ACADEMIC INTEGRITY COMMITTEE
2023-2024 Membership
NAME | EMAIL ADDRESS | TERM |
| John Guretzky, Agronomy & Horticulture | jguretzky2@unl.edu | August 2024 |
| Rupal Mehta, Political Science | rmehta2@unl.edu | August 2024 |
| Melissa Gomis, University Libraries | melissa.gomis@unl.edu | August 2025 |
| Dave Steffen, School of Veterinary & Biomedical Sciences | dsteffen1@unl.edu | August 2026 |
| Kelli King, Assistant VC Student Affairs | kelli.king@unl.edu | cont. |
| Courtney Morgan, GSA | Courtney Morgan | May 2025 |
| , ASUN | May 2025 |
STRUCTURE
The Academic Integrity Committee shall consist of seven (7) members:
(a) four (4) faculty members appointed by the President of the Faculty Senate;
(b) one (1) student selected as determined by ASUN, one graduate student selected as determined by the Graduate Student Assembly;
(c) one (1) member appointed by the Dean of Students, or their designee.
TERMS OF OFFICE
Faculty members shall serve three year terms. The terms will begin with the academic year, and will be staggered with at least one faculty member appointed annually. The chair of the committee shall be a faculty member.
RESPONSIBILITIES
The Committee shall work to:
1. Identify the ways in which cheating or academic dishonesty occurs;
2. Assess the extent to which academic dishonesty occurs on the University of Nebraska-Lincoln campus;
3. Identify the obstacles faculty members confront in recognizing and dealing with academic dishonesty;
4. Evaluate the attitudes of students regarding academic honesty;
5. Survey the policies of other universities, particularly those in the Big Ten, regarding academic honesty;
6. Develop recommendations for strengthening the ability of faculty and administrators to recognize and deal with instances of academic dishonesty or cheating;
7. Recommend strategies for creating among students a culture that recognizes the importance of academic honesty and how it benefits them; and
8. Act upon the recommendations of the Ad Hoc Committee on Academic Honesty that met during the 2016-17 year. Click here to see the 2016-17 report.
OPERATING PROCEDURES AND GUIDELINES ADOPTED BY COMMITTEE
The Committee shall file in the Faculty Senate Office (a) minutes of its meetings, and (b) a current statement of operating procedures and guidelines adopted by the Committee itself.