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Standing Committees

The Department of Mathematics assembles the following seven committees each year in accordance with department bylaws. Committee minutes, reports, and other procedural documents for these committees can be found in the Department Committees Box Folder. (Note: the Box link is only available to affiliates of the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.)

Executive Committee

The executive committee works alongside the department chair concerning all matters of the department, including but not limited to preparation of the department budget; establishing additional committees outside the seven standing committees established in the department bylaws; and overseeing elections, hiring and recruitment, salaries, adherence to policies and procedures set forth by department bylaws; and identifying other needs and requirements of the department.

Address all correspondence concerning this committee to math-executive-committee@illinois.edu.

  • Vera Hur (Chair)
  • Burak Erdogan (25-27)
  • Ely Kerman (24-26)
  • Xiaochun Li (25-27)
  • Zoi Rapti (24-26)
  • Vesna Stojanoska (24-26)
  • Jesse Thorner (25-27)

Grievance Committee

The Grievance Committee is responsible for fielding any grievance presented by any person with an academic appointment in the department and addressing any grievance within the scope of its charge.

Address all correspondence concerning this committee to math-grievance-committee@illinois.edu.

  • Dan Berwick-Evans (24-26)
  • Aimo Hinkkanen (24-26)
  • Alex Yong (25-27)
  • Vadim Zharnitsky (25-27)

Capricious Grading Committee

The Capricious Grading Committee fields all capricious grading appeals in accordance with the procedures described in the Student Code and may also serve on a hearing committee to consider appeals of academic integrity charges that are brought in accordance with the procedures described in Article 1 Part 4 of the Student Code.

Address all correspondence concerning this committee to  math-capricious-grading@illinois.edu.

  • April Hoffmeister (24-26)
  • Felix Janda (25-27)
  • Nikos Tzirakis (24-26)
  • Kay Kirkpatrick (back up, FA)
  • Eric Chen (back up, SP)

Promotion and Tenure Committee

The Promotion and Tenure Committee is responsible for making recommendations to the Department Chair and Executive Committee regarding promotions and tenure of faculty members. This committee makes their recommendations in consideration of the current statement on Promotion and Tenure Policies of the College of Liberal Arts & Sciences and the policies set forth in the current Procedures of the Department of Mathematics Promotion and Tenure.

Address all correspondence concerning this committee to math-promotion-tenure@illinois.edu.

  • Scott Ahlgren (24-26)
  • Sankar Dutta (25-27)
  • Vera Hur (ex officio)
  • Marius Junge (24-26)
  • Sheldon Katz (25-27)
  • Denka Kutzarova (25-27)
  • Jake Rasmussen (24-26)
  • Renming Song (25-27)
  • Sue Tolman (24-26, CHAIR)
  • Jeremy Tyson (25-27)
  • Alexandru Zaharescu (24-26)
  • Sasha Kostochka (SP only)
  • Charles Rezk (SP only)

Undergraduate Affairs Committee

The Undergraduate Affairs Committee serves as an educational policy committee for the undergraduate mathematics program of the department, providing guidance and oversight organization and quality of the undergraduate courses and curricula, including advising, honors, extension, and correspondence course programs.

Address all correspondence concerning this committee to math-undergraduate-affairs@illinois.edu.

  • Lee DeVille (ex officio)
  • Partha Dey (24-26)
  • Anil Hirani (25-27)
  • James Pascaleff (24-26)
  • Jenny Srikant
  • Vadim Zharnitsy (25-27, CHAIR)
  • Ben Castle (FA only)

Graduate Affairs Committee

The Graduate Affairs Committee considers all matters concerning the graduate program, making recommendations where appropriate to the tenure system faculty or to the Department Chair and the Executive Committee. Charges include, but are not limited to, size and distribution of the graduate student body, criteria for admission and allocation of fellowships and assistantships, programs of study, policy regarding availability and staffing of graduate courses, graduate examinations, criteria for retention of students and renewal of support, counseling and advising of students, requirements for degrees, and interdisciplinary graduate programs.

Address all correspondence concerning this committee to math-gac@illinois.edu.

  • Jared Bronski (ex officio)
  • Felix Leditzky (24-26)
  • Jake Rasmussen (25-27)
  • Renming Song (24-25 FA)
  • Alex Yong (25-27, CHAIR)
  • Pei-Ken Hung (SP only)

The open minutes for the Graduate Affairs Committee may be found here. 

Personnel Committee for Specialized Faculty

This committee makes recommendations to the Department Chair and the Executive Committee concerning initial appointment and promotion for specialized faculty (e.g. teaching associate professor, teaching professor, research associate professor, and research professor).

Address all correspondence concerning this committee to math-specialized-faculty@illinois.edu.

  • Lee DeVille (25-27)
  • Aimo Hinkkanen (25-27, CHAIR)
  • Timur Oikhberg (24-26)
  • Vadim Zharnitsky (24-26)

Ad Hoc Committees and Appointments

The following committees have been established by the Department Chair and Executive Committee to address specific needs and operations of the department. Unless otherwise noted address all correspondence concerning these committees to the current committee chair. 

Committee minutes, reports, and other procedural documents for these committees can be found in the Department Committees Box Folder. (Note: the Box link is only available to affiliates of the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.)

Area Chairs

Area chairs are designated in each of the principal active areas of research and educational activity in the department of mathematics. Area chairs convene meetings with interested area participants to discuss topics of interest to the area and serve in an advisory role to the department chair on matters related to needs or requirements of their respective areas. More information about the charge of area chairs can be found in the area chair policies.  

  • Algebraic Geometry: Sheldon Katz
  • Algebra: Yuan Liu
  • Analysis: Alexander Tumanov (FA), Xiaochun Li (SP)
  • Combinatorics: Jozsef Balogh
  • Differential Equations: Nikkos Tzirakis
  • Geometry and Topology: Charles Rezk
  • Number Theory: Alexandru Zaharescu
  • Probability: Xuan Wu 

Altgeld/Illini Hall Renovation Committee

  • Kevin Armstrong
  • Sheldon Katz (chair)
  • Nathan Dunfield
  • Vera Hur
  • Richard Laugesen
  • Karen Mortensen

Climate, Equity, & Inclusion Committee (CEI)

The CEI Committee discusses issues of equity and climate broadly across the department as they relate to student admission, classroom instruction, mentoring, hiring, evaluation, and the promotion and tenure process. The committee makes specific recommendations for ongoing actions or initiatives to improve the overall climate and promote an equitable and inclusive working environment.

Address all correspondence concerning this committee to math-cei@illinois.edu. 

  • Pierre Albin (CHAIR)
  • Jared Bronski
  • Ben Castle (FA only)
  • Jennifer McNeilly
  • Sarah Rasmussen (SP only)
  • Polly Yu

Colloquium & Named Lectures Committee

This committee is responsible for arranging colloquia and hosting invited speakers to the Department of Mathematics. 

  • Dan Cooney
  • Marius Junge
  • Timur Oikhberg (CHAIR)
  • Vesna Stojanoska

Faculty Search Committee

  • Dan Berwick-Evans
  • Rick Laugesen (DA)
  • Jake Rasmussen
  • Charles Rezk
  • Sue Tolman
  • Jeremy Tyson (CHAIR)
  • Alexandru Zaharescu

Graduate Recruitment & Application Screening Committee (GRAS)

  • Pierre Albin
  • Jozsef Balogh
  • Yuliy Baryshnikov
  • Jared Bronski
  • Anil Hirani
  • Marius Junge
  • Sasha Kostochka
  • Gabe La Nave
  • Renming Song
  • Rich Sowers (CHAIR)
  • Alex Yong 

Postdoctoral Search Committee

  • Will Chen
  • Rui Loja Fernandes (CHAIR)
  • Abhishek Methuku
  • James Pascaleff
  • Amanda Young

Social Committee

  • Dan Berwick-Evans
  • Jeremiah Heller (CHAIR)
  • Lena Ji
  • Jen Sans

Space Committee

  • Kevin Armstrong
  • Nathan Dunfield (CHAIR)

Teaching Awards Committee

  • Scott Ahlgren (SP only & CHAIR)
  • Pei-Ken Hung (SP only)
  • Chris Dodd
  • Denka Kutzarova (FA only & CHAIR)
  • Aldo Manfroi 

Undergraduate Advising Committee

  • Scott Ahlgren
  • Manijeh Bahreini
  • Jozsef Balogh
  • Yuliy Baryshnikov
  • Lee DeVille
  • Aimo Hinkkanen
  • Anil Hirani
  • Kay Kirkpatrick
  • Edy Kirr
  • Sasha Kostochka
  • Gabe La Nave
  • Jennifer McNeilly
  • Igor Nikolaev
  • Nikos Tzirakis

Other Service Appointments

  • AWM Advisor: Zoi Rapti
  • Mathematics Development Advisory Board (MDAB) Liaison: Jeremy Tyson
  • Math IT Liaison: Rick Laugesen
  • Math Library Liaison: Kay Kirkpatrick
  • MATRIX Advisor: Eric Chen
  • Comp Exams
    • 500: Will Chen, Yuan Liu
    • 540: Edy Kirr, Igor Nikolaev (SP), Alexander Tumanov (FA)

Sabbaticals

  • Partha Dey (FA)
  • Kevin Ford (AY)
  • Bill Haboush (AY)
  • Sergei Ivanov (SP)
  • Eugene Lerman (AY)
  • Rui Loja Fernandes (SP)
  • Denka Kutzarova (SP)
  • Renming Song (SP)
  • Alex Tumanov (SP)