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Vice Chair/Chair Elect Kathy Bawn

Kathleen Bawn
Professor of Political Science
kbawn@senate.ucla.edu
(310) 825-3852

Senate Service

Undergraduate Council (2002-03, 2008-10, 2020-2023, Chair 2021-2023); Ad Hoc Committee for Online Undergraduate Teaching (Chair, 2022); Future of Instruction Task Force (2022); Executive Board 2021-present; Legislative Assembly 2021-present; Committee on Curriculum (Co-chair 2020-21); Committee on Teaching (2012-13).  Systemwide: University Committee on Education Policy (2021-2022, Vice Chair 2022-23.) 

Administrative Service

Infectious Disease Management Team (2022-23); CRRTF Education Working Group (2021-22); Department of Political Science Vice Chair for Undergraduate Studies (2018-19, 2010-12, 2001-07) and Vice Chair for Graduate Studies (2016-18); various departmental committees including Recruitment, Graduate Admissions, Undergraduate Studies, Graduate Studies, Executive Committee.

Service to the University

Center for the Advancement of Teaching (CAT) TA Training Advisory Board (2017-2019); CAT Instructional Improvement Program Committee (2017-19); Masters in Social Science (MaSS) Advisory Committee (2016-17) and MaSS Ad Hoc Committee 2014-2016.  Systemwide: External Reviewer for UC Davis Department of Political Science (2019); APC Work Group on the Future of Education (2022-2023).

Vice Chair/Chair Elect
 

 

Megan McEvoy

Megan McEvoy
Professor in the Institute for Society and Genetics; Microbiology, Immunology, and Molecular Genetics
mmcevoy@senate.ucla.edu

Senate Service

Undergraduate Council (Chair 2020-2021, Member 2018-2020, ex officio 2021-2022), Undergraduate Council Student Welfare Committee (2018-2019), Undergraduate Council Curriculum Committee (co-Chair 2019-2021), University Committee on Educational Policy (UCEP) (2021-2021), University Committee on Preparatory Education (UCOPE) (2020-2021), Legislative Assembly (ex officio 2020-2021), Executive Board (2020-2021).

Administrative Service

Equity Advisor, Division of Life Sciences (2022-2024 (interim 2022-2023)), Associate Dean of Undergraduate Education, Division of Life Sciences (2021-June 2024), Vice Chair for Equity, Diversity and Inclusion, Dept of Microbiology, Immunology and Molecular Genetics (2021-2022), Molecular Biology Institute Membership Committee (Chair 2020-present), various departmental and divisional committees including faculty hiring, faculty promotion and tenure review, and advisory boards.

Service to the University

COVID-19 Response and Recovery Task Force (co-Chair 2021-2022), COVID-19 Response and Recovery Task Force, Educational Working Group (2020-2021), UCLA Summer Sessions Committee (2020-2021), UCLA Enrollment Planning Committee (2020-2021), Joint Task Force on the Academic Mission of UCLA Campus Expansion (2023), Maximizing Access to Research Careers Program (Director 2016-present), Center for Opportunities to Maximize Participation, Access, and Student Success (co-Director 2016-present), Diversity Advisory Committee, Division of Life Sciences (2016-2024), Regents Scholar Society Faculty Mentor (2017-2021).

 Immediate Past Chair
 

 

Academic Senate Chair Andrea Kasko

Andrea M. Kasko
Professor of Bioengineering
akasko@senate.ucla.edu
 

Senate Service

UC Systemwide Coordinating Committee on Graduate Affairs (CCGA)(2019-present, Vice Chair 20-21, Chair 21-22); CCGA representative on the Council of Graduate Deans (2020-2021); UCACC (2020-2021); Academic Assembly (2021-2022); SSGPDP joint workgroup of UCPB and CCGA (2019-2021, co-chair 2020-2021). UCLA: Academic Senate Graduate Council 2016-2021 (Vice Chair 2018-2019; Chair 2019-2021); Executive Board (2019-2021); Legislative Assembly Department Representative (2018-2021); SSGPDP Ad Hoc Advisory Committee (2020-present).

Administrative Service

Member: UCOP Executive Budget Committee; Academic Planning Council (APC, 2021-2022); APC subcommittee on the Review of Master’s degree programs (Co-chair, 2021-2022) UCLA: COVID-19 Pandemic-Specific Service: UCLA Research Ramp-up subcommittee (2020); UCLA CRRTF Education Working Group (2020-present); UCLA CRRTF Research Continuity Group (2020-2021); various departmental committees including faculty search, graduate admissions, graduate curriculum.

Service to the University

UC Hispanic Serving Institution Doctoral Diversity Initiative Review Committee (2020-2022) UCLA: Learning Management System (LMS) Transformation Committee (2021-2022); Professional Standards and Ethics Training (PSET) Programmatic Sub-group (2021-2022); Post-Pandemic Research Visioning Working Group (2020-2021); Mentoring and Evaluation of Graduate Academic Progress (MEGAP) Implementation Workgroup (Co-chair, 2019-2021); UCLA Chancellor’s Award for Postdoctoral Research Selection Committee (2019, 2021); Gold Shield Prize Committee (2019); Schmidt Fellows Committee (2019); UCLA Faculty-in-Residence Fall (2011-2017); Reviewer, Amgen Scholars Program (2013-2017); Reviewer, UCLA Undergraduate Research Scholars Program (2013-2020); CNSI Building Use Committee Member (2008-2016); UCLA Regents Scholars Committee (2015). School of Engineering: UCLA Samueli Standing Committee on Diversity (2021-present); Diversity Council Representative (2017-2021); Faculty Executive Committee (2017-2022, Vice Chair 2018-2020); UCLA HSSEAS Diversity Committee (co-chair) (2015); Faculty Advisor, Society of Women Engineers (2008-2012); Bioengineering Department Equity, Diversity and Inclusion Committee (Chair, 2021-present).

Chair Bawn's Statement AY2024-25

Like other top-tier research universities, UCLA finds itself rethinking the basics of university research, teaching, and shared governance. The new UAW contracts bring not only daunting budgetary challenges, but also hard questions about graduate training and mentoring. Other questions raised by the pandemic, regarding online education and remote work, are far from settled. Academic priorities must drive our responses to every issue we face. Effective shared governance ensures that campus decisions reflect academic values rather than administrative expediency. Chairing Undergraduate Council over the past two turbulent years, serving on many other Senate committees, and representing UCLA on systemwide bodies, I have leaned hard into Academic Senate service, seeking to channel and amplify faculty voices in campus decision-making. My understanding of UCLA's academic mission is grounded in years of leadership in a large and diverse College department. Senate service, especially in recent years, has broadened my perspective to appreciate issues faced by smaller and newer units across the College and the Schools, giving me a pragmatic understanding of stakes and tradeoffs. I would be honored to continue listening to, learning from, and working with my faculty colleagues as we strive to maintain UCLA as a beacon of inclusive excellence. 

ParliamentarianGeorgia Kernell, Associate Professor of Communication
SecretaryLinda Sarna, Professor of Nursing
Elections CommissionerJoseph Watson, Professor of Psychiatry and Biobehavioral Sciences

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Past Chairs
 

2023-24Andrea KaskoBioengineering
2022 (Mar)-23Jessica CattelinoAnthropology
2021-22 (Feb)Jody KreimanHead and Neck Surgery / Linguistics
2020-21Shane WhiteDentistry
2019-20Michael MeranzeHistory
2018-19Joseph BristowEnglish
2022 (Mar)-23Jessica CattelinoAnthropology
2021-22 (Feb)Jody KreimanHead and Neck Surgery / Linguistics
2020-21Shane WhiteDentistry
2019-20Michael MeranzeHistory
2018-19Joseph BristowEnglish
2017-18Sandra GrahamEducation 
2016-17Susan CochranPublic Health - Epidemiology
2015-16Leo EstradaPublic Affairs/Urban Planning
2014-15Joel AberbachPolitical Science
2013-14Jan ReiffHistory & Statistics
2012-13 Linda SarnaNursing  
2011-12Andrew LeuchterPsychiatry 
2010-11Ann KaragozianMechanical & Aerospace Engineering   
2009-10Robin L. GarrellChemistry
2008-09Michael GoldsteinPublic-Community Health     
2007-08Elizabeth Ligon Bjork Cognitive Psychology
2006-07Vivek ShettyDentistry - Oral & Maxillofacial Surgery
2005-06Adrienne LavineMechanical and Aerospace Engineering
2004-05Kathleen KomarComparative Literature
2003-04Clifford BrunkOrganismic Biology, Ecology & Evolution
2002-03Duncan LindseySocial Welfare
2001-02John EdmondBiological Chemistry
2000-01Stephen C. YeazellLaw
1999-00Donna L. VredevoeNursing
1998-99Vickie MaysPsychology
1997-98 Chand Viswanathan Electrical Engineering
1996-97 Aimée DorrEducation
1995-96 Charles LewisMedicine
1994-95 Judith L. SmithPhysiological Science
1993-94Carole Goldberg-AmbroseLaw
1992-93Archie KleingartnerManagement
1991-92Seymour FeshbachPsychology
1990-91David KaplanPhilosophy
1989-90Sidney RobertsBiological Chemistry
1988-89Charles BerstEnglish
1987-88Sydney FinegoldMedicine
1986-87David ChapmanBiology
1985-86Fred MassarickManagement
1984-85William DignamObstetrics & Gynecology
1983-84Kenneth TruebloodChemistry
1982-83Murray SchwartzLaw
1981-82Samuel AroniArchitecture & Urban Planning
1980-81Daniel KivelsonChemistry
1979-80David S. MaxwellAnatomy
1978-79A. Theodore ForresterEngineering/Physics
1977-78Florence RidleyEnglish
1976-77Raymond OrbachPhysics
1975-76Elwood BuffaManagement
1974-75Moses GreenfieldRadiology
1973-74David WilsonPolitical Science
1972-73George AbellAstronomy
1970-71Benjamin AaronLaw
1968-69Lowell PaigeMathematics
1966-68Thomas L. JacobsChemistry
1964-66Robert E. HolzerGeophysics
1962-64John S. GalbraithHistory
1960-62Earl L. GriggsEnglish
1958-60Foster H. SherwoodPolitical Science
1956-58Franklin P. RolfeEnglish
1954-56Martin R. HubertyAgriculture
1952-54Francis E. BlacetChemistry
1950-52James A. C. GrantPolitical Science
1949-50Carl EplingBotany
1948-49Gordon S. WatkinsEconomics
1947-48E. Lee KinseyPhysics
1946-47Vern O. KnudsenPhysics
1945-46Franklin P. RolfeEnglish
1944-45Albert W. BellamyBiology
1943-44William G. YoungChemistry
1942-43Robert W. HodgsonAgriculture
1941-42Sigurd HustvedtEnglish
1940-41George E. SherwoodMathematics
1939-40Kate Gordon MoorePsychology
1938-39Waldemar WestergardHistory
1937-38Bennett M. AllenBiology
1936-37Sigurd HustvedtEnglish
1934-36William C. MorganChemistry
1933-34Ernest C. MooreEducation/Philosophy

 

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University of California, Los Angeles
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Los Angeles, CA 90095-1408
Phone: (310) 825-3851
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Organizational Chart

Academic Senate Staff

April de Stefano
April de Stefano
Executive Director
Elizabeth Feller, Associate Director
Elizabeth Feller
Associate Director
Conrad Alumia
Conrad Alumia
Senior Policy Analyst
Makenna Cavanaugh
Makenna Cavanaugh
Senior Policy Analyst
Tara Hottman
Tara Hottman
Senior Policy Analyst
Lori Ishimaru
Lori Ishimaru
Principal Policy Analyst
Emily Le
Emily Le
Principal Policy Analyst
Julia Nelsen
Julia Nelsen
Principal Policy Analyst
Marian McKenna Olivas
Marian McKenna Olivas
Principal Policy Analyst
Adriana Rosalez
Adriana Rosalez
Administrative Analyst
Charlotte Rose
Charlotte Rose
Administrative Analyst
Renee Rouzan-Kay
Renee Rouzan-Kay
Senior Policy Analyst