The GenCen Advisory Committee works to provide advice and support for the co-directors. The committee may be called to advise on critical matters of GenCen policy and programs. The committee will be asked to convene for meetings with the GenCen co-directors, usually two times per semester.

The voting members of the GenCen Advisory Committee consist of eight Core Faculty members, one graduate student member, and one undergraduate student member. These faculty are comprised from units across campus, including:

• The College of Arts and Letters
• The College of Social Science
• The College of Agriculture and Natural Resources
• James Madison College

Three additional units provide ex-officio, non-voting members: the Center for Advanced Study of International Development (CASID), the WorkLife Office, and the Lesbian, Bisexual, Gay, and Transgender (LBGT) Resource Center.

Each year, potential committee members are nominated by existing Core Faculty. Committee members are then elected by the body of Core Faculty.

2018 Advisory Committee

• Felicia Wu, Department of Food Science and Human Nutrition, Representative from the College of Agriculture and Natural Resources. Elected January 2018
• Valetina Denzel, Romance and Classical Studies, Representative from the College of Arts and Letters. Serving for Denise Troutman, elected January 2018, who received a Fulbright Fellowship.
• Ellen McCallum, Department of English, Representative from the College of Arts and Letters. Elected January 2017
• Courtney Cuthbertson, MSU Extension, At-Large Representative. Substitution beginning August 2018.
• Deborah Margolis, MSU Libraries/ Muslim Studies, At-Large Representative. Elected January 2018
• Kirsten Fermaglich, Department of History, Representative from the College of Social Science. Elected January 2017
• Chantal Tetreault, Department of Anthropology, Representative from the College of Social Science. Elected January 2018
• *Melissa Fore, James Madison College, Representative from James Madison College. Re-elected January 2017
• Marisa Meyerson, Masters of Social Work Student, Graduate Student Representative
• Heba Afaneh, Psychology and WGS Major, Undergraduate Student Representative
• Andrea Allen, Ex-Officio Representative from the Center for Advanced Study of International Development (CASID)
• Robert Glew, Ex-Officio Representative from CASID
• Deanna Hurlbert, Ex-Officio Representative from the LBGT Resource Center
• Lydia Weiss, Ex-Officio Representative from the WorkLife Office (formerly Women's Resource Center)

*Current Advisory Committee Chair