General Education Committee - Membership List
As of September 11, 2026
Voting Members (19/21 members)
Quorum currently = 10
| Campus | Representative |
|---|---|
| Asnuntuck | Heidi Fitzgerald (confirmed 2026-28) |
| Capital | Becky DeVito (confirmed 2026-28) |
| Gateway | TBD (2024-2025 was Anne Williams, now retired) |
| Housatonic | Matt Dunne (confirmed 2026-28) |
| Manchester | James Gentile (confirmed 2026-28) |
| Middlesex | Lin Lin (confirmed 2026-28) |
| Naugatuck Valley | Heather Barrett |
| Northwestern | Nicole Cesarek (vote will take place in Sept. 2026) |
| Norwalk | Heather DeDominicis (confirmed 2026-27) |
| Quinebaug Valley | Brian Donohue-Lynch |
| Three Rivers | Michael Stutz (confirmed 2026-27) |
| Tunxis | Alicia Hall (confirmed 2026-27) |
| Core Area / Position | Representative |
|---|---|
| 1 FT Faculty who teaches or has taught a course vetted for Written Communication | Rebecca Busch Adams, Professor of English (Housatonic) |
| 1 FT Faculty who teaches or has taught a course vetted for Quantitative Reasoning | Sandra Pettinico, Naugatuck Valley |
| 1 FT Faculty who teaches or has taught a course vetted for Arts & Humanities (ART, ARTH, DGA, ESOL, GRA, HUM, MUS, PHIL, THEA, Language and Culture) | Jamilet Ortiz, Professor of Spanish (Housatonic) |
| 1 FT Faculty who teaches or has taught a course vetted for Oral Communication | Alan Teitleman, Associate Professor of Communication (Naugatuck Valley) |
| 1 FT Faculty who teaches or has taught a course vetted for Scientific Knowledge & Understanding and/or Scientific Reasoning | Michael Pence, Professor of Chemistry (Manchester) |
| 1 FT Faculty who teaches or has taught a course vetted for Social & Behavioral Science | Lorraine Li, Professor of Economics (Gateway) |
| 1 FT Faculty who teaches or has taught a course vetted for Historical Knowledge & Understanding | Christopher M. Paulin, Professor of History (Manchester) |
| 1 FT Librarian representing Continuing Learning and Information Literacy | Naomi Toftness, Northwestern |
| 1 FT Faculty member of the Diversity, Equity, & Inclusion Committee (contingent on DEI being a course requirement in the Common Core) | TBD |
Non-Voting Members (9/10 members)
| Position | Representative |
|---|---|
| 1 Director of Program Review and Assessment | Joseph Cullen, Director, Academic Program Review & Assessment (CT State-New Britain) |
| 1 Enrollment Management / Registrar Staff | Jennifer Meny, College Office |
| 1 Guided Pathways / Advising Director Staff | Anna Syta, Tunxis |
| 1 Institutional Research & Effectiveness Staff | Vacant; needs to be filled |
| 1 CSCU Director of the Office of Transfer | Stephen Marcelynas |
| 1 2-year faculty lead of the "CSCU Gen Ed Alignment committee**" (which would report to CSCU Transfer Council) | Matt Dunne and Jamilet Ortiz are both liaisons to the CSCU committee |
| 1 Chair of the CT State Curriculum Congress | Jason Seabury, Professor of Mathematics, Naugatuck Valley |
| 1 FT faculty member who teaches a course vetted for Creativity (additional Gen Ed in some CSCU Transfer Pathway degrees) | James Schlatter, Tunxis |
| 1 FT faculty member who teaches a course vetted for Global Knowledge (additional Gen Ed in some CSCU Transfer Pathway degrees) | Latisha Nielsen, Associate Professor of Sociology (Naugatuck Valley) |
| 1 FT Faculty who teaches or has taught a course vetted for Continuing Learning, Information Literacy | Amy Royal (Naugatuck Valley) |