Four Campuses. One Senate. Your Voice.
The University Senate is the representative body of the
Arizona State University Academic Assembly.
The University Senate is empowered by the Constitution (see ACD112-01) to “act for the Academic Assembly in matters relating to: academic affairs, personnel policies, faculty-student policies, finances and University services and facilities.” The Academic Assembly consists of all faculty (tenured/tenure-track and career track) and academic professionals who are employed at least .5 FTE, i.e. half-time, as well as members of the Emeritus College. This site provides timely as well as archived information regarding the work of the University Senate and issues facing the university community.
Announcement
The 2025-2026 meeting dates are now available. Please make sure to mark your calendars.
Senator spotlight
April 2026
Jonathan Parrott
Assistant ProfessorNew College of Interdisciplinary Arts and Sciences
Dr. Jonathan Parrott completed his BSc (with honors) in Forensic Biology in 2008 and PhD at the University of Portsmouth in 2013 with a focus on molecular techniques in forensic entomology. During this time, he applied next generation sequencing approaches to ancient insect remains collected from mummified individuals to determine circumstances surrounding death and burial events. While conducting research in population genetics of forensically important blowflies from across Texas, he conducted forensic entomology training at the Forensic Anthropology Research Facility at Texas State University. He is expertly trained to provide biological evidence interpretation and DNA mixture analysis in a court of law. He has previously held teaching positions at both University of Strathclyde, Glasgow and Staffordshire University.
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