Faculty Councils
The Councils of the General Faculty provide a forum for deliberation on matters of policy affecting the entire institution. They serve in a continuing advisory capacity to the President, the Provost and Board of Trustees, and report annually to the General Faculty. The President will appoint chairs of Councils normally from among the members who are not ex officio.
All faculty members of the Councils shall be elected or appointed for a period of three years. Members elected or appointed during the spring assume office on the first day of the summer term; those members elected or appointed to full three year terms shall be ineligible to succeed themselves. Council meetings shall be conducted according to the latest edition of Robert's Rules of Order.
From the Organization of the General Faculty of Dartmouth College (OGFDC).
AY25 Council on Institutional Priorities Annual Report
Purpose
To formulate, articulate, and promote Dartmouth Faculty priorities in relation to the allocation of resources, the objectives on which resource allocation is based, and those commitments or expenditures that have significant budgetary effects. To participate in budgetary discussions concerning Dartmouth Faculty and the institution as a whole.
Functions
- To consult on administrative goals and institutional resource planning, by reviewing existing and preliminary budget and resource allocations over multiple fiscal years.
- To meet with the President and Provost to discuss Dartmouth Faculty priorities within the larger context of institutional goals and budget allocations.
- To meet with the deans of A&S, Tuck, Thayer, Geisel, Guarini, and the College to discuss needs of their constituent units and personnel.
- To advise the President and Provost, form recommendations on all categories of the Central budget, including historical data and FTE numbers, and other recommendations as needed.
- To make recommendations to the Provost on budgetary priorities for centrally-funded services that are shared across the institution.
- To constitute, maintain, and oversee subcommittees as needed.
- To consult with other councils and committees of the faculty as needed.
- To submit a report to the General Faculty at the end of each academic year.
Membership AY25-26
The Council on Institutional Priorities shall consist of the Provost (ex officio); the Executive Vice President (ex officio); the Chief Financial Officer (ex officio); four members of the Faculty of Arts and Sciences (including at least one member of the Committee on Priorities), and one faculty member from each of the professional and graduate schools (Tuck, Thayer, Geisel, and Guarini), serving staggered three-year terms. Faculty members will be chosen by the Deans of their respective units according to their respective governance procedures. The Chair of the Council will be a faculty member chosen by the Provost.
Chair
- James Feyrer, A&S Faculty Member
Convener, ex officio
- Santiago Schnell, Provost
Members
- Jomysha Stephen, Executive Vice President, ex officio
- Scott Frew, Chief Financial Officer, ex officio
- Darrin McMahon, A&S Faculty Member and Committee on Priorities member
- Erich Osterberg, A&S Faculty Member
- Rebecca Biron, A&S Faculty Member
- Hart Posen, Tuck Faculty Member
- John Zhang, Thayer Faculty Member
- Mary Jo Turk, Geisel Faculty Member
- Charlie Barlowe, Guarini Faculty Member
AY25 Council on Graduate Studies Annual Report
Functions:
- To recommend to the Dean of the Guarini School, the Provost, and the Trustees principles and policies governing all aspects of graduate education.
- To review and approve proposals for graduate degree programs (PhD., M.S., and M.A.) and to forward them, with recommendation, to the Provost's Academic Planning Council. Council jurisdiction does not normally extend to professional degree programs which are the exclusive responsibility of the faculties of the Professional Schools.
- To certify to the Trustees that candidates have met all requirements for the granting of graduate degrees.
- To submit a report to the General Faculty at the end of each academic year.
Membership AY25-26
The Council on Graduate Studies shall consist of the Dean of the Guarini School of Graduate and Advanced Studies, who will chair the council, the director (or designate) of each of the degree-granting graduate programs, one member from each of the Arts and Sciences (appointed by the Committee on Organization and Policy), Geisel, Thayer, and Tuck schools, and two graduate students. The chair shall take the initiative in forming such special committees as are desirable for planning and coordinating interlocking interests of graduate programs with other activities of the various faculties, and with the responsibilities of existing committees of those faculties.
Chair and Convener
- Jon Kull, Guarini Dean
Members
- Dean Wilcox, Director (or designate) of degree program - Chemistry
- Ekaterina Pletneva, Director (or designate) of degree program - Chemistry
- Katherine Mirica, Director (or designate) of degree program - Chemistry
- Paul Robustelli, Director (or designate) of degree program - Chemistry
- Miya Xie, Director (or designate) of degree program - Comparative Literature
- Sergey Bratus, Director (or designate) of degree program - Computer Science
- Lorie Loeb, Director (or designate) of degree program - Computer Science
- Alberto Quattrini Li, Director (or designate) of degree program - Computer Science
- Marisa Palucis, Director (or designate) of degree program - Earth Sciences
- Kathy Cottingham, Director (or designate) of degree program - Ecology, Evolution, Ecosystems & Society
- Richard Howarth, Director (or designate) of degree program - Ecology, Evolution, Ecosystems & Society
- Geoffroy Hautier, Director (or designate) of degree program - Engineering
- Nancy Birkmeyer, Director (or designate) of degree program - Heath Policy and Clinical Practice (TDI)
- Paul Barr, Director (or designate) of degree program - Heath Policy and Clinical Practice (TDI)
- Allan Gulledge, Director (or designate) of degree program - Integrative Neuroscience
- Francesca Gilli, Director (or designate) of degree program - Integrative Neuroscience
- Don Pease, Director (or designate) of degree program - MALS
- Asher Auel, Director (or designate) of degree program - Mathematics
- Dimitrios Giannakis, Director (or designate) of degree program - Mathematics
- Vladimir Chernov, Director (or designate) of degree program - Mathematics
- Dean Madden, Director (or designate) of degree program - MCB: Biochemistry & Cell Biology
- Bing He, Director (or designate) of degree program - MCB: Biological Sciences
- Steve Fiering, Director (or designate) of degree program - MCB: Cancer Biology
- George O’Toole, Director (or designate) of degree program - MCB: Microbiology and Immunology
- Matt Havrda, Director (or designate) of degree program - MCB: Molecular and Systems Biology
- Arminja Kettenbach, Director (or designate) of degree program - Molecular and Cellular Biology
- Joshua Obar, Director (or designate) of degree program - Molecular and Cellular Biology
- Brian Chaboyer, Director (or designate) of degree program - Physics/Astronomy
- Sekhar Ramanathan, Director (or designate) of degree program - Physics/Astronomy
- Kate Nautiyal, Director (or designate) of degree program - Psychological & Brain Sciences
- Annie Hoen, Director (or designate) of degree program - Quantitative Biomedical Sciences
- Rob Frost, Director (or designate) of degree program - Quantitative Biomedical Sciences
- Ashley Fure, Director (or designate) of degree program - Sonic Practice
- Craig Westling, Director (or designate) of degree program - TDI - MPH & MS
- Scott Pauls, A&S Faculty Member and Committee on Organization and Policy appointee
- Sladjana Skopelja-Gardner, Geisel Faculty Member
- Ian Baker, Thayer Faculty Member
- Laurens Debo (substitute for Jim Smith), Tuck Faculty Member
- Elysee Sadia, Graduate Student
- Zoela Gilani, Graduate Student
AY25 Council on the Libraries Annual Report
Functions
- To represent the faculty and students in maintaining the excellence of the Library with respect to its collections, resources, services, programs, and spaces for the benefit of the Dartmouth community.
- To assist in strategic planning for the Library by keeping the Dean of Libraries informed about current and future library needs for teaching, learning, and research, and providing liaison between the Dean of Libraries and the faculties of Dartmouth.
- To advise the Dean of Libraries on formulation and implementation of policies and programs in relation to collection development and collection management, development of new library services and on other matters of general library policy.
- To submit a report to the General Faculty at the end of each academic year.
Membership AY25-26
The Council on the Libraries shall consist of the Dean of Libraries; the Provost or delegate; the Dean of College or delegate; the Dean of the Guarini School of Graduate and Advanced Studies or delegate; six members of the Faculty of Arts and Sciences (two from each division, from different departments, appointed by the Committee on Organization and Policy); one member from each of the three Professional Schools; three students (two undergraduates and one graduate); and one postdoctoral scholar. The Vice President of Information Technology serves as a non-voting member.
Chair
- Jennifer Miller, A&S Faculty Member and Committee on Organization and Policy appointee - Social Sciences
Convener
- Susanne Mehrer, Dean of Libraries
Members
- Barbara Will, Provost (or representative)
- Melannie Morel, Dean of the College (or representative)
- Jon Kull, Guarini Dean (or representative)
- Alexander Chee, A&S Faculty Member and Committee on Organization and Policy appointee - Arts & Humanities
- Noelia Cirnigliaro, A&S Faculty Member and Committee on Organization and Policy appointee - Arts & Humanities
- Mark McPeek, A&S Faculty Member and Committee on Organization and Policy appointee - Sciences
- Richard Granger, A&S Faculty Member and Committee on Organization and Policy appointee - Sciences
- Jennifer Jerit, A&S Faculty Member and Committee on Organization and Policy appointee - Social Sciences
- Isabella Martin, Geisel Faculty Member
- Mary Albert, Thayer Faculty Member
- Dan Feiler, Tuck Faculty Member
- Samay Sahu '27, Undergraduate Student
- Mary Sherrard '28, Undergraduate Student
- Chengpei Li, Graduate Student
- Adrianna Milton, Postdoc
- *Tom DeChiaro, Vice President of Information Technology
*non-voting guest
Functions
- To represent the four faculties of the College in conference with the President and Trustees on the award of honorary degrees.
- To cooperate with the Committee on Commencement in determining faculty participation at Commencement and on similar occasions.
Membership AY25-26
The Council on Honorary Degrees shall consist of three members of the Faculty of Arts and Sciences (one from each division) appointed by the Committee on Organization and Policy, and one member from each of the three Professional School faculties.
Chair
- Johannes "Erik" van Erp, A&S Faculty Member and Committee on Organization and Policy appointee - Sciences
Convener
- Zoya Chhabra, Convener
Members
- Joseph Aguado, A&S Faculty Member and Committee on Organization and Policy appointee - Arts & Humanities
- Bruce Sacerdote, A&S Faculty Member and Committee on Organization and Policy appointee - Social Sciences
- Lucas A. Salas Diaz, Geisel Faculty Member
- Tillman Gerngross, Thayer Faculty Member
- Andrew B. Bernard, Tuck Faculty Member
AY25 Council on Sponsored Activities Annual Report
Functions
- To propose and endorse internal policies regulating the activities sponsored by agencies outside the College.
- To propose and endorse institutional positions in response to policies of external sponsoring agencies as they affect the College.
- To review periodically the scope and impact of sponsored activities in relation to institutional purposes.
- To propose and endorse institutional policies with regard to patents, copyrights, technology transfer, and the like.
- To submit a report to the General Faculty at the end of each academic year.
Membership AY25-26
The Council on Sponsored Activities shall consist of the Provost, the Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer, the Director of Sponsored Projects, the General Counsel, the Deans of the Faculty of Arts and Sciences the three Professional Schools, and the School of Graduate and Advanced Studies, or their duly appointed representatives, and two members appointed by the Steering Committee from the faculties of the Professional Schools, and two members from the Faculty of Arts and Sciences delegated from the voting membership of the Committee on the Faculty. The chair shall be appointed by the President from among the members.
Chair and Convener
- Dean Madden, Vice Provost for Research (or representative)
Members
- Dean Madden, Provost (or representative)
- Jennifer Renaud, Chief Financial Officer (or representative)
- Jill Mortali, Director, OSP (or representative)
- Kim Rosenfield, Director, TTO
- Vacant, Director, Research Integrity and Security
- Matt Raymer, General Counsel
- Jane Lipson, A&S Dean of Faculty (or representative)
- Jen Friend, Geisel Dean (or representative)
- Ian Baker, Thayer Dean (or representative)
- Erin Mansur, Tuck Dean (or representative)
- Jon Kull, Guarini Dean (or representative)
- Paul Barr, Geisel Faculty Member
- Irene Georgakoudi, Thayer Faculty Member
- Gordon Phillips, Tuck Faculty Member
- Caroline Robertson, A&S Faculty Member and Committee on Faculty appointee
- Petra McGillen, A&S Faculty Member and Committee on Faculty appointee
AY25 Council on Computing Annual Report
Functions
- To advise and consult with the VP/CIO on technology issues, services, standards, policies, and priorities that affect the faculty, students and staff of Dartmouth College.
- To advise and consult with the VP/CIO on developing appropriate communication channels to Dartmouth faculty, students, and staff so that the Dartmouth constituencies are informed about information technology issues, and Computing Services has a variety of channels where concerns can be raised.
- To advise the General Faculty, the officers of administration, and the Board of Trustees on questions of information technology policy.
- To submit a report to the General Faculty at the end of each academic year.
Membership AY25-26
The Council on Computing shall consist of the Provost, the Dean of the Faculty, the Dean of the College, the Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer (or their representatives); the Vice President of Information Technology/Chief Information Officer, Librarian of the College; six members of the Faculty of Arts and Sciences (two from each division, from different departments) appointed by the Committee on Organization and Policy; one member from each of the three Professional School faculties; two undergraduate students and one graduate student.
Non-voting members of the Council shall include: the IT Directors from each of the three Professional Schools, three members from Computing Services representing support for Arts and Humanities, Social Sciences, and Sciences divisions, and the Director of Library User Services.
The Vice-President of Information Technology shall have the authority to form subcommittees as needed to provide advice on particular computing issues. Appointments of members of the Faculty of Arts and Sciences to such subcommittees shall be made by the Committee on Organization and Policy. All appointments to such subcommittees shall be for a one-year term which can be renewed.
Chair
- Mathieu Morlighem, A&S Faculty Member and Committee on Organization and Policy appointee - Sciences
Convener
- Tom DeChiaro, VP/CIO
Members
- Dean Madden, Provost (or representative)
- Jane Lipson, A&S Dean of Faculty (or representative)
- Amy Hunt, Dean of the College (or representative)
- Zoya Chhabra, Executive Vice President (or representative)
- Jennifer Renaud, Chief Financial Officer (or representative)
- Sue Mehrer, Dean of Libraries (or representative)
- Chad Elias, A&S Faculty Member and Committee on Organization and Policy appointee - Arts & Humanities
- Richard Beaudoin, A&S Faculty Member and Committee on Organization and Policy appointee - Arts & Humanities
- James Whitfield, A&S Faculty Member and Committee on Organization and Policy appointee - Sciences
- Bethany Moreton, A&S Faculty Member and Committee on Organization and Policy appointee - Social Sciences
- Ethan Lewis, A&S Faculty Member and Committee on Organization and Policy appointee - Social Sciences
- Nicholas C. Jacobson, Geisel Faculty Member
- George Cybenko, Thayer Faculty Member
- Adam Kleinbaum, Tuck Faculty Member
- VACANT, Undergraduate Student
- VACANT, Undergraduate Student
- Qian Hui Tan, Graduate Student
- *Steve McAllister, Geisel IT Director
- *Mark Franklin, Thayer IT Director
- *Loren Hudson, Tuck IT Director
- *Joe Doucet, Computing Services, Senior Director, Enterprise Systems Group
- *Maureen Hennigan, Computing Services, Senior Director, Client Services
- *Adrian Meehan, Computing Services, Senior Director, Business Transformation
- *Daniel Chamberlain, Director of Library User Services
*non-voting guest
AY25 Council on Benefits Annual Report
Functions
- To review with the President policies and decision-making processes which bear on the benefits program at Dartmouth College.
- To advise and consult with appropriate constituent groups on significant changes being contemplated well before the deadline for finalizing them.
- To receive from the Office of Human Resources on at least an annual basis a report, complete with appropriate data and comparative information, regarding 1) responsiveness of the benefit plan to the needs of faculty and staff, 2) competitiveness with the plans of other institutions, and 3) cost effectiveness of Dartmouth's benefit plan.
- To review and evaluate the College's employee benefits program and to make recommendations to the President with regard to the modification of existing employee benefit plans and the design of any new benefit programs
- To submit a report to the General Faculty and other interested parties at the end of the academic year.
Membership AY25-26
The Council on Benefits shall consist of four members of the Faculty of Arts and Sciences (one drawn from the voting membership of the Committee on Faculty and three appointed by the Committee on Organization and Policy), one member from the Faculty of the Tuck School, one member from the Faculty of the Thayer School, two members from the Faculty of the Geisel School, four representatives from exempt ranks and eight members from non-exempt and non-union service employee ranks. Members shall serve on the council for a term of three years, with the terms of service staggered. The chair shall be appointed by the President from among the members. The Vice President and Chief Human Resources Officer, or their representative, shall be a non-voting member and serve as staff to the council.
Chair
- Erzo Luttmer, A&S Faculty Member and Committee on Organization and Policy appointee
Convener
- *Michelle Scichilone, Executive Director, Total Rewards
Members
- Michelle Clarke, A&S Faculty Member and Committee on Organization and Policy appointee
- Andrea Tarnowski, A&S Faculty Member and Committee on Organization and Policy appointee
- Russ Muirhead, A&S Faculty Member and Committee on Organization and Policy appointee
- Joseph Gerakos, Tuck Faculty Member
- Colin Meyer, Thayer Faculty Member
- Caitlin Howe, Geisel Faculty Member
- Milan Radovanovic, Geisel Faculty Member
- Donna Lawless, Staff (exempt)
- Jay Satterfield, Staff (exempt)
- Nick Ryan, Staff (exempt)
- Rachel Shook, Staff (exempt)
- Amy Howald, Staff (non-exempt)
- Bridget M. Colacchio, Staff (non-exempt)
- Danielle Pierce, Staff (non-exempt)
- Kylie Young, Staff (non-exempt)
- Megan A. Cote, Staff (non-exempt)
- Sarah Westney, Staff (non-exempt)
- Vacant, Staff (non-exempt)
- Vacant, Staff (non-exempt)
- *Sara Lester, Chief Human Resources Officer
- *Kate Eldridge, Benefits Administrator
- *Scott Frew, Chief Financial Officer
- *Dianne Ingalls, Controller and VP for Finance
- *Karen Wilson, Director of Benefits and Wellness
- *Jake Kransteuber, Sr. Financial Analyst, Financial Planning & Budget Office
*Josh Keniston, Sr. VP, Capital Planning and Campus Operations
*non-voting guests
From the Sexual and Gender-Based Misconduct Policy and Procedures.
Purpose
The Title IX Council consists of fair and impartial decision-makers who will conduct an objective evaluation of all relevant evidence, including both inculpatory or exculpatory evidence. From this Council, an Ad Hoc Hearing Committee ("AHHC") consisting of five (5) Faculty Members will be convened to adjudicate a formal resolution process under the Process for Resolving Reports Against Faculty.
Functions
The Title IX Council was created as part of the Sexual and Gender-Based Misconduct Policy approved by the four faculties and the Board of Trustees in June 2019 and made effective September 1 of 2019. The Title IX Council and Ad Hoc Hearing Committee (AHHC) is charged with resolving reports of sexual misconduct against Faculty members.
All members of the Title IX Council will have received appropriate training to participate as informed and impartial decision-makers; this training will include the content provided to investigators, as well training on any technology to be used at a live hearing and on issues of relevance of questions and evidence, including questions about prior sexual history.
In a formal resolution process, the members of the Title IX Council chosen to constitute an Ad Hoc Hearing Committee are expected:
- To provide all parties with an equitable opportunity to be heard.
- To serve as a safeguard on the reliability and accuracy of the investigative process.
- To give appropriate consideration to victim impact and mitigating factors.
- To reach a full and fair determination of any sanction, should there be a finding of responsibility.
Membership AY25-26
The Title IX Council shall consist of twenty-four members of the General Faculty, including fifteen members from the Faculty of Arts and Sciences and three members from each of the other three faculties, serving staggered three-year terms. Details about the selection of each school's members may be found in the organizational document for each of the respective Faculties. The chair shall be appointed by the President from among the members.
Chair
- Tor Wager, A&S Faculty Member
Convener
- Sarah Harebo, VP, EOATIX
Members
- Anne Gelb, A&S Faculty Member
- Carolyn Dever, A&S Faculty Member
- Jeffrey Sharlet, A&S Faculty Member
- Jonathan Zinman, A&S Faculty Member
- Marc Dixon, A&S Faculty Member
- Melissa Zieger, A&S Faculty Member
- Miles Blencowe, A&S Faculty Member
- Monica Ndounou, A&S Faculty Member
- Patricia Anderson, A&S Faculty Member
- Peter Winkler, A&S Faculty Member
- Rosa Orellana, A&S Faculty Member
- Sonu Bedi, A&S Faculty Member
- Udi Greenberg, A&S Faculty Member
- Zahra Ayubi, A&S Faculty Member
- Evadne Marcolini, Geisel Faculty Member
- Lauren Wilson, Geisel Faculty Member
- Victoria Lawson, Geisel Faculty Member
- Benoit Cushman-Roisin, Thayer Faculty Member
- George Cybenko, Thayer Faculty Member
- Will Scheideler, Thayer Faculty Member
- Giovanni Gavetti, Tuck Faculty Member
- Lauren Lu, Tuck Faculty Member
- Syd Finkelstein, Tuck Faculty Member
Agreement Concerning Academic Freedom, Tenure, and Responsibility of Faculty Members Voted by the Board of Trustees (January 15, 1971) after approval by the Faculty (October 19, 1970) as amended June 12, 2009.
Membership
- The Council will consist of eighteen members.
- Elections will be conducted annually in the winter term by a two-stage preferential ballot. Further details regarding the administration of Preferential Ballot voting may be found in the Appendix.
- All full-time members of the General Faculty, including those on leave, will be eligible to vote in Council elections.
- Five members of the Council will constitute the Panel for any case brought before it. Selection of the five Panel members shall be by drawing of lots. Upon challenge or withdrawal of Panel members, under rules set forth in Section 7 of the Agreement Concerning Academic Freedom, Tenure, and Responsibility of Faculty Members, alternate members of the Panel shall likewise be drawn by lot.
- If the entire membership of the Council available for an individual case should be exhausted by voluntary withdrawals and/or challenges, the Council shall be replenished in the manner described in (2) for purposes of that case only.
- The Council will have a secretary, to be appointed each spring from the membership of the Council by the President for a one-year term. The secretary will receive charges inaugurating Council proceedings, will supervise drawings by lot, will preside over any challenge procedures, and will record voluntary withdrawals by Council members.
- After challenges and voluntary withdrawals are completed in any individual case, the five-member Panel which will hear that case will elect its own Panel chair.
We are convening a Faculty Leadership Group on Artificial Intelligence to advance Dartmouth’s global leadership in artificial intelligence (AI) across the liberal arts and our research programs. Rooted in Dartmouth’s liberal arts tradition and its historic role as the birthplace of AI, the Faculty Leadership Group on AI will position Dartmouth to:
- Lead in the development and application of AI;
- Develop and model pedagogy to prepare students for leadership in the AI age;
- Advance Dartmouth’s visibility as an AI leader.
Through this mission, we aspire to distinguish Dartmouth in the thoughtful, creative, and impactful development and application of AI within and across disciplines.
Purpose
The group will advise the President, Provost, and Deans on strategies for AI at Dartmouth. Its recommendations will shape how Dartmouth integrates AI into its academic mission, enhances student learning in keeping with its values as a liberal arts institution, and positions itself as a global leader in AI.
Responsibilities
The group’s responsibilities will include, but are not limited to:
- Research Strategy: Identify and recommend priority areas for both disciplinary and interdisciplinary AI-related research in alignment with the research pillars established by the deans.
- Infrastructure, Libraries, and Data Strategy: Assess Dartmouth’s needs for computing capacity, secure data environments, shared datasets, and library-based knowledge resources that support research and teaching.
- Investment Opportunities: Recommend targeted investments (e.g., faculty hires, seed funding, computing facilities, training programs) that will enable Dartmouth to build distinctive strengths in the application of AI.
- Educational Strategy: Advise on where AI can be integrated into the curriculum, ensuring students across all schools develop the skills, critical perspectives, and ethical understanding necessary to understand when and how AI can be used responsibly, as well as how to engage in disciplinary thinking and writing without using AI.
- Pedagogy and Student Learning: Understand how AI affects teaching and learning, including:
- Best practices for online and hybrid learning environments;
- How to evaluate student learning and academic integrity in an age of AI;
- Faculty development in new pedagogical methods enabled by AI;
- Innovative programs in experiential and co-curricular learning.
- Training and Workforce Preparation: Suggest programs to prepare students, postdocs, and faculty to engage with AI across disciplines, including new courses, workshops, and possible certificate or continuing education offerings.
- Student Experience and Engagement: Explore opportunities for undergraduates and graduate students to engage with AI applications through coursework, research, and experiential learning.
- Ethics, Risks, and Responsible Use: Address the societal, legal, and philosophical implications of AI use and development at Dartmouth.
- Equity: Identify and evaluate risks to Dartmouth and its community with an emphasis on issues of fairness, bias, equity, privacy, and human–AI interaction.
- Energy and Sustainability: Explore and address the interactions between the growth of AI, rising demand for energy, and institutional and global sustainability objectives.
- Opportunity: Highlight the potential for AI to advance equity and social good across society, and the requirements to meet that goal.
- Community Engagement and Public Scholarship: Recommend ways to connect Dartmouth’s expertise in AI with broader public dialogue, including partnerships with cultural institutions, regional organizations, and global networks.
- Engage with key Dartmouth committees and counsels, including (for example) the Council on Institutional Priorities, Council on Computing, Committee on Instruction, Committee on Priorities, Geisel Faculty Council, Thayer Faculty, Tuck Faculty.
- Collaboration and Partnerships: Identify opportunities for Dartmouth to collaborate across schools and with external partners in academia, industry, government, and the non-profit sector.
- Benchmarking and External Relations: Monitor how peer institutions are addressing AI and advise how Dartmouth can best position itself strategically and competitively.
- Metrics and Evaluation: Propose measures of progress and impact to track the success of Dartmouth’s AI initiatives.
- Communications and Visibility: Recommend strategies for communicating Dartmouth’s distinctive role in AI, internally and externally.
- Heritage and 70th-Anniversary Commemoration (1956 → 2026): Establish a subgroup to design and lead a coordinated program of events in 2026 marking the 70th anniversary of the coining of the term “Artificial Intelligence” and the conference that defined the concept of AI at Dartmouth (summer 1956). The subgroup’s remit includes:
- Curating a signature symposium, conference, or workshop, with the intention of defining publicly salient challenges or goals for AI in the coming 10-50 years.
- Coordinating related public lectures, exhibitions, and digital storytelling that foreground Dartmouth’s foundational role and contemporary leadership in AI.
- Partnering with the Libraries (including Rauner Special Collections), the Hood Museum, Thayer, Tuck, Geisel, Guarini, and relevant centers and institutes.
- Engaging students, alumni, and the regional community through experiential learning, competitions, and outreach.
- Developing an integrated plan covering program design, timeline, budget, fundraising/sponsorship, logistics, and communications, with clear roles and deliverables.
Membership
The group consists of faculty leaders representing the School of Arts & Sciences, Thayer School of Engineering, Tuck School of Business, Geisel Medical School at Dartmouth, Libraries and Guarini School of Graduate and Advanced Studies. Members will be appointed for their scholarly expertise, capacity for interdisciplinary thinking, and commitment to advancing Dartmouth’s academic mission.
- Adam Breuer, Assistant Professor of Government & Computer Science (co-chair)
- Susan Brison, Professor of Philosophy
- Daniel Chamberlain, Associate Dean of Libraries for Research and Digital Strategies
- Peter Chin, Professor of Engineering (co-chair)
- James Dobson, Associate Professor of English & Creative Writing
- Vijay Govindarajan, Professor of Management
- Saeed Hassanpour, Professor of Biomedical Data Science
- Siddartha Jayanti, Assistant Professor of Computer Science
- Paul Novosad, Associate Professor of Economics
- Roopika Risam, Associate Professor and Chair of Film & Media Studies
- Daniel Rockmore, Professor of Math & Computer Science
- Soroush Vosoughi, Associate Professor of Computer Science
- Mikhail Gronas, Associate Professor of East European, Eurasian, and Russian Studies
- Jacqueline Wernimont, Associate Professor of Film and Media Studies
Outcomes
The Faculty Leadership Group will provide ongoing guidance and a report to the President, Provost and Deans by the end of the academic year, outlining:
- Priority research areas in AI and its applications;
- Recommendations for educational initiatives;
- Strategic investment opportunities to establish Dartmouth as a leader in this domain;
- A strategy to advance the domestic and international visibility of Dartmouth’s historic, current, and prospective leadership in AI;
- An implementation framework that includes ethical guidelines, infrastructure needs, and evaluation metrics;
- A comprehensive plan for the 70th-anniversary commemoration in 2026, including program elements, partners, logistics, budget, and communications. The Event subcommittee will provide ongoing oversight of execution.