Faculty

Faculty members and their departmental affiliations are listed in the appendix.

Faculty Council/Senate

http://www.lsus.edu/facultysenate/

Policies governing the operation of the Faculty Council are found in Bylaws and Regulations of the Board of Supervisors and in the file of minutes of the meetings of the LSUS Faculty Council.  The major points are discussed in the remainder of this section.

The Faculty Council consists of all full-time members of the academic staff participating in the resident instructional program, those of corresponding rank, and members of the Administration holding faculty rank.  Administrative officers, deans, and chairs of departments may hold faculty appointments concurrently with administrative appointments.  Administrative appointments are held at the pleasure of the Board of Supervisors.  The Faculty Council meets at least two times each academic year, normally at the call of the Chancellor.

The Faculty Council through the Faculty Senate has coordinating responsibility in matters involving the establishment of curricula, the fixing of standards of instruction, and generally the formulation of the educational policy of LSUS in matters affecting more than a single division or department.  All functions and responsibilities of the Faculty Senate must be in keeping with the Bylaws and Regulations of the LSU Board of Supervisors.

Members of the Faculty Council are elected to serve specific terms on the Senate committees.  Each committee serves from the beginning of the fall semester through the end of the following summer term.  The chair is elected by the members of the new committee from among those members who have served on the committee at least one year previously.  Student members serve one-year terms on some committees.  The number of students on these committees is  fixed and they serve as non-voting, advisory members except when the committee serves an appeals or grievance function. Student members are nominated by the Committee on Committees from recommendations made by the Student Government Association, faculty, and administration, and must be in good standing scholastically.  The SGA President is permitted to attend and should be notified of all meetings of committees on which students are members. 

Members of the Faculty Senate committees serve as representatives of their colleges.  At-large members particularly serve those faculty not attached to a represented college.  In this role they are expected to seek opinions from and disseminate information to their faculty colleagues during the deliberations of the committee.  The composition of all Faculty Senate Committees should include at least one faculty member from each academic college.  The composition or membership of a Faculty Senate Committee, including members, may not be changed without approval of the Senate except as provided in the functions of the Committee on Committees.  However, any Faculty Senate committee may choose, without further approval, additional faculty members and students to assist it, but these additional faculty and students are not voting members.