Recommendations of the Faculty Development Task Force
Statements and Reports
ECFAS-Academic Freedom Statement
ECFAS-Academic Freedom Statement 2007
Bagnall's History of Arts & Sciences
Faculty Forum Minutes
Minutes of
11/12/08 Faculty Forum meeting
Minutes of
03/11/08 Faculty Forum meeting
Minutes of
12/03/07 Faculty Forum meeting
A&S Faculty Meeting Minutes
Chair 2009-2010: Amber Miller, Professor of Physics
Vice Chair 2008-2009: TBD
ECFAS Description:
The Executive Committee of the Faculty of Arts and Sciences (ECFAS) is the only body elected to represent the Faculty of Arts
and Sciences to University leadership. The committee consists of twelve faculty and two ex-officio members: the Vice President for
Arts and Sciences and a representative of the School of the Arts. Nine faculty members are elected from the ranks of the tenured
faculty; three each from the divisions of the Humanities, Social Sciences, and Natural Sciences. Three members are elected from the
ranks of untenured faculty, one from each of the three divisions. Elected members serve for three years.
ECFAS participates in the process by which planning priorities are set and resources are allocated among the departments and schools
comprising the Arts and Sciences. The goals of the committee are to identify common faculty concerns and to work with the administration
to address them. ECFAS solicits input from faculty and convenes faculty discussions (Faculty Forums). It sets the bylaws and agenda for
Arts and Sciences faculty meetings.
ECFAS is both a sounding board for new ideas and a source of creative ways to respond to Arts and Sciences challenges. The committee
meets regularly with the President and Provost to address faculty concerns and influence University governance. Working closely with the
Arts and Sciences administration, ECFAS develops initiatives to improve faculty teaching, research, and life. ECFAS oversees faculty
fundraising committees that work with the Arts and Sciences as a liaison on a variety of development issues, including major gifts and
department fundraising. ECFAS also directs an administrative advisory committee.
Current Membership:
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Ruth DeFries, Professor of Ecology, Evolution & Environmental Biology(2010-2013)
Lena Edlund, Associate Professor of Economics (2007-2010)
Kevin Griffin, Associate Professor of Earth and Environmental Sciences(2010-2013)
Robert Jervis, Professor of Political Science(2010-2013)
Richard Korb, Senior Lecturer in Discipline Germanic Languages (2009-2011)
Elisabeth Ladenson, Associate Professor of French and Romance Philology (2009-2011)
Amber Miller, Associate Professor of Physics (2009-2011)
Christine Philliou, Assistant Professor of History(2010-2013)
Elizabeth Povinelli, Professor of Anthropology(2010-2013)
Wayne Proudfoot, Professor of Religion (2009-2011)
Alessandra Russo, Assistant Professor of Spanish & Portuguese(2010-2013)
Scott Snyder, Assistant Professor of Chemistry (2007-2010)
Katharina Volk, Associate Professor of Classics (2007-2010)
Past Membership:
- 2006-2009
Patricia Daily, English & Comparative Literature
Robert Friedman, Mathematics
Claudio Lomnitz, Professor of Anthropology (2009)
Shahid Naeem, Ecology, Evolution and Environmental Biology
Pamela Smith, History
Nadia Urbinati, Political Science
Alan Ziegler, School of the Arts
- 2005-2008
David Damrosch, English & Comparative Literature
E. Valentine Daniel, Anthropology
Cathy Popkin, Slavic Languages
David Walker, Earth and Environmental Sciences
- 2004-2007
Dana Fisher, Sociology (2006-2007)
Christia Mercer, Philosophy (2004-2007)
David Schiminovich, Astronomy (2005-2007)
- 2003-2006
Elizabeth Blackmar, History
Jean Cohen, Political Science
Jenny M. Davidson, English & Comparative Literature (2004-2006)
Stuart Firestein, Biological Sciences
John Morgan, Mathematics
- 2002-2005
Janaki Bakhle, MELAC (2003-04)
Carmela Franklin, Classics
Walter Frisch, Music
Tory Higgins, Psychology
Andrew Nathan, Political Science
Kevin Ochsner, Psychology (2004-05) - 2001-2004
Harold Evans, Physics
Neni Panourgia, Anthropology
Marc Van de Mieroop, MEALAC
- 2000-2003
Gil Anidjar, MEALAC
Kyle Bagwell, Economics
Paul Creamer, French
Andrew Gelman, Statistics
Alice Kessler-Harris, History
Paul Richards, Earth and Environmental Sciences
- 1999-2002
Patricia E. Grieve, Spanish and Portuguese (Chair 2001-2002)
Terence D'Altroy, Anthropology
David Helfand, Astronomy (Chair 2000-2001)
- 1998-2001
Lynn Cooper, Psychology (Chair 1999-2000)
Robert Hymes, East Asian Languages and Cultures
Rosalind Morris, Anthropology
- 1997-2000
Jaksa Cvitanic, Statistics
William Harris, History
Jim Hays, Earth and Environmental Science
Zita Nunes, English and Comparative literature
Brendan O'Flaherty, Economics
Elaine Sisman, Music
- 1996-99
Richard Bulliet, History (Chair 1998-99)
David Kastan, English
Henry Pinkham, Mathematics (Chair 1997-98)
- 1996-97
Deborah Cohn, Spanish
Steven Ritz, Physics
- 1995-98
Karen Barkey, Sociology
Robert Krauss, Psychology
Cathy Popkin, Slavic Languages and Literature
- 1994-97
Teodolinda Barolini, Italian (chair 1996)
Manning Marable, History
Helen Milner, Political Science (chair 1997)
James Valentini, Chemistry
- 1993-96
Peter Awn, Religion (chair 1994)
Elizabeth Blackmar, History
JoAnn Cavallo, Italian
Marina Cords, Anthropology
Gabriele Gratton, Psychology
Dennis Hayes, Geology (chair 1995)
Jean Howard, English
Joseph Patterson, Astronomy
- Founding Members (1991)
Lisa Anderson*, Political Science
Mark Anderson, German
Richard Billows, History
Donald Hood, Psychology (chair 1991-92)
Robert Jervis*, Political Science (chair 1993-94)
Katherine Newman, Anthropology (chair 1992-93)
Robert Pollack*, Biology
Wayne Proudfoot, Religion
Suzanne Said*, Classics
Haruo Shirane, East Asian Languages and Cultures
Nicholas Turro, Chemistry
(starred members served a full three year term ending in 1994, the rest a two year term ending in 1993)