A Voice for Faculty
The Baylor College of Medicine Faculty Senate is the primary venue for faculty participation in shared governance and planning at the College.
Senate responsibilities include:
- Making recommendations to College administration on issues deemed to be important to the faculty
- Developing, evaluating and endorsing petitions, recommendations or resolutions from the faculty or others concerning faculty issues
- Appointing members to the College’s Institutional Policy Committee
- Nominating faculty to serve on senate and College committees
Education, faculty affairs and benefits, strategic planning, communications and public affairs, and administrative operations are the subjects of the senate's standing committees.
Get to Know Your Faculty Senate Representative
Share ideas about Faculty Senate initiatives. Voice your concerns or provide suggestions for issues you would like the senate to consider.
Faculty Senate Information
You can find Faculty Senate minutes, committees, reports and resolutions on the senate's intranet site. (Baylor login required). The senate handbook, faculty handbook, faculty constitution, faculty bylaws and policies and procedures manual also are available through this site.
Faculty Senate Officers
Dr. Christie Lincoln
Chair
Dr. Kim Worley
Chair Elect
Dr. Jonnae Atkinson
Secretary
Dr. Steve Scherer
Basic Sciences Representative
Dr. Tamara Ortiz-Perez
Clinical Sciences Representative
Membership
The faculty senate has 101 voting members.
Ex-officio officers: the College’s president, provost, the deans of each of the four schools and the past chair. Baylor’s general counsel serves as advisor to the senate.
