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Faculty Rights and Handbook Committee

The Faculty Rights and Handbook Committee* attends to policies regarding academic freedom, teaching, research, interpersonal conduct, terms of appointment, promotion, tenure and related matters, and as needed proposes revisions to the Northwestern University Faculty Handbook, which constitutes the contract between the faculty and the University.

*The Faculty Rights and Responsibilities and Faculty Handbook Committees merged in September 2026

Meet the Committee

Committee Chair

Mark Alznauer, Associate Professor, Philosophy (WCAS), m-alznauer@northwestern.edu 

Committee Members

  • Helen Tilley, Professor, History (WCAS)
  • Simone Ispa-Landa, Associate Professor, Sociology (WCAS)
  • Pamela Hinchman, Associate Professor, Music Performance (Bienen)
  • Eric Zaslow, Professor, Mathematics (WCAS)
  • Kent Grayson, Associate Professor, Marketing (Kellogg)
  • Debabrata (Debu) Chakravarti, Professor, Ob-Gyn (Feinberg)
  • Anto Mohsin, Assistant Professor, Liberal Arts (NU-Q)

Reports