Committee on Appointments

The Committee on Appointments is charged with making recommendations to the President, on behalf of the Faculty, with regard to the initial appointments, promotion and reappointment of all ranked Faculty and on the appointment and review of Continuing Non-Tenure-Track Faculty, as well as reviewing cause for removal of tenured Faculty in accordance with Article III, Section 9 of the Plan of Governance. 

The Committee also provides procedures for appointments, re-appointments, and promotions. The Faculty Handbook sets forth the procedures for the initial appointment, reappointment and promotion of continuing members of the faculty.

The 2024-2025 members of the Committee on Appointments are:

• Janet Ceglowski (Economics) (Substitute, 2024-2025)
• Bill Malachowski (Chemistry) (Spring 2025-Spring 2028)
• Roberta Ricci (Transnational Italian Studies) (2021-2025)
• Jamie Taylor (Literatures in English) (Spring 2025-Spring 2028)
• Nathan Wright (Sociology) (2023-2027) (Chair)
• Dianna Xu (Computer Science) (2023-2027)

Former Recent Chairs of the Committee on Appointments are:

• Yan Kung (Chemistry) (2023-2024)
• María Cristina Quintero (Spanish) (2022-2023)
• Leslie Cheng (Mathematics) (2021-2022)
• Sara Bressi (Social Work and Social Research) (2020-2021)