TSEM Advisory Board

The Towson Seminar (TSEM) Advisory Board brings together faculty, staff and administrators from across the university to provide strategic guidance and recommendations for TSEM program policies and curriculum development.

Drawing on diverse institutional knowledge, board members support TSEM alignment with university objectives and student success initiatives. Members serve two-year terms, meeting three times per semester to recommend policy adjustments, review program outcomes and ensure that TSEM effectively supports the transition of first-year students to university-level work at TU.

Board recommendations are shared with the following:

Membership (2025-2027)

  • Emily Bailey (chair)
    TSEM Director/Associate Professor
    Philosophy and Religious Studies (CLA) 
  • Mairin Barney
    Assistant Director for Faculty Outreach (Writing Center) 
  • Robert Caples
    Lecturer, Learning Technologies
    Design and School Library Media (COE) 
  • Michaël Dewally
    Professor, Finance (CBE) 
  • Michael Elliott
    Honors College Faculty Director/Professor
    Sociology (CLA/HONR) 
  • Emily Halligan
    Senior Assistant Director
    First-Year Experience Programming (Academic Advising, Retention and Completion) 
  • Audra McMullen
    Professor and TU in Northeastern Maryland Communication Studies Coordinator Communication Studies (COFAC)  
  • Ming Tomayko
    Associate Dean for Teaching and Student Success/Professor
    Mathematics (FCSM) 
  • Ashley Todd-Diaz
    Assistant University Librarian
    Special Collections and University Archives (Cook Library) 
  • Tab Uhrich
    Associate Dean/Associate Professor
    Physical Education (CHP)