senate, and the Graduate Employees Organizing Committee, is representative of the six undergraduate degree-granting schools/colleges across the University community and responsible for the following:

Reviewing and evaluating all courses proposed for satisfying the various General Education requirements.
Monitoring all facets of general education for the purpose of assuring that the courses have consistent goals, with clearly delineated learning outcomes that are assessed appropriately.
Receiving and evaluating all reports required of departments and/or colleges in conjunction with implementing the various requirements of the General Education Program.
Encouraging and promoting the goals of general education at Wayne State University and to assure that all students experience a meaningful and rigorous program of general education.
Submitting an annual report to the Provost and the Curriculum and Instruction Committee of the Academic Senate. The report will address the assessment of the learning outcomes of the program and recommendations for program improvements.

Membership of the General Education Oversight Committee (GEOC)

Co-chairs

Dan Kashian, Professor and Gen Ed Faculty Coordinator, Biological Sciences
Laurel Whalen, Assistant Professor of Teaching, Kinesiology

Terms expiring Winter 2025

Jeffrey Grynaviski, Associate Professor, Political Science
Manoj Kulchania, Associate Professor, Finance
Jeremy Rickli, Associate Professor, Industrial & Manufacturing Engineering

Terms expiring Winter 2026

Patricia Miranda-Hartsuff, Associate Professor, Public Health
Norma Schropshire, Assistant Professor of Teaching, Social Work
Thomas Trimble, Associate Professor of Teaching, English
Eric Troffkin, Associate Professor, Art and Art History

Terms expiring Winter 2027

Margaret Franklin, Associate Professor, CFPCA
Lara Jones, Associate Professor, Psychology
Nancy Meyers, Associate Professor of Teaching, Chemistry
Philip Pokorski, Assistant Professor of Teaching, Pharmaceutical Sciences
Sally Villasenor, Assistant Professor (Clinical), Nursing

Ex-officio (with vote)

Ida Martinez, University Libraries

Student Representatives

Ridaa Khan, Student Senate

General Education Oversight Assessment Subcommittee Members

Kimberly Hunter, Provost's Office
Dan Kashian, Professor and Gen Ed Faculty Coordinator, Biological Sciences
Colleen Ezzeddine, Assistant Professor of Teaching, Communication
Beth Fowler, Associate Professor of Teaching, Honors College
Jeffrey Grynaviski, Associate Professor, Political Science
Manoj Kulchania, Associate Professor, Finance
Matthew Gonderinger, Academic Services Officer, Physics and Astronomy