[WFA*] Senate Elections: Get Out and Vote
Sarita See
saritas at ucr.edu
Wed Apr 6 15:49:07 PDT 2022
Dear all,
I’d like to contribute from my own memory and experience as Senate Secretary-Parliamentarian during part of Dylan Rodriguez’s terms as Senate Chair.
Dylan revitalized the Senate as a forum not only for faculty but also for students and staff. He assigned a theme, e.g. “Food Insecurity,” to each Division meeting and then invited a range of experts and perspectives to speak to the theme. Attendance at Division meetings shot up and became relevant to the whole campus. The increased interest and engagement with the principles of faculty governance and, more broadly, democratic governance were palpable.
What’s much more hidden from view, though, is how respectful of and professional with the Senate staff Dylan was. He treated the staff not only as colleagues but as consultants and experts. The Senate staff blossomed in terms of their morale and confidence; and their communication with and delivery of information to the faculty improved significantly. The faculty benefited greatly from the staff’s increased capacity to share knowledge and recommendations, especially by those with long institutional memory. I had never seen such an equitable and productive kind of exchange and coordination between faculty and staff. Frankly, until Dylan’s term as Senate Chair, I had not thought such synergy possible. Moreover, Dylan steadily boosted the confidence of the faculty on executive council and sharpened our ability to analyze and set policy on our campus and systemwide.
I hope this is helpful.
Best,
Sarita See
Sarita See (she/her/hers)
sarita.see at ucr.edu
> On Apr 6, 2022, at 3:44 PM, Jean Helwege <helwege at ucr.edu> wrote:
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> Sang-Hee and members of the WFA,
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> I wish to point out that I am also running for the same position. It would be a shame if the two women candidates lost because the women faculty split their votes and the men all voted for Dylan, so I was hesitant to reach out to WFA members. Dylan's leadership is not helpful for the average female professor at UCR, as he is not at all interested in prioritizing issues that are the most important to members of our group. Dylan is keen to get involved in every topic, no matter how inconsequential, and to assign tasks related to them to many committees. In addition, he duplicates the work by creating ad hoc committees for issues that should be dealt with by standing committees.
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> I believe CoC has finally stopped trying to make all committees have 50% female representation, which I asked them to do via my representative. 50% representation would be fine if half of our tenured faculty were female but since they are not, it means women do more committee work than men. When Dylan was chair it meant a tremendous amount of service for WFA members. It likely is one factor explaining the low percentage of female full professors at UCR.
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> My goal, if elected, is to streamline the Senate to make it more efficient. Our time is too valuable to waste it on items that do not promote the quality of our students' education or our ability to do research.
> While I fully support Sang-Hee's right to run and I much prefer her leadership to Dylan's, I hope the faculty realize that I am more likely to represent their interests.
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> Sincerely,
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> Jean Helwege
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> On Wed, Apr 6, 2022 at 3:09 PM Sang-Hee Lee <sang-hee.lee at ucr.edu <mailto:sang-hee.lee at ucr.edu>> wrote:
> Dear Members of WFA,
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> I am a Professor in Anthropology, a past co-chair of WFA, and a current candidate for the Senate Chair position. I write today to ask you to get involved in the ongoing Senate Elections: Get out and vote! I have appended two calls, one for the Division and another for CHASS.
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> Of course I would ask you for your vote, but more importantly, I think it is critical that WFA members get involved in university operations as much as possible, including the Senate. Through the Senate, we can voice our concerns and agenda; it might not necessarily be a unified voice, but a voice present at the table.
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> I would also like to point out that it has been many terms since we had a woman chair at the Senate. It’s time.
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> Here’s my candidate statement, if you are considering voting for me:
> As Chair, I will lead the Academic Senate to exercise our rightful authority as the sole judge over all matters of our academic mission. Our mission has been encumbered by challenges, most recently the pandemic. The pandemic, however, only exacerbated what has threatened our academic mission for decades. As UCR plans to continue growing, to 35,000 students in less than 15 years, while the budget relies more on student tuition and increased enrollment, asking faculty to do more with less, our Senate needs to ensure that faculty be an integral part of the projected growth, both in numbers and in power. The Senate should ensure that the online mode of instruction, while promising in many ways, is not an easy solution to teaching more students with fewer faculty.
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> The Senate Chair represents the views of the faculty to the campus administration and the UC system, to be heard and considered by the administration in all matters in running the University. Inviting all voices to the table, therefore, is a critical responsibility of the Chair. I believe that the relationship between the senate and the administration is built upon mutual respect, in a collaborative, rather than an antagonistic, relationship. I have a long history of administrative experiences as Department Chair, Associate Dean of Student Academic Affairs, and Associate Dean of Social Sciences, working with the administration and the senate, across the college and the campus, in matters of budget, student admissions, courses, and academic personnel. By listening more, and speaking less, I will build consensus through transparency and open dialogue, while streamlining senate operations to reduce ineffective redundancies. Under my leadership, we will get things done to uphold our academic mission, and to be a clear and loud voice in all matters, as we stand at this critical juncture.
> The voting closes at 5 pm this Friday, April 8, 2022; but rather than waiting to do it later, you can vote right now at: https://senate.ucr.edu/rsenate/elections <https://senate.ucr.edu/rsenate/elections>
> Hope you vote early and often,
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> Sang-Hee
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> Sang-Hee Lee, Ph.D.
> Professor of Anthropology
> University of California at Riverside
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> *Reminder - Voting closes at 5:00 p.m. on Friday, April 8, 2022*
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> UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA RIVERSIDE DIVISION <>
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> ACADEMIC SENATE
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> FACULTY OF THE RIVERSIDE DIVISION
> NOTICE OF ELECTION BALLOT
> 2022-2023
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> March 29, 2022
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> In accordance with the Bylaws of the Riverside Division of the Academic Senate, ballots have hereby been created for the following positions:
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> Chair of the Division 2-year term beginning September 1, 2022
> Jean Helwege, Business
> Sang-Hee Lee, Anthropology
> Dylan Rodriguez, Media & Cultural Studies
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> Vice Chair of the Division 1-year term beginning September 1, 2022
> Jean Helwege, Business
> David Lloyd, English
> Declan McCole, Biomedical Sciences
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> Committee on Committees 3-year term beginning September 1, 2022
> One representative from CNAS
> Vyjayanthi Chari, Mathematics
> Kirill Shtengel, Physics & Astronomy
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> Per the Committee on Committees bylaws (below), only CNAS faculty will be able to vote for the CNAS representative.
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> 08.08.02.03
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> The election of a college representative is conducted entirely within the Faculty which he/she represents. Elections are conducted according to the procedure described in Chapter 7 and are held in time to be reported to the Division for confirmation at its last stated meeting of the academic year. (Am 24 Apr 75)
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> Ballots can be filed electronically on the Senate website at:
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> https://senate.ucr.edu/rsenate/elections <https://senate.ucr.edu/rsenate/elections>
> Please note that you must log in using your UCR NetID in order to cast a ballot. The ballot process is secure and anonymous. Each member of the Academic Senate can vote only once in each election, and you will not be able to change your vote once it has been submitted.
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> Voting closes at 5:00 p.m. on Friday, April 8, 2022.
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> If you have any questions, please contact Leondra Jacobs in the Academic Senate Office at leondra.jacobs at ucr.edu <mailto:leondra.jacobs at ucr.edu> or on ext. 24771.
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> Feng Xu, Secretary-Parliamentarian
> Riverside Division of the Academic Senate
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> UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA RIVERSIDE DIVISION
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> ACADEMIC SENATE
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> FACULTY OF THE COLLEGE OF HUMANITIES, ARTS & SOCIAL SCIENCES
> NOTICE OF ELECTION BALLOT
> 2022-2023
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> March 29, 2022
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> In accordance with the Bylaws of the Riverside Division of the Academic Senate, ballots have hereby been created for the following positions:
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> Two members, to be chosen from among Art History, English, History, Comparative Literature & Languages, Philosophy, Religious Studies, Hispanic Studies and Gender and Sexuality Studies.
> 2-year term beginning September 1, 2022.
> John Briggs
> Adam Harmer
> Philip Lehmann
> Vorris Nunley
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> Two members, to be chosen from among Anthropology, Economics, Ethnic Studies, Political Science, Psychology and Sociology.
> 2-year term beginning September 1, 2022.
> Kim Yi Dionne
> Indridi Indridason
> Wesley Leonard
> Ruoyao Shi
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> One member, to be chosen from among the Fine Arts (Art, Creative Writing, Dance, Media and Cultural Studies, Music and Theatre, Film & Digital Production).
> 2-year term beginning September 1, 2022.
> Latipa (Michelle) Dizon
> Goldberry Long
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> Ballots can be filed electronically on the Senate website at:
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> <>https://senate.ucr.edu/rsenate/elections <https://senate.ucr.edu/rsenate/elections>
> Please note that you must log in using your UCR NetID in order to cast a ballot. The ballot process is secure and anonymous. Each member of the Academic Senate can vote only once in each election, and you will not be able to change your vote once it has been submitted.
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> Voting closes at 5:00 p.m. on Friday, April 8, 2022.
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> If you have any questions, please contact Leondra Jacobs in the Academic Senate Office at leondra.jacobs at ucr.edu <mailto:leondra.jacobs at ucr.edu> or on ext. 24771.
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> Feng Xu, Secretary-Parliamentarian
> Riverside Division of the Academic Senate
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