Faculty Senate

Read the report from the ad hoc committee on university speech here

On May 30, the Senate passed two of the proposals contained in the report with amendments: SenD#8480 and SenD#8481. The Senate will take up the third proposal at a later date.

Welcome to the 58th Senate of the Academic Council

58th Faculty Senate roster here

The Senate met on May 08, 2025

The next Senate meeting will be held June 12, 2025 beginning promptly at 3:15pm

57th Steering Committee of the Senate 

The Steering Committee (StC) of the Senate sets the Senate Agenda, confers degrees for the Summer, Autumn and Winter quarters, and serves at Administrative Sessions to the StC to review undergraduate and graduate programs on behalf of the Senate. StC members are elected each year by the Senate. This year's StC members are:     

• Marcia Stefanick, Chair (Medicine)   

• Ross Shachter, Vice Chair (Management Science and Engineering)

• Dan Edelstein (French and Italian)  

• Drew Endy (Bioengineering) 

• Tom Kenny (Mechanical Engineering)    

• Daniel McFarland (Graduate School of Education) 

• Jisha Menon (Theater and Performance Studies)

• Josiah Ober (Political Science)

• Dustin Schroeder (Geophysics, Electrical Engineering)

• Jenny Martinez (Provost, ex-officio) 

• Bruce Clemens (Academic Secretary, ex-officio)

• Adrienne Emory (Associate Academic Secretary, Staff)

2024-25 Schedule of Meetings of Senate LVII

The Senate meets biweekly during the academic year, usually in the Law School, room 180. Senators should be aware that if special meetings of the Senate need to be scheduled, which occurs infrequently, they will be scheduled on the intervening Thursdays. 

If you are a Stanford community member interested in attending a Senate meeting please contact Adrienne Emory at aemory@stanford.edu. 

Agendas and Minutes, as they become available, can be viewed by clicking on the links in the table below.

Administrative Sessions of the Steering Committee on Behalf of the Senate

The Steering Committee (StC) holds administrative sessions as needed to hear routine or administrative matters that would otherwise come before the full Senate. This allows the Senate to spend more time on issues that need broader discussion and debate prior to action. All Senators are welcome to attend administrative sessions.

• 4/10/25