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)
• Mark Sarvary - Neurobiology and Behavior
• Heather Huson - Animal Science
• Andrea Stevenson Won - Communication
• Steven Wolf - Natural Resources and the Environment
• Courtney Murdock - Entomology
• Chris Gerling - Food Science, Geneva

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). 

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