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Faculty Senate Committees 2021-2022

Faculty Senate Executive Committee (SEC) 2021-2022

Officers

  • Chair: William Braham, Weitzman Design
  • Chair-Elect: Vivian Gadsden, GSE
  • Past Chair: Kathleen Hall Jamieson, Annenberg
  • Secretary: Catherine McDonald, Nursing
  • Secretary-Elect: Daniel Gillion, SAS/Political Science
  • Past Secretary: Alison Buttenheim, Nursing

At-Large Representatives

  • Gad Allon, Wharton
  • Lee Bassett, SEAS/ESE
  • José Bauermeister, Nursing
  • Mary Regina Boland, PSOM/DBEI
  • Donita Brady, PSOM/Cancer Biology
  • Carolyn Cannuscio, PSOM/Family Medicine
  • Ann Farnsworth-Alvear, SAS/History
  • Rose Nolen-Walston, Veterinary Medicine
  • Mark Oyama, Veterinary Medicine
  • Benjamin Pierce, SEAS/CIS
  • Li Shen, PSOM/DBEI
  • Emily Steiner, SAS/English

Assistant Professor Representatives

  • César de la Fuente, PSOM/Psychiatry
  • Pilar Gonalons-Pons, SAS/Sociology
  • Katharine Rendle, PSOM/Family Medicine and Community Health

PASEF Representative

  • David Manning, PSOM/Pharmacology

 

Constituency Representatives

  • Damon Centola, Annenberg
  • Anne Berg, SAS/History
  • Theodore Schurr, SAS/Anthropology
  • Ted Chinburg, SAS/Mathematics
  • Wei Guo, SAS/Biology
  • Joseph Subotnik, SAS/Chemistry
  • Kathryn Hellerstein, SAS/Germanic Language and Literature
  • Steven Matthews, SAS/Economics
  • VACANT, SAS/English
  • Daniel Singer, SAS/Philosophy
  • Donovan Schaefer, SAS/Religious Studies (Alternate: Megan Robb, SAS/Religious Studies)
  • Philip Nelson, SAS/Physics & Astronomy
  • Julia Lynch, SAS/Political Science
  • John Trueswell, SAS/Psychology
  • Wendy Roth, SAS/Sociology
  • Geelsu Hwang, Dental
  • Janine Remillard, GSE (Alternate: Rand Quinn, GSE)
  • Chinedum Osuji, SEAS/CBE
  • Mark Allen, SEAS/ESE
  • Domenic Vitiello, Weitzman Design
  • Eric Feldman, Law
  • John Holmes, PSOM/DBEI 
  • Stephen Avery, PSOM/Radiation Oncology
  • Karthik Rajasekaran, PSOM/Otorhinolaryngology
  • VACANT, PSOM/ Genetics, Medical Ethics & Health Policy, Microbiology, Neurology, Neuroscience, Neurosurgery, Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation, Physiology, Systems Pharmacology & Translational Therapeutics
  • Kenneth Margulies, PSOM/Medicine
  • Ryan Greysen, PSOM Medicine
  • Rebecka Peebles, PSOM/Pediatrics
  • Jenny Shao, PSOM/Surgery
  • Joseph Libonati, Nursing
  • Ezekiel Dixon-Román, Social Policy and Practice
  • De’Broski Herbert, Vet
  • Dipti Pitta, Vet
  • VACANT, Wharton/ Accounting, Health Care Management, Operations, Information, & Decisions, Statistics, Finance, Legal Studies & Business Ethics, Business Economics & Public Policy
  • Daniel Raff, Wharton/Management

 

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

  • Shawn Bird, PSOM/Neurology
  • Jennifer Blouin, Wharton
  • Dennis Culhane, Social Policy and Practice
  • Tulia Falleti, SAS/Political Science
  • Graciela Gonzalez Hernandez, PSOM/DBEI
  • Iourii Manovskii, SAS/Economics, Chair
  • Mark Oyama, Veterinary Medicine
  • Rand Quinn, GSE
  • Melissa Sanchez, SAS/English

Ex-Officio:

  • William Braham, Weitzman Design, Faculty Senate Chair
  • Vivian Gadsden, Education, Faculty Senate Chair-Elect
  • Kathleen Hall Jamieson, Annenberg, Faculty Senate Past Chair

 

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

  • Hydar Ali, Dental
  • Antonella Cianferoni, PSOM/Pediatrics
  • Nelson Flores, GSE, Chair
  • Junhyong Kim, SAS/Biology
  • Meghan Lane-Fall, PSOM/Anesthesiology & Critical Care
  • Ken Lum, Weitzman Design

Ex-Officio:

  • A representative of the Senate Tri-Chairs
  • Sherrill Adams, Dental, PASEF non-voting member

 

The Senate Committee on Faculty and the Administration (SCOA)

  • Ryan Baker, GSE
  • Vera Krymskaya, PSOM/Medicine, Chair
  • Errol Lord, SAS/Philosophy
  • Steven Messe, PSOM/Neurology
  • Kevin Platt, SAS/Russian and East European Studies
  • Erica Reineke, Vet

Ex-Officio:

  • A representative of the Senate Tri-Chairs
  • Peter Kuriloff, GSE, PASEF non-voting member

 

The Senate Committee on Faculty and the Academic Mission (SCOF)

  • Margo Brooks Carthon, Nursing¸ Co-Chair
  • Ariana Chao, Nursing
  • Struan Grant, PSOM/Pediatrics
  • Rebecka Peebles, PSOM/Pediatrics, Co-Chair
  • Alexander Reiter, Vet
  • Amy Stornaiuolo, GSE
  • Julia Ticona, Annenberg

Ex-Officio:

  • A representative of the Senate Tri-Chairs
  • Roger Allen, SAS/NELC, PASEF non-voting member

 

The Senate Committee on Students and Educational Policy (SCSEP)

  • Gerald Campano, GSE
  • Huda Fakhreddine, SAS/NELC
  • Sara Jaffee, SAS/Psychology
  • Carol Muller, SAS/Music, Chair
  • Marilyn Schapira, PSOM/Medicine
  • Mindy Schuster, PSOM/Medicine

Ex-Officio:

  • A representative of the Senate Tri-Chairs
  • Anita Summers, Wharton, PASEF non-voting member

 

The Senate Committee on Academic Freedom and Responsibility (SCAFR)

  • Geoffrey Aguirre, PSOM/Neurology
  • Sigal Ben-Porath, GSE
  • Nader Engheta, SEAS/ESE
  • Chris Feudtner, PSOM/Pediatrics
  • Jean Galbraith, Law
  • Rebecca Hubbard, PSOM/DBEI
  • Christopher Marcinkoski, Weitzman Design
  • Raina Merchant, PSOM/Emergency Medicine, Chair
  • Flavia Vitale, PSOM/Neurology
  • Daniel Wodak, SAS/Philosophy

Ex-Officio:

  • Vivian Gadsden, GSE, Faculty Senate Chair-Elect

 

The Senate Committee on Publication Policy for Almanac

To be published at a later date

 

Faculty Grievance Commission

Chair: Santosh Venkatesh, SEAS/ESE

Chair-Elect: Sarah Kagan, Nursing

Past Chair: Mitchell Berman, Law

 

The Senate Select Committee on the Institutional Response to the Climate Emergency (CIRCE)

  • Herman Beavers, SAS/English
  • Anne Berg, SAS/History
  • William Braham, Weitzman Design, Chair, Ex-Officio
  • Alison Buttenheim, Nursing 
  • Thomas Daniels, Weitzman Design
  • Jared Farmer, SAS/History
  • Vivian Gadsden, GSE, Ex-Officio
  • Erum Hartung, PSOM/Pediatrics
  • De’Broski Herbert, Vet
  • Kathleen Hall Jamieson, Annenberg, Ex-Officio
  • Yuli Kim, PSOM/Medicine
  • Steven Kimbrough, Wharton
  • Irina Marinov, SAS/Earth and Environmental Science
  • Michael McGarvey, PSOM/Neurology, Operations Subcommittee Chair
  • Benjamin Pierce, SEAS/CIS, Community and Policy Subcommittee Chair
  • Simon Richter, SAS/German
  • Akira Drake Rodriguez, Weitzman Design
  • Misha Rosenbach PSOM/Dermatology, UPHS Subcommittee Co-Chair
  • Eric Stach, SEAS/MSE
  • Franca Trubiano, Weitzman Design
  • Michael Weisberg, SAS/Philosophy, Research and Education Subcommittee Chair
  • Bethany Wiggin, SAS/German

Non-voting members:

  • Caroline Cox, PSOM/Obstetrics and Gynecology
  • Jane Dmochowski, SAS/ESE
  • Kathleen Fink, Energy Manager, University of Pennsylvania Health System
  • William Fleming, McHarg Center
  • Farah Hussein, PSOM/Medicine
  • Andrew Huemmler, SEAS/CBE
  • Jan-Michael Klapproth, PSOM/Medicine
  • Kirstin Knox, PSOM/Clinical Medicine
  • Howard Kunreuther, Wharton, Emeritus
  • Joseph Leanza, PSOM/Emergency Medicine
  • Howard Neukrug, SAS/ESE
  • Anne Reilly, PSOM/Pediatrics
  • Monika Sanghavi, PSOM/Medicine
  • Hari Shankar, Pulmonary, PSOM/Allergy & Critical Care Fellow, UPHS Subcommittee Co-Chair
  • Michelle Walker, PSOM/Endocrinology, Diabetes, and Metabolism Fellow

 

The Senate Select Committee on Planning for Post-Pandemic (P4)

  • Peter Cappelli, Wharton
  • Chenoa Flippen, SAS/Sociology
  • Howard Kunreuther, Wharton, Emeritus, Non-Voting
  • Jennifer Pinto-Martin, Nursing, Co-Chair
  • Harvey Rubin, PSOM/Medicine, Co-Chair
  • Santosh Venkatesh, SEAS/ESE
  • Michael Weisberg, SAS/Philosophy
  • Bethany Wiggin, SAS/German

 

The Senate Select Committee on Scholarly Communication

  • William Braham, Weitzman Design, Ex-Officio
  • Vivian Gadsden, GSE, Ex-Officio
  • Jerry Jacobs, SAS/Sociology
  • Kathleen Hall Jamieson, Annenberg, Ex-Officio
  • Lewis Kaplan, PSOM/Surgery
  • Eileen Lake, Nursing
  • Rebecka Peebles, PSOM/Pediatrics
  • Kathy Peiss, SAS/History
  • Daniel Raff, Wharton, Chair
  • Beth Simmons, Law and SAS/Political Science

Non-voting members:

  • Mary Francis, Director of the Penn Press
  • Aishwarya Pawar, GAPSA
  • Jon Shaw, Associate Vice Provost and Deputy University Librarian
  • Brigitte Weinsteiger, Associate Vice Provost for Collections and Scholarly Communications
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