Purpose and Function
- To prepare the agenda for meetings of the University Senate. Each agenda shall reserve time for the university president to bring matters to the senate and for reports from senate committees
- To facilitate the actions of the senate as it acts upon faculty and academic professional business
- To evaluate continuously the committee structure of the senate and of the university, and to recommend improvements thereof to the senate
- To provide advice to the UAC and to senate committee chairs, and to coordinate their functions
- To direct pending business of the senate to the appropriate committee(s)
- To perform other functions as the senate and UAC may direct.
Membership Guidelines
- Ex officio voting members: the members of the UAC, the secretary of the University Senate, the parliamentarian of the University Senate, the chairs of University Senate standing committees
- Ex officio nonvoting members: the university president, the provost of the university, a representative of Undergraduate Student Government, and the president of the Graduate and Professional Students Association
- The chair of the UAC or his or her designee shall preside.
Roster 2023-2024
Greg Stone, Senate President and Chair of the UAC
Downtown Phoenix campus:
- Elisa Kawam, President
- Jessica Hogan, President-elect
- Maureen McCoy, Past President
Polytechnic campus:
- Taylor Weiss, President
- Chad Kennedy, President-elect
- Scotty Craig, Past President
Tempe campus:
- Pauline Davies, President
- Elena Rocchi, President-elect
- Shirley Rose, Past President
West campus:
- Barry Moon, President
- Mary Burleson, President-elect
- Hala King, Past President
Parliamentarians:
- Denise Bodman, 2024
Secretary for the Academic Assembly:
2023-2024 Senate Standing Committee Chairs:
- David Burel, Committee on Committees
- Claudia Villegas-Silva and Stefan Stantchev Digitally Enhance Teaching and Learning Ad Hoc Committee
- Johannah Uriri-Glover, University Services and Facilities Committee
- Jodi Swanson, Personnel Committee
- Whitney Hansen, Student-Faculty and Policy Committee
- Claudia Sadowski-Smith, Curriculum and Academic Programs Committee
- Michael Todd, Research and Creative Activities Committee
- Claudia Villegas-Silva, Library Liaison Committee
Ex officio non-voting members:
- Michael M. Crow, University President
- Nancy Gonzales, Executive Vice President and University Provost
- Graduate and Professional Students Association Representative
- Undergraduate Student Representative