Composition of the Faculty Senate
As laid out in the Faculty Handbook, Section VI.B.3 (Structure.) Last revisions approved by the Board of Trustees on May 20, 2022.
The Senate comprises 19 members, of whom five are representatives at-large. Each Division of the School of Arts and Sciences elects two Senators. Each professional school elects two Senators. One Senator is elected by the emeritae/emeriti faculty and one is elected by faculty members who are not eligible to vote at faculty meetings.
Each Division of the School of Arts and Sciences elects two members, each professional school elects two, one member is elected by the emeritae/emeriti faculty from their ranks, one is elected by those faculty.
Faculty Senators must be current members of the faculty (CFRR, April 2022).
Senate Council
As laid out in the Faculty Handbook, Section VI.B.3 (Structure.) Last revisions approved by the Board of Trustees on May 20, 2022.
c. The Council of the Faculty Senate consists of the chair of the Faculty Senate, who also chairs the Council, and three other members of the Senate. Members of the Council are elected for one-year terms. No more than two Senators from a single Division may serve on the Senate Council. For this purpose, faculty from the Heller School for Social Policy and Management and the Brandeis International Business School are considered members of the Division of Social Science. The emerita/emeritus Senator is not eligible to serve on the Senate Council.