2009-10 Committees and Councils

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

Jean Allman, History
Deanna Barch, Psychology
Steven Fazzari, Economics
Kenneth F. Kelton, Physics
Fiona Marshall, Anthropology
Henry Roediger, III, Psychology
Mark Rollins, Philosophy
Barbara Schaal, Biology
Elzbieta Sklodowska, Romance Languages & Literatures
William Wallace, Art History and Archaeology
Gerhild Williams, Germanic Languages & Literatures

Committee Resolution

Affirmative Action Monitoring Committee
This Committee monitors all searches for new full-time tenured and tenure-track appointments. The Dean of Arts & Sciences appoints an Affirmative Action Monitoring Committee in each division: Humanities, Social Sciences, and Natural Sciences.

Humanities
Nina Davis, Romance Languages & Literatures, Convenor
Erin McGlothlin, Germanic Languages & Literatures
Clare Palmer, Philosophy

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

Natural Sciences
Robert Dymek, Earth & Planetary Sciences, Convenor
Michael Ogilvie, Physics
Himadri Pakrasi, Biology

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.

Robert Blankenship, Biology & Chemistry
Anders Carlsson, Physics
Dennis Des Chene, Department of Philosophy
Gerald Early, English
Gayle Fritz, Anthropology
Derek Hirst, History
Rachel Roberts, Mathematics
Stephan Schindler, Germanic Languages & Literatures
James Spriggs, Political Science

Committee 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, (email link information not available yet) curriculum coordinator for The College of Arts & Sciences, at (314) 935-7699.

Tuan-hua David Ho, Biology
P. Michael Lutzeler, Germanic Languages & Literatures
Kathleen McDermott, Psychology
Jill Pasteris, Earth & Planetary Sciences
Andrew Rehfeld, Political Science
Wolfram Schmidgen, English

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.

Jan Amend, Earth & Planetary Sciences
Tili Boon Cuillé, Romance Languages & Literatures
Garrett Duncan, Education
Lutz Koepnick, Germanic Languages & Literatures
Mohan Kumar, Mathematics
Linda Nicholson, History

Council Guidelines

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.

Jean Allman, History
Randall Calvert, Political Science
J. Claude Evans, Philosophy
Patrick Gibbons, Physics
Barbara Kunkel, Biology
Joseph Lowenstein, English

Alternates:
Angela Miller, Art History & Archaeology
Thomas Oltmanns, Psychology
Richard Rochberg, Mathematics

Committee Guidelines

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
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 Policies and Procedures (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/)