The Committee on Academic Misconduct (COAM) is a pool of faculty and students from which small panels are drawn to hear cases of alleged academic misconduct. When a panel determines that academic misconduct has occurred, its members decide on the appropriate sanction. The committee as a whole considers the broader issues of academic misconduct and provides feedback to instructors and departments about best practices and policies.
Leadership
- Jay WellmanBusiness, Faculty Senator 2023-2026COAM Chair, 2025-2026
Membership
Member | Source | Term Ends |
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Thomas McDow | Faculty Council | 2026 |
Amy Brunell | Faculty Council | 2026 |
Melanie Dickman | Faculty Council | 2026 |
Anna Hamilton | Faculty Council | 2026 |
Marliese Nist | Faculty Council | 2026 |
Libby Hertenstein | Faculty Council | 2026 |
Kristen Adams | Faculty Council | 2026 |
Jon Quinn | Faculty Council | 2026 |
Christina Billman | Faculty Council | 2026 |
Steven Bengal | Faculty Council | 2026 |
Steven Salopek | Faculty Council | 2027 |
Megan Mefford | Faculty Council | 2027 |
Karen Winstead | Faculty Council | 2027 |
Judy Villard | Faculty Council | 2027 |
Dustin Miller | Faculty Council | 2027 |
Jennifer Dush | Faculty Council | 2027 |
Travis West | Faculty Council | 2027 |
Kayla Herbell | Faculty Council | 2027 |
Chris Fortney | Faculty Council | 2027 |
Jay Wellman | Faculty Council | 2027 |
Ash Faulkner | Faculty Council | 2027 |
Andrea Baldwin | Faculty Council | 2028 |
Louise Campbell | Faculty Council | 2028 |
Galey Modan | Faculty Council | 2028 |
Sheryl Barringer | Faculty Council | 2028 |
Lisa Cravens-Brown | Faculty Council | 2028 |
Thomas Knobloch | Faculty Council | 2028 |
Bobby Ramsey | Faculty Council | 2028 |
Heidi Shull | Faculty Council | 2028 |
Faculty Council | 2028 | |
Phuong Dang | CGS | 2026 |
Zachary Dobos | CGS | 2026 |
Gianni Giarrano | CGS | 2026 |
Britten Gordon | CGS | 2026 |
Emily Hardick | CGS | 2026 |
Tanay Jawdekar | CGS | 2026 |
Mia Kordowski | CGS | 2026 |
Jack Lanza | CGS | 2026 |
Nishita Meshram | CGS | 2026 |
Mashnur Rashid | CGS | 2026 |
Connor Rouillier | CGS | 2026 |
Amira Smith | CGS | 2026 |
Lisa Vogeler | CGS | 2026 |
CGS | 2026 | |
CGS | 2026 | |
Chin Yu Chou | USG | 2026 |
Jeehoo Lee | USG | 2026 |
CeVe Mock | USG | 2026 |
Indrakshi Pal | USG | 2026 |
Siddhartha Paruchuri | USG | 2026 |
Regan Pore | USG | 2026 |
Savina Reo | USG | 2026 |
Tyler Scholl | USG | 2026 |
Adam Stano | USG | 2026 |
Chandra Tupakula | USG | 2026 |
Sam Wheelock | USG | 2026 |
USG | 2026 | |
USG | 2026 | |
USG | 2026 | |
USG | 2026 | |
Danny Glassman | VP OSL Designee | |
Jennifer Whetstone | Provost Appointee |
Rule 3335-5-48.7 Committee on Academic Misconduct
(A) Membership
The committee on academic misconduct shall consist of sixty-two members.
- Thirty faculty, at least half of whom shall be tenure-track faculty. Faculty members are eligible for reappointment, but may not serve more than two consecutive terms.
- Thirty students.
- Fifteen graduate students.
- Fifteen undergraduate students. The term of service shall begin with the summer term
- Fifteen graduate students.
- Two administrators.
- The vice president for student life or designee, non-voting.
- The director of the Office of the Committee on Academic Misconduct, appointed by the executive vice president and provost, who shall not participate in the decisions of the committee. The director may recommend student members for approval bythe appointing body, as specified in paragraph (B)(1) of rule 3335-5-46 of the Administrative Code.
- The vice president for student life or designee, non-voting.
- Alternate members.
Faculty and students who have been regular members of the committee during the previous three years shall be eligible to be alternate members, providing they remain at the university in their same category.
(B) Duties and Responsibilities
- Investigate or establish procedures for the investigation of all reported cases of student academic misconduct, with the exception of cases in a professional college having a published honor code, and decide upon suitable disciplinary action. (The term "academic misconduct" is defined in paragraph (A) of rule 3335-23-04 of the Administrative Code.) Instructors shall report all instances of alleged academic misconduct to the committee.
- Investigate all cases of lax or irregular methods of conducting examinations that might tend to promote academic misconduct on the part of students, with the exception of cases in a professional college having a published honor code. The committee shall report its findings in these cases to the executive vice president and provost.
- Serve as a consultant on questions of academic misconduct for any professional college having a published honor code. (Note: this committee shall not have jurisdiction over cases involving student academic misconduct in professional colleges having published honor codes. These colleges shall follow their own codes in investigating reported cases of academic misconduct and in determining suitable disciplinary action. When the action taken involves suspension, dismissal, or entry on the student's permanent record, a recommendation to that effect shall be made to the executive vice president and provost for review and action.)
(C) Organization
- The committee on academic misconduct is authorized to:
- Establish panels of its members which will conduct hearings and make decisions with the same authority as the committee itself;
- Establish rules and procedures to conduct hearings, including the definition of a quorum.
- If the caseload of the committee should from time to time become such that cases cannot be set for hearing within four weeks (excluding periods of examinations or between vacations and recesses between semesters, terms, or sessions), the chair shall be empowered to ask alternate members to serve voluntarily and temporarily as members of hearing panels.
- As a standing committee of the senate, this committee is also governed by the provisions of rules 3335-5-46 and 3335-5-48 of the Administrative Code.
(Board approval dates: 5/1/1986, 2/5/1988, 11/2/1990, 7/12/1991, 2/4/1993, 11/4/1994, 5/3/1996, 4/4/1997, 4/3/1998, 6/1/2001, 6/7/2005, 5/14/2010, 6/6/2014, 4/7/2017, 5/31/2019)