{"id":1996,"date":"2025-07-24T14:42:27","date_gmt":"2025-07-24T19:42:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/secu\/?page_id=1996"},"modified":"2026-04-10T12:53:59","modified_gmt":"2026-04-10T17:53:59","slug":"division-of-social-sciences-executive-committee","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/secu\/governance\/faculty\/divisional-committees\/division-of-social-sciences-executive-committee\/","title":{"rendered":"Division of Social Sciences Executive Committee"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"uwm-l-row\">\n<div class=\"uwm-l-col\">\n<div class=\"uwm-l-grid uwm-c-button--grid uwm-l-grid-row--30 uwm-l-grid-column--30 uwm-l-grid--2 uwm-l-grid--equal-y\">\n<a class=\"uwm-c-button\" href=\"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/secu\/governance\/faculty\/divisional-committees\/charter\/\" rel=\"\">Committee Charter<\/a>\n\n\n\n<a class=\"uwm-c-button\" href=\"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/secu\/governance\/faculty\/divisional-committees\/division-of-social-sciences-executive-committee\/rosters\/\" rel=\"\">Rosters<\/a>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-meeting-schedule-2025-2026\">Meeting Schedule &#8211; 2025-2026<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"uwm-c-table uwm-c-table--stripe\"><table class=\"has-fixed-layout\"><thead><tr><th>Date<\/th><th>Time<\/th><th>Location<\/th><\/tr><\/thead><tbody><tr><td>September 10, 2025<\/td><td>8:30am<\/td><td>Teams Meeting<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>September 17, 2025<\/td><td>8:30am<\/td><td>Teams Meeting<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>October 31, 2025<\/td><td>8:30am<\/td><td>Teams Meeting<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>November 14, 2025<\/td><td>8:30am<\/td><td>Teams Meeting<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>December 12, 2025<\/td><td>8:30am<\/td><td>Teams Meeting<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>December 19, 2025<\/td><td>8:30am<\/td><td>Teams Meeting<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>January 16, 2026<\/td><td>8:30am<\/td><td>Teams Meeting<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>January 30, 2026<\/td><td>8:30am<\/td><td>Teams Meeting<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>February 13, 2026<\/td><td>8:30am<\/td><td>Teams Meeting<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>February 20, 2026<\/td><td>8:30am<\/td><td>Teams Meeting<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>February 27, 2026<\/td><td>8:30am<\/td><td>Teams Meeting<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>March 13, 2026<\/td><td>8:30am<\/td><td>Teams Meeting<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>March 20, 2026<\/td><td>8:30am<\/td><td>Teams Meeting<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>April 3, 2026<\/td><td>8:30am<\/td><td>Teams Meeting<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>April 17, 2026<\/td><td>8:30am<\/td><td>Teams Meeting<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>May 1, 2026<\/td><td>8:30am<\/td><td>Teams Meeting<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-agendas\">Agendas<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"uwm-p-accordion\" data-accordion-prefix-classes=\"uwm\" data-accordion-cool-selectors=\"1\"><button class=\"uwm-p-accordion--toggle-button size-p-md\">Expand All<\/button>\n<div class=\"uwm-p-accordion--header\">2025-26 Agendas<\/div><div class=\"uwm-p-accordion--panel\"><div class=\"uwm-p-accordion--panel-inner uwm-u-clear\">\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/secu\/january-30-2026-division-of-social-sciences-executive-committee-agenda\/\">January 30, 2026<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/secu\/january-16-2026-division-of-social-sciences-executive-committee-and-subcommittee-of-full-professors-agenda\/\">January 16, 2026<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/secu\/november-14-2025-division-of-social-sciences-executive-committee-agenda\/\">November 14, 2025<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/secu\/october-31-2025-social-sciences-divisional-committee-agenda\/\">October 31, 2025<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/secu\/october-17-2025-social-sciences-divisional-review-committee-agenda\/\">October 17, 2025<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"uwm-p-accordion--header\">2024-25 Agendas<\/div><div class=\"uwm-p-accordion--panel\"><div class=\"uwm-p-accordion--panel-inner uwm-u-clear\">\n<p>Agendas are available upon request.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-notes-from-committee\">Notes from Committee<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Case managers are reminded to submit materials to the appropriate dean about two weeks before the committee is scheduled to meet. This will provide the committee with adequate time to examine the case and to secure alternate members if necessary.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The committee abides by the provisions of Sec. 19.85 Wis. Stats., the Wisconsin State Open Meeting law, and Chapter 3.14(3), <em>UWM Policies and Procedures<\/em>. Accordingly, anyone whose case comes before the committee who wishes to have an open meeting should notify the Division of Social Sciences Executive Committee Office at <a href=\"mailto:tazinger@uwm.edu\">tazinger@uwm.edu<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Please note the following in the criteria:&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>an observer, who may not contribute to the deliberations, from the departmental executive committee is encouraged at the closed meetings on tenure or promotion cases;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>the evidence of teaching section (#6) requires the submission of materials on student and peer evaluation of teaching and of information on the average grade given in each course being evaluated;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>the procedure for handling letters of evaluation by outside reviewers, and the requirement for a curriculum vitae or its equivalent for each reviewer section (#9); and<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>departments are required to provide information regarding co-authorship and the time period in which each candidate\u2019s scholarly works were completed, as indicated in Sections 3 and 5.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><em>Please note that these criteria apply equally to external hires as well as internal candidates.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Also, note the procedure to be followed by departments or schools initiating reconsideration on behalf of a colleague receiving a negative vote on the motion to promote and\/or tenure. The department\/ school has the right to request reconsideration of the decision within ten (10) working days of the date of the divisional committee\u2019s vote. The candidate\u2019s chair must call for an official meeting of the unit\u2019s executive committee to determine if there is adequate support for reconsideration. The vote in support of reconsideration is to be conveyed to the Division of Social Sciences Executive Committee Office as part of the statement requesting an additional hearing. Finally, the committee will attempt to augment the Subcommittee of Full Professors of the Executive Committee to five members through the use of alternates whenever possible.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The committee chair is available to meet with case managers to review procedures before the start of a case and to review files prior to transmittal to the appropriate dean. The 2025-26 Chair is \u2013 Natasha Borges-Sugiyama.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-additional-information\">Additional Information<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/secu\/governance\/faculty\/divisional-committees\/division-of-social-sciences-executive-committee\/criteria-tenure-promotion-appointment\/\">Criteria &amp; Checklist for Tenure &amp; Promotion or Appointment<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/secu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/122\/2024\/05\/2024-25-AH-Criteria-Checklist.pdf\"><\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/secu\/governance\/faculty\/divisional-committees\/division-of-social-sciences-executive-committee\/post-tenure-review-criteria\/\">Post-Tenure Review Criteria &amp; Checklist<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/secu\/policies-procedures\/faculty\/#h-chapter-3-faculty-divisional-systems\">Faculty Divisional Systems: UWM Policies and Procedures \u2013 Chapter 3<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/secu\/governance\/faculty\/divisional-committees\/candidates-rights\/\">Candidate\u2019s Rights<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"uwm-l-col uwm-l-col--4 uwm-l-offset--1\">\n<div class=\"uwm-p-card uwm-p-card--gold uwm-u-mb-40\"><div class=\"uwm-p-card--body\"><div class=\"uwm-p-card--content\">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading size-p-lg\" id=\"h-contact\">Contact<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Natasha Borges Sugiyama<\/strong><br>Committee Chair<br><a href=\"mailto:gillespi@uwm.edu\">sugiyamn@uwm.edu<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Jake Azinger<\/strong><br>Governance Specialist<br><a href=\"mailto:tazinger@uwm.edu\">tazinger@uwm.edu<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"uwm-l-buttons--full\">\n<a class=\"uwm-c-button uwm-c-button--black uwm-c-button--full uwm-u-mb-20\" href=\"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/secu\/division-of-social-sciences-executive-committee-annual-report-2024-2025\/\" rel=\"\">2024-2025 Annual Report<\/a>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<nav aria-label=\"Sidebar\" class=\"uwm-p-navigation-list uwm-p-navigation-list--gold-border \"><div class=\"uwm-p-navigation-list--title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/secu\/governance\/faculty\/divisional-committees\/\">Divisional Committees<\/a><\/div><ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/secu\/governance\/faculty\/divisional-committees\/charter\/\">Charter<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/secu\/governance\/faculty\/divisional-committees\/post-tenure-review-checklist\/\">Checklist for Post-Tenure Review Files Submitted for Review to the Divisional Executive Committee<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/secu\/governance\/faculty\/divisional-committees\/candidates-rights\/\">Candidate&#8217;s Rights<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/secu\/governance\/faculty\/divisional-committees\/arts-humanities-executive-committee\/\">Division of Arts &amp; Humanities Executive Committee<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/secu\/governance\/faculty\/divisional-committees\/division-of-natural-sciences-executive-committee\/\">Division of Natural Sciences Executive Committee<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/secu\/governance\/faculty\/divisional-committees\/division-of-professions-executive-committee\/\">Division of Professions Executive Committee<\/a><\/li><li><a class=\"current\" href=\"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/secu\/governance\/faculty\/divisional-committees\/division-of-social-sciences-executive-committee\/\"><span aria-current=\"page\">Division of Social Sciences Executive Committee<\/span><\/a><ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/secu\/governance\/faculty\/divisional-committees\/division-of-social-sciences-executive-committee\/post-tenure-review-criteria\/\">Post-Tenure Review Criteria &amp; Checklist: Division of Social Sciences<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/secu\/governance\/faculty\/divisional-committees\/division-of-social-sciences-executive-committee\/criteria-tenure-promotion-appointment\/\">Criteria for Tenure &amp; Promotion or Appointment<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/secu\/governance\/faculty\/divisional-committees\/division-of-social-sciences-executive-committee\/rosters\/\">Rosters<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":1696,"featured_media":0,"parent":141,"menu_order":5,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"templates\/centered.php","meta":{"footnotes":"","uwm_wg_additional_authors":[26719,7888]},"class_list":["post-1996","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v27.3 (Yoast SEO v27.3) - 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