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[Any member of the Academic Senate may attend and make motions at meetings of the Representative Assembly; however, only
members of the Representative Assembly may second motions and vote.]
UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA
SAN DIEGO DIVISION OF THE ACADEMIC SENATE
REPRESENTATIVE ASSEMBLY
[see pages 3 through 7 for Representative Assembly membership list]
NOTICE OF MEETING
Tuesday, May 17, 2022, 3:30 to 5:00 p.m.
Email Samantha Maheu at smaheu@ucsd.ed
to obtain the Zoom link.
ORDER OF BUSINESS
Page
(1) Minutes of Meeting of April 5, 2022 8
(2-7) Announcements
(a) Chair Tara Javidi Oral
(b) Proposed Memorial to the Regents on Fossil Fuel Combustion 38
Chair Tara Javidi and Vice Chair Nancy Postero
(c) Commenced Academic Activity Oral
David Garrison, Senior Associate Registrar, Office of the Registrar
Cindy Lyons, University Registrar, Office of the Registrar
(8) Special Orders
(a) Consent Calendar [none]
(9) Reports of Special Committees [none]
(10) Reports of Standing Committees [none]
(11) Reports of Faculties [none]
(12) Petitions of Students [none]
(13) Unfinished Business [none]
(14) New Business
SAN DIEGO DIVISIONAL REPRESENTATIVE ASSEMBLY MEETING ZOOM ATTENDANCE INSTRUCTIONS
A Logging into the Meeting
1 Senate Members who are not Representative Assembly Members & Invited Guests
RSVP prior to the start of the meeting to obtain the meeting link: email Samantha
Maheu at smah[email protected]
.
2 Representative Assembly Members
Representative Assembly members are not required to RSVP for the meeting. The
Senate Office will distribute a meeting link to all members via email. Contact Samantha
Maheu at [email protected]du
if you are an Assembly Representative and you did not
receive the meeting link.
B Meeting Participation
When you join the meeting, you will be placed in a waiting room until the meeting host admits
you into the meeting. Please log in 15 minutes early (at 3:15) to ensure that you are admitted to
the meeting before it starts (at 3:30).
Your audio will be disabled by default when you enter the meeting; please refrain from turning
on your microphone unless called upon by the Chair.
During the meeting, the Chair will call for questions and comments at the appropriate intervals,
as usual, and you may raise your electronic hand in Zoom to request to speak. However,
discussion may be limited due to the Zoom format of the meeting. Thus, participants are
strongly encouraged to review the meeting materials in advance of the meeting and send
questions to [email protected]
with the agenda topic number or proposal title in
the subject line of the email, by noon on Friday, May 13, 2022. Your questions will be shared
with the presenters so that they may address them in their presentations, and thus help to
mitigate the challenge presented by a large Zoom meeting.
Following discussion of items that require a vote, a poll will pop-up on your screen to vote. As
with in-person meetings, only Representative Assembly members may vote. Primary
Representatives and Alternate Representatives should coordinate their attendance and voting for this
meeting. Both may attend; however, Alternate Representatives may only vote in the absence of the
Primary Representative. Please coordinate who will attend and cast votes in advance of the meeting.
C Additional Zoom Meeting Note
Please use your actual first and last name with your Zoom account; the Senate Office must be
able to establish your identity in order to admit you into a Representative Assembly meeting.
Instructions on how to manage your Zoom profile can be found here:
https://support.zoom.us/hc/en-us/articles/201363203-Customizing-your-Profile.
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REPRESENTATIVE ASSEMBLY MEMBERSHIP - 2021/2022
MEMBERS BY NAME
ACHIM, CRISTIAN
PRIMARY REPRESENTATIVE
PSYCHIATRY
ACKERMAN, FARRELL
ALTERNATE REPRESENTATIVE
LINGUISTICS
ADAMS, JOSEPH A
ALTERNATE REPRESENTATIVE
PHARMACOLOGY
ALGAZE, GUILLERMO
PRIMARY REPRESENTATIVE
ANTHROPOLOGY
ARCOS HERRERA, CAROL
ALTERNATE REPRESENTATIVE
SEVENTH COLLEGE
ARIAS-CASTRO, ERY
PRIMARY REPRESENTATIVE
MATHEMATICS
BAKER, DEWLEEN G
ALTERNATE REPRESENTATIVE
PSYCHIATRY
BANERJEE, SNEHAL
ALTERNATE REPRESENTATIVE
RADY SCHOOL OF MANAGEMENT
BEAUMONT, THOMAS LA MAR
PRIMARY REPRESENTATIVE
NEUROLOGICAL SURGERY
BECKER, JANET MARIA
PRIMARY REPRESENTATIVE
SIO
BEG, FARHAT N
PRIMARY REPRESENTATIVE
MAE
BINDER, AMY JILL
ALTERNATE REPRESENTATIVE
SOCIOLOGY
BLANCO, JOHN D
PRIMARY REPRESENTATIVE
LITERATURE
BLOSS, CINNAMON SUE
PRIMARY REPRESENTATIVE
HWSPH
BOLAR, DIVYA SANAM
PRIMARY REPRESENTATIVE
RADIOLOGY
BRENNER, DAVID ALLEN
EX OFFICIO
VICE CHANCELLOR, HEALTH SCIENCES
BRITT, KING JAMES
PRIMARY REPRESENTATIVE
MUSIC
BRYDGES, STACEY
EX OFFICIO
CHAIR, UNDERGRADUATE COUNCIL
BUCKLEY, JILL CHRISTINE
PRIMARY REPRESENTATIVE
UROLOGY
BURELLE, JULIE SARA
ALTERNATE REPRESENTATIVE
THEATRE & DANCE
BURNEY, JENNIFER A
EX OFFICIO
CHAIR, DIVERSITY & EQUITY
CARROLL, AMY SARA
ALTERNATE REPRESENTATIVE
LITERATURE
CAUWENBERGHS, GERT
EX OFFICIO
CHAIR, RESEARCH
CHAO, LIN
ALTERNATE REPRESENTATIVE
BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES
CHEN, JIUN-SHYAN
PRIMARY REPRESENTATIVE
STRUCTURAL ENGINEERING
CHERNER, MARIANA
EX OFFICIO
SENIOR REPRESENTATIVE, ACADEMIC ASSEMBLY
CHO, ER
PRIMARY REPRESENTATIVE
VISUAL ARTS
CHU, HIUTUNG
ALTERNATE REPRESENTATIVE
PATHOLOGY
CIACCI, JOSEPH D
ALTERNATE REPRESENTATIVE
NEUROLOGICAL SURGERY
CLELAND, ELSA E
EX OFFICIO
CHAIR, COMMITTEE ON COMMITTEES
COHEN, SHANA R
ALTERNATE REPRESENTATIVE
ROOSEVELT COLLEGE
CONSTABLE, STEVEN C
EX OFFICIO
IMMEDIATE PAST CHAIR, SAN DIEGO DIVISION
CONSTABLE, STEVEN C
EX OFFICIO
PARLIAMENTARIAN, SAN DIEGO DIVISION
COOK-ANDERSEN, HEIDI LEIGH
ALTERNATE REPRESENTATIVE
OBSTETRICS, GYNECOLOGY, & REPRODUCTIVE
SCIENCES
COOKE, JAMES EDWARD
PRIMARY REPRESENTATIVE
MUIR COLLEGE
CORBETT, KEVIN DANIEL
PRIMARY REPRESENTATIVE
CELLULAR & MOLECULAR MEDICINE
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CORTES, JORGE
EX OFFICIO
CHAIR, CAMPUS & COMMUNITY ENVIRONMENT
COSMAN, PAMELA C
EX OFFICIO
CHAIR, ACADEMIC PERSONNEL
DAHL, GORDON BOYACK
PRIMARY REPRESENTATIVE
MARSHALL COLLEGE
DAMEFF, CHRISTIAN JORDAN
ALTERNATE REPRESENTATIVE
EMERGENCY MEDICINE
DEAK, GEDEON O
EX OFFICIO
CHAIR, PLANNING & BUDGET
DESAI, ARSHAD B
EX OFFICIO
CHAIR, GRADUATE COUNCIL
DEWAARD, ANDREW
PRIMARY REPRESENTATIVE
COMMUNICATIONS
DORRESTEIN, PIETER C
ALTERNATE REPRESENTATIVE
SSPPS
DORSCHNER, ROBERT A
ALTERNATE REPRESENTATIVE
DERMATOLOGY
DOWDY, STEVEN F
ALTERNATE REPRESENTATIVE
CELLULAR & MOLECULAR MEDICINE
DUBNOV, SHLOMO
ALTERNATE REPRESENTATIVE
SIXTH COLLEGE
EDINGTON, CLAIRE ELLEN
PRIMARY REPRESENTATIVE
HISTORY
EISENMAN, IAN
PRIMARY REPRESENTATIVE
SIO
FAN, WENYUAN
ALTERNATE REPRESENTATIVE
SIO
FERREIRA, VICTOR S
ALTERNATE REPRESENTATIVE
PSYCHOLOGY
FITZSIMMONS, PATRICK J
ALTERNATE REPRESENTATIVE
MATHEMATICS
FLEISCHER, JASON
ALTERNATE REPRESENTATIVE
COGNITIVE SCIENCE
FORBES, DOUGLASS JANE
EX OFFICIO
SENIOR REPRESENTATIVE, ACADEMIC ASSEMBLY
FRANK, LAWRENCE DOUGLAS
PRIMARY REPRESENTATIVE
URBAN STUDIES & PLANNING
FRIEDMAN, RICK ADAM
ALTERNATE REPRESENTATIVE
SURGERY
FUSTE, JOSE IGNACIO
PRIMARY REPRESENTATIVE
ETHNIC STUDIES
GABRIEL, RODNEY A
PRIMARY REPRESENTATIVE
ANESTHESIOLOGY
GALPERIN, MICHAEL
ALTERNATE REPRESENTATIVE
CHEMISTRY & BIOCHEMISTRY
GILL, PHILIP E
EX OFFICIO
CHAIR, PRIVILEGE & TENURE
GNEEZY, AYELET
PRIMARY REPRESENTATIVE
RADY SCHOOL OF MANAGEMENT
GOLAN, TAL
PRIMARY REPRESENTATIVE
SIXTH COLLEGE
GOLDMAN, HARVEY STERN
PRIMARY REPRESENTATIVE
SOCIOLOGY
GREMEL, CHRISTINA M
ALTERNATE REPRESENTATIVE
PSYCHOLOGY
GRINSTEIN, BENJAMIN
PRIMARY REPRESENTATIVE
PHYSICS
HALGREN, ERIC
ALTERNATE REPRESENTATIVE
NEUROSCIENCES
HALPAIN, SHELLEY L
ALTERNATE REPRESENTATIVE
BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES
HERMANN, THOMAS C
ALTERNATE REPRESENTATIVE
SIXTH COLLEGE
HINIKER, ANNE ELIZABETH
ALTERNATE REPRESENTATIVE
PATHOLOGY
HORGAN, SANTIAGO
PRIMARY REPRESENTATIVE
SURGERY
HOSTON, GERMAINE A
PRIMARY REPRESENTATIVE
POLITICAL SCIENCE
IGLESIAS, JANELLE ANN
PRIMARY REPRESENTATIVE
VISUAL ARTS
ISAAC, LARA
PRIMARY UNDERGRADUATE STUDENT
ADVISOR
JACOBY, IRVING
ALTERNATE REPRESENTATIVE
EMERITUS FACULTY
JAMIESON, CHRISTINA AGNES
MARGARET
ALTERNATE REPRESENTATIVE
UROLOGY
JAVIDI, TARA
EX OFFICIO
CHAIR, SAN DIEGO DIVISION
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JOHNSON, MONTE RANSOME
PRIMARY REPRESENTATIVE
PHILOSOPHY
KALLENBERG, GENE ANDREW
ALTERNATE REPRESENTATIVE
FAMILY & PREVENTIVE MEDICINE
KEHLER, ANDREW SCOTT
PRIMARY REPRESENTATIVE
LINGUISTICS
KENWORTHY, LANE A
PRIMARY REPRESENTATIVE
SEVENTH COLLEGE
KERES, DUSAN
ALTERNATE REPRESENTATIVE
PHYSICS
KIDMAN, SHAWNA F
ALTERNATE REPRESENTATIVE
COMMUNICATIONS
KLEINFELD, DAVID
PRIMARY REPRESENTATIVE
PHYSICS
KOFFLER, YACOV
PRIMARY REPRESENTATIVE
NEUROSCIENCES
KONTJE, TODD CURTIS
PRIMARY REPRESENTATIVE
LITERATURE
KUHL, CHRISTOPHER AUGUST
ALTERNATE REPRESENTATIVE
THEATRE & DANCE
LAMPLAND, MARTHA
ALTERNATE REPRESENTATIVE
SOCIOLOGY
LEFFERT, HYAM LERNER
PRIMARY REPRESENTATIVE
PHARMACOLOGY
LEINEN, MARGARET S
EX OFFICIO
VICE CHANCELLOR, MARINE SCIENCES
LEOK, MELVIN
ALTERNATE REPRESENTATIVE
MATHEMATICS
LESLIE, MATTHEW
ALTERNATE REPRESENTATIVE
MUSIC
LIAU, JOY
ALTERNATE REPRESENTATIVE
RADIOLOGY
LUCA, CENTURIONI
ALTERNATE RESEARCH ADVISOR - SIO
LUO, JIAN
ALTERNATE REPRESENTATIVE
NANOENGINEERING
LYONS, ELIZABETH DEIRDRE
PRIMARY REPRESENTATIVE
GLOBAL POLICY AND STRATEGY
MADSEN, RICHARD P
PRIMARY REPRESENTATIVE
EMERITUS FACULTY
MALI, PRASHANT GULAB RAM
ALTERNATE REPRESENTATIVE
BIOENGINEERING
MAMAS, CHRISTOFOROS
PRIMARY REPRESENTATIVE
EDUCATION STUDIES
MANGOLTE, ELISABETH MARIE
ALTERNATE REPRESENTATIVE
VISUAL ARTS
MANU, AGNI
PRIMARY UNDERGRADUATE STUDENT
ADVISOR
MARCHETTO, MARIA CAROLINA
ALTERNATE REPRESENTATIVE
ANTHROPOLOGY
MARTIN, NATASHA
PRIMARY REPRESENTATIVE
MEDICINE
MARTINEZ DIAZ, SONIA
PRIMARY REPRESENTATIVE
ROOSEVELT COLLEGE
MAX, JEFFREY EDWIN
ALTERNATE REPRESENTATIVE
PSYCHIATRY
MAZUMDAR, ARYA
PRIMARY REPRESENTATIVE
HALICIOGLU DATA SCIENCE INST
MCELVER, ROBERT HARRISON
PRIMARY REPRESENTATIVE
THEATRE & DANCE
MCENEANEY, WILLIAM MICHAEL
ALTERNATE REPRESENTATIVE
MAE
MECKEL, KATHERINE
ALTERNATE REPRESENTATIVE
ECONOMICS
MEKEEL, KRISTIN LEIGH
PRIMARY REPRESENTATIVE
SURGERY
MICCIANCIO, DANIELE
PRIMARY REPRESENTATIVE
CSE
MOLINA, ANTHONY JOSEPH
ALTERNATE REPRESENTATIVE
MEDICINE
MOLINSKI, TADEUSZ F
ALTERNATE REPRESENTATIVE
CHEMISTRY & BIOCHEMISTRY
MOMPER, JEREMIAH D
PRIMARY REPRESENTATIVE
SSPPS
MORZFELD, MATTHIAS
ALTERNATE REPRESENTATIVE
SIO
MUENDLER, MARC ANDREAS
PRIMARY REPRESENTATIVE
REVELLE COLLEGE
MUSEUS, SAMUEL DAVID
ALTERNATE REPRESENTATIVE
MUIR COLLEGE
NAOI, MEGUMI
ALTERNATE REPRESENTATIVE
POLITICAL SCIENCE
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NEWSOME, ELIZABETH ANN
ALTERNATE REPRESENTATIVE
VISUAL ARTS
NI, KAIXUAN
ALTERNATE REPRESENTATIVE
PHYSICS
NICOLAZZO, SAL
ALTERNATE REPRESENTATIVE
LITERATURE
NORMAN, SONYA B
PRIMARY REPRESENTATIVE
PSYCHIATRY
NUDLEMAN, ERIC DANIEL
PRIMARY REPRESENTATIVE
OPHTHALMOLOGY
O'CONNOR, JOSEPH M
PRIMARY REPRESENTATIVE
CHEMISTRY & BIOCHEMISTRY
OPATKIEWICZ, JUSTIN PAUL
ALTERNATE REPRESENTATIVE
MUIR COLLEGE
OPREA, DRAGOS N
PRIMARY REPRESENTATIVE
MATHEMATICS
ORAILOGLU, ALEX
PRIMARY REPRESENTATIVE
CSE
OWENS, MELINDA TSAO-YING
PRIMARY REPRESENTATIVE
WARREN COLLEGE
PAL, PIYA
PRIMARY REPRESENTATIVE
ECE
PALMER, ABRAHAM A
ALTERNATE REPRESENTATIVE
PSYCHIATRY
PARRA, MAX
PRIMARY REPRESENTATIVE
MARSHALL COLLEGE
PATEL, SHAISTA
ALTERNATE REPRESENTATIVE
ROOSEVELT COLLEGE
PATTERSON, PATRICK HYDER
PRIMARY REPRESENTATIVE
HISTORY
PAYZANT, PEPIN
PRIMARY GRADUATE STUDENT ADVISOR
PEEK-ASA, CORINNE LEE
EX OFFICIO
VICE CHANCELLOR, RESEARCH AFFAIRS
PEZZOLI, KEITH
ALTERNATE REPRESENTATIVE
URBAN STUDIES & PLANNING
PIERCE, KAREN L
ALTERNATE REPRESENTATIVE
NEUROSCIENCES
PITT, RICHARD
PRIMARY REPRESENTATIVE
SIXTH COLLEGE
PLANT, REBECCA JO
EX OFFICIO
CHAIR, ADMISSIONS
POLITIS, DIMITRIS
ALTERNATE REPRESENTATIVE
HALICIOGLU DATA SCIENCE INST
POMEROY, ROBERT S
ALTERNATE REPRESENTATIVE
SEVENTH COLLEGE
POSTERO, NANCY GREY
EX OFFICIO
VICE CHAIR, SAN DIEGO DIVISION
POWELL, LORA
PRIMARY REPRESENTATIVE
THEATRE & DANCE
PRATHER, LAUREN R
ALTERNATE REPRESENTATIVE
GLOBAL POLICY AND STRATEGY
RANGAMANI, PADMINI
EX OFFICIO
CHAIR, EDUCATIONAL POLICY
RICHARDS, STEPHANIE F
ALTERNATE REPRESENTATIVE
REVELLE COLLEGE
RICKARD, TIMOTHY C
PRIMARY REPRESENTATIVE
PSYCHOLOGY
RICKLESS, SAMUEL CHARLES
ALTERNATE REPRESENTATIVE
PHILOSOPHY
RISSMAN, ROBERT A
PRIMARY REPRESENTATIVE
NEUROSCIENCES
ROBBINS, SHIRA L
ALTERNATE REPRESENTATIVE
OPHTHALMOLOGY
ROBERTS, MARGARET EARLING
PRIMARY REPRESENTATIVE
POLITICAL SCIENCE
SAIER, MILTON H
PRIMARY REPRESENTATIVE
MUIR COLLEGE
SAINTILLAN, DAVID
PRIMARY REPRESENTATIVE
MAE
SANCHEZ-LOPEZ, ELSA
ALTERNATE REPRESENTATIVE
ORTHOPAEDICS
SANTIAGO, CHIAKI
PRIMARY GRADUATE STUDENT ADVISOR
SASAKI, CHRISTEN T
ALTERNATE REPRESENTATIVE
ETHNIC STUDIES
SCHENK, SIMON
PRIMARY REPRESENTATIVE
ORTHOPAEDICS
SCHURGERS, CURT
PRIMARY REPRESENTATIVE
ECE
SEBAT, JONATHAN LADD
PRIMARY REPRESENTATIVE
PSYCHIATRY
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SEIBERT, TYLER MICHAEL
PRIMARY REPRESENTATIVE
RADIATION MEDICINE & APPLIED SCIENCES
SEN, GEORGE L
PRIMARY REPRESENTATIVE
DERMATOLOGY
SERENCES, JOHN THOMAS
PRIMARY REPRESENTATIVE
PSYCHOLOGY
SHEIKH, FARAH
PRIMARY REPRESENTATIVE
MEDICINE
SHI, YUYAN
PRIMARY REPRESENTATIVE
HWSPH
SHUBAYEV, VERONICA I
ALTERNATE REPRESENTATIVE
ANESTHESIOLOGY
SIGURDSON, CHRISTINA J
PRIMARY REPRESENTATIVE
PATHOLOGY
SILVA, GABRIEL A
PRIMARY REPRESENTATIVE
BIOENGINEERING
SIMMONS, ELIZABETH H
EX OFFICIO
EXECUTIVE VICE CHANCELLOR, ACADEMIC AFFAIRS
SINHA, SHANTANU
EX OFFICIO
CHAIR, FACULTY WELFARE
SNOEREN, ALEX C
PRIMARY REPRESENTATIVE
CSE
STALLINGS, DONTARIE M
PRIMARY REPRESENTATIVE
CHEMISTRY & BIOCHEMISTRY
STRASSER, ULRIKE
PRIMARY REPRESENTATIVE
ROOSEVELT COLLEGE
SUAREZ, JOSE R
ALTERNATE REPRESENTATIVE
HWSPH
SUEL, GUROL MEHMET
PRIMARY REPRESENTATIVE
BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES
TAI-SEALE, MING
PRIMARY REPRESENTATIVE
FAMILY & PREVENTIVE MEDICINE
TALKE, FRANK E
ALTERNATE REPRESENTATIVE
MAE
THOMAS, RONALD G
ALTERNATE REPRESENTATIVE
HWSPH
THORPE, CHARLES ROBERT
PRIMARY REPRESENTATIVE
SOCIOLOGY
TOUR, ELLA
ALTERNATE REPRESENTATIVE
BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES
TOURI, BEHROUZ
PRIMARY REPRESENTATIVE
ECE
TRAVER, DAVID
PRIMARY REPRESENTATIVE
BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES
TRONZO, WILLIAM L
ALTERNATE REPRESENTATIVE
REVELLE COLLEGE
TSAMPRAS, GEORGIOS
ALTERNATE REPRESENTATIVE
STRUCTURAL ENGINEERING
VECCHIO, KENNETH S
PRIMARY REPRESENTATIVE
NANOENGINEERING
VILKE, GARY MICHAEL
PRIMARY REPRESENTATIVE
EMERGENCY MEDICINE
VOGL, TOM SAUL
PRIMARY REPRESENTATIVE
SEVENTH COLLEGE
VUL, EDWARD
ALTERNATE REPRESENTATIVE
MARSHALL COLLEGE
WANG, SHIZHEN
PRIMARY REPRESENTATIVE
PATHOLOGY
WATSON, DEBORAH
ALTERNATE REPRESENTATIVE
SURGERY
WIDENER, DANIEL L
EX OFFICIO
MEMBER, ACADEMIC COUNCIL
WILKINSON, MILES FROME
PRIMARY REPRESENTATIVE
OBSTETRICS, GYNECOLOGY, & REPRODUCTIVE
SCIENCES
XIA, HAIJUN
PRIMARY REPRESENTATIVE
COGNITIVE SCIENCE
XIAO, MING
ALTERNATE REPRESENTATIVE
WARREN COLLEGE
YADLAPATI, RENA HIREN
ALTERNATE REPRESENTATIVE
MEDICINE
YOUNG, WILLIAM ROY
ALTERNATE REPRESENTATIVE
SIO
ZHAO, YUNDE
PRIMARY REPRESENTATIVE
BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES
ZHU, YING
PRIMARY REPRESENTATIVE
ECONOMICS
ZILBERMAN, NATHALIE
PRIMARY RESEARCH ADVISOR - SIO
SAN DIEGO DIVISION OF THE ACADEMIC SENATE
REPRESENTATIVE ASSEMBLY
April 5, 2022 Minutes
Chair Javidi called the meeting to order. A quorum was present (see attached attendance sheet),
along with other Academic Senate members and guests. Chair Javidi welcomed everyone to the
third Representative Assembly meeting of the 2021-2022 academic year. Chair Javidi reviewed
the Academic Senate Bylaws governing membership, privileges of the floor, and voting.
MINUTES OF THE MEETING ON DECEMBER 7, 2021
The December 7, 2021 meeting minutes were approved as submitted.
ANNOUNCEMENTS BY THE CHAIR OF THE DIVISION
Systemwide Updates
At its April 13th meeting, the Systemwide Assembly of the Academic Senate will be voting on
whether to initiate a ballot to all Senate Faculty on whether to approve a proposed Memorial to
the UC Board of Regents. A "Memorial to the Regents" is a declaration or petition addressed to
the President of the University of California for transmission to the Regents. Senate Bylaw 90.B.
authorizes the Assembly to initiate “Memorials to the Regents on matters of Universitywide
concern to be submitted to The Regents through the President . . .” The proposed Memorial
currently reads as follows: “The University of California Academic Senate petitions the Regents
for investments in UC’s infrastructure that will reduce on-campus fossil fuel combustion to 5%
of current levels by 2030.” If this Memorial or a variant of it is approved, an additional
Representative Assembly (RA) meeting will be scheduled at UCSD in May to review the
Memorial with the RA representatives prior to distributing the ballot. The ballot will go to all
Senate members for a vote. If a majority of the voting members of the UC faculty systemwide
approve the proposed Memorial, the Assembly will forward it to the President for transmission
to the Regents.
Academic Council endorsed a letter from the University Committee on Academic Freedom
(UCAF), which contained their recommendations regarding the mandated recording of classes.
UCAF’s letter emphasizes that the emergency shift to remote instruction during the pandemic
was an extraordinary measure, but that maintaining a blanket requirement for class recording
would violate the academic freedom of faculty and potentially chill student and faculty speech.
Academic Council recommended that any accommodation requests related to the recording of
classes should be handled on a case-by-case basis. Academic Council also responded to calls for
universal hybrid instruction, noting that it is clear that there are many contributing issues and
reasons for the demand for hybrid instruction. The discussion on both of these topics is ongoing.
[Links to Academic Council response letters:
https://senate.universityofcalifornia.edu/_files/reports/rh-divisions-recommendations-on-
mandated-recording-of-classes.pdf
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April 5, 2022
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https://senate.universityofcalifornia.edu/_files/reports/rh-md-response-to-calls-for-universal-
hybrid-instruction.pdf]
Campus Updates
Chair Javidi reminded the Assembly that at the October 2021 RA meeting, EPC updated
Assembly on a new Policy on Syllabi for Courses. Effective Fall 2022, a syllabus is required for
all classes, with the exception of independent study courses or those approved for exclusion by
the department chair. [Link: https://senate.ucsd.edu/media/535770/policy-on-course-syllabi.pdf]
Four Senate Discussion Forums were held in Winter quarter in which Chair Javidi and Vice
Chair Postero described the issues Senate leadership and committees have been dealing with and
heard from faculty about their concerns. The overall sentiment is that faculty want to be involved
earlier in decision-making processes on campus. The two issues that faculty commented on the
most were graduate funding and the Oracle Financial Information System (FIS) roll out. The
Senate review of the graduate funding model has generated a very robust and important
conversation with the Graduate Division. The Senate is very hopeful that it will be able to extend
the positive developments in the new block grant formula to the other components of support for
graduate students. While the ability to address many aspects of the FIS roll out has been rather
limited for the Senate, it has been able to help in individual cases. Chair Javidi encouraged
faculty to reach out to the Senate if they have FIS-related issues. It was also noted that
communication between Senate committees, Senate Council (the Senate’s executive council),
and faculty could improve to keep the faculty at large aware of what the Senate is working on in
order to provide their feedback.
CHANCELLOR PRADEEP KHOSLA REMARKS
Chair Javidi announced that the Chancellor will not address the Assembly at this meeting due to
a last-minute obligation that came up after the agenda was distributed.
UPDATE ON HOLISTIC TEACHING EVALUATION IMPLEMENTATION PLANS BY
JOHN MOORE, DEAN, DIVISION OF UNDERGRADUATE EDUCATION; AND
MARISA ABRAJANO, PROVOST, WARREN COLLEGE & SENATE-
ADMINISTRATION WORKGROUP ON HOLISTIC TEACHING EVALUATION
IMPLEMENTATION REPORT CO-CHAIR
Chair Javidi introduced Dean Moore and Provost Abrajano. They reviewed the recommendations
from the Holistic Teaching Implementation Workgroup and the plan for implementing a phased
roll-out of holistic evaluation in academic review files. The holistic evaluation model should
provide instructors a greater opportunity to describe their pedagogical efforts in their own words
in their review files, and it eliminates using a single data point for evaluation (i.e. CAPES). The
Holistic Teaching Oversight Committee is a standing committee that will oversee the holistic
teaching evaluation process, and will have broad representation from faculty, students, and staff.
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April 5, 2022
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The Chair of that committee will serve as the liaison to the Committee on Academic Personnel
(CAP).
Faculty are encouraged to submit syllabi, a teaching statement, and other evidence of teaching
effectiveness as part of the teaching portfolio included in their review files. Departments will be
encouraged to develop teaching standards, and the campus will transition from using the CAPES
system to the Student Instructional Input Program (SIIP). SIIP incorporates research-based
reforms to minimize bias, while still ensuring that the students’ perspectives continue to inform
evaluations of teaching effectiveness. Holistic teaching evaluation steady state should be reached
by the 2024-25 academic year.
A member commented that historically, student participation in completing evaluations varies,
and that only those who are extremely happy or unhappy tend to respond. Dean Moore
responded that while there are things that can be done to increase students’ participation in
completing evaluations, the evaluations will no longer be the only data point in review files so
there is a greater opportunity to provide information to demonstrate teaching effectiveness.
A member commented that APM 210 already allows for a holistic evaluation of teaching, but
that UCSD has primarily only used CAPES for evaluation, with most of the emphasis on the
student comments regarding the recommendation of the instructor. Dean Moore responded that
the student input scores will no longer be reported as percentages, but rather by using a
histogram, or that the questions will be changed to focus on pedagogical practices versus
whether the students like the instructor or not. Including a teaching portfolio in the review file
will allow for a much more complete presentation of teaching effectiveness.
A member asked if the teaching portfolio will be counted as the second measure of teaching
effectiveness, with the SIIPs now being the first, even though it is more of an assertion and not a
measure. Provost Abrajano responded that CAPES have historically served as the quantitative
and qualitative measures of teaching effectiveness, so now even more information will be
provided to satisfy the requirement.
See page 1 of the presentation slides.
[Link: https://senate.ucsd.edu/media/531931/holistic-teaching-implementation-report-review-
docs-8-2021.pdf]
SPECIAL ORDERS
Consent Calendar
a. Senate Election- Nominations for Committee on Committees
Chair Javidi introduced Vice Chair Postero. Vice Chair Postero provided an overview of
the nomination process, and presented the Senate Council nominations to run for election
to the Committee on Committees.
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Senate Council nominated the following candidates to serve on the Committee on
Committees, for three-year terms, effective September 1, 2022 through August 31, 2025.
Member of the Committee on Committees from an Engineering department.
• Farhat Beg (Professor, Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering)
• Paul Siegel (Professor, Electrical and Computer Engineering)
Member of the Committee on Committees from a Health Sciences department, excluding
the Department of Medicine and the Department of Surgery.
• Christine Chung (Professor in Residence, Radiology)
• Pascal Gagneux (Professor, Pathology and Anthropology)
Member of the Committee on Committees from a Science department.
• Steven Briggs (Professor, Cell and Developmental Biology)
• David Holway (Professor, Ecology, Behavior and Evolution)
Member of the Committee on Committees from a Social Sciences department.
• Seana Coulson (Professor, Cognitive Science)
• Andrew Kehler (Professor, Linguistics)
The following candidates were nominated by petition.
Member of the Committee on Committees from an Engineering department.
• Nuno Vasconcelos (Professor, Electrical and Computer Engineering)
At-large Member of the Committee on Committees.
• Michael Burkart (Professor, Chemistry and Biochemistry)
• Joshua Graff Zivin (Professor, Global Policy and Strategy)
The election slate was approved.
The following Senate members were nominated by the Committee on Committees and
were announced at the meeting.
Vice Chair (Chair Designate) of the Division for a two-year term, effective September 1,
2022 through August 31, 2024. The incumbent serves as Vice Chair the first year and as
Chair the second year.
• John Hildebrand (Professor, SIO)
• David Lake (Professor, Political Science)
Divisional Representative to the systemwide Assembly of the Academic Senate. There
are two vacancies for two-year terms, effective September 1, 2022 through August 31,
2024.
• Niloofar Afari (Professor in Residence, Psychiatry)
• Neal Deveraj (Professor, Chemistry and Biochemistry)
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• Shyue Ping Ong (Professor, NanoEngineering)
• Anita Raj (Professor, Medicine)
• F. Akif Tezcan (Professor, Chemistry and Biochemistry)
See page 84 of the meeting materials.
b. 2020-2021 Distinguished Teaching Awards
Chair Javidi introduced Committee on Senate Awards (CSA) Chair Mercier to present the
nominations for the Distinguished Teaching Awards. CSA Chair Mercier explained that
up to five members of the Academic Senate, three non-Senate members, and three
graduate students are nominated to receive awards each spring. UCSD gives these awards
to recognize the importance of excellent teaching on our campus. Awards for Senate
members are $1,500 each, awards for non-Senate members are $1,000 each, and awards
for graduate students are $500 each. The Academic Senate partners with the Chancellor
and the Barbara and Paul Saltman Endowment Fund to provide funds for the awards and
reception, which will be held virtually this year.
Distinguished Teaching Award, Senate Members
• Abigail Andrews (Sociology)
• King Britt (Music)
• Maziar Ghazanijad (Mechanical & Aerospace Engineering)
• Leo Porter (Computer Science Engineering)
• Phil Tsai (Physics)
• Candis Morello (Pharmacy) [Note: This was announced as a Barbara and Paul
Saltman Distinguished Teaching Award for Non-Senate Members, but was changed
after the meeting since Professor Morello is a Senate member.]
Barbara and Paul Saltman Distinguished Teaching Award, Non-Senate Members
• Bruce Wheeler (Bioengineering)
Barbara and Paul Saltman Excellent Teaching Award, Graduate Students
• Ethan Hurwitz (Psychology)
• Avaneesh Narla (Physics)
• Alex Stephenson (Music)
The nominations were approved.
REPORTS OF SPECIAL COMMITTEES [None]
REPORTS OF STANDING COMMITTEES
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Graduate Council, Arshad Desai, Chair; and Adam Engler, Chair, Department of Bioengineering.
Proposal to Discontinue the Master of Advanced Studies in Medical Device Engineering in the
Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering and Department of Bioengineering
Chair Javidi introduced GC Chair Desai and Professor Engler, who provided an overview of the
proposal.
The Master of Advanced Studies in Medical Device Engineering (MAS-MDE) program was
created to be self-supporting but it never reached self-supporting status due to lack of enrollment.
The program was inconsistent with other medical device engineering programs, since many
programs are shorter and can be completed during the work week rather than weekends only.
There was also a lack of faculty willing to teach offload courses on the weekends for the
program. Since the program began sunsetting in academic year 18-19, there are no students
currently enrolled in the program and no courses are cross-listed. Discontinuing the MAS-MDE
program also eliminates confusion with the new one-year Master of Engineering in Medical
Device Engineering specialization approved in April 2020 in the Department of Bioengineering
(the Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering proposal is pending).
GC Chair Desai made the following motion. Because the motion was made on behalf of a Senate
committee, no second was required. Senate Chair Javidi opened the floor to questions and
discussion of each motion.
Motion: Proposal to Discontinue the Master of Advanced Studies in Medical Device
Engineering in the Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering and
Department of Bioengineering.
• Questions & Discussion: None
• Vote: The proposal was approved by majority vote.
See page 79 of the meeting materials, and page 8 of the presentation slides.
Committee on Committees, Elsa Cleland, Chair. Proposal to Amend San Diego Divisional
Bylaw 185, Committee on Committees.
Chair Javidi introduced ConC Chair Cleland, who provided an overview of the proposal.
ConC currently has twelve members from designated areas on campus. The proposal clarifies
that the Biological Sciences and Physical Sciences areas will each be represented by one
member, which has been the practice on the committee for many years. One additional member
from Engineering will be added to more evenly distribute workload, therefore increasing ConC
to thirteen members total.
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ConC Chair Cleland made the following motion. Because the motion was made on behalf of a
Senate committee, no second was required. Senate Chair Javidi opened the floor to questions
and discussion of each motion.
Motion: Proposal to Amend San Diego Divisional Bylaw 185, Committee on Committees.
• Questions & Discussion: None
• Vote: The proposal was approved by 2/3 majority vote.
See page 80 of the meeting materials, and page 12 of the presentation slides.
Senate Council, Nancy Postero, Vice Chair. Senate Review of Proposal from Health Sciences
Faculty Council to Increase Membership of the Committees on Diversity and Equity, Faculty
Welfare, Planning and Budget, and Research.
Chair Javidi introduced Vice Chair Postero, who provided an overview of the proposal.
In Fall quarter, the Health Sciences Faculty Council (HSFC) submitted a proposal to the
Academic Senate asking for the Senate to consider increasing the membership of four Senate
committees – the Committee on Diversity and Equity (CDE), Faculty Welfare (CFW), Planning
and Budget (CPB), and Research (COR) – by two members each. The proposal noted that the
size of the Senate faculty has grown, therefore, the size of those committees would benefit from
increased representation to reflect this growth. This includes growth in the Health Sciences,
which now has three schools – Medicine, Pharmacy, and Public Health. The proposal asked that
at least one third of the members of the four committees named above should be from Health
Sciences, as these committees relate to core issues affecting Health Sciences. The proposal was
reviewed by the four committees (CDE, CFW, CPB, and COR) as well as the Committee on
Committees (ConC), which appoints faculty to Senate committees. The general sentiment was
that the committees supported increasing the membership to reflect campus growth and
encourage Health Sciences participation, but did not support an explicit requirement that one
third of the committees should be from Health Sciences.
In their review of the proposal, the ConC noted that they strive to achieve a balance of
disciplines, genders, perspectives, and experiences of faculty while making appointments and
this requires some flexibility when forming committees to help achieve these goals. After
considering committee comments and discussion, Senate Council endorsed the HSFC’s
suggestion to increase committee membership for the four committees, but did not support
requiring that one third of the committee members be from Health Sciences. Senate Council will
encourage the ConC to appoint Health Sciences faculty members. Following Senate Council’s
review, each of the four committees was asked to review their committee’s bylaw and the change
to increase membership, and formally vote on whether to amend their bylaw. Each of the
committees supported the bylaw amendments and therefore, each submitted a proposal.
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• Questions & Discussion: None
• Informational presentation; no vote required.
See page 86 of the meeting materials.
Committee on Diversity and Equity, Jen Burney, Chair. Proposal to Amend San Diego
Divisional Bylaw 177, Diversity and Equity.
Chair Javidi introduced CDE Chair Burney, who provided an overview of the proposal. CDE
proposed an amendment to Bylaw 177 to increase the membership of the committee from 7 to 9
members. CDE supported increasing the size of the committee to allow for greater
representation, including from the Health Sciences.
CDE Chair Burney made the following motion. Because the motion was made on behalf of a
Senate committee, no second was required. Senate Chair Javidi opened the floor to questions
and discussion of each motion.
Motion: Proposal to Amend San Diego Divisional Bylaw 177, Diversity and Equity.
• Questions & Discussion: None
• Vote: The proposal was approved by 2/3 majority vote.
See page 95 of the meeting materials.
Committee on Faculty Welfare, Shantanu Sinha, Chair. Proposal to Amend San Diego Divisional
Bylaw 217, Faculty Welfare
Chair Javidi introduced CFW Chair Sinha, who provided an overview of the proposal. CFW
proposed an amendment to Bylaw 217 to increase the membership of the committee from 8 to 10
members. CFW supported increasing the size of the committee to allow for greater
representation, including from the Health Sciences.
CFW Chair Sinha made the following motion. Because the motion was made on behalf of a
Senate committee, no second was required. Senate Chair Javidi opened the floor to questions
and discussion of each motion.
Motion: Proposal to Amend San Diego Divisional Bylaw 217, Faculty Welfare
• Questions & Discussion: None
• Vote: The proposal was approved by 2/3 majority vote.
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See page 98 of the meeting materials.
Committee on Planning and Budget, Gedeon Deák, Chair. Proposal to Amend San Diego
Divisional Bylaw 228, Planning and Budget
Chair Javidi introduced CPB Chair Deák, who provided an overview of the proposal. CPB
proposed an amendment to Bylaw 228 to increase the membership of the committee from 9 to 11
members. CPB supported increasing the size of the committee to allow for greater
representation, including from the Health Sciences.
CPB Chair Deák made the following motion. Because the motion was made on behalf of a
Senate committee, no second was required. Senate Chair Javidi opened the floor to questions
and discussion of each motion.
Motion: Proposal to Amend San Diego Divisional Bylaw 228, Planning and Budget
• Questions & Discussion: None
• Vote: The proposal was approved by 2/3 majority vote.
See page 101 of the meeting materials.
Committee on Research, Gert Cauwenberghs, Chair. Proposal to Amend San Diego Divisional
Bylaw 235, Research
Chair Javidi introduced COR Chair Cauwenberghs, who provided an overview of the proposal.
COR proposed an amendment to Bylaw 235 to increase the membership of the committee from
10 to 12 members. COR supported increasing the size of the committee to allow for greater
representation, including from the Health Sciences. COR also proposed the addition of one
graduate student to the committee, who shall not have the right to vote. The addition of a
graduate student representative supports both COR’s and the Graduate and Professional Student
Association of UC San Diego’s objective to increase student representation in the Academic
Senate.
COR Chair Cauwenberghs made the following motion. Because the motion was made on behalf
of a Senate committee, no second was required. Senate Chair Javidi opened the floor to
questions and discussion of each motion.
Motion: Proposal to Amend San Diego Divisional Bylaw 235, Research
• Questions & Discussion: None
• Vote: The proposal was approved by 2/3 majority vote.
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See page 104 of the meeting materials.
Committee on Senate Awards, Patrick Mercier, Chair. Proposal to Amend San Diego Divisional
Bylaw 241, Senate Awards
This item was deferred to a future Representative Assembly meeting.
REPORTS OF FACULTIES [None]
PETITIONS OF STUDENTS [None]
UNFINISHED BUSINESS [None]
NEW BUSINESS [None]
Chair Javidi called for any new business.
A member commented that parking on campus continues to be an issue for faculty and asked if
the Senate can help with the situation. Chair Javidi reported that multiple Senate committees
have been involved in this particular issue, and that the Senate has been advocating to be more
involved in the decision-making process across campus overall.
The meeting was adjourned at 4:52 p.m.
Recorded by Jenna Lucius, Senior Senate Analyst.
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REPRESENTATIVEASSEMBLYMEMBERSHIP‐2021/2022
April05,2022MeetingAttendance
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JAVIDI,TARA CHAIR,SANDIEGODIVISION
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POSTERO,NANCYGREY VICECHAIR,SANDIEGODIVISION
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GILL,PHILIPE CHAIR,PRIVILEGE&TENURE
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CSE
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VISUALARTS
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CHO,ER
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MANGOLTE,ELISABETHMARIE
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HOLISTIC TEACHING EVALUATION
IMPLEMENTATION PLANS
Representative Assembly Meeting
April 5, 2022
RECOMMENDATIONS FROM THE
HOLISTIC TEACHING IMPLEMENTATION
WORKGROUP (2021)
• Teaching Portfolios
• Summative Evaluation versus Formative Assessment
• Student Feedback
THE HOLISTIC TEACHING EVALUATION
OVERSIGHT COMMITTEE
• Intended to be a standing administrative committee that oversees the holistic
teaching evaluation process.
• The committee will have broad faculty, staff, and student representation. Faculty
members – from a slate provided by Committee on Committees – will serve
staggered three-year terms.
• Administrative and staff representatives will be ex officio or delegated by their
units. The Associated Students and the Graduate and Professional Student
Association will provide representatives.
• Technical consultants – e.g., from ITS – will be included as needed. The committee
chair will serve as a liaison to the Committee on Academic Personnel (CAP).
OVERSIGHT COMMITTEE CHARGE
• Main charge: guiding the phased roll-out of holistic evaluation
• Provide standards for teaching portfolios
• Partner with the Teaching + Learning Commons in matters of workshops and
formative assessments; this includes trainings for both faculty and campus reviewers
• Vet questions and prompts for student input; working with ITS on its implementation;
this includes training for students on equity-minded input and mechanisms for dealing
overt expressions of bias
• Ensure that an emphasis on equity, diversity, and inclusion is part of all conversations
COMPOSITION OF OVERSIGHT
COMMITTEE
The committee will be co-chaired by two faculty members and committee will
consist of:
• Faculty representatives from each academic area (school):
• Former CAP members
• Teaching professors
• Vice chairs for Academic Personnel
• Faculty Equity Advisors
• Representatives from Grad Division, APS, EDI, TLC, DUE
PROPOSED IMPLEMENTATION TIMELINE
•
Ye a r Ta s k
Spring 2022 • Encourage faculty - particularly those whose files will go forward in
2022-23 - to include syllabi and short teaching statements in
academic files
• Encourage departments to develop teaching standards by the end of
Spring 2022
• Work with ITS to implement the transition from CAPEs to SIIPs
2022-2023 Campus reviewers begin to comment on teaching statements and other
materials, in addition to CAPEs (residual) and SIIPs
2023-2024 Encourage more detailed teaching statements to match additional
portfolio material (including SIIPs, syllabi, and other evidence of teaching
2024-2025 Holistic teaching evaluation reaches steady-state
CLOSING THOUGHTS
• The move to a holistic teaching portfolio might seem like a big change, but the
committee views this as an opportunity for faculty to have a greater voice in their
teaching portfolio.
• Shift away from CAPE’s as the primary form of summative evaluation as a step in the
right direction, given the documented issues in this form of student feedback.
• The goal of having a more holistic teaching portfolio also allows faculty and instructors
to describe their pedagogical efforts in their own words, and the various ways that they
contribute to the teaching mission of the University.
• Implementing a holistic method of teaching also moves the campus one step closer to
achieving its vision of a student-centered university.
Discontinuation of MAS-
MDE Program
Adam J Engler
Chair, Dept of Bioengineering
MAS-MDE Program (MC85, 86, 87)
•2-year Program began in AY11-12, “sunset” in
AY18-19
•All instruction was offload consistent with the MAS
program (6 instructors)
•All courses were weekend only and restrict in
enrollment to MDE students only
MAS-MDE Program (MC85, 86, 87)
Challenges it faced:
• Lack of enrollment for MAS-MDE made
the program unsustainable
• Medical device companies prefer employees
in a one-year degree program with a design
project during the work week (sister program
at UC Berkeley is a full-time 1-year program)
• Individual projects are labor intensive and
require physical presence; very small
class sizes
• Pressure to teach onload first created a
lack of faculty willing to teach overload.
MAS-MDE Program (MC85, 86, 87)
Impacts of Discontinuation:
• No students enrolled currently due to program “retirement” (but still
not discontinued)
• No cross-listed courses
• Faculty can now concentrate on onload teaching
• Eliminates confusion with new 1-year MEng-MDE
specialization approved in April 2020 for BENG (MAE proposal
pending)
• 1
st
cohort is graduating in Spring 2022 (7 students)
• 2
nd
cohort is enrolling in FA22 (6 students already; 46 offers outstanding)
Committee on Committees (ConC) proposed
bylaw change (agenda p. 81):
• ConC recommends Senate faculty for campus-level
committees and service roles. ConC members are elected to
represent the faculty service needs and preferences of their
home units.
• ConC currently has 12 members from these units:
• 3 Health Sciences, 2 ”Sciences,” 2 Social Sciences, 1 Engineering, 1
Arts, 1 Humanities, 1 SIO, 1 member-at-large
• We propose to clarify that Biological Sciences and Physical
Sciences will each be represented by one member
• We propose to add 1 additional member from Engineering,
to more evenly distribute workload (increasing ConC to 13
total members)
From: UC Academic Senate
To: President of the University of California, for transmission to the Regents
Re: Memorial to the Regents
The University of California Academic Senate petitions the Regents for investments in UC’s
infrastructure that will reduce on-campus fossil fuel combustion by at least 60% of current
levels by 2030 and by 95% of current levels by 2035.
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EXPLANATION OF THE PROVISIONS OF THE MEMORIAL TO THE REGENTS
The Memorial states: The University of California Academic Senate petitions the Regents
for investments in UC’s infrastructure that will reduce on-campus fossil fuel combustion
by at least 60% of current levels by 2030 and by 95% of current levels by 2035.
This Memorial is concerned with Scope 1 emissions, i.e., carbon that is actually released into the
air at UC. Scope 2 emissions, which are those that were emitted by power plants generating
electricity sold to UC, and similar sources, are already decreasing. This is due to efforts by UC to
purchase renewable power from the state power grid, as well as the overall rapid electrification of
that grid. Scope 3 are emissions by UC students, faculty and staff in their UC roles, such as UC-
reimbursed flights, or commuting. While UC needs to do more to reduce these, much depends on
actions beyond its control, such as the development of public transport.
The Memorial requests the Regents to reduce on-campus carbon combustion. Carbon combustion
varies widely across campuses with the top 6 campuses accounting for >90% of total UC
emissions. The 7 campuses with highest emissions use co-generation plants which burn methane
to produce electricity, heat and cooling, and these plants are responsible for most of their
emissions. Thus, addressing on-campus carbon combustion will eventually require replacing these
plants. Other emissions come from single-building boilers, which will probably also need to be
replaced by 2035 to meet the goals of this Memorial.
Practically, reducing on-campus carbon combustion will first require financial and engineering
evaluation of different options. The Academic Senate is committed to facilitating faculty
participation in this process to maximize its breadth, rigor and creativity, including consideration
of hydrogen and on-site solar, as well as grid electricity as power sources. After choosing the
global solutions on each campus, detailed planning and fund raising, and finally execution will
occur. The entire process might take 5 to 10 years.
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PROPOSED MEMORIAL TO THE REGENTS
DESCRIPTION
Senate Bylaw 90.B. authorizes the Assembly to initiate “Memorials to the Regents on matters of
Universitywide concern to be submitted to The Regents through the President ...” The Memorial
would petition the Regents to make investments in UC’s infrastructure that will reduce on-campus
fossil fuel combustion by at least 60% of current levels by 2030 and by 95% of current levels by
2035.
A vote in favor is a vote to instruct the President to transmit the Memorial to the Regents. A vote
against is a vote not ask the President to transmit the Memorial to the Regents.
PROCEDURAL HISTORY OF THE MEMORIAL
At a meeting on December 15, 2021, the Academic Council approved a motion to ask the
Assembly to initiate a Memorial to the Regents that would petition the Regents to make
investments in UC’s infrastructure that will reduce on-campus fossil fuel combustion by at least
95% of current levels by 2030. The proposal was placed on the agenda for the Assembly’s
February 9, 2022 meeting as Item VII.A.2 and on its April 13, 2022 meeting as Item III.A.1,
together with the proposed text and arguments for and against, as required by Bylaw 90.B.
The Assembly engaged in debate and further amendments. In the course of vigorous discussion, a
compromise was proposed that would create a hybrid between the arguments for and against the
version of the Memorial passed by Academic Council. The Assembly ultimately voted (46 in
favor, 1 against) to distribute a ballot to all Senate faculty members in accordance with the
procedures stipulated in Senate Bylaws 90 and 95. The amended Memorial asks the Regents to
make investments in UC’s infrastructure that will reduce on-campus fossil fuel combustion by at
least 60% of current levels by 2030 and by 95% of current levels by 2035.
ARGUMENTS IN FAVOR OF MEMORIAL TO THE REGENTS
The climate crisis is an existential threat to human civilization and our biosphere that requires a “rapid,
deep and immediate” cut in CO
2
emissions.
1
California in 2017 passed Senate Bill 100, requiring the
state to reduce 1990-level emissions by 40% by 2030.
2
The University of California responded to the
crisis by announcing a Carbon Neutrality Initiative in 2013.
3
It also declared a Climate Emergency in
2019.
4
UC scientists are leading research and scholarship about the crisis and how to respond.
5
However, the University’s response to the crisis has been inadequate:
The Carbon Neutrality Initiative does not require campuses to cut Scope 1 emissions (CO
2
from
burning fossil fuels on campus).
UC emissions, which have barely changed since 2013, are increasing for some campuses, and now
exceed 1 million tons per year systemwide.
6
(Figure 1)
The Carbon Neutrality Initiative focuses on purchasing carbon offsets, but the emerging global
consensus is that offsets should not be a strategy to reduce emissions. Effectiveness of the offset
approach is undercut by concerns about
credibility, additionally (that is, the
ability to establish that the offset project
wouldn’t have happened without UC’s
purchase) and verifiability. Essentially,
offsets are a dodge by which an
institution pays to avoid having to
reduce its own fossil fuel consumption.
7
UC policy also includes higher targets
for ‘directed biogas’ (i.e., we continue
to burn fossil-methane on campus and
buy credits for waste-methane capture
in other states). Apart from the ethical
problem, this approach is riddled with
problems including a lack of
scalability.
8
UC burns fracked-methane, which
contributes to pollution and environmental injustice across the state (including in the Central Valley
where many of our students’ families live), and sustains the economic and political power of fossil
gas companies and utilities that oppose a renewable energy transition.
1
From the latest report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change which notes that atmospheric CO
2
continues to
rise, https://www.ipcc.ch/
2
https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billTextClient.xhtml?bill_id=201520160SB32
3
https://ucop.edu/carbon-neutrality-initiative/index.html
4
https://www.universityofcalifornia.edu/news/university-california-declares-climate-emergency
5
https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-019-1364-3
6
Based on data provided by UCOP to a Public Records Request, and excludes carbon offsets. Although the CO
2
emissions
per student have decreased, the climate crisis requires an absolute decrease in emissions. Data available at
https://electrifyuc.org/data/
7
https://www.vox.com/2020/2/27/20994118/carbon-offset-climate-change-net-zero-neutral-emissions Rare valid offset
projects should be fully funded in any case, but not as alternatives to decreasing emissions. At current prices
(~$4.50/tonne), $160B/year covers all worldwide CO
2
emissions per year, ~4 cents per gallon of gas covers its emissions.
Studies by UCOP since ~2008 have recognized the necessity of electrification, mentioning offsets and waste-methane as
‘last resort’ ‘temporary’ measures, but due to their low cost they are now the main solutions. A petition by 3500 UC
stakeholders requesting detailed implementation studies was presented to President Drake in October 2020, but it was
rejected.
8
https://www.nceas.ucsb.edu/tomkat-natural-gas-replacement-strategies
Figure 1. Total CO2 equivalents emitted by each UC campus 2008-19.
The only way to reduce UC’s carbon emissions is to stop burning fossil fuels, electrify campus
operations, and purchase or generate renewable electricity. The Memorial asks the University to
reduce emissions by 60% from current levels by 2030, and by 95% by 2035—clear, doable, and
appropriately aggressive targets for eliminating campus use of fossil fuels.
The reduction targets are technically feasible. UC has many options to source clean electricity, including
installing more on-site solar facilities, and purchases through the grid. The California electric grid is
already mainly renewables during the day,
9
and storage is being rapidly added
10
that will make 100%
renewable grid electricity available to meet the Memorial’s goals.
11
During this transition period, the
UC should wean itself from reliance on offsets, and only purchase offsets that conform to rigorous
standards of quality.
Technology exists for replacing methane with electricity for heating-cooling and cogenerated electricity;
such use accounts for ~95% of UC carbon combustion
12
. Berkeley plans to electrify by 2028 and Davis
soon thereafter; together they account for ~half of the 2030 goal. Other campuses, starting planning now,
could finish by 2030.
13
However, the optimal method and cost requires deep studies which will not take
place without a serious commitment to a concrete goal. Other universities, including Stanford, have
already retired their fossil fuel plants and transitioned to electric.
14
This Memorial is not an engineering
specification or a law; the targets are specific because a simple statement of good intentions is unlikely
to change our current disastrous trajectory.
Some object to high opportunity costs associated with this Memorial. We say the cost of inaction is
incalculably higher. The consequences of climate change have already encumbered the normal operation
and core missions of UC, while aggressive action will gain UC co-benefits in terms of education,
research, and reputation. Truly decreasing carbon emissions by UC may require hard choices and
postponement of other goals. There are long-standing Administration-Senate consultative mechanisms
for establishing priorities, allocating funds, and requesting support from the State and other sources. The
Memorial does not replace this process, but urges that decarbonization of the UC energy system be
among our highest priorities. UC has an opportunity to leverage its leadership and expertise toward
greater public support and funding around these goals. The current state budget surplus includes
opportunities for funding energy efficiency projects that the Regents can allocate to electrifying
campuses.
Decarbonization is a serious obligation to humanity, other species, and future generations. UC, by virtue
of its central role in discovering that carbon pollution causes climate change, has an obligation to lead
by example by cutting actual emissions rather than validating greenwashing with ‘carbon offsets.’
9
http://www.caiso.com/Documents/California-ISO-Hits-All-Time-Peak-of-More-Than-97-Percent-Renewables.pdf
10
~60GW in the next half decade, https://pv-magazine-usa.com/2021/07/15/california-breaks-1-gw-energy-storage-
milestone-and-looks-to-a-future-1-21-gw-moment/
11
Legislation is currently being considered to target 90% carbon-free grid electricity by 2035 and require all state agencies
to purchase 100% carbon-free electricity by 2030. https://sd39.senate.ca.gov/news/20220419-senate-democrats-introduce-
legislation-enhance-zero-carbon-goals-meet-needs-working
12
The rest is campus vehicles and special uses such as anesthetic gases. This memorial does not address emissions from
commuting or aviation. Cogeneration plants burn methane to co-generate electricity, heating and cooling.
13
The Memorial would not interfere with individual campuses working out their own best approaches but facilitates:
lobbying governments for funding; sharing information, ideas and experiences; and finding creative and optimal solutions,
embedded in the University’s core research and teaching missions.
14
Stanford’s electrification cost $485M but expected savings over 35 years is $425M
(https://sustainable.stanford.edu/sites/default/files/ZGF_Stanford_CEF.pdf). Immediate reductions of total emissions was
68%, potentially increasing to 81% by 2025 using scheduling and storage
(https://pubs.rsc.org/en/content/articlelanding/2019/ee/c8ee03706j).
ARGUMENTS IN OPPOSITION TO MEMORIAL TO THE REGENTS
The scientific consensus is clear that increasing levels of atmospheric CO
2
are causing a severe and
accelerating change in our climate with widespread consequences. However, we argue that this
Memorial does not address this crisis effectively, but would impose massive costs that could be better
spent advancing the
University’s core
mission.
We all agree that the
University of California,
must do its part to
accelerate our transition
to a carbon-neutral
future. Indeed, UC has
played a central role in
addressing the climate
crisis, through its core
missions of research,
teaching, and service.
UC has made significant
progress in reducing
campus emissions from
electricity and heating,
food production and
waste, vehicle operation, and commuting. This progress (average 2% per year reduction in energy use
intensity,
1
and absolute reduction of 25% in Scope 1 + 2 emissions over the pre-pandemic decade 2009-
19, see Figure 1)
2
occurred even as UC’s footprint grew to include essential new buildings and 26%
more enrolled students over the same period.
3
Nevertheless, the faculty need to support and promote
much more change, which will likely include the eventual electrification of many campus operations.
Let’s first consider how much rapid electrification will cost. A 60% reduction in UC emissions by 2030
(and 95% by 2035) cannot be achieved without rapidly replacing UC’s natural gas-fired cogeneration
(electricity, heat and power) plants, all of which are integral to campus operations and grid resiliency,
some of which are still operating very efficiently, and none of which can be replaced without
considerable campus disruption. The Memorial places a premium on capital investment in new physical
plant, without considering the impact this would have on other desperately needed capital investments.
The capital expenditures implied by the Memorial come at a time when the University has other pressing
unmet needs. The State stopped supporting the University’s capital needs directly through general
obligation bonds in 2006. As a result, infrastructure projects are now financed mostly by campus-level
borrowing. In 2021-22, a large budget surplus resulted in the State providing UC with a one-time
allocation for capital projects of $295 million. Given current economic conditions, the University may
1
https://sustainabilityreport.ucop.edu/2021/policy-progress/#energy.
2
https://sustainabilityreport.ucop.edu/2021/policy-progress/#climate
3
https://www.universityofcalifornia.edu/about-us/informationcenter/historical-enrollment
Figure 1. Total CO2 emissions by UC 2009-2020.Note that the decrease in 2020 was due to COVID, and
that the decrease in other years was due to offsets (gray) and increasing renewables in grid electricity
(dark blue), not decreased on-campus methane burning, the issue addressed by this Memorial.
receive a similar allocation for 2022-23. By comparison, the estimated cost to reduce emissions to 5% of
current levels by 2035 systemwide is $5 billion. But even this large amount is dwarfed by the
University’s needs for deferred maintenance for its educational and research facilities, estimated at $13
billion through 2026-27 with an additional $11 billion for seismic safety retrofits.
4
We will also need
$14 billion for new and renovated hospital facilities on UC’s medical campuses.
An appreciation of the scope of the work required to electrify UC’s energy systems can be derived by
considering Stanford’s electrification project, which started in 2011 and whose first phase involved
installing massive thermal storage tanks, digging up a large fraction of the campus to install 22 miles of
underground pipes, and retrofitting 155 buildings.
5
The initial cost of $485 million required an
additional $85 million investment when it became clear the project did not provide adequate cooling
during heatwaves that are now part of the new climate normal in the South Bay. Furthermore, that
project reduced CO2 emissions by only 68% (far from the 95% ultimately requested by this Memorial).
The proposed Memorial would require many projects this size or larger to begin immediately just to
reduce UC’s carbon emissions by a similar amount. Getting to 95% by 2035 may not be technically
feasible, even if it were possible to replicate the Stanford project on each UC campus, some of which
have very different heating/cooling requirements, weather, and space availability. Moreover, this
approach will inevitably mean less investment over the next decade to repair and maintain the buildings
we desperately need to support our core missions, let alone construct new classrooms, laboratories,
studios, and housing to accommodate President Drake’s commitment for an additional 20,000 students
by 2030.
Overall, the goals embodied in this Memorial do not recognize the many financial and practical
constraints that each of our campuses must navigate to fulfill our missions. While each campus has a
moral obligation to prioritize replacing its most obsolete energy infrastructure components with climate
resilient and low- or zero-emission systems, on some campuses this may involve retiring aging energy
systems immediately; on others, it might entail building more energy-efficient buildings now and
replacing well-functioning energy systems at a later date. Conversion of serviceable, highly efficient
university infrastructure with a long useful lifespan is wasteful and will lead to stranded investments in
existing electricity and heating facilities. It will not be the best use of resources on our campuses: we
may achieve emissions reductions in one sector, at the expense of higher energy consumption in a
different sector. In addition, it may not be the best use of State resources. For example, the State may
deem that mitigating the climate crisis would be better achieved by investment in projects to replace
even less efficient infrastructure outside of the University. It would be irresponsible for UC to insist that
its own goals take precedence.
Rather than rush to comply with rigid goals, a staged approach based on local campus decision-making,
will lead to the most efficient use of resources to achieve the greatest emissions reduction while
enhancing UC’s mission as the country’s best and most accessible public institution of higher education.
Replacing the most obsolete campus systems first will also allow UC to learn by doing, and to use its
scarce capital resources to maximize emission reductions per dollar invested. We urge the faculty to
reject this largely symbolic Memorial in favor of a practical and strategic approach that incentivizes
effective campus-based decision-making.
4
https://www.ucop.edu/capital-planning/2021- 2027_capital_financial_plan.pdf
5
https://news.stanford.edu/features/2015/sesi/
