Elections
Current Election News
AY24-25 BFA Fall Elections - Elections for seat vacancies on BFA Standing Committees are held in September. Additional BFA and ÃÛÌÇÖ±²¥ Faculty Council seat vacancies as noted will be included during this time. The nomination and election process for these seats has two phases - internal (only open to BFA representatives) and external (open to all Boulder faculty senate members). BFA Assembly representatives vote on nominees for both internal and external elections. For more information on BFA committees and seat vacancies, please see the individual committee of interest or contact bfa@colorado.edu.
ATSC
Philip White, University Libraries
CORC
Natasha Bosanac, Aerospace Engineering
Shaun Davies, Leeds School of Business
Su-Ion Ih, Mathematics
Dan Riffell, Mechanical Engineering
Diversity
Amanda Stewart, Sociology
Ethan Waddell, Asian Languages & Civilizations
GAC
Markus Pflaum, Mathematics
SAC
Bobby Benim, Applied Mathematics
TFAC
David Quigley, Computer Science
BFA Executive Committee
Dejun 'Tony' Kong, Leeds School of Business
BFA External Elections Nomination Statements
Academic Affairs Committee (AAC)
Academic Technologies & Services Committee (ATSC)
Campus Operations & Resources Committee (CORC)
Climate Science & Education Committee (CSEC)
Faculty Affairs Committee (FAC)
Grievance Advisory Committee (GAC)
Student Affairs Committee (SAC)
**Please see the ÃÛÌÇÖ±²¥ Faculty Senate - Who Qualifies? for details on who is eligible to serve and run for seats on the BFA.
BFA 2024 Spring At-Large Assembly Representative Elections
Elections for BFA Assembly At-Large Representatives occur each year during February and March. Assembly At-Large Representative seats are open to all eligible campus faculty and are voted on by the full faculty senate. See Becoming a Member for more information on what is entailed in serving as a BFA At-large Assembly representative. All terms are for three years. Non-A&S units include: Leeds School of Business, College of Engineering, College of Media, Communication, and Information (CMCI), ÃÛÌÇÖ±²¥ Law, School of Education, Campus Libraries, Environmental Design, and the College of Music. Elections concluded on Friday, March 15th.
Please join us in congratulating the following new BFA Assembly At-Large Representatives:
- Ernesto Acevedo Muñoz, Professor - Cinema Studies & Moving Image Arts
- Bobby Benim, Assistant Teaching Professor – Applied Mathematics
- Caitlin Charlet, Associate Teaching Professor – Environmental Design
- Michaele Ferguson, Associate Professor – Political Science
- Victoria Hand, Associate Professor – School of Education
- Catherine Kunce, Associate Teaching Professor - Program for Writing & Rhetoric
- Carmen Pacheco, Scholar in Residence - Mechanical Engineering
- Markus Pflaum, Professor - Mathematics
- David Quigley, Assistant Teaching Professor – Computer Science
- Ted Shear, Assistant Teaching Professor - Philosophy
Spring 2024 BFA Officer Elections
Spring elections were held on Thursday, May 2nd, 2024 and all three nominees were elected to a second term of one year expiring spring 2025:
- BFA Vice Chair - Alastair Norcross, Philosophy
- BFA Secretary - Vicki Grove, Germanic and Slavic Literature & Languages
- BFA Executive Committee At-Large Representative - Adam Norris, Applied Math
Election Updates
Fall 2024 Committee Seat Elections:
Internal to BFA representatives:
- Nominations - Aug. 19-30
- Internal Call for Nominations
- Elections - Sept. 3-5
External open to all campus faculty:
- Nominations Sept. 9-18
- External Call for Nominations
- Elections - Sept. 19-20
BFA Elections: Academic Calendar Cycle
- BFA representatives are elected to fill open standing committee seats - Phase I
- Remaining open seats become open to all eligible campus faculty and are voted on by BFA representatives - Phase II
- BFA At-large Assembly Representative vacancies are advertised to eligible campus faculty with an electronic election occurring between February and the end of March.
- BFA Officer vacancies are announced to eligible campus faculty and nominations are accepted.
- BFA Officer & ExCom At-Large Representative seats are elected at the May General Assembly meeting. Representatives must be present to vote
- Nominees for Boulder seat vacancies on ÃÛÌÇÖ±²¥ Faculty Council standing committees are also selected in September