Faculty Governance

Calendar of Meetings

CALS Faculty Executive Committee Members

Members can be contacted at cfec [at] cornell.edu (cfec[at]cornell[dot]edu):

• Kerik Cox - School of Integrative Plant Science, Geneva (Chair)
• Todd Walter - Biological and Environmental Engineering
• Mark Sarvary - Neurobiology and Behavior
• Heather Huson - Animal Science
• Annalisa Raymer - Global Development
• Andrea Stevenson Won - Communication
• Steven Wolf - Natural Resources and the Environment

Standing Committees

• List of standing committees
• All terms run from July 1 - June 30

Voting Faculty Members (updated April 2025)

• Tenure Track Professorial Faculty
• Emeriti Faculty (TT and RTE)
• Sr. Extension Associates
• Sr. Research Associates
• Sr. Lecturers
• Professor of the Practice (all ranks)
• Professor of Research (all ranks)
• Clinical Professors (all ranks)
• Senior Scientists
• Research Scientists
• Principal Research Scientists

These voting titles match university voting rights (see Article I here: https://theuniversityfaculty.cornell.edu/the-new-faculty-handbook/appendix-2-opuf/#I). The mailing list for voting faculty is updated twice a year, after general faculty hiring cycles end (approximately January and July). Faculty in shared units are considered voting faculty in CALS.

Interest statements for candidates standing for election are available in late April for that year's election here.

Public Forum Information

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• Current Public Forums and supporting documentation
• Archived Public Forums and supporting documentation

Structure and Procedures of CALS Faculty Governance

• Structure and procedures of CALS faculty governance