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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

Tom Hope, Professor, Cell and Molecular Biology (Feinberg), thope@northwestern.edu 

Committee Members

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

Reports