Jessica Mathewson, director of governance, is responsible for overseeing faculty governance processes, organizing and reporting the resulting information to University constituents, and serving as a resource for academic departments on faculty governance issues. Among her responsibilities are the oversight and management of the work of the Faculty Advisory Committee on Appointments and Advancements (C3) and Office of the Dean of the Faculty trustee reporting. She is the administrator for the Committee on Conference and Faculty Appeal. 

Before joining the Office of the Dean of the Faculty, Jessica worked in the Office of Alumni Affairs and practiced law at leading international law firms in New York and Philadelphia. She is a graduate of Princeton University and the University of Michigan Law School.

Areas of Responsibility

• Associated Faculty Status
• Awards - Faculty
• Behrman Award
• Board of Trustees Reporting
• C3 (Faculty Advisory Committee on Appointments and Advancements)
• Committee on Conference and Faculty Appeal
• Department Chairs and Directors Meetings
• Endowed Professorships
• Faculty Advisory Committee on Policy
• Preceptorships
• Recruitment - Senior Faculty
• Senior Offer Letters
• Trustee Committee on Academic Affairs