Agenda for Faculty Senate Meeting

November 12, 2025 — 3:30-5:00PM

Physical location: Schwartz Auditorium, Rockefeller Hall

Contact your unit’s Faculty Senator for the zoom link.

Gayogo̱hó꞉nǫʼ Land Acknowledgement
Call to order and approval of October 22, 2025 meeting minutes
Jonathan Ochshorn, Senate Speaker, Emeritus Architecture  [1 minute]

Introduction to Future of American University [10 minutes]
Ariel Avgar, Labor Relations, Law, and History, Co-Chair
Pheobe Sengers, Information Science and Science and Technology Studies, Co-Chair
Praveen Sethupathy, Biomedical Sciences, Co-Chair
Adam T. Smith, Anthropology, Co-Chair

Motion to vote on Teaching Professor proposals [hyperlinks to proposal in College names below]
Derk Pereboom, Senior Associate Dean for Arts and Sciences, Philosophy [5 minutes]
Nancy Wells, Senior Associate Dean for Cornell Human Ecology, Human-Centered Design[5 minutes]
Dan Fletcher, College General Committee, College of Veterinary Medicine, Clinical Sciences [5 minutes]
Senate Discussion [10 minutes]

Task Force for Institutional Voice [10 minutes]
Avery August, Deputy Provost, Immunology
Jens Ohlin, Dean, Law School
Senate Q&A [10 minutes]

Proposed resolution concerning overuse of temporary suspensions [10 minutes]
Senator Richard Bensel, Government
CAPP Review
Senate Discussion [10 minutes]

Announcements and Updates [5 minutes]
Eve De Rosa, Dean of Faculty, Chair of the University Faculty Committee, Psychology
Adam T. Smith, Associate Dean of Faculty, Chair of the Nominations and Elections Committee, Anthropology
Senate Q&A

Good of the Order [5 minutes]
Senator Ariana Kim, Music
Senator William Katt, Molecular Medicine
Senator J. Nathan Matias, Communication

Adjournment [1 minute]
Jonathan Ochshorn, Senate Speaker, Emeritus Architecture