2022/23 FAS/SEAS SENATE EXECUTIVE COUNCIL

2022/23 FAS/SEAS SENATE EXECUTIVE COUNCIL MEMBERS:

Chair: Paul Van Tassel, Professor of Chemical and Environmental Engineering, and Biomedical Engineering
Deputy Chair:

Sybil Alexandrov, Senior Lector II, Department of Spanish and Portuguese
Alessandro Gomez, Professor of Mechanical Engineering and Materials Science
Valerie Horsley, Associate Professor of Molecular, Cellular, and Developmental Biology, and Associate Professor of Dermotology
Gerald Jaynes, A. Whitney Griswald Professor of Economics, African American Studies, and Urban Studies
Paul A. North, Professor of Germanic Languages and Literatures in the Humanities Program
Meg Urry, Isreal Munson Professor of Physics

The executive council calls meetings, determines the agenda of the FAS/SEAS Senate, appoints committees to assist with the FAS/SEAS SENATE’s work, and organizes elections in consultation with the elections and nominations committee. The executive council serves as liaison to the administration, and has the power to act on behalf of the Senate in matters arising between meetings. It also acts as the Senate’s by-laws committee, examining and reviewing Senate rules, procedures, and by-laws at least once per year, and recommending changes to the full Senate. The executive council meets approximately once per month, roughly two weeks in advance of Senate meetings, though may meet more often or at other times as necessary.

The executive council includes seven members of the FASS, six of whom are tenured faculty members (two from each of the three divisions) and one of whom is an untenured or non-ladder faculty member.

The chair of the executive council runs the meetings of the Senate and is an ex officio member of all the Senate’s committees. The secretary/deputy chair prepares minutes of meetings, made available in electronic form for all members of the FAS/SEAS SENATE. If the chair is absent, the secretary/deputy chair assumes the duties of the chair. 

The 25 member-elected Senate represents faculty from all ranks and divisions within the Faculty of Arts and Science and SEAS at Yale. 2015-2016 marked the Senate’s inaugural year as the chief representative and voice for the Yale FAS. While many universities have maintained faculty senates for many decades, the FAS Senate is a new contribution to faculty governance at Yale. The Senate was created in order to provide a more organized voice for the FAS faculty, to highlight and investigate issues of FAS concern, and to foster greater communication between the members of the FAS and the Yale administration.

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FAS-SEAS Senate Executive Council meeting dates:

FALL-2022

Thursday, September 8th from 3:30 PM – 4:30 PM -via Zoom
Thursday, October 6th from 3:30 PM - 4:30 PM - via Zoom
(conflict for Paul North)
Thursday, November 10th from 3:30 PM - 4:30 PM - via Zoom
Thursday, December 8th from 3:30 PM - 4:30 PM - via Zoom

Additional meetings - only if necessary:
Thursdays, September 1st, 22nd, and 29th
Thursdays, October 20th and 27th

Thursday, November 3rd (Conflict for Paul North)
Thursday, December 1st (Conflict for Paul North)