Faculty Senate Membership
Each school determines its own guidelines for voting eligibility. These are:
Lecturer, Senior Lecturer, Teaching Professor, Instructor, Assistant Professor, Associate Professor, Professor, Professor of Practice, Research Assistant Professor, Research Associate Professor, Research Professor; also the Dean of the Library
Tenured & Tenure Track: Assistant Professor, Associate Professor, Professor; Practice Track: Assistant Professor of Practice, Associate Professor of Practice, Professor of Practice; Teaching Track: Lecturer, Senior Lecturer, Teaching Professor; Research Track: Research Assistant Professor, Research Associate Professor, Research Professor
Tenured & Tenure-Track: Assistant Professor, Associate Professor and Professor; Teaching-Track: Teaching Professor, Senior Lecturer and Lecturer; Research-Track: Assistant Professor, Associate Professor and Professor; and Professor of Practice
Tenured & Tenure Track: Assistant Professor, Associate Professor, Professor; Teaching Faculty: Lecturer, Senior Lecturer, Teaching Professor and Professor of Practice
Tenured & Tenure-Track: Assistant Professor, Associate Professor and Professor; Teaching-Track: Senior Lecturer and Lecturer; and Professor of Practice
Tenured & Tenure-Track Faculty: Associate Professor, Professor; Legal Practice & Clinical Faculty: Associate Professor of Practice, Professor of Practice; Senior Lecturer in Law: Faculty with this title are eligible to vote at the discretion of the Dean
Instructor (appointed 3 years or longer and employed by WUSM at > 0.5 FTE), Assistant Professor, Associate Professor or Professor (employed by WUSM at > 0.5), Heads of Departments
Faculty Senate Council
The Faculty Senate Council (FSC) is composed of 16 members, whose term begins on the first day of June following their election. All FSC members must be members of the Faculty Senate. Members serve staggered three-year terms.
FSC members are elected to be divisional (by school) or at-large through a Senate election.
Elected by the individual schools, as listed below:
1. Brown School
2. McKelvey School of Engineering
3. Olin Business School
4. Sam Fox School of Design & Visual Arts
5. School of Law
6. School of Medicine
7. School of Medicine
8. Arts & Sciences
9. Arts & Sciences
Elected by the Senate membership as a whole, as listed below:
10. School of Medicine
11. School of Medicine
12. Arts & Sciences
13. Arts & Sciences
14. Other School (Brown School, McKelvey School of Engineering, Olin Business School, Sam Fox School of Design & Visual Arts, or School of Law)
* The five At Large Members constitute the Advisory Committee on Tenure and Academic Freedom.
15. Faculty Senate-eligible, non-tenure track teaching, research, or practice faculty.
*More details about this representative can be found here.
16. Secretary of the Senate
*Elected by the Senate for a three-year period