Committees

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 it may meet more often or at other times as necessary.

The Executive Council includes seven members of the FAS and SEAS, six of whom are tenured faculty members (two from each of the four divisions) and one of whom is an untenured or non-ladder faculty member.

Chair: Michael Farina, Sr. Lector I, Italian Studies
Deputy Chair: David Post, Professor, Ecology & Evolutionary Biology

Executive Council Members:
Marijeta Bozovic, Professor, Slavic Languages and Literatures
Sonam Kachru, Assistant Professor, Religious Studied
Rourke O’Brien, Associate Professor, Sociology
Michael Loewenberg, Professor of Chemical and Environmental Engineering
Mark Solomon, Professor of Molecular Biophysics and Biochemistry

 

2026.27 Budget Committee

Chair: 
David Post, FAS-SEAS Senate Deputy Chair; Professor, Ecology and Evolutionary Biology

Members:
-Dinny Aletheiani, Senior Lector, Indonesian Language Studies 
-Marijeta Bozovic, FAS-SEAS Senate Executive Council Member,Professor, Slavic Languages and Literatures with secondary appointments in Film and -Media Studies
-Michael Loewenberg, FAS-SEAS Senate Executive Council Member, Professor, Chemical and Environmental Engineering
-Rourke O’Brien, FAS-SEAS Senate Executive Council Member, Associate Professor with tenure, Sociology
 
The FAS-SEAS Senate Budget Committee is focused on evaluating and providing guidance on how FAS, SEAS, and the University’s financial resources are prioritized and allocated.

2026.27 Diversity Committee:

Chair:
Members:

The FAS-SEAS SENATE on Diversity is focused on matters relating to faculty diversity, equity, and campus climate.

2026.27 Faculty Advancement Committee

Chair: 
Jonathan Wyrtzen, Professor of History and Sociology

Members:
-Marijeta Bozovic, FAS-SEAS Senate Executive Council Member, Professor, Slavic Languages and Literatures ith secondary appointments in Film and Media Studies
-Alessandro Giammei, Assistant Professor, Italian Studies
-Sonam Kachru, FAS-SEAS Executive Council Member, Assistant Professor, Religious Studies
-David Post, FAS-SEAS Senate Deputy Chair, Professor of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology
-Stephen Slade, Senior Lecturer, Computer Science
-Brett Smith, Senior Lecturer, Mathematics

FAS-SEAS Senate Faculty Advancement Committee is focused on the status and well-being of faculty, including issues related to salary and benefits, faculty excellence, and collective influence; matters relating to faculty diversity, equity, and campus climate; providing advice to faculty who have concerns about any aspect of their work.

2026.27 Governance Committee

Chair:
Mark Solomon, FAS-SEAS Senate Executive Council Member, Professor of Molecular Biophysiics and Biochemistry

Members:
-Sean Barrett, Professor, Physics and Applied Science
-Luna Nájera, Senior Lector I and Associate Research Scholar, Spanish and Portuguese
-Claire Roosien, Assistant Professor, Slavic Languages and Literatures
-David Watts, Professor, Anthropology

The FAS-SEAS Senate Governance Committee is focused on evaluating changes in the governance of the FAS, SEAS, and the University and reviewing the status of faculty rights and responsibilities.

2026.27 Instructional Faculty and Academic Support Committee

Chair: 
Cynthia DeRoma, Senior Lector I, English Language Program. Center for Language Study

Members:
-Michael Farina, FAS-SEAS Senate Chair, Senior Lector I, Italian Languages and Lituratures
-Michael Loewenberg, Professor, Chemical and Environmental Engineering
-Alex Manning, Lecturer, Sociology
-Luna Nájera, Senior Lector and Associate Research Scholar, Spanish and Portuguese
-Brett Smith, Senior Lecturer, Mathematics

The FAS-SEAS Senate Committee on Instructional Faculty and Academic Support is focused on the status and well-being of instructional faculty and academic support for all faculty ranks.

2026.27 Outreach and Elections Committee

Chair:
Michael Fischer, Professor, Computer Science

Members:
-Cynthia DeRoma, Senior Lector I, English Language Program, Center for Language Study
-Amir Haji-Akbari, Associate Professor with Tenure, Chemical and Environmental Engineering
-Robert Soulé, Associate Professor, Computer Science ad Electrical Engineering

The Outreach and Elections Committee is focused on identifying people to serve Yale in various capacities, including on the Senate, administering FAS-SEAS Senate elections, and periodically reviewing and suggesting improvements to FAS-SEAS Senate election procedures.

2026.27 Peer Advisory and Ombuds Committee

Chair:
Members;

The FAS-SEAS Senate Peer Advisory and Ombudsperson Committee is focused on providing advice to faculty who have concerns about any aspect of their 

2026.27 Science and Engineering Committee

Chair: 
Casey Dunn, Professor, Ecology and Evolutionary Biology

Members:
-Sean Barrett, Professor, Physics and Applied Science
-Michael Fischer, Professor, Computer Science
-Amir Haji-Akbari, Professor with Tenure, Chemical and Environmental Engineering
-Mark Solomon, FAS-SEAS Senate Executive Council Member, Professor, Molecular Bioshysics and Biochemistry
-Stephen Slade, Senior Lecturer, Computer Science 
-Robert Soulé, Associate Professor, Computer Science and Electrical Engineering

The FAS-SEAS Senate Committee on Science and Engineering is focused on examining and providing input on priorities and investments in science and engineering at Yale.

2026.27 Student Affairs Committee

Chair: 
Dinny Aletheiani, Senior Lector, Indonesian Language Studies

Members:
-Casey Dunn, Profesor, Ecology and Evolutionary Biology
-Michael Farina, FAS-SEAS Senate Chair, Senior Lector I, Italian Language and Literature
-Alessandro Giammei, Assistant Professor, Italian Studies
-Maria Piñango, Professor of Linguistics
-Claire Roosien, Assistant Professor, Slavic Languages and Literatures
-Jonathan Wyrtzen, Professor of History and Sociology

The Student Affairs Committee is focused on matters relating to Yale College and the Graduate School, with a particular focus on admissions, education, and student wellbeing.

Trust in Higher Education Committee

Chair:
Maria Piñango, Professor of Linguistics

Members:
Sonam Kachru, Assistant Professor, Religious Studies
Alex Manning, Lecturer, Sociology
Rourke O’Brien, FAS-SEAS Senate Executive Council Member, Associate Professor with Tenure, Sociology
David Watts, Professor, Anthropology

The FAS-SEAS Senate Trust in Higher Education Committee is focused on evaluating the recommendations of the Trust in Higher Education report and making specific proposals regarding actionability to the Senate.
 

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 it may meet more often or at other times as necessary.

The Executive Council includes seven members of the FAS and SEAS, six of whom are tenured faculty members (two from each of the four divisions) and one of whom is an untenured or non-ladder faculty member.

Chair: Marijeta Bozovic, Professor, Slavic Languages and Literatures, with secondary appointments in Film and Media Studies and WGSS
Deputy Chair: Maria Piñango, Professor of Linguistics 

Executive Council Members:
Beverly Gage, Professor of History
Michael Farina, Senior Lector I, Italian Studies
Michael Loewenberg, Professor of Chemical and Environmental Engineering
Mark Solomon, Professor of Molecular Biophysics and Biochemistry
Jing Yan, Assistant Professor, Molecular, Cellular & Developmental Biology

The FAS-SEAS Senate Budget Committee is focused on evaluating and providing guidance on how FAS, SEAS, and the University’s financial resources are prioritized and allocated.

Chair: David Post, Professor of Ecology & Evolutionary Biology

• Dinny Aletheiani, Senior Lector I, Indonesian Language Studies
• Rourke O’Brien, Associate Professor Tenure, Sociology
• Claire Roosien, Assistant Professor, Slavic Languages and Literatures
• Jing Yan, FAS-SEAS Senate Executive Council Member; Assistant Professor, Molecular, Cellular and Developmental Biology

The FAS-SEAS SENATE on Diversity is focused on matters relating to faculty diversity, equity, and campus climate.

Chair: Marijeta Bozovic, Professor, Slavic Languages and Literatures, with secondary appointments in Film and Media Studies and WGSS

• Cynthia DeRoma, PhD, Senior Lector I, English Languary Program, Center for Language Study
• Alessandro Giammei, Ph.D., Assistant Professor, Italian Studies;
• Amir Haji-Akbari, Associate Professor Tenure, Chemical and Environmental Engineering
• Sonam Kachru, Assistant Professor, Religious Studies
• Stephen Slade, Senior Lecturer in Computer Science
• Kathryn Slanski, Ph.D., Senior Lecturer, Humanities Program and Near Eastern Languages & Civilizations

FAS-SEAS Senate Faculty Advancement Committee is focused on the status and well-being of faculty, including issues related to salary and benefits, faculty excellence, and collective influence.

Chair: Rourke O’Brien, Associate Professor Tenure, Sociology

• Marijeta Bozovic, CHAIR, FAS-SEAS Senate; Professor, Slavic Languages and Literatures, with secondary appointments in Film and Media Studies and WGSS
• Michael Farina, FAS-SEAS Senate Executive Council Member; Senior Lector I in Italian Language and Literature
• Sonam Kachru, Assistant Professor, Religious Studies
• Beverly Gage, FAS-SEAS Senate Executive Council Member; Professor of History
• Alessandro Giammei, Ph.D., Assistant Professor, Italian Studies

The FAS-SEAS Senate Governance Committee is focused on evaluating changes in the governance of the FAS, SEAS, and the University and reviewing the status of faculty rights and responsibilities.

Chair: Mark Solomon, Ph.D., FAS-SEAS Senate Executive Council Member; Professor of Molecular Biophysics and Biochemistry

• Marijeta Bozovic, Chair, FAS-SEAS Senate; Professor, Slavic Languages and Literatures, with secondary appointments in Film and Media Studies and WGSS
• Michael Fischer, Professor of Computer Science
• David Post, Professor of Ecology & Evolutionary Biology
• Meg Urry, PhD, Israel Munson Professor of Physics

The FAS-SEAS Senate Committee on Instructional Faculty and Academic Support is focused on the status and well-being of instructional faculty and academic support for all faculty ranks.

Chair: Cynthia DeRoma, Senior Lector I, English Language Program, Center for Language Study

• Michael Farina, FAS-SEAS Senate Executive Council Member; Senior Lector I in Italian Language and Literature
• Kathryn Slanski, Senior Lecturer, Humanities Program and Near Eastern Languages & Civilizations
• Brett Smith, Senior Lecturer, Mathematics
• Robert Wooster, Lecturer, Department of Statistics and Data Science

The Outreach and Elections Committee is focused on identifying people to serve Yale in various capacities, including on the Senate, administering FAS-SEAS Senate elections, and periodically reviewing and suggesting improvements to FAS-SEAS Senate election procedures.

Chair: Robert Wooster,  Lecturer in the Department of Statistics and Data Science

• Michael Fischer, Professor of Computer Science
• Amir Haji-Akbari, Associate Professor Tenure, Chemical and Environmental Engineering
• Casey Dunn, Professor in Ecology and Evolutionary Biology

The FAS-SEAS Senate Peer Advisory and Ombudsperson Committee is focused on providing advice to faculty who have concerns about any aspect of their work and advising the administration on setting up a University Ombuds Office.

Chair: Dinny Aletheiani, Senior Lector I, Indonesian Language Studies

• Beverly Gage, FAS-SEAS Senate Executive Council Member; Professor of History
• Michael Loewenberg, FAS-SEAS Senate Executive Council Member; Professor of Chemical and Environmental Engineering
• Maria Piñango,  Deputy Chair, FAS-SEAS Senate, Professor of Linguistics
• Mark Solomon, Ph.D., FAS-SEAS Senate Executive Council Member; Professor of Molecular Biophysics and Biochemistry
• Alison Sweeney, Associate Professor of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology and of Physics

The FAS-SEAS Senate Committee on Science and Engineering is focused on examining and providing input on priorities and investments in science and engineering at Yale.

Chair: Casey Dunn, Professor in Ecology and Evolutionary Biology

• Stephen Slade, Senior Lecturer in Computer Science
• Alison Sweeney, Associate Professor of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology and of Physics
• Meg Urry, Israel Munson Professor of Physics
• Jing Yan, FAS-SEAS Senate Executive Council Member; Assistant Professor, Molecular, Cellular and Developmental Biology

The Student Affairs Committee is focused on matters relating to Yale College and the Graduate School, with a particular focus on admissions, education, and student wellbeing.

Chair: Michael Loewenberg, FAS-SEAS Senate Executive Council Member; Professor of Chemical and Environmental Engineering

• Claire Roosien, Assistant Professor, Slavic Languages and Literatures
• Brett C. Smith, Senior Lecturer, Mathematics
• Maria Piñango,  Deputy Chair, FAS-SEAS Senate, Professor of Linguistics
• Kathryn Slanski, Senior Lecturer, Humanities Program and Near Eastern Languages & Civilizations