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Governance
Workstreams and Committees
The strategic academic planning is executed using committees and representative members across the university.
Academic Strategy Committee Structure
Academic Strategy Steering Committee
Workstreams
Each of the four Workstreams represents one of the four high-level goals in the academic strategy: research; undergraduate education; graduate, professional, and postdoctoral programs; and societal engagement and impact. The Workstreams foster crosscutting strategic alignment, information, and collaborative workflow in their designated areas, and propose priorities and potential initiatives for NYUAD’s growth and development. The workstreams have an operational role to undertake as well as a strategic trajectory.
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The Academic Steering Committee brings together the academic leadership for information sharing, deliberation, and debate on the alignment of the academic strategy and resource allocation with regard to the priorities and recommendations brought forward by the Workstreams and other groups. The Steering Committee is advisory to the Provost.
Members
Name Title Arlie Petters (Chair) Provost Fatma Abdulla Senior Associate Vice Chancellor for Strategy and Planning Awam Amkpa Dean, Arts and Humanities Ron Berry Senior Director, Library Services Carol Brandt Associate Vice Chancellor for Global Education & Outreach Peter Christensen Chief Administrative and Business Officer Kirsten Sadler Edepli Vice Provost for Faculty Advancement and Engagement Paula England Dean of Social Science Sehamuddin Galadari Senior Vice Provost of Research; Managing Director, Research Institute Carol Genetti Vice Provost for Graduate and Postdoctoral Programs Chuck Grim Vice Provost for Institutional Research, Assessment, and Academic Affairs Eric Hamilton Vice Provost for Research Policies and Governance Martin Klimke Vice Provost Marta Losada Dean of Science Samer Madanat Dean of Engineering Niki Maphosa Director, Fiscal Affairs Michael Martinez Dean of Students Naomi Munro Director, Office of Academic Appointments Alex Sumner Director, Academic Strategy Baishakhi Taylor Associate Vice Chancellor, Student Affairs Fatiah Touray Senior Director, Inclusion and Equity Susan Wei Assistant Provost, Academic Administration, and Planning -
Members Samer Madanat (Chair) Awam Amkpa Paula England Sehamuddin Galadari Eric Hamilton Marta Losada Alex Sumner -
Members Carol Brandt (Co-chair) Sunil Kumar (Co-chair) Awam Amkpa Ron Berry Olivier Bochet Mohammed Daqaq Nancy Gleason Chuck Grim Lolowa Al Marzooqi Nathalie Peutz Hisham Sati Fatiah Touray Baishakhi Taylor Alex Sumner Marion Wrenn -
Members Carol Genetti (Chair) Fatma Abdulla Awam Amkpa Paula England Nelida Fuccaro Sehamuddin Galadari Marta Losada Samer Madanat Monica Menendez Yvette Lane Newton Piergiorgio Percipalle Ernesto Reuben Alex Sumner -
Members Nadia El Cheikh (Chair) Fatma Abdulla Maya Allison Awam Amkpa Jacob Bikakis Bill Bragan Carol Brandt Dana Downey Paula England Sehamuddin Galadari Nouf Ali Al Hamly Ramesh Jagannathan Nils Lewis Samer Madanat Martin Mbugua Monica Menendez Piergiorgio Percipalle Beth Russell Joanne Settle Alex Sumner Baishakhi Taylor
Committees and Working Groups
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The Academic Administration and Planning Committee (AAPC) works to ensure the administrative support necessary to realize our research ambitions. Its focus is continuous reassessment and optimization of internal administrative processes to minimize administrative burdens. It also seeks to consolidate and centralize reporting requirements wherever possible to enable more efficient monitoring of progress.
Members Susan Wei (Chair) Fatma Abdulla Sehamuddin Galadari Eric Hamilton Alex Sumner -
The Provost/Finance Advisory Committee gives attention to the research funding model that combines and balances core internal and competitive funding. It seeks greater flexibility and clarity for process and policy for the annual faculty research budget allocations and funding renewals to better accommodate the multi-year patterns of research activity along with necessary accountability and compliance.
Members Peter Christensen (Co-chair) Arlie Petters (Co-chair) Fatma Abdulla Niki Maphosa Bassam Moubarak Susan Wei -
The Provost/CABO Procurement Liaison Committee collaboratively addresses and develops solutions to concerns about a range of challenges in the procurement of research-critical equipment and materials, and seeks opportunities for modification, enhancement, and improvement of our current processes with regard to timing, communication, government regulations, and external circumstances such as supply chain challenges.
Members Lily Burns-Hernandez (Co-chair) Khalifa Alobeidli Khalid Elsossa Dipesh Chaudhury Anand Kant Das Michael Davis Sehamuddin Galadari Eric Hamilton Nidal Hilal Martin Klimke
Niki Maphosa Bassam Moubarak John O’Connor Tina Galanopoulos Papavasileiou Maheen Pfeffer Mohammad Qaseimeh Reza Roshwan George Shubeita Alex Sumner -
The Provost Equity and Inclusion Committee aligns IDBE (Inclusion, Diversity, Belonging, and Equity) strategy with the academic strategy in partnership with the finance and human resources units in the Vice Chancellor’s Office. It consults with the Workstreams and other groups on many facets of hiring and retention. It develops support infrastructures for the academic divisions and programs to meet the challenge to make NYUAD’s diverse community fully inclusive with a sense of equity and belonging.
Members Fatiah Touray (Chair) Fatma Abdulla Tuka Alhanai Diogo Arsenio Carol Brandt Hannah Brueckner Kirsten Sadler Edepli Sehamuddin Galadari Carol Genetti Jaime Lyn Napier Mohammad Qaseimeh Alex Sumner Susan Wei -
The Global Connectivity Liaison Committee fosters scholarly and institutional connections between NYU Abu Dhabi, NYU Shanghai, NYU New York, and other institutions worldwide. The internal NYU connectivity is especially important for curricular development, research connectivity, faculty development, and societal impact. The committee thus focuses on collaborative activities across NYU’s global network and beyond to further the development of our academic/research programs that benefit from a direct partnership with NYU’s global network or other institutions worldwide.
Members Awam Ampka (Co-Chair) Carol Brandt (Co-Chair) Fatma Abdulla Kerry Barrett Zvi Ben-Dor Benite Sharon Hakakian Bergman Nadia El Cheikh Kirsten Sadler Edepli Paula England Marta Klimke Audrey Longo Marta Losada Samer Madanat Michael Purugganan Alex Sumner Susan Wei -
The Academic Space Liaison Working Groups (research, teaching, and office space) coordinate key stakeholders involved in assessing space needs in the context of the academic strategy and help allocate and maintain office space effectively on campus.
Office Space Liaison Working Group
Members Susan Wei (Chair) Awam Amkpa Emma Lee Baker Pauline Conaghan Nelida Fuccaro Janet Kelly Nils Lewis Marta Losada Tina Galanopoulos Papavasileiou Tucker Russell Jesusita Santillan Julie Thurston Teaching Space Liaison Working Group
Members Yvette Lane-Newton (Co-Chair) Lolowa Al Marzooqi (Co-Chair) Awam Amkpa Emma Lee Baker Ron Berry Olivier Bochet Mohammed Daqaq Nelida Fuccaro Carol Genetti Chuck Grim Sunil Kumar Samer Madanat Marta Losada Tucker Russell Jesusita Santillan Alex Sumner Julie Thurston Research Space Liaison Working Group
Members Sehamuddin Galadari (Co-chair) Eric Hamilton (Co-chair) Awam Amkpa Emma Lee Baker Michael Davis Carol Genetti Marta Losada Samer Madanat Sarah Paul Reza Roshwan Tucker Russell Alex Sumner Julie Thurston Jeffrey Timmons -
The Provost/CABO Technology Liaison Committee and its three working groups (research, campus, and academic technology) focus on the underlying physical infrastructure and spaces, as well as the digital infrastructure, needed to implement the academic strategy. This includes laboratories and studios, core technology platforms, library facilities, research computing, information technology, office spaces, classrooms, dormitories, and informal gathering spaces. It works to inform decisions about academic growth and initiatives with regard to existing and planned infrastructure.
Technology Liaison Committee
Members Lily Burns-Hernandez (Co-Chair) Martin Klimke (Co-Chair) Khaled Alameri Muataz Al Barwani Ron Berry Theodore Lee Alex Sumner Academic Technology Liaison Working Group
Members (TBD) Campus Technology/IT Liaison Working Group
Members (TBD) Research Technology Liaison Working Group
Members (TBD)