ANNUAL REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE ON COMMITTEES

 

 

TO: The Representative Assembly of the Davis Division of the Academic Senate

 

In accordance with Bylaws 11, 12, and 13 of the Davis Division, we report the appointment of the following officers of the Davis Division for the academic year

2002-2003:

 

Chair: Bruce R. Madewell

Vice Chair: Judith S. Stern

Secretary: Kyaw Tha Paw U

 

 

In accordance with Bylaw 29(C) of the Davis Division, we report for confirmation the following appointments to standing committees for the academic year 2003-2004. In accordance with Bylaw 40(H), each individual who has been appointed to a standing committee has either volunteered for the post, or has consented to serve after having been contacted by a member of the Committee on Committees. In making these appointments we have taken into account all information available to the Senate office on forthcoming sabbatical and special leaves. In the event that changing circumstances make it impossible for an appointee to serve on a committee to which he/she has been appointed, the Academic Senate office should be informed immediately so that a substitute appointment can be made.

 

APPOINTMENTS TO STANDING COMMITTEES 2003-2004

 

Academic Computing Coordinating Council:  Carolyn Bledsoe (Chair), David Bunch, James Chalfant, Ning Pan, Ann Orel, Martine Quinzii, Wesley Wallender.  

 

Academic Freedom and Responsibility:  Jerold Theis, (Chair), Alan Brownstein, Joanne Diehl, Michael Nantz, Vojin Oklobdzija      

 

Academic Personnel: Thomas Morrison (Chair), Anna Maria Busse Berger, Edward Callahan,  C. Chris Calvert, Jeannie Darby, Irwin Liu, Michael Maher, Robert Shumway, Philip Yager

 

Academic Personnel Appellate Committee: Donald Phillips (Chair), Wolfgang Kollman, Philip Schneider, Eugene Steffey, Lenora Timm   

 

Academic Planning and Budget Review:  Angela Cheer (Chair), Shirley Chiang, Patricia Conrad, Ted DeJong, Susan Kauzlarich, Jerry Last, Ann Orel, Daniel Simmons, Randolph Siverson     

 

            Instructional Space Advisory Committee:  Mary Christopher, Dinto Tinti plus two additional members selected by the Committee on Academic Planning and Budget Review and two ex officio members

 

Admissions and Enrollment:  Mark Rashid (Chair), Karen Doyle, Miroslava Chavez-Garcia, You-Lo Hsieh, Evelyn Silvia 

 

Affirmative Action:  Lisa Pruitt (Chair), Robert Chai, Ching Yao Fong, Bruce Haynes, Carlitta Lebrilla, Valerie Williamson, Dennis Wilson

 

Courses of Instruction: Bruce Jaffee (Chair), Fidelis Eke, Mark Grismer,  Martha Macri, Dino Tinti, Pamela Ronald, plus ex officio members              

 

Distinguished Teaching Awards:  Anna Kuhn (Chair), Debra Long, Jack Milton, Anita Oberbauer, Michael Saler              

 

Elections, Rules & Jurisdiction:  Kevin Hoover (Chair), Bill Davis, Miguel Marino 

                     

Emeriti:  Alex McCalla (Chair), Harrison Dunning, Warren Pickett, Jack Reitan, Dean Simonton, Dorothy Woolley, Haig Zeronian, and Richard Gable ex officio

 

Faculty Privilege and Academic Personnel Advisers:  Howard Day (Chair W, S), Ines Hernandez-Avila (Chair F), Conrad Bahre (W,S), Leslie Kurtz, Jerold Last, Diane Ullman

                       

Faculty Welfare:  Elizabeth Constable (Chair), Andreas Albrecht, Brenda Bryant,  James Chalfant, Richard Gable, John Krochta, Chih-ling Tsai

 

Grade Changes:  Richard Sexton (Chair), Christiana Drake, Brian Higgins, James Prieger, Gang Sun                                         

 

Graduate Council: Alan Hastings (Chair), Trish Berger (Vice Chair), Alan Conley, Steven Crum, Levent Kavvas, Anna Kuhn, Jack Meeks, Richard Scalettar, Paul Singh, Ellen Sutter, Andrew Waterhouse, Evan Watkins and Kent Erickson ex officio

                       

Graduate Student Privilege Adviser:  Jerry Hedrick                                   

 

International Studies and Exchanges:  Jean-Xavier Guinard (Chair), Ann Britte, Patrick Carroll, Chia-Ning Chang, Dorothy Gietzen, Joanna Groza, Charles Lesher

 

Joint Senate/Federation Personnel:  Lynette Hart, Philip Power plus five Academic Federation members, one of whom shall be appointed to Chair            

 

Administrative Series Personnel Committee: Robert Flocchini plus four Academic Federation members, one of whom shall be appointed to Chair           

 

Library:  Raymond Waddington (Chair), Ruth Frankenberg plus ex officio members         

 

Privilege and Tenure – Investigative:  Arnold Sillman (Chair), Holly Doremus, Daniel Link, Lynn Lofland, Norman Matloff 

 

Privilege and Tenure -  Hearings:  Robert Hillman (Chair), Colin Carter, Debbie Elliott-Fisk, Thomas Farver, Wendy Ho, Hanne Jensen, Thomas Joo, Denise Krol, Seth Schein, David Shelton, Diane Wolf

 

Public Service:  Jeffrey Weidner (Chair), Mark Francis, Michael Reid, Robert Sommer, Steven Tharratt

 

Research:  Steven Velinsky (Chair), Stephen Cramer, Frances Dolan, Laura Grindstaff (F), Jesse Joad, Hsing-Jien Kung, Dianne MacLeod, Marion Miller, Ning Pan, Cathy Olmsted, Stefano Varese (W, S), Anthony Wexler, Xiangdong Zhu

 

Student-Faculty Relationships:  Jack Goldberg (Chair), Nipavan Chiamvimonvat, Ronald Hedrick, ____________, and Richard Sexton ex officio

 

Transportation and Parking:  Judith Stern (Chair), John Oakley, Quirino Paris, Francisco Samaniego, Dan Sperling

 

Undergraduate Council:  Joseph Kiskis (Chair), Matthew Farrens (Vice Chair), Carolyn Aldwin, David Bunch, Stephanie Dungan, James Harding, Ken Joy, Lorena Oropeza, Donald Walsh, and You-Lo Hsieh ex officio 

 

            General Education:  Carolyn Aldwin (Chair), Bill Hing, David Kyle, Jay Lund, Martha Macri, Kathryn Radke

 

            Preparatory Education:  Lorena Oropeza (Chair), Janko Gravner, Richard Levin, Dina Okamoto, Ann Peluffo,

 

            Special Academic Programs:  James Harding (Chair), Will Benware, Ted Hsiao,  Marianne Page, Beatriz Pesquera

 

            Undergraduate Instruction & Program Review:  Matthew Farrens (Chair), Margherita Heyer-Caput, Dan Potter plus three additional members to be appointed by the undergraduate colleges 

 

Undergraduate Scholarships, Honors and Prizes: Bill McCarthy (Chair), Christyann Darwent, Ting Guo, Frank Hirtz, Silas Hung, Anthony Jerant, Jiming Jiang, Kee D. Kim, Richard Levin, Kimberly Nettles, Victoria Rivers, Jan Roser,  Rajiv Singh, Jean Vandergheynst, Louis Warren (W, S), David Wilson 

 

 

Since the last report to the Representative Assembly (February 19, 2003), the committee also filled the following vacancies and responded to the following requests:

 

Appointed Gabrielle Nevitt as Chair of the Committee on Affirmative Action and Diversity for Spring quarter, replacing Michele Praeger.

 

Appointed Elizabeth Constable as Chair of the Faculty Welfare Committee for Spring quarter, replacing John Oakley

 

Appointed  Martha Macri to the General Education Committee of the Undergraduate Council, for Spring quarter, replacing Peter Chesson

 

Provided nominations to Chair Madewell to transmit to Provost and Executive Vice Chancellor Provost for her consideration in appointing an Academic Advisory Group:  UC Sacramento Center

 

 Other business:

  1. The Call for Nominations for Divisional Representatives to the Assembly (systemwide) resulted in zero nominations, 4 are needed.  The Committee is in the process of contacting faculty members to serve in this capacity. 
  2. The Committee spent time discussing the need for greater recognition of service

in the academic merit process.

  1. Provided nominations to Universitywide Committee on Committees for

      members of the Davis Division to serve on Universitywide committees.

 

                                                                                    Respectfully submitted,

 

 

Carroll Cross, Ines Hernandez-Avila, David Hills, Bill Hornof, Susan Kaiser, Mark Kurth, Richard Lander, Victoria Smith, and Marion Miller, Chair