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: 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