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Committee on Cause

The Committee on Cause conducts an initial evaluation of appeals by faculty members in cases where the administration has imposed a sanction or is pursuing suspension or termination for Cause, and makes recommendations to the Provost regarding appeals.

Meet the Committee

Committee Chair

Jonathan Guryan, Professor, Education and Social Policy (SESP), j-guryan@northwestern.edu 

Committee Members

  • Julia Oliver Rajan, Associate Professor of Instruction, Spanish and Portuguese (WCAS)
  • Caryn Ward, Professor, Journalism Undergrad (Medill)
  • Nick Cianciotto, Professor, Microbiology-Immunology (Feinberg)
  • Vicente Garcia Tomas, Assistant Professor, Anesthesiology (Feinberg)
  • TJ Billard, Assistant Professor, Communication Studies (SoC)
  • Greg Miller, Professor, Psychology (WCAS)
  • Heather Risser, Assistant Professor, Psychiatry and Behav. Sciences (Feinberg)

Reports