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

Committee Members

Julia Oliver Rajan, Associate Professor of Instruction, Spanish and Portuguese (WCAS)
Caryn Ward, Professor, Journalism Undergrad (Medill)
TJ Billard, Assistant Professor, Communication Studies (SoC)
Faisal Akkawi, Faculty Director, information Systems (SPS)
Heather Risser, Assistant Professor, Psychiatry and Behav. Sciences (Feinberg)

Reports

2023-2024 Committee on Cause Year-End Report
2022-2023 Committee on Cause Year-End Report
2021-2022 Committee on Cause Year-End Report
2020-2021 Committee on Cause Year-End Report
2019-2020 Committee on Cause Year-End Report
2018-19 Committee on Cause Year-End Report
2017-2018 Committee on Cause Year-End Report
2016-2017 Committee on Cause Year-End Report