Committees

 To be concerned with new schools, new programs and new degrees. To consider policies regarding academic honors, leaves, grants, promotions, departmental and divisional chairmanships, programs abroad, the academic calendar, career planning and placement, Vanderbilt University Library, Information Services, the bookstore, and the University Press.

To be concerned with policies, programs, and practices that will ensure considerations of diversity, equity and inclusion in the Faculty Senate and in the University.

1. EC Liaison: Tammy Hoyt, School of Medicine (2024)
2. Chair: Nicole Cobb, Peabody (2025)
3. Ritu Banerjee, School of Medicine (2025)
4. Christos Constandtinidis, Engineering (2025)
5. Debra Friedman, School of Medicine (2026)
6. Kelly Goldsmith, Owen (2025)
7. Sara Martin, School of Medicine (2025)
8. Emanuelle Oliveira-Monte, Arts & Sciences (2025)
9. Jonathan Waters, Arts & Sciences (2024)
10. Mogos Mulubrhan, Guest

To be concerned with policies relating to wages and salaries, fringe benefits, management of investments, employment of non-academic personnel, faculty intellectual property including copyrights and patents, buildings and grounds, space, campus communications, traffic, parking, food services, and campus security.

To be concerned with all changes and proposed changes to the Faculty Manual and changes in other University policies that have a direct bearing on the Faculty Manual. To be concerned with compliance and regulatory changes from federal/state agencies and other regulatory bodies that require revisions to the Manual. To be concerned with policy issues arising within the Colleges and Schools at Vanderbilt that require clarification of the Manual, especially where congruence between the Schools and University is concerned. To ensure that any changes to the Manual are clearly identified, communicated, and archived annually.

To be concerned with grievances arising under Part IV, Chapter 2, Section B of the Faculty Manual (those that arise from issues other than reappointment, tenure, and promotion).

To be concerned with all matters pertaining to the functioning of the Senate. Responsible for a continuing review of the Rules of the Senate, recommending new rules when appropriate, and assisting in the interpretation of existing rules. Considers proposed revisions of the Constitution of the Faculty Assembly and Senate when this duty is assigned by the Senate.

Committee Members: 

To be concerned with the impact of university-wide strategic planning on faculty self-governance and on the ability of faculty to perform their teaching, research and creative self-expression, service, and other professional responsibilities effectively. To be concerned with the policies regarding professional ethics, conscience, and academic freedom under Article II, Section 3e of the Senate Constitution.

To be concerned with policies relating to student matters including residential colleges, rules and discipline, future composition of the student body, fraternities and sororities, intercollegiate athletics and club sports, intramurals, the Honor System, faculty-student relations, religious affairs, and the student health service.

The purpose of the Ad Hoc Commitee is to address four charges:

1. Evaluate challenges to the educational mission resulting from the VU/VUMC separation. This should include an analysis of challenges of mentorship and training of VU students by VUMC faculty and VU School of Medicine students by VU faculty.

2. Evaluate challenges to the research mission resulting from the VU/VUMC separation. This should include an analysis of challenges resulting from the need for subcontracts and impact on indirect costs, limited institutional submissions and ease of collaboration between faculty.  

3. Develop a prioritization strategy for addressing these challenges, and any others that that the committee may identify.

4. Develop a strategy whereby recommendations to address challenges identified may be appropriately operationalized. This would include, but not be limited to engaging both VU and VUMC leadership for further consideration.  Ongoing, evaluate, as needed, future policy changes in VU and/or VUMC that result in challenges to the missions of the other institution or collaborative work arising from separation, providing input to leadership on the potential challenges.

Committee Members:
Co-Chair: Vicky Morgan, PhD, Medicine

Co-Chair: Stephen Camarata, PhD, Medi

Faculty:
Barbara Fingleton, PhD, Medicine
Bennett Landman, PhD, Medicine
Cynthia Reinhart-King, PhD, Engineering
Anna Richmond, PhD, Medicine
Saralynn Williams, PhD, Medicine

The Task Force on Clinical, Practice, Lecture and Research Faculty Standing (CPRL) is to develop recommendations to address structural, organizational and cultural barriers to the full and equitable contributions of scholars, researchers, practitioners and artists across the university. 

The Liberal Arts at Vanderbilt Across Schools (LAVAS) Ad Hoc Commitee was convened in Fall 2023 by the Faculty Senate in response to a request by the Provost and Vice Provost to address the role of Liberal Arts in each of the undergraduate schools at Vanderbilt.

The Executive Commitee convened a committee that is representative of the four Undergraduate Schools: Arts and Science, Blair School of Music, Peabody College of Educa􀀁on and Human Development, and School of Engineering.

Committee Members:

Chair: Alissa Hare, Faculty Senate Chair elect

Robert Bodenheimer, A&S

Karen Enyedy, Peabody

Sarah Igo, A&S

Joshua McGuire, Blair

Melissa Rose, Blair

Cynthia Paschal, Engineering

Jeremy Payne, Peabody