Faculty Council

The Yeshiva University Faculty Council serves as a forum that enables faculty from across the institution to consider and resolve critical governance and educational issues. The council is the organization through which the various faculty bodies participate in the formulation of University-wide academic policies.

The faculty of the undergraduate and graduate schools of Yeshiva University, with the exception of the Albert Einstein College of Medicine, are represented in the Faculty Council. Participating are the faculty bodies of:

• Yeshiva College 
• Stern College for Women 
• Sy Syms School of Business 
• Undergraduate Torah Studies 
• Azrieli Graduate School of Jewish Education and Administration 
• Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law 
• Bernard Revel Graduate School of Jewish Studies 
• Ferkauf Graduate School of Psychology 
• Wurzweiler School of Social Work 

Additionally, the provost and one representative from the Deans' Council are regular participants in all general session meetings of the Faculty Council.

Current officers of the council are Joan Beder (Wurzweiler), Speaker; William Stenhouse (YC), Vice Speaker; Nora Nachumi (SCW), Parliamentarian; Lynn Wishart (Cardozo), Secretary. One representative from each school also sits on the Executive Committee of the Faculty Council. Much of the work of the council is done by its ad hoc committees. By-laws govern the functions of the council and its committees.