When Cynthia “Cindy” Dougherty has a difficult or frustrating day, she jogs around the University of Washington.


When Cynthia “Cindy” Dougherty has a difficult or frustrating day, she jogs around the University of Washington.

Improving faculty dispute resolution policies, promoting ways to improve terms of employment for clinical faculty, reenvisioning the merit and promotion process for faculty on all three University of Washington campuses, and continuing to promote diversity, equity and inclusion practices are top priorities for this year’s UW Faculty Senate Chair Dr. Gautham Reddy, a professor in Department of Radiology in the School of Medicine.

Eight decades ago to the day, the Faculty Senate met for the first time at the University of Washington.