Committee Directory 2006-2007

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
Jess Benhabib (Economics), 2004-2007 (alternate will serve)
Evelyn Birge Vitz (French), 2004-2007
Josephine Hendin (English), 2004-2007
Sylvain Cappell (Mathematics), 2005-2008
Mona Mikhail (Middle Eastern and Islamic Studies), 2005-2008
Avital Ronell (German), 2005-2008
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

Alternates
Efrain Azmitia (Biology), Alternate for Jess Benhabib 2004-2007
John Rinzel (Neural Science), Alternate for Evelyn Birge Vitz 2004-2007
Peter Nemethy (Physics), Alternate for Josephine Hendin 2004-2007
Srinivasa Varadhan (Mathematics), Alternate for Sylvain Cappell, 2005-2008
Paul Gans (Chemistry) Alternate for Avital Ronell, 2005-2008
Kristin Ross (Comparative Literature), Alternate for Paul Boghossian, 2006-2009
Liz Phelps (Psychology), Alternate for Suzanne Cusick, 2006-2009
Tom Tyler (Psychology), Alternate for David Dent, 2006-2009
Marc Walters (Chemistry), Alternate for Jonathan Goodman, 2006-2009
Michael Overton (Computer Science), Alternate for Daniel Zwanziger, 2006-2009

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 Administration, Faculty of Arts and Science

Elected
Xudong Zhang (East Asian Studies, Comparative Literature), 2004-2007
Bambi Schieffelin (Anthropology), 2004-2007
Jane Burbank (History), 2005-2008
Gloria Coruzzi (Biology), 2005-2008
Nick Geacintov (Chemistry), 2006-2009
Christine Harrington (Law and Society), 2006-2009

Representatives
Faculty Council Representative - Sylvain Cappell
Graduate Curriculum Committee Representative - Christine Rushlow
Undergraduate Curriculum Committee Representative - David Scicchitano

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
Zachary Lockman (Middle Eastern Studies), 2004-2007
Farhad Kazemi (Politics), 2004-2007
Marilyn Young (History), 2005-2008
Claude Desplan (Biology), 2005-2008
Mike Landy (Psychology), 2006-2009
Ellen Willis (Journalism), 2006-2009

Appointed
Mary Louise Pratt (Social and Cultural Analysis) 2004-2007
Glennys Farrar (Physics), 2004-2007
William Easterly (Economics), 2004-2007
Don Garrett (Philosophy), 2005-2008
Michael Laver (Politics) 2006-2008
Bob Shapley (Center for Neural Science), 2006-2008

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
Jim Matthews, Vice Dean, Graduate School of Arts and Science

Elected
Ulrich Baer (German), 2004-2007
Lisa Davidson (Linguistics), 2004-2007
Katherine Fleming (History), 2005-2008
Christine Rushlow (Biology), 2005-2008
Todd Holmes (Biology), 2006-2009
Michael Gilligan (Politics), 2006-2009

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
Eliot Borenstein (Russian and Slavic Studies), 2004-2007
Ruth Horowitz (Sociology), 2004-2007
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

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
Yael Feldman (Hebrew and Judaic Studies), 2004-2007
Vivek Chibber (Sociology), 2004-2007
Catherine Hafer (Politics), 2004-2007
Marcia Rock (Journalism), 2004-2007
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

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
Kathleen Ross (Spanish and Portuguese), 2004-2007
Judith Stacey (Sociology), 2004-2007
Sylvia Serfaty (Mathematics), 2005-2008
Susan C. Rogers (Anthropology), 2005-2008
John Archer (English), 2006-2009
Young-Tae Chang (Chemistry), 2006-2009

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
Tobias Colding (Mathematics), 2004-2007
Carol Krinsky (Fine Arts), 2004-2007
Jean-Pierre Benoît (Economics), 2004-2007
Christopher Mitchell (Politics, CLACS), 2004-2007
Brigitte Bedos-Rezak (History), 2005-2008
Lynne Kiorpes (Neural Science), 2005-2008
Juan Corradi (Sociology), 2005-2008
Robert McChesney (Middle Eastern and Islamic Studies), 2006-2009
Bob Kohn (Courant), 2006-2009

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
Kathleen Gerson (Sociology), 2004-2007
Arlene Dávila (Anthropology, American Studies), 2004-2007
Daniel Tranchina (Computer Science), 2006-2007
Carol Reiss (Biology), 2005-2008
Ruth Ben-Ghiat (Italian), 2006-2009
Karen Kupperman (History), 2006-2009

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
Bernard Haykel (Middle Eastern Studies), 2004-2007
Rita Wright (Anthropology), 2004-2007
Marion Kaplan (Hebrew and Judaic Studies), 2005-2008
C. Sinan Günturk (Mathematics), 2005-2008
David Fitch (Biology), 2006-2009
James Ramsey (Economics), 2006-2009

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
Jim Matthews, Vice Dean, Graduate School of Arts and Science
Otto Sonntag, Associate Dean, College of Arts and Science

Elected
Gerard Ben-Arous (Mathematics), 2004-2007
Larissa Bonfante (Classics), 2004-2007
Christine Harrington (Politics), 2004-2007
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

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.

Elected
Paul Boghossian (Philosophy), 2006-2007
Eliot Borenstein (Russian and Slavic Studies), 2006-2007
Marisa Carrasco (Psychology), 2006-2007
Tony Movshon (Neural Science), 2006-2007
Christine Harrington (Law and Society, Politics), 2006-2007
Andrew Schotter (Economics), 2006-2007