Summary of Service

Academic Senate Service: Committee on Committees 2003- 2005 (Chair- 2004-2005); Faculty Welfare Committee 2002 -2004.
System wide Service: UC Committee on Committees (2004-2005).

Statement

UCLA has always engaged me in a very special way, most especially as a community of exceptional scholars.  Its spirit of openness to new ideas, an innate collegiality, and a common drive for institutional excellence define UCLA for me. Through my membership on the senate’s Faculty Welfare Committee and the Committee on Committees, I have acquired a deepened appreciation for the individual contributions our faculty makes toward a purposeful culture of discovery, leadership, diversity, community and excellence.

As a “south campus” based faculty member, I relish UCLA’s distinctive integration of the professional disciplines with the liberal arts and humanities faculties and consider it a privilege to be able to participate in and contribute to this rich mosaic. As Senate chair, I will work to sustain this healthy sense of community by engaging all segments of our faculty in shared university governance and participatory decision-making. I will seek to ensure that academic and administrative decisions are informed and enriched by broad faculty input.  At all times, I will work collaboratively with administrators, students and staff, to ensure that we respond in concert to an ever-changing environment without compromising our common quest for excellence in teaching, research and learning in service to the public.

Links

• Senate Newsletter- March 2008
• New Senate Chair Bridges South, North Campus - October 2006