Committees

NEW COLLEGE

University Appointments, Promotion, and Tenure Committee

The University Appointments, Promotion, and Tenure Committee (UAPT) is comprised of sixteen faculty members selected by the Provost and the Chair of the Faculty Council by mutual agreement. The UAPT Committee reviews individual cases submitted by the Deans for tenure and/or promotion and may solicit additional evaluations from individuals outside the University who are acknowledged authorities in fields relevant to the candidate's academic specialty. A report embodying the substance of the UAPT Committee's discussions and recommendation is provided to the Provost. For a complete description of the Tenure and Promotion process, please see the Faculty Handbook.

2008-2009 UAPT Committee
Karl Ludwig/Chair CAS/Physics
Jeffrey Carruthers ENG/Electrical and Computer Engineering
Mary Collins SSW
Bonnie Costello CAS/English
Sharon Daniels CFA/School of Music
John Fawell CGS/Humanities
Alan Feld LAW
Karen Golden-Biddle SMG/Organizational Behavior
Frank Guenther CAS/Cognitive and Neural Systems
Steven Homer CAS/Computer Science
Mark Horenstein ENG/Mechanical Engineering
Richard Landes CAS/History
Kimberly McCall CAS/Biology
Dilip Mookherjee CAS/Economics
Cathy Perron COM/Film and Television
Mary Shann SED

Task Force for Non-Tenure Track (NTT)/Contract Faculty

Goals of the committee:

  • Align faculty titles with job expectations
  • Recognize alternative career paths for faculty
  • Develop proposals for career paths

 

Discussion Highlights

  • How to deal with current inappropriate titles?
  • Promotion and merit (addressed separately)
  • What are the appropriate differences, if any, in expectations for faculty with unmodified professorial titles on T/TT and NTT, and in different colleges.
  • How should NTT faculty be represented on university and college committees for promotion and with what voting rights.
  • The deliverables of the Task Force should include an analysis of existing conditions within institutional context and in comparison with peer institutions, recommendations  for improvements, and matrix with hierarchies of titles and career paths. 
NTT Committee

Zlateva, Tanya

(chair) – MET

Allen, Lynne D

CFA

Bacevich, Andrew

CAS

Berkovitz, Tobe

COM

Coster, Wendy

SAR

Henderson, John

SMG

Mahadevan, Amala 

CAS

Masters, Joellen

CGS

Schneeberger, Diane

Provost's Office

Walsh, Chris 

CAS

Waters, William  

CAS

“OneBU”

Integrating the Undergraduate Experience” task force, is chaired by Victor Coelho, Associate Provost for Undergraduate Education. The task force is made up of distinguished faculty from around the university as well as representatives from the undergraduate student body.  The committee seeks to understand, conceptually, what constitutes general education for all undergraduates, independent of program or school, and is constructing models to show how such a foundation can be built.  In addition the task force will be charged with finding solutions to eliminate administrative and institutional barriers that block curricular paths between schools and colleges, “unlocking” undergraduate education at BU.

Undergraduate Council

The Undergraduate Academic council meets once a month to consider matters that affect the quality of the undergraduate experience at Boston University. Its membership is set by the Provost, and normally includes the associate and assistant deans of the Schools and Colleges with undergraduate programs. The council is chaired by the Associate Provost of Undergraduate Education, Victor Coelho.

Graduate Council

 The Graduate Academic Council meets once a month to consider matters that affect the quality of the graduate experience at Boston University.  Its membership is set by the Provost, and normally includes the associate and assistant deans of the Schools and Colleges with graduate programs, as well as representatives from key University administrative offices. The council is chaired by the VP of Research, Andrei Ruckenstein and Assistant Provost Suzanne Kennedy.

Faculty Advisory Board on Distance Education

The Mission of the Provost's Faculty Advisory Board for Distance Education is to provide broad faculty input on the academic aspect of distance education at Boston University. Please see their website. (Kerberos Required)

Advisory Committee on Investigators' Conflicts of Interest

The University Provost appoints the Charles River Campus Advisory Committee on Investigators' Conflicts of Interest (COI) in accordance with the Boston University Policy on Investigators' Conflicts of Interest. This Committee consists of five to seven members from the faculty and administration including individuals with experience in academic scientific research and in the transfer of technologies from academia to the commercial sector. The Committee reviews disclosures submitted by investigators on the Charles River Campus that indicate that, "yes," they (or their spouse or dependent children) have significant financial interests that could reasonably appear to be affected by their research. The Committee advises the University Provost as to whether a conflict of interest exists and, if so, what, if any, restrictions or conditions should be imposed to eliminate, reduce, or manage the conflict.

COI Committee
Steve Colburn/Chair ENG/Biomedical Engineering
Tereasa Brainerd CAS/Astronomy
John Caradonna CAS/Chemistry
Daniel Cole ENG/Manufacturing Engineering
Susan Frey Provost's Office
Thomas Gilmore CAS/Biology
Karl Ludwig CAS/Physics
Ashley Stevens, ex officio Office of Technology Development

IT Common

The IT Common Committee consists of academic IT personnel nominated by the Deans of the Schools and Colleges. They meet once a month to coordinate on IT issues and promote best practices. The chairperson is Jeffrey Albro, Directory of Academic IT.

New College

Program development Committee (PDC)

A faculty-based Program Development Committee (PDC) which will be asked to work with all interested stakeholders to develop the examples of sophomore lecture courses, the junior pro-seminars, and the co-curricular activities, with the goal of offering these courses and activities on a pilot basis in Academic Year 2011 (starting fall 2010) and beyond.

PDC Committee

Tobe Berkovitz 

COM

Joseph Bizup

CAS

Andrew Cohen

CAS

Charles Dellheim

CAS

Wendy Gordon

LAW

Susan Jackson

CAS

Laurie Pohl

VP Enrollment and Student Affairs

James Schmidt

CAS

Jonathon Simon

SPH

Ari Trachtenberg

ENG

Stephanie Watts

SMG

Administrative Advisory Council (AdAC)

Administrative Advisory Council (AdAC), consisting of academic administrators from the several schools and colleges, to which the PDC will report. The mandate of the AdAC will be to oversee and advise the PDC, to facilitate the requisite approvals for offering the courses that meet the requirements of the different colleges, and to encourage the involvement of faculty and students from all schools and colleges in this pilot program.

AdAC Committee

Victor Coelho/Co-Chair

Associate Provost for Undergraduate Education

Thomas Fiedler

Dean, COM

Louis Lataif

Dean, SMG

Kenneth Lutchen

Dean, ENG

Walt Meissner

Dean ad interim, CFA

Virginia Sapiro/Co-Chair

Dean, CAS