The membership of the OARAA Task Force was approved by the NEIU Board of Trustees on November 14, 2013. In accordance with the guidelines set aside in the OARAA, the Task Force is comprised of voting members and non-voting members. The voting members include representation from the Library, NEIU faculty, UPI, and university administration. The non-voting member is a representative from an academic publisher. Seeking a broad campus constituency in compliance with the OARAA, the NEIU Task Force is comprised of the following 8 voting members and one non-voting member:
Saba Ayman-Nolley, Professor and Chair, Psychology, College of Arts and Sciences, S-Ayman-Nolley@neiu.edu
Brad Greenburg, Professor, English, NEIU UPI representative, B-Greenburg@neiu.edu
Jian Li, Associate Professor, Management, College of Business and Management, J-Li3@neiu.edu
Carlos Melian, Dean of Libraries (Co-Chair), C-Melian@neiu.edu
Henry Owen III, Associate Professor, Library, H-Owen3@neiu.edu
Isaura Pulido, Associate Professor, Educational Inquiry and Curriculum Studies, College of Education, I-Pulido1@neiu.edu
Jordan Schilling, SpringerOpen Journal Manager at Springer Science and Business Media, academic publisher representative (non-voting), Jordan.Schilling@Springer.com
Michael Stern, Dean, College of Graduate Studies and Research (Co-Chair), M-Stern2@neiu.edu
Thomas J. Tobin, Coordinator of Learning Technologies, Center for Teaching and Learning, T-Tobin@neiu.edu
In the event a member cannot complete his/her tenure, the Task Force will make a recommendation to the President to fill the vacancy or complete its charge without filling the vacancy.