History

CSU Academic Senate

Preserved and encouraged under the Higher Education Employer-Employee Act (HEERA) of 1978, the Academic Senate of The California State University serves as the official voice of the faculty of the CSU in matters of system wide concern. The Academic Senate CSU generally meets five times per year, its plenary sessions scheduled in advance of meetings of the Board of Trustees. Academic Senate CSU recommendations concerning system wide policies are channeled to or through the Chancellor. CSULB has four representatives to the Academic Senate, CSU. The representatives are elected in an all-University election and serve three-year terms. 

CSULB Academic Senate

On the local level, the Academic Senate of California State University, Long Beach is the duly appointed representative body of the faculty. Concerning itself with many needs of the University, the Academic Senate develops policy subject to the approval of the President. The Academic Senate also serves as a communications link between the faculty and the administration of the University. The Academic Senate is a full-University Senate which includes full-time tenured and probationary faculty, librarians, student services professionals--academic related, lecturers, emeritus representative, administration, staff, and students. Representatives are elected by their constituencies for staggered three-year terms. 

The Chair, Vice Chair, Secretary, and four members at large, all elected by the Senate, constitute the voting membership of the Executive Committee of the Academic Senate. The CSULB representatives to the Academic Senate of the CSU (ASCSU), the President of the University, the Provost, Vice Provost for Academic Programs and Dean of Graduate Studies, the Vice President for Administration and Finance, a designee of the Vice President for Student Affairs, the Chair of the Staff Council, the Chief Academic Officer of the Associated Students Inc., the president of the CSULB chapter of the California Faculty Association (CFA), and the Immediate-Past Chair of the Academic Senate, serve as ex officio, non-voting members. The specific charge to the Executive Committee is contained in the document titled "Rules and Regulations of the Academic Senate."

Rules and Regulations of the Academic Senate (PDF) 

Academic Senate Chairs by Year

Chairs by Year
YearNameDepartmentChair Photo
2024-2025Neil HultgrenEnglish
Senate Chair Hultgren
2022-2024Pei-Fang HungSpeech Language Pathology
Pei Fang Hung Picture
2021-2022Neil HultgrenEnglish

 

Neil Hultgren

 

2019-2021Jessica Zacher PandyaLiberal Studies
Dr. Jessica Pandya
2016-2019Norbert SchürerEnglish
Dr. Norbert Schurer
January 2015-2016Praveen SoniMarketing
Praveen Soni
2012-January 2015Daniel O'ConnorLiberal Studies
Daniel O'Connor
2010-2012Lisa VollendorfRomance, German, and Russian Languages and Literatures
Lisa Vollendorf
2006-2010Praveen SoniMarketing
Praveen Soni
2004-2006Margaret MerryfieldChemistry & Biochemistry
Margaret Merryfield
2001-2004Wayne DickComputer Engineering & Computer Science
Wayne Dick
1998-2001Simeon J. CrowtherEconomics
Simeon J. Crowther
1995-1998David HoodHistory
David Hood
1992-1995Dorothy M. GoldishChemistry & Biochemistry
Dorothy M. Goldish
1992 (April-July)Simon GeorgePhysics
Simon George
1989-1992Frank AlfieriBiological Sciences
Frank Alfieri
1986-1989Ben CunninghamJournalism
Ben Cunningham
1983-1986Hiden T. CoxBiological Sciences
H. Cox
1981-1983Owen O. JensonSpeech Communication 
1980-1981Raphael HansonPsychology
Raphael Hanson
1978-1980Helen Chaney GildeEnglish
Helen C. Gilde
1977-1978Jack StuartHistory
Jack Stuart
1975-1977James E. RyanIndustrial Education 
1974-1975Jack H. MunseePhysics/Astronomy
Jack H. Munsee
1973-1974Russel E. OrpetEducational Psychology & Administration 
1972-1973Helen Chaney GildeEnglish
Helen C. Gilde
1970-1972Nicholas P. HardemanHistory
Nicholas P. Hardeman
1969-1970Edwin N. BeckerChemistry & Biochemistry
Edwin N. Becker
1968-1969Leo Gooman-MalamuthSpeech Communication
Leo Grooman
1967-1968James N. McClellandPsychology
James N. McClelland
1966-1967Robert E. TyndallMusic
Robert E. Tyndall
1965-1966Ralph C. GraetzEducation 
1963-1965Joseph E. WagnerSpeech Communication
Joseph E. Wagner
1962-1963Gene AtkinsonPhysical Science
Gene Atkinson
1961-1962Jesse J. ThompsonSpeech Communication
Jesse J. Thompson
1959-1961Samuel E. WileyPhilosophy
Samuel E. Wiley
1958-1959
Myron J. Garver		Education