Academic Senate
Welcome to the Academic Senate!
As part of the SJCC governance process, the Academic Senate represents faculty in all academic and professional matters. We also share responsibility for the development of District policies with the Associated Students, the administration, classified staff, and employee unions. All staff and students are welcome to attend our meetings.
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Location
Senate Office: Room T-412
2100 Moorpark Ave
San Jose, CA 95128
(408) 298-2181 ext. 3917Senate meetings via Zoom until further notice.
See Current Agenda for meeting details.
Executive Committee
- Judith Bell, President
- Elena Dutra, Vice President
- Fabio Gonzalez, Treasurer
- Jose Cabrera, At Large
- Jennifer Nestojko, At Large
Area 1 - Applied Sciences
Isai Ulate, Machine Technology
Area 2- Arts/Humanities
Judith Bell, Art
AREA 3 - Natural Sciences
Jose Cabrera, Chemistry
Area 4 – Business
Kidane Sengal, CIS
Area 5 – Library/LRC
Shelley Blackman, Librarian
Area 6 – Counseling & Health Sciences
Yesenia Escobar Mendoza, Counseling
Alejandro Lopez, Counseling
Area 7 – EOP&S/CARE, CalWORKs, SAS
Julio Flores, EOP&S
Area 8 – Language Arts
Rufus Blair, Sign Language
Yevgeniya Sokolenko, ESL
Area 9 – Physical Education/Athletics
Doug Robb, Kinesiology/PE
Area 10 – Mathematics
John Banks, Mathematics
Area 11 – Service Careers
Jagrup Kahlon, Medical Assisting
Area 12 – Social Science
Juan Gamboa, Ethnic Studies
Full-Time At Large
Mark Branom, CIS
Mary Crocker Cook, ADS
Elena Dutra, Counseling
Fabio Gonzalez, Counseling
Anita Reyes, Theater
Part-Time At Large
Jaqueline Gamboa, Ethnic Studies
Philip Crawford, Political Science
Jennifer Nestojko, English
Thomas Herena, Counseling
Steven Del Chiaro, Psychology
IPCC Chair (Ex-officio, non-voting)
Andres Rodriquez, IPCC Chair
Academic Senate Description
On July 7, 1964, the Board of Trustees of the San Jose/Evergreen Community College District authorized the establishment of an academic senate at San Jose City College. Our Senate became operative during the Fall of 1964.
The San Jose City College Academic Senate represents faculty in all academic and professional matters. As provided by The California Educational Code, Title V, and District Policy, the District’s Governing Board normally accepts all recommendations from the Academic Senate regarding such matters as curriculum, accreditation, professional development, and program review. In other words, the Academic Senate, actually shares in the governance of our district in the case of academic and professional matters.
The Senate also shares responsibility for the development of all other District policies with the Associated Students, the administration, classified staff, and employee unions. The Senate appoints all faculty members to the District committees and task forces, exclusive of collective bargaining committees. The Academic Senate normally meets on the first and third Tuesday of each month at 2:10 pm in the Community Conference Room, SC204. All staff and students are invited to attend our meetings.
Academic Senate Mission Statement
The Academic Senate represents the professional and academic interests of the full-time
and part-time faculty of San Jose City College. In this capacity the senate acts as
the official voice of the faculty and is empowered to represent the faculty to the
administration and to the district governing board. In particular, California state
education code stipulates eleven areas in which faculty through their senates are
to be “consulted with collegially,” if not “relied on primarily,” in setting policy
and district goals and objectives. Rely primarily upon the Senate for:
1. Curriculum, including establishing prerequisites and placing courses within disciplines
2. Degree and certificate requirements
3. Grading policies
4. Educational program development
5. Standards or policies regarding student preparation and success
6. District and college governance structure, as related to faculty roles
7. Faculty roles and involvement in accreditation process, including self-study and
annual reports
8. Policies for faculty professional development
9. Process for program review
10. Process for institutional planning and budget development
11. Other academic professional matters as mutually agreed upon between the Governing
Board and the Academic Senate.
This list includes matters that clearly get to the heart of our mission as a community college and our role as faculty. And, as the eleventh item clearly indicates, this list is not exhaustive. Also of interest and importance to faculty is the Senate’s right and responsibility to appoint faculty representatives to district and campus committees – including tenure review committees. This insures that the faculty is represented by representatives of its choice, but it also demands that faculty members are willing to serve.