Contact Information:   Elaine M. Klein, Associate Dean for Academic Planning (elaine.klein@wisc.edu)

L&S Academic Planning Council

The College of Letters and Science Academic Planning Council is the main governance committee for the college.  It is composed of members who are elected from and by the L&S faculty, and from and by the academic staff. The Dean chairs the council.  Faculty members are elected from each of the major divisions of the College.  One academic staff member is elected from among the instructional staff, and the other is elected from among the research staff. The Dean also appoints three ex officio members, one nominated by the Classified Staff Issues Committee and two others, who serve as chairs of key L&S committees (the L&S Curriculum Committee and the L&S Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Committee).  

The L&S Associate Deans and several other members of L&S Administration regularly attend Council meetings to lead discussion and advise the elected members should the need arise. Guests are invited as expertise is needed, and per requirements of Faculty Policies and Procedures.  

Associate Dean Elaine Klein works with the Dean to coordinate APC business. (The L&S APC Operating Procedures provides additional information about how the council is composed and conducts its business.)

The Academic Planning Council members serving in Fall 2024 are:

• Catherine Auger, Integrative Biology (Instructional Academic Staff representative, year 3 of 3)
• Tricia Denman, Academic staff representative, research focus (year 1 of 3)
• Juan Egea, Spanish & Portuguese (year 2 of 2)
• April Haynes (ex-officio, L&S Curriculum Committee Chair)
• Tina Hunter, University Staff representative (year 1 of 3)
• Jessica Johnson, Mead Witter School of Music (year 2 of 3)
• Chaeyoon Lim, Sociology (year 2 of 3)
• Jeremy Morris, Communication Arts (year 2 of 2)
• Mayra Oyola Merced, L&S Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Committee Co-Chair
• Sebastien Roch, Mathematics (year 2 of 3)
• Michael Swift, Computer Science (ad hoc Dean's appointee)
• Jake Vander Zanden, Integrative Biology (year 2 of 2)

APC Elections

Elections to the L&S APC are held in the Spring term, for three-year terms beginning the following Fall. Faculty elections are coordinated by the Associate Dean for Academic Planning, in consultation with the Academic Associate Deans to whom nominations are submitted. Academic and University Staff elections are overseen by the Office of the Dean.