Meet 8 people who will determine Amy Wax’s future

MAX ANNUNZIATA AND NICOLE MURAVSKY Staff Reporters

On Jan. 16, tenured Penn Carey Law School professor Amy Wax filed a grievance against University of Pennsylvania Carey Law Dean Ted Ruger. The grievance filing and a separate letter obtained by The Daily Pennsylvanian list some of the key faculty members and committees who are connected to the disciplinary proceedings involving Wax.

The letter reveals the identities of the five professors who have been elected to serve on a hearing board which will investigate Wax's case and may decide to impose a major sanction on Wax, such as termination.

The Hearing Board serves “both an investigative and deliberative function,” according to Penn’s Faculty Handbook. The board decides whether to recommend a major sanction and then notifies the president of Penn, who typically accepts the recommendation.

The DP examined the key players in the Wax proceedings, which include eight faculty members whose appointments span multiple schools at Penn.

The Amy Wax Hearing Board Harvey Rubin

Harvey Rubin is a professor at Penn's Perelman School of Medicine who teaches in the Department of Biochemistry and Biophysics and the Department of Computer and Information Sciences. Rubin has founded several institutions dedicated to the combat of infectious diseases. He declined a request for comment.

Emily Steiner

faculty, in leading innovations in teaching and learning, and in building an exceptional educational experience for students. John is a superb fundraiser who has raised the profile of both Schools that he has led at Penn. I know he will guide Penn to even greater heights.”

The University will begin searching for Jackson’s replacement as Dean of the Annenberg School for Communication immediately, according to the announcement.