Committees

These meetings address the curriculum, methods of instruction, scholastic requirements, and other matters involving policies and practices related to the life of the college.

Standing Committees

Purpose

  • To enforce, interpret, and apply the Academic Regulations (and to consider petitions for exceptions)
  • To administer the awards of General Honors and Distinction in the Major
  • To consider proposals for Special Term Courses and Special Divisional Majors

Detailed description

Types of members

  • Yale College Dean’s Office administrators
  • University faculty
  • Registrar’s Office staff
  • Undergraduate students

Roster for 2026-2027

  • Joel Silverman, Chair  
  • Mica Rencher, Secretary 
  • Beth Anne Bennett 
  • Morgane Cadieu 
  • Ty Cannon 
  • Fabian Drixler
  • George Levesque, ex officio 
  • Lauren Perrino, ex officio
  • Moira Poe
  • Shane Vogel (Fall 2026) 
  • Jason Lampert, Benjamin Franklin ’28
  • Ryder Lariviere, Ezra Stiles ‘28 
  • Victoria Tan, Morse College ‘28 

Purpose

  • To conduct periodic reviews of all departmental and interdisciplinary major programs in Yale College
  • To consider proposals for establishing new majors

Detailed description

Types of members

  • University faculty
  • Yale College Dean’s Office administrators
  • Undergraduate students

Roster for 2026-2027

  • Maria Doerfler, Chair 
  • Jasmina Besirevic-Regan, Secretary
  • Kathryn Alexander 
  • Alexandra Apolloni 
  • Beth Baumgartel, ex officio
  • Eduardo Fernandez Duque 
  • Renee Kamauf 
  • Kate Krier 
  • Noel Lenski 
  • Pam Schirmeister
  • Julian Berkowitz-Sklar, Morse College ‘28
  • Neo Chen, Branford ’27 
  • Dimitri Ivanov, Benjamin Franklin ‘27
  • Esmeralda Lozana, Benjamin Franklin ‘28
  • Alex Medel, Timothy Dwight ‘27
  • Victoria Tan, Morse College ’28 

Purpose

  • To manage the Residential College Seminar Program

Types of members*

*Members appointed by the Council of the Heads of College

  • Heads and Deans of residential colleges
  • Dean of Academic Programs
  • Undergraduate students

Roster for 2026-2027

  • Murphy Temple (Co-leader)
  • Jasmina Besirevic Regan (Co-leader)
  • Adam Haliburton
  • Tasha Hawthorne
  • Michael Koelle (liaison)

Purpose

  • To examine, recommend and review policy changes that may improve teaching and learning in Yale College.
  • To help select winners of the Yale College teaching prizes.

Types of members

  • University faculty
  • Yale College Dean’s Office administrators
  • Undergraduate students

Roster for 2026-2027

  • Benjamin Polak, Chair
  • Adam Haliburton, Secretary
  • Rashaun Durden
  • David Francis
  • Robert Gooding-Williams
  • Shiri Goren
  • Nilay Hazari
  • Joshua Kalla
  • Sarah Mahurin
  • Shonna Marshall
  • Julie McGurk
  • Timothy Newhouse
  • Cormac O’Dea
  • Lily Svensen
  • Pamela Schirmeister
  • Madhusudhan Venkadesan
  • Ruth Yeazell
  • Alex Chen, YCC President
  • Michelle Jimenez, YCC Vice President

Purpose

  • To supervise and improve the curriculum of Yale College
  • To prescreen proposals for additions or alterations to the curriculum before final review by the faculty

Detailed description

Types of members

  • Faculty from the humanities, the social sciences, and the natural sciences
  • Yale College Dean’s Office administrators
  • Undergraduate students

Roster for 2026-2027

  • Paul Van Tassel, Chair
  • Jamina Besirevic-Regan, Vice Chair
  • Dawn Shirak, Secretary
  • Beth Baumgartel
  • Alexia Belperron
  • Steve Chang
  • Rashaun Durden
  • Kathryn Krier
  • Joseph North 
  • Chris Pullen
  • Sara Spear
  • R. John Williams
  • Jazon Zentz
  • Alex Chen, Morse College ‘28
  • William Mahoney, Timothy Dwight ‘27

CSC 2026-2027 Meeting Schedule

CSC Meeting Schedule 2026-2027
4 - 5:30 pm
Submission Deadlines for Proposals
Tue, Sep 15, 2026 – In person TBA
Wed, Sep 30, 2026 – Zoom Wed, Sep 23, 2026
Wed, Oct 14, 2026 – Zoom Wed, Oct 7, 2026
Wed, Oct 28, 2026 – Zoom Wed, Oct 21, 2026
Wed, Nov 4, 2026 – Zoom Wed, Oct 28, 2026
Wed, Nov 18, 2026 – Zoom Wed, Nov 11, 2026
Wed, Dec 2, 2026 – Zoom Wed, Nov 25, 2026
Wed, Jan 27, 2027 – Zoom Wed, Jan 20, 2027
Wed, Feb 10, 2027 – Zoom Wed, Feb 3, 2027
Wed, Feb 24, 2027 – Zoom Wed, Feb 17, 2027
Wed, Mar 24, 2027 – Zoom Wed, Mar 17, 2027
Wed, Mar 31, 2027 – Zoom Wed, Mar 24, 2027
Wed, Apr 14, 2027 – Zoom Wed, Apr 7, 2027
Wed, Apr 28, 2027 – Zoom Wed, Apr 21, 2027
Wed, May 12, 2027 – Zoom (Tentative) Wed, May 5, 2027

Reports 

Purpose

  • To enforce the Undergraduate Regulations in a fair, consistent, and uniform manner
  • To address any behavior by an undergraduate that may imperil the integrity, values, or safety of the academic community or that may endanger university property or resources

Detailed description

Types of members

  • Yale College Dean’s Office administrators
  • University faculty
  • Undergraduate students

Advisers to the Committee

  • Representative from the Office of General Counsel
  • Director, Mental Health & Counseling

Roster for 2026-2027

  • Michael Hunter, Co-Chair
  • Andrew Johnston, Co-Chair (Fall, on leave in Spring)
  • Brandon Ogbunu (Co-Chair in Spring)
  • Rachel Jankolovits, Secretary
  • Zabrina Anzyl, Assistant Secretary
  • Timothy Barron
  • Ruth Coffey
  • Nathan Lubich
  • Joshua Kalla
  • Kelly McLaughlin
  • Emma Rose
  • Nicholas Ryan
  • Theresa Schenker
  • Mark Solomon

Students

  • Zain Anwar, Grace Hopper ‘29
  • Joshua Blake, Morse ‘28
  • Jaden Blankenship, Grace Hopper ‘29
  • Adam Buchsbaum, Jonathan Edwards ‘27
  • Gaya Buchta, Pauli Murray ‘27
  • Jack Dozier, Saybrook ‘27
  • Lily Goren, Berkeley, ‘27
  • Sabrina Guo, Ezra Stiles ‘27
  • Hamilton Henderson, Pierson ‘29
  • Emily Khym, Benjamin Franklin ‘28
  • Jason Lampert, Benjamin Franklin ‘28
  • Lula Mekonnen, Berkeley, ‘29
  • Saniya Mishra, Branford, ‘28
  • Lara Mohamed, Benjamin Franklin ‘28
  • Brooke Morris, Pauli Murray ‘28
  • Zach Pan, Ezra Stiles ‘27
  • Christopher Pedro, Grace Hopper ‘29
  • Elizabeth Steeves, Grace Hopper ‘27
  • Angel Wilson, Pierson ‘28
  • Eric Yoon, Trumbull ‘27
  • Hailey Young, Pierson, ‘29
  • Fthia Yousif, Trumbull ‘27

Reports 

Purpose

  • To discuss and provide input to the president and athletic director on issues relating to athletics at Yale.
  • Dean’s Office to appoint on behalf of the President and Pericles Lewis

Roster for 2026-2027

  • Pericles Lewis, Chair 
  • George Levesque, Vice Chair
  • Blake Trimble, Secretary
  • Jasmina Besirevic-Regan
  • Melanie Boyd, ex officio
  • Victoria Chun, ex officio
  • Tycie Coppett
  • Sarah Demers
  • David Francis
  • Ann-Marie Guglieri, ex officio
  • Burgwell Howard, ex officio
  • Maxwell Laurans
  • Penelope Laurans
  • Jonathan Macey
  • Pilar Montalvo, ex officio
  • Jason Strong, ex officio
  • Rebecca Toseland
  • Paul Turner 
  • David Vasseur
  • Joseph Wolenski
  • Yun Xie, ex officio
  • Daniella Henderson, Grace Hopper ‘27
  • Aanika Tiwary, Pierson ‘27

Purpose

  • To facilitate direct student-to-administrator communication concerning student financial services issues

Roster for 2026-2027

  • Karensa DiFonzo, Convener 
  • Zamzam Aden, Saybrook ‘29
  • Rachel Camille Bish, Benjamin Franklin, ‘28 
  • Ishmeet Dhillon, Ezra Stiles ‘28
  • Thy Luong, Saybrook ‘28
  • Lara Mohamed, Benjamin Franklin ‘27
  • Brooke Morris, Pauli Murray ‘28 
  • Prithvi Narayanan, Benjamin Franklin ‘28
  • Manojna Ojiha, Davenport ‘28
  • Kyler Parker, Pauli Murray ‘29
  • Elijah St. Martin, Ezra Stiles ‘28
  • Noah Watson, Timothy Dwight ‘28
  • Hailey Young, Pierson ‘29

Purpose

  • To advise on Yale College orientation programming

Types of members

  • Heads and Deans of Residential Colleges
  • Yale College Dean’s Office administrators
  • Undergraduate students

Roster for 2026-2027

Programming: 

  • Hannah Peck, Chair 
  • Thomas Duffy
  • Burgie Howard 
  • Michael Koelle
  • Ferentz Lafargue
  • Sarah Mahurin
  • Matthew Makomenaw
  • Yaser Robles
  • Taylor Spadory
  • Jason Strong

FroCo Training:

  • Ferentz Lafargue, Chair 
  • Kelly Lampart
  • Hannah Peck
  • Aaron King
  • Sarah Mahurin 
  • Matthew Makomenaw
  • Stephanie Ranks
  • Whitney Simmons
  • Taylor Spadory
  • First Year Counselors

Move-in/Logistics:

  • Marisa Figueira, Chair 
  • Mere Bergstrom
  • Sergio Gonzalez
  • McKenzie Granata
  • Stacey Hepburn-James
  • Jeff Hughes
  • Gigi Jennings
  • Sarah Layedra
  • Nathan Lubich
  • Hannah Peck
  • Caitlin Slattery
  • Jason Strong

Camp Yale Programs: 

  • Eve Famutimi, Chair (August, 2026, on leave 2026-2027)
  • Cassandra (Casey) Gargano, 2026-2027 
  • Iman Ali 
  • Timothy (Tim) Barron 
  • Timeica Bethel 
  • Mark Fopeano 
  • Molly Hampton 
  • Lucy Haskell
  • Hannah Hooper
  • Priscilla (Kellert) Leavitt  
  • Jacqueline Munno
  • Ashlyn Oakes  
  • Daniel Riecker
  • Emily Roller 
  • Johnny Scafidi 
  • Matthew Suttor 
  • Wendy Zhang 

Purpose

  • To approve courses for the quantitative reasoning (QR) distributional designation
  • To oversee the enhancement of undergraduate education in the quantitative disciplines

Detailed description

Types of members

  • University faculty

Roster for 2026-2027

  • John Hall, Chair 
  • Alexia Belperron, Vice-Chair
  • Joseph Chang 
  • Jay Emerson 
  • Anurag Khandelwal 
  • Adriane Steinacker
  • Patrick Vaccaro 
  • Kurt Zilm  

Purpose

  • To approve courses for the natural science (Sc) distributional designation
  • To oversee the enhancement of undergraduate education in the natural and applied sciences

Detailed description

Types of members

  • Yale College faculty

Roster for 2026-2027

  • Amy Arnsten, Chair
  • Alexia Belperron, Vice-Chair 
  • Jay Ague 
  • Jason Crawford 
  • Craig Crews 
  • Mark Johnson 
  • Maria Moreno
  • Tim Newhouse 
  • Witold Skiba 
  • Alison Sweeney 

Purpose

  • To support and guide the STARS program

Types of members

  • University faculty
  • Yale College Dean’s Office administrators

Roster for 2026-2027

  • Anjelica Gonzalez, Chair
  • Alexia Belperron, Vice-Chair
  • Hector Arce
  • Amymarie Bartholomew 
  • Sarah Demers Konezny
  • Anjelica Gonzalez
  • Mark Lee
  • Maureen Long
  • Stacy Malaker
  • Nikhil Malvankar
  • Maria Moreno
  • Laura Newburgh
  • Corey O’Hern
  • Kailasnath Purushothaman
  • Cecelia Sanchez
  • Donalee Slater, ex officio
  • Sarah Slavoff

Purpose

  • To select the winners of the Louis Sudler Prize for Excellence in the Performing and the Creative Arts each year

Types of members

  • Vice Provost
  • University faculty in performing and creative arts

Roster for 2026-2027

  • Emily Bakemeier, Chair, Ex-Officio 
  • Jonathan Andrews 
  • Sandra Burns 
  • Richard Deming
  • Dan Egan 
  • Anne Fadiman
  • Konrad Kaczmarek
  • Lisa Kereszi 
  • John Mangan
  • Bimal Mendis 
  • Elise Morrison 
  • Shilarna Stokes 

Purpose

  • To make policy recommendations affecting undergraduate student life and activities

Types of members

  • University faculty
  • Yale College Dean’s Office administrators
  • Undergraduate students

Roster for 2026-2027

  • Hannah Peck, Chair 
  • Charmayne Allen
  • Elizabeth Askren 
  • Peter Crumlish 
  • Carolina Davila
  • Thomas Duffy 
  • Kathryn Krier 
  • Marjorie Lemmon 
  • Lily Manzo
  • Vannesa Martinez Cecchini
  • Daniel Smith 
  • Heidi Wilson
  • YCC Events Director (student)
  • UOFC Director (student)

Purpose

  • The committee provides valuable perspectives on important admissions and financial aid policy issues.
  • Yale College Dean’s Office to appoint on behalf of the President and Pericles Lewis

Roster for 2026-2027

  • Pericles Lewis, Chair
  • Jeremiah Quinlan, Convener
  • Sunil Amrith
  • Surjit Chandhoke
  • Karensa DiFonzo
  • Jenny Frederick
  • Nilay Hazari
  • Burgie Howard
  • Penny Laurans
  • Mary Lui (Spring)
  • Karla Neugebauer
  • Kishwar Rizvi
  • Marc Robinson
  • Patrick Vaccaro
  • Seth Zimmerman
  • Zulie Zimmerman

Purpose

  • To come

Roster for 2026-2027

  • Pericles Lewis, Chair
  • Jeffrey Brock, ex officio
  • Surjit Chandhoke
  • Maria Doerfler 
  • David Francis 
  • Alfred Guy
  • John Hall
  • George Levesque
  • Sarah Mahurin 
  • Jasmina Besirevic-Regan
  • Pamela Schirmeister
  • Steven Wilkinson, ex officio
  • Paul Van Tassel

Ad Hoc Committees: Program and Resource Advisory Committees

Other Committees

President’s and Provost’s Committees

University committees convened by the president and provost also attend to policies on admissions, athletics, financial aid, and other matters of significance to the college, and may include undergraduate student members.

Past Ad Hoc Committees

Purpose

  • To research the rates of alcohol usage and associated concerns at Yale College
  • To make recommendations to improve campus culture around alcohol

Roster

  • Peter Salovey, Chair
  • Christopher Connelly ‘06
  • William Corbin
  • Linda Degutis
  • Paul Genecin
  • Nina Glickson
  • Caroline Hendel
  • James Jones
  • Judith Krauss
  • Stephen Lassonde
  • Renee Lopes ‘06
  • Richard Schottenfeld
  • Lorraine Siggins
  • Betty Trachtenberg

Reports

Purpose

  • To examine the condition of free expression, peaceful dissent, mutual respect, and tolerance at Yale
  • To make recommendations for the maintenance of those principles

Roster

  • Steven A. Benner, Yale College, 1975
  • Elias Clark, Master of Silliman College, Lafayette S. Foster Professor of Law
  • James P. Comer, Associate Professor of Psychiatry, Associate Dean of the Medical School
  • Lloyd N. Cutler, Visiting Lecturer in Law, Chairman Yale Development Board
  • Robert A. Dahl, Sterling Professor of Political Science
  • Marjorie B. Garber, Associate Profsessor of English
  • Walter R. Rieman, Yale College, 1977
  • Philip J. Sirlin, Princeton, 1973, Graduate Student in Economics
  • Elisabeth McC. Thomas, Dean Pierson College, Assistant Dean of Yale College
  • Hillel Weinberg, State University of N.Y., Buffalo, 1973, Graduate Student in Political Science
  • Harry H. Wellington, Edward J. Phelps Professor of Law
  • Vann Woodward, Sterling Professor of History (Chairman)

Reports 

Purpose

  • To reflect on grading practices at Yale College
  • To make recommendations to instructors for effective and meaningful grading

Roster

  • Ray Fair, Department of Economics, Chair
  • Russell Adair, Office of Institutional Research
  • Ronald Eyerman, Department of Sociology
  • Robert Harms, Department of History
  • Roger Howe (fall only), Department of Mathematics
  • Joshua Kalla, Morse College, Class of 2014
  • Tina Lu, Department of East Asia Languages and Literatures
  • Paul North, Department of German
  • Mark Schenker, Dean of Academic Affairs
  • Shankar, Department of Physics
  • Scott Stern, Branford College, Class of 2015
  • Ruth Yeazell, Department of English

Reports 

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Purpose

  • To investigate initiation practices in various undergraduate organizations and the extent to which hazing is part of such practices
  • To recommend effective ways to prevent hazing
  • To identify positive initiation practices

Roster

  • Judith B Krauss, Chair
  • Thomas Beckett
  • Rodney Cohen
  • Alison Cole
  • John Dovidio
  • Kyle Farley
  • Stephen Feigenbaum
  • Marichal Gentry
  • Elisa Gonzalez
  • Jonathan Holloway
  • John Meeske
  • Jacqueline Sahlberg
  • Kate Stith

Reports 

Purpose

  • To make recommendations for the future of online education at Yale College

Roster

  • Paul Bloom Brooks, Co-chair, Professor of Psychology
  • Suzanne Ragen, Co-chair, Professor of Psychology
  • Craig Wright, Co-chair, Henry L. and Lucy G. Moses Professor of Music
  • Dirk Bergmann,Douglass and Marion Campbell Professor of Economics
  • Rich Collins Program Manager, Yale Summer Session Online
  • June Gruber, Assistant Professor of Psychology
  • Jay Humphrey, Professor of Biomedical Engineering
  • Yehia Khalil, Adjunct Professor Chemical & Environmental Engineering
  • Diana E. E. Kleiner, Dunham Professor of History of Art and Classics
  • Linda Lorimer, Vice President of the University and Supervisor of the Office of Digital Dissemination
  • Bill Rando, Assistant Dean & Director of the Yale Teaching Center 
  • Laurie Santos, Associate Professor of Psychology
  • Stephen Stearns, Edward P. Bass Professor of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology
  • Lucas Swineford Director, Office of Digital Dissemination
  • Bill Whobrey Associate Dean, Yale College; Dean of Summer Session & Special Programs 

Reports 

Purpose

  • To review sexual harassment and assault prevention education and response in Yale College
  • To evaluate programs currently in place and recommend alternative or additional programs

Roster

  • Jasmina Beširević-Regan, Chair
  • Carole Goldberg
  • Helaine S. Klasky
  • Severin Knudsen, BK ‘09
  • George Levesque
  • Reva Siegel
  • Maria Trumpler
  • Lorraine Van Kirk, TC ‘08
  • Alexa Verme, SY ‘08 

Reports 

Purpose

  • To establish priorities and make specific recommendations for improving campus culture

Roster

  • Camille Lizarríbar (chair), Dean of Student Affairs
  • Melanie Boyd, Director Office of Gender & Campus Culture
  • Ryan Brasseaux, Dean of Davenport College
  • Marvin Chun, Dean of Yale College
  • Alison Cole, Development Director, Yale College
  • Carolina Davila, Assistant Director, La Casa Cultural
  • Jeanne Follansbee (spring and summer), Dean, Yale Summer Session
  • Andrew Forsyth, Assistant Secretary for Student Life
  • Katrina Garry, Student Affairs Fellow
  • Ann-Marie Guglieri, Deputy Director, Department of Athletics
  • Ronnell Higgins, Director of Public Safety & Chief of Police
  • Burgwell Howard, Associate Vice President of Student Engagement, Dean of Student Engagement
  • Sharon Kugler, University Chaplain
  • Earle Lobo, Assistant Director, Student Conduct
  • Nancy Loucks, Director of Enterprise Risk Management
  • Jennifer O’Neil, Associate Director, Alumni Events Coordinator
  • Hannah Peck, Assistant Dean of Student Affairs
  • Garth Ross, Executive Director, Schwarzman Center
  • Susan Sawyer, Senior Associate General Counsel
  • Stephanie Spangler, Deputy Provost for Health Affairs and Academic Integrity; University Title IX Coordinator

Reports 

Purpose

  • To establish guidelines for current and proposed special academic programs

Roster

  • Jill Campbell, Professor of English
  • Jane Edwards, Dean of International and Professional Experience, Yale College
  • Joseph W. Gordon, Dean of Undergraduate Education, Yale College, Convener
  • Laurence Horn, Professor of Linguistics and Philosophy
  • Mark Mooseker, Ross Granville Harrison Professor of Molecular, Cellular, & Developmental Biology
  • John Wargo, Tweedy/Ordway Professor of Environmental Health & Politics, and Chair, Environmental Studies

Reports 

Purpose

  • To conduct a full-scale study of education at Yale College
  • To make broad recommendations for the refinement of requirements and expansion of opportunities for students

Roster

  • Richard Broadhead, chair
  • Charles Ahn
  • Rachel Alpert
  • Dudley Andrew
  • Chirag Badlani
  • Charles Bailyn
  • Scott Berkowitz
  • Kim Bottomly
  • Ronald Breaker
  • Jon Butler
  • Justin C. Cohen
  • Donald Engelman
  • Tali Farhadian
  • Joan Feigenbaum
  • Candace Feldman
  • John Lewis Gaddis
  • Joseph Gordon
  • Gary Haller
  • Andrew Hamilton
  • John Harris
  • John Hartigan
  • Christine Hayes
  • Amy Hungerford
  • Douglas Kankel
  • Daniel Kevles
  • Maxwell Laurans
  • Penelope Laurans
  • Maria Rosa Menocal
  • David Mount
  • Laura Oh
  • Stephen Pitti
  • Patrick Casey Pitts
  • Benjamin Polak
  • Leon Plantinga
  • Joseph Roach
  • Peter Salovey
  • Ian Shapiro
  • Helen Siu
  • Ronald Smith
  • Scott Strobel
  • Jacob Sullivan
  • Barbara Wexelman

Reports 

Purpose

  • To conduct a consultation on the University’s cultural centers

Roster

  • Judy K. Sakaki, Chair
  • Mary Grace Almandrez
  • Karen W. Biestman
  • Larry D. Roper

Reports 

Purpose

Committee information to come

Types of Members

Information to come

Roster for 2023-24

  • Kenneth Scheve, Chair
  • Dirk Bergemann
  • Yang Cai
  • Surjit Chandhoke
  • Joseph Chang
  • Jennifer Frederick
  • Alan Gerber
  • Alexander Rosas
  • Pamela Schirmeister
  • Sekhar Tatikonda
  • Robert Wooster

Purpose

  • To ensure that the Yale College faculty is well-informed about the progress of Yale-NUS College
  • To advise the University President and others at Yale on how to approach issues of concern

Roster

  • Marvin Chun, Advisory Committee Chair, Professor of Psychology, Neurobiology, and Cognitive Science, a member of one of the initial three study committees for Yale-NUS College, and John B. Madden Master of Berkeley College.
  • Daniel Botsman, Professor of History and Chair of the East Asian Studies Council
  • George Chauncey, Samuel Knight Professor and Chair of History, Professor of American Studies, and Co-Director of the Yale Research Initiative on the History of Sexualities
  • Deborah Davis, Professor and former Chair of Sociology and former Co-Chair of the Women Faculty Forum, former Chair of the PKU Academic Advisory Committee, and a member of one of the initial three study committees for Yale-NUS College
  • Joseph Errington, Professor of Anthropology and former Chair of the Southeast Asia Studies Council
  • Joseph Gordon, Dean of Undergraduate Education and Deputy Dean of Yale College and Chair of the Provost’s Committee on Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender Studies
  • Valerie Hansen, Professor of History and Acting Chair of the East Asian Studies Council, Spring 2013
  • Tina Lu, Professor and Director of Undergraduate Studies of East Asian Languages and Literatures, and a member of one of the initial three study committees for Yale-NUS College
  • Daniel Markovits, Guido Calabresi Professor of Law
  • John Wargo, Tweedy Ordway Professor of Environmental Health and Politics and Chair of the Environmental Studies Major
  • Laura Wexler, Professor of American Studies and Women’s, Gender, and Sexuality Studies and former Chair of the Women Faculty Forum

Reports 

Purpose

  • To review the decisions made by Yale’s faculty in 1969 and 1970 that caused both the Army and Navy ROTC programs to leave campus
  • To consider the possible return of ROTC to Yale

Roster

  • Gary Haller, chair
  • Keith Baker
  • James Levinsohn
  • Linda Peterson
  • Dorothy Robinson
  • Joy McGrath
  • William Whobrey

Reports 

Purpose

  • To review the impact of First-year Scholars at Yale (FSY) on participating students
  • To make recommendations for increased effectiveness of FSY

Roster

  • Laurie Santos (chair), Professor of Psychology and Cognitive Science, Head of Silliman College
  • George Levesque, Associate Dean of Academic Programs, Yale College; Director of Undergrad Studies, FAS College Seminars and Freshman Seminars; Lecturer in History
  • Nilakshi Parndigamage, Dean of Ezra Stiles College, Lecturer in Political Science
  • Steven Roets ‘17, FSY Alum Summer 2013
  • Preetinder Singh ‘19, FSY Alum Summer 2015, FSY Counselor ‘17

Purpose

  • To consider the possibility of breaking ground on two new residential colleges, and later, to guide the university on the execution of this idea

Rosters

  • Study Group to Consider New Residential Colleges (2008)
    • Academic Resources Committee: Joseph Gordon (Chair), Penelope Laurans (Vice Chair), Vladimir Alexandrov, Joseph Altonji, Janice Carlisle, Jonathan Dach ’08, Bradley Gano, Jonathan Holloway, Mary Miller, Alice Prochaska, Diane Rodrigues, Lauren Russell ’09, William Segraves, Lloyd Suttle, Jesse Wolfson ’08, Kurt Zilm
    • Student Life Committee: William Sledge (Chair), Penelope Laurans (Vice Chair), Woo-kyoung Ahn, Thomas Beckett, Jenny Chavira, Pamela George, Nina Glickson, Harvey Goldblatt, Kevin Hicks, Ernst Hu≠, Judith Krauss, Erin Lavik, George Levesque, Richard Schottenfeld, R. Shankar, Alice Shyy ’08, Betty Trachtenberg, Emily Weissler ’09, Larry Wise ’08
  • Ad Hoc Committee on Yale College Expansion (2014)
    • Mary Miller (Co-Chair), Ben Polak (Co-Chair), Ron Breaker, Rick Bribiescas, Jane Edwards, Alan Gerber, Jonathan Holloway, Amy Hungerford, Gundula Kreuzer, Kyle Vanderlick, Karen Wynn, Kurt Zilm

Reports 

Purpose

  • To sketch key components for the Schwarzman Center

Roster

  • Lynn Cooley, Co-chair, Dean, Graduate School of Arts and Sciences
  • Jonathan Holloway, Co-chair, Dean, Yale College
  • James Bundy, Dean, School of Drama
  • Susan Cahan, Associate Dean for the Arts, Yale College
  • Melvin Chen, Deputy Dean, School of Music
  • Marvin Chun, Master, Berkeley College
  • Emily Coates, Lecturer, Theater Studies & School of Drama
  • Joe English, Yale College ’17, YCC President, ex officio
  • Tyler Godoff, School of Management ’16, GPSS representative
  • Kimberly Goff-Crews, Secretary & Vice President for Student Life
  • Robert Harper-Mangels, Assistant Dean, Graduate School of Arts and Sciences
  • Martha Highsmith, Senior Advisor to the President & Provost
  • Burgie Howard, Associate Vice President for Student Life & Dean, Student Engagement
  • Daniel Leibovic, Yale College ’17, Undergraduate representative
  • Amanda Lerner, Slavic Languages & Literatures, ’18 GSA representative
  • Ree Ree Li, Yale College ’16, Undergraduate representative
  • Linda Koch, Lorimer Senior Counselor to the President & Provost
  • Elizabeth “Mo” Mo, Pharmacology ’18, GPSS President, ex officio
  • Skyler Ross, Yale College ’16, Undergraduate representative
  • Cindy Rush, Statistics ’16, GSA representative
  • Elizabeth Salm, Neuroscience ’18, GSA President, ex officio
  • Gregory Sterling, Dean, Divinity School
  • Rafi Taherian, Associate Vice President, Yale Hospitality
  • Lauren Tilton, American Studies ’16, GPSS representative
  • Wendy Xiao, MD/PhD Program ’17, GSA representative
  • Catherine Bingchan Xie, School of Medicine ’22, GPSS representative
  • George Zdru, Director of University Planning

Reports 

Purpose

  • To consolidate student input on matters addressed by the Committee on Social Life and Community Values

Roster

  • Camille Lizarríbar (chair), Dean of Student Affairs
  • Anisha Arcot (PC ‘22)
  • Kalen Beacham (PC ‘20)
  • Ruqaiyah Damrah (SY ‘23)
  • Ellika Edelman (SY ‘23)
  • David Foster (GH ‘23)
  • Darlene Gomez (SM ‘21)
  • Nathan Isaacs (BR ‘20)
  • Nick Jacobson (TC ‘23)
  • Jack Lattimore (GH ‘20)
  • Karen Li (MY ‘22)
  • Sayda Martinez-Alvarado (DC ‘23)
  • Stephen Martinez-Hamilton (SY ‘22)
  • Kobe Rizk (ES ‘21)
  • Natalie Schultz-Henry (GH ‘20)
  • Daud Shad (BK ‘21)
  • Eli Swab (GH ‘20)
  • Camila Toro (SM ‘21)
  • Jack Tripp (BF ‘23)
  • Liana Wang (DC ‘20)
  • Kelly Wei (BK ‘22)

Pericles Lewis, Chair
Claire Bowern
Jeanine Dames
Sarah Demers
Kari DiFonzo
Mark Dunn
Andrew Forsyth
John Geanakoplos
Karen Gosselink
Nilay Hazari
Chad Losee
Stefanie Markovits
David Post
Lily Svensen

Purpose

  • To review policies and procedures in Yale College regarding withdrawal and readmission

Types of members

  • University faculty
  • Dean of Trumbull College
  • Dean of Academic Affairs
  • Representatives from Office of General Council
  • Yale College student

Roster

  • John Rogers, Chair
  • Jasmina Besirevic-Regan
  • Caroline G. Hendel
  • Sara Samuel
  • Susan Sawyer
  • Mark Schenker

Reports 

Pericles Lewis, Chair
Sunil Amrith
Melanie Boyd
Sarah Demers
Marisa Figueira
Andrew Forsyth
Burgwell Howard
Ferentz Lafargue
George Levesque
Sarah Mahurin
Shonna Marshall
Jordan Peccia
Mark Saltzman
Kenneth Scheve
Pamela Schirmeister
Caitlin Slattery
Daniel Smith
Jason Zentz