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Senate Nominating Committee

Charge

The membership and function of the Senate Nominating Committee is described in the Rules of the Faculty Senate.  Its task is to make appointments to all standing positions that the Faculty Senate has the responsibility to appoint.  

The Committee’s membership includes three current SEC members, three members of the Standing Faculty who are not current SEC members, and the three Senate Tri-Chairs (who collectively have a single vote).  Terms are one year each beginning on January 1, and the membership is determined annually by SEC during the preceding fall semester. 

2025 Membership

The 2025 Senate Nominating Committee is comprised of the following members:

  • Iwan Barankay (Associate Professor of Management and Business Economics & Public Policy; Senate Executive Committee Member)
  • Daniel Beiting (Associate Professor of Pathobiology in the School of Veterinary Medicine; Senate Executive Committee Member)
  • Kathleen Brown (David Boies Professor of History; Faculty Senate Chair-Elect)
  • Eric Feldman (Heimbold Chair in International Law and Professor of Law; Faculty Senate Chair)
  • Vivian Gadsden (William T. Carter Professor of Child Development and Education; Faculty Senate Past Chair)
  • Raina Merchant (Professor of Emergency Medicine in the Perelman School of Medicine)
  • Claire Mitchell (Professor of Basic and Translational Sciences in the School of Dental Medicine; Senate Executive Committee Member)
  • Sophia Rosenfeld (Walter H. Annenberg Professor of History in the School of Arts & Sciences)
  • Jolyon Thomas (Associate Professor of Religious Studies in the School of Arts & Sciences)

Appointments Made by the Senate Nominating Committee

The Senate Nominating Committee makes appointments of Standing Faculty members to the following positions that require publication in Almanac for review:

  • Senate Chair-Elect
  • Senate Executive Committee Secretary-Elect
  • Senate Executive Committee At-Large members
  • Senate Executive Committee Assistant Professor members
  • Membership of the Senate Committee on Academic Freedom and Responsibility (SCAFR)
  • Membership of the Senate Committee on the Economic Status of the Faculty (SCESF)

Additional nominations for the above positions may be submitted by a petition of 25 Standing Faculty members within two weeks of the slate’s publication.

In addition to the above, the Nominating Committee makes appointments or advisory recommendations for Standing Faculty Membership on the following committees:

University Research Foundation Review Panels

Conflict of Interest Standing Committee (advisory recommendations forwarded to Vice Provost for Research)

Closed Circuit Television Monitoring Committee

Faculty Grievance Commission

Fraternity Sorority Advisory Board

Parking Violation Appeals Board

Patent Policy Appeals Advisory Board

Provost’s Academic Planning and Budget Committee

SCESF (Senate Committee on the Economic Status of the Faculty)

SCFDDE (Senate Committee on Faculty Development, Diversity, and Equity)

SCOA (Senate Committee on Faculty and the Administration)

SCOF (Senate Committee on Faculty and the Academic Mission)

SCSEP (Senate Committee on Students and Educational Policy)

Senate Committee on Publication Policy for Almanac

Social Responsibility Advisory Committee

Transportation Advisory Board

Trustee Committees’ Faculty Liaisons

University Council Committee on Academic and Related Affairs (advisory recommendations forwarded to UC-CoC)

University Council Committee on Campus and Community Life (advisory recommendations forwarded to UC-CoC)

University Council Committee on Diversity and Equity (advisory recommendations forwarded to UC-CoC)

University Council Committee on Facilities (advisory recommendations forwarded to UC-CoC)

University Council Committee on Honorary Degrees (advisory recommendations forwarded to UC-CoC)

University Council Committee on Open Expression (advisory recommendations forwarded to UC-CoC)

University Council Committee on Personnel Benefits (advisory recommendations forwarded to UC-CoC)