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
2001-2002:
Vice Chair: Bruce Madewell
Secretary: Anita Oberbauer
In accordance with Bylaw 29(C) of the Davis Division, we report for confirmation the following appointments to standing committees for the academic year 2001-2002. 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.
ACADEMIC
FREEDOM AND RESPONSIBILITY: Michael
Jubien (Chair), Alan Brownstein, Joanne Diehl (W,S), Michele Igo, Vojin
Oklobdzija
ACADEMIC
PERSONNEL: Robert Rucker (Chair (F)), Linda Bisson (Chair (W,S)), JoAnn
Cannon, Bruce Gates, Gail Goodman,
Janet Ilkiw, Rivkah Isseroff, Robert Shumway, Wanda Wenman
ACADEMIC
PLANNING AND BUDGET REVIEW: Robert Flocchini (Chair), Angela Cheer, Theodore
DeJong, Winston Ko, James MacLachlan, Debbie Niemeier, Jacob Olupona, Robert
Powell, Randolph Siverson
ADMISSIONS
AND ENROLLMENT: Patrick Farrell (Chair), Christina Acham,
Tsu-Shuan
Chang, Linton Corruccini, Mikal Saltveit, plus ex officio member
AFFIRMATIVE
ACTION AND DIVERSITY: Kyaw Tha Paw U (Chair), Jesus DeLoera, Wendy Ho, Victor
Montejo, Michele Praeger, Lisa Pruitt, Valerie Williamson, plus ex officio
member
COURSES
OF INSTRUCTION: Bryan Weare, (Chair), Max Byrd, Bruce Jaffee, Bryan Jenkins,
Ronald Phillips, Janet Smith, plus ex officio members
DISTINGUISHED TEACHING AWARDS: Anna Kuhn (Chair), Joe Cech, Jay Mechling, Jack Milton, Patricia Moran
EDUCATIONAL
POLICY: Terence Murphy (Chair), Dennis Dingemans, Louis Grivetti, Bill Hing,
Paul Primakoff, Kathryn Radke, Melvin Ramey, Barbara Sellers-Young, Paul Singh,
Fern Tablin, David Woodruff, Robert Zierenburg
ELECTIONS,
RULES AND JURISDICTION: Kevin Hoover (Chair), William Davis, Bruce Larock
EMERITI: Charles Nash (Chair), John Horowitz, Alex McCalla, Ada Sosa-Riddell, Oroville Thompson, Dorothy Woolley, and one member yet to be appointed
FACULTY
PRIVILEGE ADVISERS: Larry Peterman (Chair {F}), Leslie Kurtz (Chair {W,S}) Conrad
Bahre, Jerold Last, Barbara Metcalf (F,W)
FACULTY
WELFARE: John Oakley (Chair), Andreas Albrecht, Ann Bonham, Elizabeth
Constable, Richard Gable, Norma Landau, and one member yet to be appointed
GRADE
CHANGES: Jack Goldberg (Chair), Christina Drake, Adrienne Martin, Richard
Sexton, Joseph Zinkl, plus ex officio member
GRADUATE
COUNCIL: John Labavitch (Chair), Kent Erickson (V-Chair), Judy Callis, Emily
Goldman, Alan Hastings, Suad Joseph, Andre Knoesen, Jack Meeks, Winfried
Schleiner, Ellen Sutter, David Traill, Barry Wilson
INTERNATIONAL
STUDIES AND EXCHANGES: Peter Schiffman (Chair), John Bolander, James Clegg,
Dorothy Gietzen, Luis Guarnizo, Jean-Xavier Guinard, Alessa Johns
JOINT
SENATE/FEDERATION PERSONNEL: Adel Kader, Janet Momsen, Kenneth Tanji, plus four
members from the Academic Federation one of whom will be the Chair.
LIBRARY:
Geerat Vermeij (Chair), Raymond Waddington, plus ex officio members
PREPARATORY
EDUCATION: James Diederich (Chair), Conrad Bahre, Margaret Ferguson, Kathryn
McCarthy, plus Patrick Farrell ex officio member
PRIVILEGE
AND TENURE: Hearings Subcommittee: Robert Hillman (Chair), William
Bommer, Ching-ning Chan, Ching-Yao Fong, Kari Lokke, Thomas Morrison, Patsy
Owens, Paul Stumpf Investigative
Subcommittee: Edmund Bernauer (Chair), Holly Doremus, Penelope Knapp, Hank
Segall, Arnold Sillman
PUBLIC
SERVICE: Margaret Johns (Chair), Yuri Druzhnikov, Yvette Flores-Ortiz, Dolph
Gotelli, Michael Reid, Jeffrey Weidner, Leslie Woods
RESEARCH:
Roger McDonald (Chair), Steffen Abel, Ross Bauer, Stephen Cramer, Jesse Joad, Mark Kurth, James Murray, Ning
Pan, Michael L. Smith, Mark Thurmond, Mani Tripathi, Aram Yengoyan
STUDENT-FACULTY
RELATIONSHIPS: Terry Nathan (Chair and Fac. Repr. to ASUCD), Patricia Harrison,
Douglas McColm (Alt. Fac. Repr. to ASUCD), Karen McDonald (Fac. Repr. to IAAB)
TEACHING: Dean Simonton (Chair), Matthew Farrens,
Margherita Heyer-Caput,
Jan
Roser, Stefano Varese, Keith Williams, plus ex officio member
UNDERGRADUATE
SCHOLARSHIPS, HONORS AND PRIZES: Jeannie Darby (Chair), Robert Berman, Brenda
Bryant, Albert Fisher, You-Lo Hsieh, Silas Hung, Niels Jensen, Kim D. Kim, Su
Hao Lo, William McCarthy (F,W), Malaquias Montoya, Michael Nantz, Jeanette
Natzle, Victoria Rivers, Rajiv Singh, Shrini Upadhyaya
During
the 2000-01 academic year, the committee also responded to the following
requests:
(1)
From
Office of the Chancellor:
(a)
Slate
of names of Academic Senate members to serve n the Academic Computing
Coordinating Council: Richard Plant,
Chair), Matthew Bishop, Angelse Cheer, Paul Singh, Kathryn Sylva, Mani Tripathi
(b)
Submitted
nominations, in consultation with Divisional Chair Jeffery Gibeling, for the
Work-Life Balance Committee.
(c)
Nominations
for Recruitment Advisory Committees for the Provost and Executive Vice
Chancellor, Dean-College of Engineering, Dean-Division of Biological Sciences,
and Vice Chancellor-Research
(d)
Slate
of nominations for the UC Davis Prize for Teaching and Scholarly Achievement
Selection Committee
(2) From Office of the Provost:
(a)
Suggested
nominees for an Advisory Committee for Review of a Dean
(3)
Other
business
(a)
Slates
of names to the Office of Research for the following ORU Review
Committees: Center for Image Processing
and Interactive Computing, Program for International Nutrition, Controlled
Environmental Chambers Facility
(b)
Nominations
for Search Committee for the Director, Institute of Theoretical Dynamics
(c)
Nominations
for Recruitment Advisory Committee for the Dean of the new college
(d)
Continued
discussion of a proposal from Chair Jeffery Gibeling to restructure the
Academic Senate organization which would include the creation of an
Undergraduate Council
(e)
As
a result of a new Bylaw approved at the June 2000 Representative Assembly
meeting, appointed a Graduate Student Privilege AdviserWrote a letter to Chair
Gibeling concerning the need for better coordination between the Administration
and the Senate in appointing committees, advisory groups and task force groups.
(f)
Appointed
the Special Committee on Academic Personnel Process Reform to give further
consideration to implementing the recommendations of the Special Committee on
Academic Personnel Processes
(g)
Appointed
an Academic Senate member to serve on the Academic Federation Administrative
Series Personnel Committee
(h)
Provided
nominations to the Vice Chancellor-Student Affairs Office for faculty members
to serve on the Student Services and Fees Advisory Committee, the Campus
Judicial Board and the Student Conduct Committee
(i)
The
Call for Nominations for At-Large members to the Representative Assembly of the
Davis Division resulted in two nominations, 27 were needed. The Committee contacted additional faculty
members and appointed the number of additional At-Large members necessary.
(j)
Discussion
of a proposal to amend the Bylaws to include Vice-Chairs of some of the
Committees, i.e. the Committee on Academic Personnel, Committee on Academic
Planning and Budget Review and
Committee on Committees. The
Committee also discussed the need to amend the Bylaw for the Committee on
Courses of Instruction. As currently
written, there are very specific membership requirements that make it difficult
to provide broad disciplinary balance especially in light of the Bylaw required
ex officio members that are Chairs of college/school courses committees. Also, it has been suggested that the
membership of the Hearings Subcommittee of the Privilege and Tenure Committee
and also the Undergraduate Scholarships, Honors and Prizes Committee. These proposals are currently under discussion.
(k)
The
Committee spent considerable time discussing the importance of shared
governance and how that might be improved.
(l)
The
Committee also spent time discussing the need for recognition of service in the
academic merit process.
(m)
In
addition, the Committee spent time discussing staff employee
circumstances. Staff workloads have
increased substantially in the last few years.
Staff are continually asked to take on additional responsibilities and
duties. We are also concerned that
staff salaries are no longer competitive and that we will not be able to retain
current staff and attract new ones.
Universitywide business:
(a)
Provided
nominations to Universitywide Committee on Committees for members of the Davis
Division to serve on Universitywide committees, and responded to other requests
from Universitywide Committee on Committees and the Chair of the Academic
Council including nominations for the UC Merced Task Force and the Special
Committee on the Health Sciences.
(b)
The
Call for Nominations for Representatives to the Assembly of the Academic Senate
(Universitywide) resulted in two nominations. The Committee is in the process
of appointing an additional Representative.
Respectfully submitted,
William Casey, Ronald Hedrick, Susan Kaiser (W,S), Richard Lander (W,S), Marion Miller (W,S), Douglas Nelson, Judith Newton, Jessica Utts, Judith S. Stern, Chair