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Executive Committee of the Faculty of Professional Studies

The Executive Committee of the Faculty of Professional Studies is responsible for reviews and promotions of faculty and proposals for promotion, except that participation in deliberations and voting shall be limited to faculty holding appointments of higher rank, and voting on promotions to full professor of professional practice shall be limited to professors of professional practice who are members of the Executive Committee. The committee’s work is advisory to the dean and his subsequent recommendations to the executive vice president of the faculty of Arts and Sciences and the Promotions and Tenure Committee.

Bylaws Excerpt

1.1. Executive Committee: The Executive Committee of the Faculty of Professional Studies includes all associate professors of professional practice and full professors of professional practice who have passed their Major Practice Review, and other members at the Dean’s discretion. The Dean of the Faculty of Professional Studies shall be the Chair of the Executive Committee of the Faculty of Professional Studies. The Executive Committee of the Faculty of Professional Studies shall be responsible for reviews and promotions of faculty and proposals for promotion, except that participation in deliberations and voting shall be limited to faculty holding appointments of higher rank and voting on promotions to full professor of professional practice shall be limited to professors of professional practice who are members of the Executive Committee.

Executive Committee Members

Academic Year 2025–2026

Chair

Members

 

Kristine Billmyer

Kristine Billmyer, Ph.D.

Program Director, M.S. in Strategic Communication; Professor of Professional Practice in the Faculty of Professional Studies; Dean Emerita of the Faculty of Professional Studies

Steve Cohen

Steven Cohen, Ph.D.

Senior Vice Dean, School of Professional Studies; Professor in the Practice of Public Affairs, School of International and Public Affairs

Siddhartha Dalal, Ph.D.

Professor of Professional Practice in Applied Analytics and Affiliated Faculty, Statistics Department in College of Arts and Sciences

Robert Klitzman

Robert Klitzman, M.D.

Program Director, Bioethics; Professor of Psychiatry, Columbia University Irving Medical Center

Scott Rosner

Scott Rosner, J.D.

Program Director and Professor of Professional Practice, M.S. in Sports Management

Shelley A. Saltzman

Senior Lecturer, American Language Program; Associate Director for University Partnerships

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Sim Segal

Program Director and Senior Lecturer in Discipline, Enterprise Risk Management; President, SimErgy Consulting

Shahryar Shaghaghi

Shahryar Shaghaghi

Program Director, M.S. Technology Management; Professor of Professional Practice, Enterprise Risk Management; Technology, Risk Management and Cybersecurity Executive

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Miguel S. Urquiola

Professor of Economics and of International and Public Affairs; Dean of Social Sciences in the Faculty of Arts & Sciences

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Lynnette Widder

Professor of Practice, Sustainability Management; Principal and Cofounder, aardvarchitecture

Ex Officio, Secretary of the Faculty of Professional Studies