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)
- Daniel Berwick Evans (2022–24)
- Lee DeVille (2022–24)
- Nathan Dunfield (2023–25)
- Aimo Hinkkanen (2022–24)
- Rui Loja Fernandes (2023–25)
- Alex Yong (2023–25)
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.
- Kay Kirkpatrick (2023–24)
- Edy Kirr (2023–25)
- Eugene Lerman (2023–25)
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.
- Scott Ahlgren (2023–25)
- James Pascaleff (2023–24)
- Laura Placzek (2022–24)
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.
- Burak Erdogan (Chair) (2022–24)
- Vera Hur (ex officio)
- Steve Bradlow (Fall 2023)
- Anil Hirani (spring 2024–spring 2025)
- Sankar Dutta (2022–24)
- Kevin Ford (2022–24)
- Igor Nikoalaev (2022–24)
- Timur Oikhberg (2022–24)
- Pierre Albin (2023–25)
- Sasha Kostochka (2023–25)
- Charles Rezk (2023–25)
- Alex Tumanov (2023–25)
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)
- Rich Sowers (chair)
- Vadim Zharnitsky (chair’s designate)
- Sasha Kostochka
- Pei-Ken Hung
- Jenny Srikant
- Aditya Bhartia
- Margot Pierce
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.
- Yuliy Baryshnikov (ex officio)
- Eugene Lerman (chair)
- Philippe Di Francesco
- Burak Erdogan
- Vesna Stojanoska
- Fulton Jackson
- Jiantong Liu
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.
- Marius Junge (chair)
- Richard Laugesen
- Jeremiah Heller