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Liberal Education Council


The Liberal Education Council (LEC) is a Senate-level committee of Miami faculty (voting members) who advise the Office of Liberal Education. They, along with key Ex-officio members, provide important input into the work of Miami’s liberal education curriculum. A complete catalog of the function and composition of LEC can be found on the University Senate website.

Fall 2024 Meeting Dates

Miami faculty and staff are welcome to attend regularly scheduled LEC meetings.

  • August 27, 2024 | 3:30 pm | Web Meeting
  • September 3, 2024 | 3:30 pm | Web Meeting
  • September 10, 2024 | 3:30 pm | Web Meeting
  • September 17, 2024 | 3:30 pm | Web Meeting
  • September 24, 2024 | 3:30 pm | Web Meeting
  • October 1, 2024 | 3:30 pm | Web Meeting
  • October 8, 2024 | 3:30 pm | Web Meeting
  • October 15, 2024 | 3:30 pm | Web Meeting
  • October 22, 2024 | 3:30 pm | Web Meeting
  • October 29, 2024 | 3:30 pm | Web Meeting
  • November 12, 2024 | 3:30 pm | Web Meeting
  • November 19, 2024 | 3:30 pm | Web Meeting
  • December 3, 2024 | 3:30 pm | Web Meeting

Council Members

The Office of Liberal Education is guided by the Liberal Education Council, a committee of the University Senate.

Faculty Membership

  • Elizabeth Hoover (Music) | Associate Director, Office of Liberal Education and Liaison, Howe Center for Writing Excellence. 
  • Ron Becker (Media, Journalism, and Film) | Interim Member (Fall '24)

Term Ends August 2025

  • David Daugherty (Mathematical and Physical Science) | Natural Sciences 
  • Robert Leonard (Information System Analytics) | Mathematics/Technology/Formal Logic and FSB
  • Aaron Pergram (Music) | Creative Arts and CCA

Term Ends August 2026

  • Edgar Caraballo (Mechanical and Manufacturing Engineering) | At-Large Member and College of Engineering and Computing
  • Caryn Neumann (CLAAS) | Intercultural Consciousness and Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion
  • Veronica Barrios (Education, Health, and Society) | Diversity, Equity and Inclusion, and Social Sciences

Term Ends August 2027

Ex Officio Non-Voting Members

Advisory Committees

Howe Center for Advanced Writing

The Howe Center for Advanced Writing - Local Advisory Board is comprised of faculty, administrators, and librarians from departments across Miami that advise the HCWE Director on various initiatives of the center. In their capacity as the LEC Sub-committee for Advanced Writing, members review applications for Advanced Writing courses and offer recommendations to faculty developing those proposals.

Committee Members