Faculty Senate Membership
Each school determines its own guidelines for voting eligibility. These are:
Arts & Sciences (Full-time)
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
Brown School (Full-time)
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
McKelvey School of Engineering (Full-time)
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
Olin Business School (Full-time)
Tenured & Tenure Track: Assistant Professor, Associate Professor, Professor; Teaching Faculty: Lecturer, Senior Lecturer, Teaching Professor and Professor of Practice
Sam Fox School of Design & Visual Arts (Art & Arch) (Full-time)
Tenured & Tenure Track: Assistant Professor, Associate Professor, Professor
School of Law (Full-time)
Tenured Faculty, Tenure-Track Faculty: Associate Professor, Professor, Senior Professor of Practice, Professor of Practice
School of Medicine
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 15 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.
Divisional Members (9)
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
At Large Members (5)*
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. Secretary of the Senate