Academic Review Committee

There are at least five tenured faculty representatives from each of the three divisions, Humanities, Social Science, and Natural Science. The Executive Vice President appoints faculty representatives for Arts and Sciences, following consultation with Deans, the PPC, and the Executive Committee. The Executive Vice President for Arts and Sciences (EVPAS) and the Associate Vice President for Academic Planning serve ex officio. The Divisional Dean of Social Science administers the Academic Review Committee on behalf of the Executive Vice President.

The Academic Review Committee is charged with overseeing the periodic review of all departments, centers, and institutes in the Arts and Sciences. The principal functions of the review are to assess program quality and effectiveness, to foster planning and improvement, and to provide guidance for administrative decisions. The process provides an opportunity for critical self-review on a recurring basis and for reevaluating long-range planning assumptions and goals. By providing a means for reaching collective judgment on the strengths and weaknesses of a program, its comparative advantages, and its future opportunities and challenges, the review process contributes to achieving and maintaining the excellence of programs across the Arts and Sciences.

Members

2024-2025 Committee Members

Kimuli Kasara, Associate Professor of Political Science

Amy Chazkel, Bernard Hirschhorn Associate Professor of Urban Studies

Adam Reich, Associate Professor of Sociology

Elizabeth Saunders, Professor of Political Science

Mark Dean, Associate Professor of Economics

Diane Bodart, David Rosand Associate Professor of Italian Renaissance Art History

Tamar Lando, Associate Professor of Philosophy

Pier Mattia Tommasino, Associate Professor of Italian

Jenny Davidson, Professor of English and Comparative Literature

Nico Baumbach, Associate Professor of Film

Jonathan Owen, Associate Professor of Chemistry

Sonya Dyhrman, Professor of Earth and Environmental Sciences

Guy Sella, Professor of Biological Sciences

Andrew Blumberg, Herbert and Florence Irving Professor of Cancer Data Research

Alberto Nicolis, Associate Professor of Physics

Janet Metcalfe (ARC Chair), Professor of Psychology

Guidelines

Guidelines

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