Committee Directory 2007-2008

Faculty Council Senators

Function: To represent the Faculty of Arts and Science (FAS) in the University Senate and the Faculty Senators Council (FSC) of New York University. The Senate is the deliberative body of the University and is empowered to act on "educational matter and regulations of the academic community that affect more than one school". The faculty senators comprise the Faculty Senators Council. The FSC is established by bylaw 41, and may consider, inter alia, any matters of educational and Administrative policy. The FSC functions as the faculty personnel committee of the Senate, and in this capacity, it is charged with considering any and all University-wide matters pertaining to faculty personnel. The Senators shall report on the activities of the Senate and FSC to the FAS at its scheduled faculty meetings.

Elected
Sylvain Cappell (Mathematics), 2005-2008
Mona Mikhail (Middle Eastern and Islamic Studies), 2005-2008
Paul Gans (Chemistry) 2007-2008
Paul Boghossian (Philosophy), 2006-2009
Suzanne Cusick (Music), 2006-2009
David Dent (Journalism), 2006-2009
Jonathan Goodman (Mathematics), 2006-2009
Daniel Zwanziger (Physics), 2006-2009
Josephine Hendin (English), 2007-2010
Carol Reiss (Biology), 2007-2010
James Ramsey (Economics), 2007-2010

Alternates
Srinivasa Varadhan (Mathematics), Alternate for Sylvain Cappell, 2005-2008
Zvi Kedem (Computer Science), Alternate for Mona Mikhail, 2006-2008
Paul Gans (Chemistry) Alternate for Avital Ronell, 2005-2008
Tom Tyler (Psychology), Alternate for Paul Boghossian, 2006-2009
Liz Phelps (Psychology), Alternate for Suzanne Cusick, 2006-2009
Efrain Azmitia (Biology), Alternate for David Dent, 2007-2009
Marc Walters (Chemistry), Alternate for Jonathan Goodman, 2006-2009
Michael Overton (Computer Science), Alternate for Daniel Zwanziger, 2006-2009
Carol Sternhell (Journalism), Alternate for Josephine Hendin, 2007-2010
David Scicchitano (Biology), Alternate for Carol Reiss, 2007-2010
Mitchell Stephens (Journalism), Alternate for James Ramsey, 2007-2010

Advisory Committee On Policy And Planning

Function:To provide advice to the Dean of the FAS on all matters that affect the FAS, including, but not limited to, educational policies, fiscal policies, governance, tenure and promotion, and other academic matters that are within the province of the faculty and the Dean.

Ex Officio
Richard Foley, Dean, Faculty of Arts and Science
Matthew Santirocco, Dean, College of Arts and Science
Catharine Stimpson, Dean, Graduate School of Arts and Science
Daniel Stein, Dean for Science, Faculty of Arts and Science
Edward Sullivan, Dean for Humanities, Faculty of Arts and Science
George Downs, Dean for Social Science, Faculty of Arts and Science
Joe Juliano, Dean of Adminstration, Faculty of Arts and Science

Elected
Jane Burbank (History), 2005-2008
Gloria Coruzzi (Biology), 2005-2008
Nick Geacintov (Chemistry), 2006-2009
Christine Harrington (Law and Society), 2006-2009
Eliot Borenstein (Russian and Slavic Studies), 2007-2010
Jo Dixon (Sociology), 2007-2010

Representatives
Faculty Council Representative – TBD
Graduate Curriculum Committee Representative – Christine Rushlow
Undergraduate Curriculum Committee Representative – TBD

Advisory Committee on Promotion and Tenure

Function: To review departmental recommendations for promotion and tenure, to provide advice to the Dean of the FAS on such recommendations, and to ensure that the standards of the FAS for promotion and tenure are maintained.

Elected
Marilyn Young (History), 2005-2008
Claude Desplan (Biology), 2005-2008
Mike Landy (Psychology), 2006-2009
Fred Cooper (History), 2007-2010
Terry Harrison (Anthropology), 2007-2010
Debraj Ray (Economics), 2007-2010

Appointed
Don Garrett (Philosophy), 2005-2008
Michael Laver (Politics) 2006-2008
Bob Shapley (Center for Neural Science), 2006-2008
Dalton Conley (Sociology), 2007-2009
David Pine (Physics), 2007-2010
Mary Poovey (English), 2007-2008

Committee On Graduate Curriculum

Function: To review and evaluate proposals for instructors, courses, degree programs, and GSAS rules and requirements, and to recommend them to the FAS for approval; approve non-full-time GSAS faculty dissertation committee members or readers; and to review annually the above and report the findings and any recommendations to the Deans of the FAS and the GSAS, and the FAS. The committee also engages in issues of educational policy and makes recommendations for the improvement and assessment of quality in the graduate curriculum.

Ex Officio
Richard Foley, Dean, Faculty of Arts and Science
Catharine Stimpson, Dean, Graduate School of Arts and Science
Mal Semple, Vice Dean, Graduate School of Arts and Science

Elected
Christine Rushlow (Biology), 2005-2008
Michael Gilligan (Politics), 2006-2009
Hasia Diner (Hebrew and Judaic Studies), 2007-2010
Martha Hodes (History), 2007-2010
Aisha Khan (Anthropology), 2007-2010
Mark Tuckerman (Chemistry), 2007-2010

Committee On Undergraduate Curriculum

Function: To review and evaluate proposals for, courses, degree programs, and requirements of the CAS, including those of the Morse Academic Plan (MAP), and make recommendation to the FAS for approval; and to review annually the above and report the findings and any recommendations to the Deans of the FAS and the CAS, and the FAS faculty. The committee also engages in issues of educational policy and makes recommendations for the improvement and assessment of quality in the undergraduate curriculum.

Ex Officio
Richard Foley, Dean, Faculty of Arts and Science
Matthew Santirocco, Dean, College of Arts and Science
Otto Sonntag, Associate Dean for Academic Affairs, College of Arts and Science

Elected
Joy Connolly (Classics), 2005-2008
David Schiccitano (Biology), 2005-2008
Susan Antón (Anthropology), 2005-2008
Bryan Waterman (English), 2006-2009
Ernie Davis (Computer Science), 2006-2009
Kent Kirshenbaum (Chemistry), 2006-2009
Rita Wright (Anthropology), 2006-2009
Martha Rust (English), 2007-2010
Joshua Tucker (Politics), 2007-2010

Committee On Student Discipline

Function: To investigate alleged student offenses, to conduct hearings on complaints against students, and to recommend appropriate action to the appropriate Dean. Student offenses within the jurisdiction of the GSAS and CAS include but are not limited to: cheating; plagiarism; forgery of academic documents; deliberate destruction, theft, or unauthorized use of laboratory data, research materials, computer resources, or university property; disruption of academic events or interference with access to classrooms, laboratories, or academic offices; and actual or threatened violence against or harassment of a student, instructor, staff member, or administrator.

Ex Officio
Richard Kalb, Associate Dean, College of Arts and Science

Elected
John Richardson (Philosophy), 2005-2008
Paul Glimcher (Neural Science), 2005-2008
Herrick Chapman (History), 2006-2009
Ben Goldberg (Computer Science), 2006-2009
Wendy Suzuki (Center for Neural Science), 2006-2009
John Moran (French), 2007-2010
Shara Bailey (Anthropology), 2007-2010
Alberto Bisin (Economics), 2007-2010
Arlene Davila (Anthropology), 2007-2010

Committee On Graduate Financial Aid

Function: To evaluate and make recommendations to the Deans of the GSAS and the FAS, and to the FAS concerning the financial aid policies and procedures in the GSAS.

Ex Officio

Catharine Stimpson, Dean, Graduate School of Arts and Science
Jim Matthews, Vice Dean, Graduate School of Arts and Science
David Slocum, Associate Dean for Academic and Student Life, GSAS
Roberta Popik, Associate Dean for Graduate Enrollment Services, GSAS
Joe Juliano, Dean of Administration, Faculty of Arts and Science

Elected
Sylvia Serfaty (Mathematics), 2005-2008
Susan C. Rogers (Anthropology), 2005-2008
John Archer (English), 2006-2009
Ned Seeman (Chemistry), 2007-2008
Michael Beckerman (Music), 2007-2010
Susan Anton (Anthropology), 2007-2010

Committee On Grievance

Function: To receive, investigate, and make recommendations concerning grievances with respect to procedural matters involved in promotion and tenure decisions, as well as other administrative matters and decisions that involve members of the FAS, and to report the recommendations to the Dean of the FAS and, if appropriate, to the FAS. Some grievances may not be in the purview of this Committee, and the Committee, in consultation with the Dean of the FAS, may recommend a more appropriate forum within the University.

Elected
Brigitte Bedos-Rezak (History), 2005-2008
Lynne Kiorpes (Neural Science), 2005-2008
Juan Corradi (Sociology), 2005-2008
Robert JC Young (English), 2007-2008
Bob Kohn (Courant), 2006-2009
David Hoover (English), 2007-2010
Sally Merry (Anthropology), 2007-2010
Andrew Schotter (Economics), 2007-2010
Michael Purugganan (Biology), 2007-2010

Committee On Nominations And Elections

Function: To seek, receive, and make nominations for standing and special committees of the FAS; to conduct elections, count votes, and certify the results; to fill vacancies on standing committees, usually based on the results of previous ballots for the respective committees; and to develop nominations and conduct elections on an ad-hoc basis, as requested by the Dean of the FAS. On an annual basis, the committee shall develop a slate of candidates for vacancies on standing FAS committees, including the Committee on Nominations and Elections. The Committee shall present this slate to the FAS at a scheduled meeting and accept additional nominations from the floor. The Committee shall ensure that all academic Pisions are represented on all committees at all times (e.g., when an elected member of a Committee is absent because of leave or resignation), except for committees with no Pisional requirements on membership where the Committee shall ensure that the slate of candidates includes all academic Pisions.

Elected
Carol Reiss (Biology), 2005-2008
Ruth Ben-Ghiat (Italian), 2006-2009
Karen Kupperman (History), 2006-2009
Wendy Suzuki (Neural Science), 2007-2010
Guillermina Jasso (Sociology), 2007-2010
Charles Seife, (Journalism), 2007-2010

Committee On Undergraduate Academic Standards

Function: To make recommendations to the Deans of the FAS and the CAS on requests from students for waivers from stated requirements for graduation or from requirements for maintenance of good standing as a student in the CAS.

Ex Officio
Richard Foley, Dean, Faculty of Arts and Science
Matthew Santirocco, Dean, College of Arts and Science

Elected
Marion Kaplan (Hebrew and Judaic Studies) 2005-2008
C. Sinan Günturk (Mathematics), 2005-2008
David Fitch (Biology), 2006-2009
James Ramsey (Economics), 2006-2009
Chiara Ferrari (Italian Studies), 2007-2010
Anna Harvey (Politics), 2007-2010

Library Liaison Committee

Function: To ensure that the NYU libraries serve the Perse needs of the FAS faculty and students; to identify ways to improve the collection, as well as the services provided.

Ex Officio
Carol Mandel, Dean of the Libraries
Mal Semple, Vice Dean, Graduate School of Arts and Science
Otto Sonntag, Associate Dean, College of Arts and Science

Louise Rice (Fine Arts), 2005-2008
Ernest Davis (Computer Science), 2005-2008
Don Kulick (Anthropology), 2005-2008
Elaine Freedgood (English), 2006-2009
Barry Rugg (Chemistry), 2006-2009
Caroline Persell (Sociology), 2006-2009
Eliot Wolfson (Hebrew and Judaic Studies), 2007-2010
Michael Blanton (Physics), 2007-2010
Lisa Davidson (Linguistics), 2007-2010

Committee On Committees And Rules

Function: The FAS Committee on Committees and Rules is required by FAS by-laws to meet at least once every 5 years to examine and make recommendations about the committee structure and rules of FAS, CAS, and GSAS. The Committee on Committees and Rules last met in academic year 2002/03 and thus would not normally be formed again until academic year 2007/08.

The FAS Policy and Planning Committee (P&P) is the committee with primary responsibility for considering and making recommendations on governance issues. In response to a proposal submitted at the December faculty meeting calling for an examination of faculty governance issues within FAS, P&P has recommended convening the Committee on Committees and Rules a year early for this special purpose.

In particular, the faculty members elected to the 2006/07 Committee on Committees and Rules will work with P&P to design and oversee a FAS-wide examination of governance structures, and to make recommendations for the faculty as whole to consider.

Paul Boghossian (Philosophy), 2006-2008
Eliot Borenstein (Russian and Slavic Studies), 2006-2008
Marisa Carrasco (Psychology), 2006-2008
Tony Movshon (Neural Science), 2006-2008
Christine Harrington (Law and Society, Politics), 2006-2008
Andrew Schotter (Economics), 2006-2008