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Committees and Councils, 2011-12

Academic Planning Committee

This Committee advises the Dean of Arts & Sciences regarding planning and strategic development.

Jean Allman, History
Deanna Barch, Psychology
Tili Boon Cuillé, Romance Languages & Literatures
Matt Gabel, Political Science
Sabastian Galiani, Economics
Sophia Hayes, Chemistry
Kenneth Kelton, Physics (Ex Officio)
Fiona Marshall, Anthropology
Kathy Miller, Biology
Barbara Schaal, Biology
Wolfram Schmidgen, English
Jennifer Smith, Earth and Planetary Sciences
William Wallace, Art History and Archaeology
Gerhild Williams, Germanic Languages & Literatures (Ex Officio)

Committee Resolution

Affirmative Action Monitoring Committee

Humanities
Seth Graebner, Romance Languages and Literatures
Erin McGlothlin, Germanic Languages and Literatures, Convenor
Gillian Russell, Philosophy

Social Science
Sebastian Galiani, Economics
Margaret Garb, History, Convenor
Denise Head, Psychology

Natural Science
Michael Ogilvie, Physics
Himadri Pakrasi, Biology, Convenor
Rachel Roberts, Mathematics

Committee Guidelines

Advisory Committee on Tenure, Promotion and Personnel

This Committee advises the Dean of Arts & Sciences on all recommendations from Departments for the award of tenure, for promotion to the ranks of associate professor and full professor, for promotion to the ranks of research associate professor and research professor, and for new appointments that carry tenure.

Joseph Ackerman, Chemistry
Deanna Barch, Psychology
Nancy Berg, JINELC
Anders Carlsson, Physics
Gerald Early, English
Steven Fazzari, Economics
Gayle Fritz, Anthropology
John McCarthy, Mathematics
Susan Rotroff, Classics

Committee Guidelines

Faculty Council

This Council is the executive and steering committee of the Faculty; it also acts as an advisory committee to the Dean of Arts & Sciences.

Tili Boon Cuillé, Romance Languages & Literatures
Patrick Gibbons, Physics
Mohan Kumar, Mathematics
Andrea Friedman, History
Carolyn Sargent, Anthropology
Lynne Tatlock, Germanic Languages and Literatures

Council Guidelines

Curriculum Committee

This Committee reviews undergraduate curriculum of The College of Arts & Sciences, and may recommend to any credit-granting unit of The College the addition, deletion, or modification of courses and academic programs. Proposals for the Committee should be received by the first day of the semester, to ensure they can be included in course listings for the following semester. For questions, please contact Trevor Bilhorn, (tbilhorn@wustl.edu), registrar for The College of Arts & Sciences, at (314) 935-7699.

Robert Dymek, Earth & Planetary Sciences
Tuan-hua David Ho, Biology
Catherine Keane, Classics
Kathleen McDermott, Psychology
Michael Sherberg, RLL
Bradley Stoner, Anthropology

Committee Guidelines
Curriculum Implementation Update

Review Committee on Faculty Personnel Procedures

A candidate for the award of tenure or promotion within tenured ranks who has been considered and rejected by his or her Department or by the Dean of Arts & Sciences may, within 21 days after receiving written notification of the reasons for such rejection, request the Committee examine whether or not the Department; the Dean; and the Advisory Committee on Tenure, Promotion, and Personnel have followed established University procedures permitting adequate and fair consideration of the case.

Angela Miller, Art History and Archaeology
Thomas Oltmanns, Psychology
Richard Rochberg, Mathematics
Willem Dickhoff, Physics
T.R. Kidder, Anthropology
Harriet Stone, Romance Languages and Literatures

Alternates:
Dolores Pesce, Music
Rachel Roberts, Mathematics
David Konig, History

Committee Guidelines

Committee on Academic Integrity

Committee on Academic Integrity
This Committee investigates allegations of student academic dishonesty. It is composed of two student members and two faculty members, plus a non-voting chairman. Please contact the chair with any questions.

Dirk Killen (dkillen@artsci.wustl.edu), Associate Dean, College of Arts & Sciences, Committee Chair

Washington University Faculty Senate

Washington University Faculty Senate
The Faculty Senate consists of all voting members of the Faculty of all the constituent schools. It expresses itself on matters of major University policy.

Faculty Senate information and policies (http://www.wustl.edu/policies/council.html)

Washington University Senate Council

The Senate Council is often viewed as the governing body for the Faculty Senate. It consists of 15 elected faculty members, who assess present University policies relating to matters of University-wide concern and to academic personnel.

Additional Information (http://www.wustl.edu/senatecouncil/)

Washington University Board of Trustees

The Washington University Board of Trustees consists of approximately 55 men and women who are from the corporate, professional, educational, governmental, and volunteer sectors. It is legally responsible for the institution whose assets it holds in trust, and for which it exercises a policy-making and oversight role.

Additional Information (http://boardoftrustees.wustl.edu/)

Professor of the Practice Committee

The Professor of the Practice committee carries out the functions required from the Policy for Professor of the Practice Appointments in Arts & Sciences, dated February 16, 2008.

This Committee is responsible for evaluating the dossiers and preparing a summary evaluation for each candidate.  The Dean of the Faculty of Arts & Sciences will review the dossiers and the evaluations of the committee and make final decisions on Professors of the Practice appointments.

David Balota, Psychology
John Clark, Physics
Sarah Elgin, Biology
Gina Frey, Chemistry
Bob Hegel, EALC
Peter Kastor, History
Joe Loewenstein, English

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