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Academic Senate

Academic Senate
Associated Students of College of Alameda (ASCOA)
Budget Committee
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About

The College of Alameda Academic Senate represents all College of Alameda faculty (tenure, tenure-track and adjunct) on academic and professional matters. According to Title 5, Section 53200, Academic Senate means an organization whose primary function is to make recommendations with respect to academic and professional matters. Academic and Professional matters mean the following policy development matters:

  1. Curriculum, including establishing prerequisites.
  2. Degree and certificate requirements.
  3. Grading policies.
  4. Educational program development.
  5. Standards or policies regarding student preparation and success.
  6. College governance structures, as related to faculty roles.
  7. Faculty roles and involvement in accreditation processes.
  8. Policies for faculty professional development activities.
  9. Processes for program review.
  10. Processes for institutional planning and budget development.

+1 Other academic and professional matters.

 

Mission and Responsibilities

The Academic Senate promotes faculty primacy in academic and professional matters as established in statute and regulation. The Senate is the official voice of the California community college faculty in statewide consultation and decision making and, through leadership and empowerment, endeavors to make each local senate the voice of the faculty in college and district consultation and decision making.

Committee Appointments:  All faculty appointments to any college body or district body dealing with academic and professional matters as defined in Title 5 are to be made by the Academic Senate.  Appointments to non-senate committees are made by the Academic Senate after consultation between the local senate president and the college president. For a complete list of college committees and their current membership, please visit the Participatory Governance webpage. Faculty interested in committee service are encouraged to submit the Committee Interest Form or contact an Academic Senator or the Academic Senate President. 

Subcommittees and taskforces of the Academic Senate:

Former subcomittee and taskforce archive:

Meeting Schedule and Location

Dates: 1st and 3rd Thursday of each month in Fall and Spring semesters.

Time: 12:20 – 1:20PM

Location: H 280 (Conference Room on 2nd Floor of H Building) 

Zoom Link: https://peralta-edu.zoom.us/my/fowler

All Academic Senate agenda requests are due Monday at noon before the preferred meeting date. Email President Fowler at jfowler@peralta.edu the following to submit an agenda request: 1) name of the agenda item, 2) brief description of the item, and 3) whether it is a discussion item OR an action item. 

Senators for the 2025–2026 Academic Year
NameDivisionEmail Address
Jennifer Fowler, PresidentLiberal Studies & Language Arts, Full-Timejfowler@peralta.edu 
Carla Pegues, Vice PresidentFaculty At-Large, Full-Timecpegues@peralta.edu 
Cynthia Haro, TreasurerStudent Services, Full-Time charo@peralta.edu 
Andrew ParkFaculty At-Large, Full-Timebpark@peralta.edu 
Sue AltenbachFaculty At-Large, Adjunctsaltenbach@peralta.edu 
Diana BajramiCareer Workforce Education, Full-Timedbajrami@peralta.edu 
George CruzCareer Workforce Education, Full-Timegcruz@peralta.edu 
Long NguyenCareer Workforce Education, Adjunctlongnguyen@peralta.edu
Jody CampbellLiberal Studies & Language Arts, Full-Timejcampbell@peralta.edu
Kwesi WilsonLiberal Studies & Language Arts, Adjunctkwilson@peralta.edu
Cady CarmichaelSTEM, Full-Timecbow@peralta.edu
Jayne SmithsonSTEM, Full-Timejsmithson@peralta.edu 
 David LeitnerSTEM, Adjunctdleitner@peralta.edu
 Cynthia LopezStudent Services, Full-Timeclopez@peralta.edu
Francesca MauricioStudent Services, Adjunct fmauricio@peralta.edu

 

Note: The Academic Senate Secretary position is currently vacant and will be filled at the start of the Fall 2025 semester.

Didem Ekici (dekici@peralta.edu) represents CoA on the Peralta District Academic Senate as DAS representative, together with the CoA Academic Senate President and Vice President.

Current Constitution and Bylaws

Past Constitutions

2024-2025 Resolutions

2023-2024 Resolutions

2022-2023 Resolutions

Other Documents

Effective September 2025, College of Alameda Academic Senate meeting agendas, minutes, and materials are housed on Peralta’s BoardDocs site. 

  1. In the top-right corner of the BoardDocs homepage, click the small triangle next to the icon that looks like a picture of a building. A dropdown menu will appear.

  2. From the list, select “College of Alameda Academic Senate.”

2025-2026 Academic Year Minutes & Agendas

Effective September 2025, College of Alameda Academic Senate meeting agendas, minutes, and materials are housed on Peralta’s BoardDocs site. 

2024-2025 Academic Year Minutes & Agendas

2023-2024 Academic Year Minutes & Agendas

2022-2023 Academic Year Minutes & Agendas

2021-2022 Academic Year Minutes & Agendas

2020-2021 Academic Year Minutes & Agendas

2019-2020 Academic Year Minutes & Agendas

2018-2019 Academic Year Minutes & Agendas

2017-2018 Academic Year Minutes & Agendas

Keep up to date with the Academic Senate for California Community Colleges (ASCCC) by signing up for the ASCCC listerv.