Duties of the Senate
As mandated by the School’s governing body, the Academic Senate is empowered to: determine academic policies; set conditions for admission and the granting of degrees; authorize and supervise courses and curricula; and advise the administration on faculty appointments and promotions. This delegated authority makes the SSM Academic Senate unique among faculty governments.
The Academic Senate provides the organizational framework that enables the faculty to exercise its right to participate in the School’s governance.
TERMS: The founder is elected for lifetime. All other members are elected for 7 years, with a maximum of 2 terms possible.
MEETINGS: The Academic Senate meets twice a year, once before the yearly graduation and a second time in mid-April.
Michael Akerib
Dean
Massimiliano Bracalé
Founding President
Paolo Bongarzoni
Vice Dean
Gaetano Pascale
Head of Criminology
Simona Panseri
Direttore Comunicazione e Public Affairs Google Italy
Simona Panseri is currently the Director of Communication and Public Affairs at Google Italy, where she directs and coordinates corporate communications, also taking part in corporate strategy and discussions related to new technologies and their impact on society.
She started her professional career at Philips Communication, and from there worked at Business Press, a communication consulting firm, as an account executive where she worked on accounts such as Philips, Kodak, Lg, and Mediaworld, and played a direct part in contributing to their corporate success.