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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

Nasrin Qader, Associate Professor, French and Italian (WCAS), n-qader@northwestern.edu

Committee Members

  • Kent Grayson, Associate Professor, Marketing (Kellogg)
  • Mark Alznauer, Associate Professor, Philosophy (WCAS)
  • Nick Cianciotto, Professor, Microbiology-Immunology (Feinberg)
  • Sameer Ansari, Professor, Radiology (Feinberg)
  • Laura Beth Nielsen, Professor, Sociology (WCAS)
  • Angelique Duenas, Assistant Professor, Medical Education (Feinberg)
  • Keith Tyo, Associate Professor, Chemical and Biological Engineering (McCormick)
  • Jacqueline Stevens, Professor, Political Science (WCAS)
  • John Bailitz, Professor, Emergency Medicine (Feinberg)
  • Shawn Vondran, Professor of Instruction, Non-Tenure (Bienen)
  • Debabrata (Debu) Chakravarti, Professor, Ob-Gyn (Feinberg)

Reports