Senate Committee on Faculty and the Administration (SCOA)

Charge

The Senate Committee on Faculty and the Administration (“SCOA”) oversees and advises the Executive Committee on matters relating to the faculty’s interface with the University’s administration, including policies and procedures (e.g., the Patent Policy, Conflict of Interest policies) relating to the University’s structure, the conditions of faculty employment (such as personnel benefits), and information. In general the Committee deals with the matters covered by the following sections of the University’s Handbook for Faculty and Academic Administrators: I.A.-D., G.-H.1., I.-K., II.E. III., V., VI.

SCOA 2024-2025 Membership

• Geoffrey Aguirre (PSOM/Neurology)
• Markus Blatz (Dental Medicine)
• Christopher Marcinkoski (Weitzman Design)
• Raina Merchant (PSOM/Emergency Medicine), CHAIR
• Amy Sepinwall (Wharton)
• Shu Yang (SEAS/MSE)
• Ex officio:
  • A representative of the Senate Tri-Chairs
  • Charles Mooney (Law), PASEF non-voting member

Specific Charges, 2024-2025

The following charges reflect the work of the Senate Committees for 2024-25.  Each committee is asked, when undertaking its work, to maintain the Faculty Senate’s ongoing commitment to addressing systemic all forms of inequity.

1. Review and propose revisions to Faculty Handbook Section II.E.16., Procedure Governing Sanctions Taken Against Members of the Faculty, in consultation with the Senate Committee on Academic Freedom and Responsibility.