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New Members Named to the Provost’s Faculty Salary Advisory Committee

Friday, August 15, 2025, By Wendy S. Loughlin

Vice Provost for Faculty Affairs Jamie Winders today announced members of the 2025-26 Provost’s Faculty Salary Advisory Committee (PFSAC). The University-level group was established to provide the provost with guidance on full-time faculty salary appeals.

The members for academic year 2025-26 are:

  • Susan Albring, professor of accounting, Martin J. Whitman School of Management
  • Kivanc Avrenli, professor of practice in finance, Whitman School
  • Robert Bifulco, professor of public administration and international affairs, Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs
  • PJ DiPietro, associate professor of women’s and gender studies, College of Arts and Sciences (A&S)
  • Bradley Ethington, professor of music, College of Visual and Performing Arts
  • Natarajan Gautam, professor of electrical engineering and computer science, College of Engineering and Computer Science (ECS)
  • Jonna Gilfus, associate teaching professor of writing studies, rhetoric and composition, A&S
  • Soo Yeon Hong, associate teaching professor of public relations, S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications
  • Chris Johnson, professor of civil and environmental engineering, ECS
  • Melissa Luke, Dean’s Professor, School of Education
  • Sinéad Mac Namara, associate professor of civil and environmental engineering, ECS and School of Architecture
  • Suzette Meléndez, teaching professor, College of Law
  • Christopher Scholz, professor of Earth and environmental sciences, A&S
  • Theresa Singleton, professor of anthropology, Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs
  • Radhakrishna (Suresh) Sureshkumar, Distinguished Professor of Chemical Engineering, ECS
  • Judy Teng, associate teaching professor, College of Professional Studies

Members are jointly selected by Winders and the chair of the University Senate from a pool of nominees brought forward by deans and the senate agenda committee.

For more information about the salary appeals process, visit the Academic Affairs website or contact the Office of Faculty Affairs at facultyaffairs@syr.edu.