Other Committees

Committee on Graduate Education

Emma Dench (Chair), Dorian Cole, Victoria D'Souza, Hannah Ezer, Ana Florescu-Ciobotaru, Annette Lienau, Richard Liu, Jeffrey Miron, and Juan Patricio Saenz

Administrators: Allen Aloise, Noël Bisson, Lakshmi Clark, Bob Coughlin, Jennifer Flynn, Shelby Johnson, Erika McDonald, Bailey Snyder, and Gisselle Vélez-Ruiz

Committee on Undergraduate Education

Membership information for 2026–2027 is not yet available.

Committee on Student Life

Membership information for 2026–2027 is not yet available.

Members:

• Erez Manela (Chair), Francis Lee Higginson Professor of History
• Edo Berger, Professor of Astronomy (on leave fall term)
• Theodore Betley, Erving Professor of Chemistry
• Mina Cikara, Fredric Wertham Professor of Law and Psychiatry in Society (on leave spring term)
• Mark Hatzenbuehler, Professor of Psychology (on leave 2026–2027)
• Alisha Holland, Gates Professor of Developing Societies (on leave 2026–2027)
• Deidre Lynch, Ernest Bernbaum Professor of Literature
• Hongkun Park, Mark Hyman, Jr., Professor of Chemistry and Professor of Physics (on leave fall term)
• Stephanie Sandler, Ernest E. Monrad Professor of Slavic Languages and Literatures
• Tommie Shelby, Caldwell Titcomb Professor of African and African American Studies and of Philosophy
• Salil Vadhan, Vicky Joseph Professor of Computer Science and Applied Mathematics
• Justin Weir, Curt Hugo Reisinger Professor of Slavic Languages and Literatures and of Comparative Literature (on leave 2026–2027)

Purpose:

The Faculty Conduct Committee (FCC) provides faculty oversight for concerns related to the professional conduct of professors (of all ranks) that cannot be resolved informally within departments or divisions.* The FCC reviews such concerns and makes recommendations to the FAS Dean or their designee on what actions to take, in accordance with the FAS Professional Conduct Policy.

The FCC was established as a two-year pilot and is composed of tenured faculty members.

* Individual formal complaints under the University’s Non-Discrimination and Anti-Bullying (NDAB) procedures fall outside the purview of the FCC and follow the NDAB process.

Members:

• Robin Kelsey (Co-Chair), Shirely Carter Burden Professor of Photography
• Zak Gingo (Co-Chair), FAS Chief of Campus Operations
• Lauren Brandt, Secretary of the College
• Stephen Chong, Gordon McKay Professor of Computer Science
• Angie Cunningham, FAS Associate Director of Science Facilities
• John Doyle, Henry B. Silsbee Professor of Physics (on leave spring term)
• Tamar Herzog, Monroe Gutman Professor of Latin American Affairs and Professor of History
• Jason Meier, FAS Associate Dean of Student Engagement
• Rob Sabater, Associate Director of Safety and Security
• Brenda Tindal, Executive Director of the Office for Academic Culture and Community
• Justin Weir, Curt Hugo Reisinger Professor of Slavic Languages and Literatures and of Comparative Literature (on leave 2026–2027)

Purpose:

The FAS Committee on Campus Use and Operations advises the Dean on the implementation of the University’s Campus Use Rules within the Faculty of Arts and Sciences. The Committee helps ensure that FAS guidance is applied consistently, transparently, and in ways that reflect the needs and values of the FAS community.

The Committee reviews and recommends updates to FAS guidance, considers feedback on how the rules are working in practice, and provides advice on questions that arise in their application. It also serves as a sounding board on operational issues related to the use of campus spaces.

The Committee is advisory. Final authority for interpretation and implementation of FAS guidance rests with the Dean and designated administrative officers.
 

Any student, faculty member, or administrative officer who has an inquiry, suggestion, or complaint may address it to the Commission of Inquiry, c/o Office of the Secretary of the Faculty, University Hall. The Commission will then direct the inquiry, suggestion, or complaint to the appropriate agency of the Faculty of Arts and Sciences. When such an agency does not exist, the Commission will attempt to aid in resolving the matter. The Commission is sometimes instrumental in establishing a new agency for handling recurrent issues. Although the Commission has no power to make rulings, it can play an advocacy role in pressing for the resolution of issues.

Ordinarily, the Commission reports to the community on the matters that come before it and, in so doing, attempts to keep the community informed about factual background material and the resolution of matters of community concern.