Susan Babcock
Professor, Materials Science and Engineering (ENGR); physical sciences. Member of the faculty since 1990. Current department chair. Former associate director, Materials Science Program. Current member: CIC Academic Leadership Program; Materials Science Program Faculty Advisory Committee. Former member: Divisional Executive Committee (chair); Graduate School Research Committee. 2009 Election Statement: The experiences of having served as chair of an engineering department, as a faculty member in an interdisciplinary program, and as a member of the Graduate School Research Committee and the Physical Sciences Divisional Executive Committee have opened my eyes wide to vastness of the resource that the UW-Madison faculty constitutes. As a member of the University Committee, I would strive to honor the traditions of faculty governance to both care for and cultivate that resource for the betterment of the university in achieving its core missions of teaching, research and service.

Bradford Barham
Professor, Agricultural and Applied Economics (CALS); social studies. Member of the faculty since 1987. Current department chair. Current co-director of the Program on Agricultural Technology Studies. Former faculty senator. Former member: College of Agricultural and Life Sciences Academic Planning Council; Genevieve Gorst Herfurth Award Committee; Tinker-Nave Committee. 2009 Election Statement: My research, outreach and instructional ties across CALS and the broader campus are based on my interests in economic and environmental issues related to sustainable growth and poverty reduction. I am eager to work specifically on the tuition remission issue and broader concerns related to recruitment, financing and training of graduate students.

Judith Burstyn
Professor, Chemistry (L&S), Pharmacology (MED); physical sciences. Member of the faculty since 1990. Current chair, Inorganic Division, Department of Chemistry. Current member: Committee on Faculty Rights and Responsibilities (former chair); Women Faculty Mentoring Program Advisory Committee; Chemistry Biology Interface Training Program Advisory Committee. Former faculty co-director, Women in Science and Engineering Residential Learning Community. Former member: Divisional Executive Committee (chair); College of Letters and Science Dean Search and Screen Committee; Vice Provost for Teaching and Learning Search and Screen Committee; Chemistry Graduate Curriculum and Carnegie Initiative on the Doctorate Committee. 2008 Election Statement: One of the great strengths of the University of Wisconsin-Madison is our system of shared governance. If elected to serve on the University Committee, I will uphold the high standards of the university, in scholarship and teaching, and work to ensure that UW-Madison remains one of the world's most prestigious institutions of higher learning. The new millennium presents substantial challenges and opportunities; my goal will be to ensure that the needs of all units of our great institution are met, in order that we may continue to excel in educating the State of Wisconsin, "sifting and winnowing" ideas, and solving the world's most vexing problems.

Gail Geiger
Professor, Art History (L&S); arts and humanities. Member of the faculty since 1978. Department chair. Former faculty senator, alternate. Current member: Arts Institute Executive Committee. Former member: Chazen/Elvehjem Museum of Art Accessions Committee; Consortium for the Arts; Divisional Executive Committee; Commission on Faculty Compensation and Economic Benefits; Graduate School Research Committee; Committee on Honorary Degrees; Humanities Research Institute Committee; PROFS, Inc. Steering Committee; Ad Hoc Committee to Review Prohibited Harassment Legislation; Undergraduate Research and Awards Committee; University Honors Committee; CIC Historically Black Institutions Committee (chair). 2008 Election Statement: Years ago while a member of the Committee on Institutional Cooperation (CIC) Academic Leadership seminar conducting a comparative study of twelve mid-western universities, I learned the importance of the University of Wisconsin-Madison's devotion to faculty governance. Central to that role is the University Committee's leadership in helping ensure our academic freedom and diversity in the pursuit of excellence in research, creative expression, teaching and service to the community and state. Now, at a time of such budgetary crises, the responsibilities of the University Committee grow still larger. Since the CIC seminar I have served on many committees devoted to campus-wide, cross-disciplinary issues, experience that has prepared me to serve on the University Committee. It would be an honor to serve and one I would welcome.

Dennis Maki
Professor, Medicine (MED); biological sciences. Member of the faculty since 1974. Former faculty senator. Former member: Divisional Executive Committee (chair); advisory committees to the chancellor dealing with HIV infection / AIDS, biomedical waste disposal, chronic wasting disease, and biocontainment policies for research on biohazardous agents; School of Medicine and Public Health Faculty Tenure Appointments and Promotion Committee; SMPH Faculty Advisory Committee to the Dean; SMPH Academic Policy Council; SMPH Medical Student Promotions Committee; Governor's Emergency Preparedness Task Force and Advisory Council on HIV Infections / AIDS. 2007 Election Statement: I deeply cherish UW-Madison's long tradition of faculty governance and view service on the University Committee as the opportunity to help to make progress on some of the most important problems facing the university, especially preserving access for students, achieving diversity at all levels, improving our relationship with the state, and adapting our teaching and research to meet the challenges of a rapidly changing society.

William Tracy (chair)
Professor, Agronomy (CALS); biological sciences. Member of the faculty since 1984. Department chair; Jung Outstanding Teaching Award recipient. Current member: Commission on Faculty Compensation and Economic Benefits. Former faculty senator. Former member: Biological Sciences Division Tenure Committee; Financial Emergency Faculty Consultative Committee; Truman Scholarship Committee; Goldwater Scholarship Committee; Madison Plan representative to Tuskegee University College of Agriculture; CALS Dean Search and Screen Committee; CALS Academic Planning Council; CALS Scholastic, Policies and Actions Committee; CALS Curriculum Committee. 2006 Election Statement: It is often said the greatness of UW-Madison far exceeds expectations based on the State's resources. I believe a key to the greatness of our university is our system of shared governance. Shared governance allows creativity to flourish. Unfortunately, the continued future of shared governance is not a given. The University Committee plays a key role in ensuring that shared governance really works and will continue to work. It would be an honor to serve on this committee and work to protect and enhance shared governance and academic freedom.

Former Members