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Faculty Service Opportunities in CAS CAS Committees & Faculty Senate
Elections occur annually in March: please watch for the
Call for Nominations, sent in early March by the CAS Dean’s Office.
University Senate Committees
All Current CAS Members
- Committee on Faculty Actions
(3-year term, AY 24‐27):
Kate Gunthert, PSYC - Committee on Learning Assessment
(3-year term, AY 24‐27):
Janine Beekman, PSYC - Faculty Committee on Diversity,
Equity,and Inclusion
(3-year term, AY 24‐27):
Santiago Toledo, CHEM - Committee on Faculty Grievances
(3-year term, AY 24‐27):
Gautham Rao, HIST - Committee on Information Services
(3-year term, AY 24‐27):
Alan Isaac, ECON
Michael Keynes, MATH/STAT - Committee on Scholarship
(3-year term, AY 24‐27):
Valentina Aquila, ENVS
Santiago Toledo, CHEM - Committee on Term Faculty Affairs
(2-year term, AY 24‐26)
Tom Elder, ART
Caimeen Garrett, LIT
Committee on Academic Budget and Benefits
Is an elected body of the university faculty which considers all financial matters pertaining to the academic programs and faculty and is authorized by the Senate to request financial data. As appropriate, the committee shall report to the Senate executive committee if matters need Senate action or oversight.
The committee is composed of nine full-time faculty members: 2 from CAS and one each from KSB, SIS, SOC, SPA, SPExS, WCL and the University Library. Budget Committee members serve staggered three-year terms. The chair, elected by the faculty membership of the committee, is a member of the Faculty Senate Executive Committee. Customarily, the committee has the prerogative to operate as two subcommittees: A Budget subcommittee and a Benefits subcommittee.
Committee on Faculty Grievances
Is an elected body of the university faculty which hears and makes a determination in all grievances filed by members of the faculty. As appropriate, the committee reports to the Senate executive committee if it matters need Senate action or oversight attention. The committee also oversees university policies and programs to ensure equitable treatment of faculty in accordance with the university’s statement on non-discrimination. The committee shall propose Senate action, as needed, and recommend oversight review, as needed, to the Executive Committee of the Senate.
The committee is composed of seven tenured members of the university faculty, one from each of the following academic units: KSB, SOC, SIS, SPA, the University library; and two from the College of Arts and Sciences. Member of this committee serve staggered three-year terms, with no more than three to be elected in any one year, except to fill vacancies in unexpired terms. The chair is to be elected by and from the membership of the committee.
Committee on Faculty Actions (CFA)
CAS Member, AY 24-27:Kate Gunthert, PSYC
The CFA is an elected body of the university faculty representing the interests of faculty members, individually and collectively, in matters related to appointments, reappointments, tenure, and promotion. The CFA promotes equitable treatment of faculty. Each CFA member is to consider solely the good of the university as a whole when undertaking the work of the committee.
The CFA is composed of eight senior faculty, preferably full professors, one from each of the following academic units: KSB, SOC, SIS, SPA, the University Library; and one from each cluster (arts and humanities, social sciences, and natural sciences) of the College of Arts and Sciences. Tenure-line faculty and term faculty on multi-year contracts from each academic unit elect the unit’s member(s) of this committee. Members of the CFA serve staggered three-year terms. Members may not be academic unit deans, teaching unit chairs, or persons whose principal duties are administrative in nature. Faculty members who intend to apply for promotion are ineligible, and faculty on the on the CFA who are up for promotion must reuse themselves from the committee for the year in which their promotion will be considered. In the event that a member of the CFA must reuse himself or herself, the unit that he or she represents will appoint a one-year replacement prior to the next meeting of the CFA. The original member may resume his or her position on the committee the following year. The chair is elected by the members of the committee and receives one course release.
Committee on Information Services
CAS Members, AY 24-27: Alan Isaac, ECON, and Michael Keynes, MATH/STAT
Is an elected body of the university faculty which assesses the computer needs of undergraduate students, graduate students, and faculty and the adequacy of the delivery of information services to students and faculty. The committee is composed of eleven full-time faculty members: four from CAS and one each from KSB, SIS, SOC, SPA, SPExS, WCL, and the University library. Information Services committee members serve staggered two-year terms. The committee elects, from among its faculty members, its own chair.
Committee on Diversity, Equity,and Inclusion
CAS Member, AY 24-27: Santiago Toledo, CHEM
Committee on Learning Assessment
CAS Member, AY 24-27: Janine Beekman, PSYC
The Committee on Learning Assessment is an elected body of the university faculty composed of nine full-time faculty members: one from KSB, SIS, SOC, SPA, SPExS, and the University Library, and one from each of the three clusters of CAS. Learning Assessment committee members serve staggered two-year terms. The committee elects a chair from it among its members.
The committee provides guidance and assistance to the colleges and schools on developing and implementing academic program assessment plans, analyzing and interpreting assessment results, interacting with other administrative stakeholders and submitting a written report to the Faculty Senate each December.
Committee on Scholarship
CAS Members, AY 24-27: Valentina Aquila, ENVS, andSantiago Toledo, CHEM
Committee on Term Faculty Affairs
CAS Members, AY 24-26: Tom Elder, ART, and Caimeen Garrett, LIT
Faculty Senate (Senator)
Elected by faculty colleagues, the Senate ensures excellence and equity in both policies and practices that affect faculty across the university. The Senate, in accordance with the By-laws, has responsibility for instruction and academic standards; curriculum and course approvals; recommendations of faculty appointments, promotions, and faculty personnel concerns; recommendations for the instructional budget; recommendations of policies affecting student affairs.
TheFaculty Senateand its representatives on the Board of Trustees and on-Board committees may discuss and express their views about any matter affecting the university. These views may be shared with any individual, faculty, or group within the university.
CAS Members, AY 24-26:
- Laura Beers, HIST
- Alison Crisler, HLTH
- Benjamin Djain, LIT
- Nathan Harshman, PHYS