Stanford Report, May 24, 2006

Sheri Sheppard elected chair of Faculty Senate

Sheri Sheppard

Sheri Sheppard

Sheri Sheppard, professor of mechanical engineering, has been elected chair of the 39th Senate of the Academic Council, succeeding outgoing chair Eric Roberts. Russell Berman, the Walter A. Haas Professor in the Humanities, was elected vice chair. Other members of the Senate Steering Committee include Timothy Bresnahan, Karen Cook, Luis Fraga, Stephen Hinton and David Stevenson.

Ten professors also were elected to the 2006-07 Advisory Board for three-year terms:

Advisory Board Group No. I (Graduate School of Business, School of Education and School of Law)
  • Elected: Barbara Fried
  • First Alternate: David Brady
  • Second Alternate: Edward Haertel
  • Third Alternate: James Van Horne
  • Fourth Alternate: Anthony Bryk
    • Advisory Board Group No. IV (School of Humanities and Sciences, Section A: Sciences)
  • Elected: Patricia Burchat
  • First Alternate: Robert Simoni
  • Second Alternate: John Brauman
  • Third Alternate: Malcolm Beasley
  • Fourth Alternate: Steven Block