College Council

Dean's Office contact: Ivy Mason-Sharrah, Julianna Jones

The College Council serves as an advisory body to the Dean of the College of Arts and Sciences. The Council is composed of the Dean and up to 12 members elected from the voting membership of the College faculty. Each of the divisions will be represented on the College Council by two of its voting members who hold the rank and title of Professor. Divisions that have at least eight voting members with the rank and title of Teaching Professor in their ranks will also be represented on the College Council by one voting member who holds the rank and title of Teaching Professor. Each member of the College Council will be elected for a term of three years. The term of a Council member will begin on the sixteenth of September following the election.

For purposes of representation, the units of the College are divided into four divisions, and two Council members are elected from each division.

Division of Humanities: Asian Languages & Literature, Classics, Comparative History of Ideas, Cinema and Media Studies, English, French & Italian Studies, German Studies, Linguistics, Middle Eastern Languages & Cultures, Scandinavian Studies, Slavic Languages & Literatures, Spanish & Portuguese Studies

Division of Arts: Art + Art History + Design, Dance, Drama, Music

Division of Natural Sciences: Applied Mathematics, Astronomy, Biology, Chemistry, Mathematics, Physics, Psychology, Speech & Hearing Sciences, Statistics

Division of Social Sciences: American Ethnic Studies; American Indian Studies; Anthropology; Communication; Economics; Gender, Women & Sexuality Studies; Geography; History; International Studies; Law, Societies & Justice; Philosophy; Political Science; Sociology 

The Council may also have two student representatives, one selected by the Associated Students, University of Washington (ASUW) and one by the Graduate and Professional Student Senate (GPSS). Student representatives are not voting members of the Council, and they may not attend Council meetings which deal with personnel matters.

The functions of the College Council are:

• (1) to review and make recommendations on faculty personnel actions for tenure, promotion, and new appointments at a tenured rank;
• (2) to advise the Dean on matters of educational policy;
• (3) to advise the Dean on matters of budget, including budget allocations and faculty salary policy;
• (4) to advise the Dean on matters of College administrative policy and procedure;
• (5) to act on behalf of the College faculty in recommending the granting of undergraduate degrees;
• (6) to advise the Dean in appointing standing and special committees of the College faculty;
• (7) to interpret the College Code of Organization and Procedure.

These faculty members are serving on the College Council for the 2025-2026 academic year.

Committees

• Budget | chaired by Eva Cherniavsky
  • Members | Anne McCoy + Zhi Lin + Ping Wang + Cheryl Kaiser (Psychology) + David Perkel (Biology) + Stephanie Kerschbaum (English) + Mal Ahern (Cinema + Media Studies)
• Shared Governance | chaired by Moon-Ho Jung
  • Members | Shannon Dudley + Josephine Walwema + Emily Carrington (Biology) + Matthew Powers (Communication)

Agendas + shared governance documents

• CollegeCouncil_budget_committee_report.pdf

Contact information: casefc@uw.edu