Keith Landa

Keith Landa was elected president of the University Faculty Senate (UFS) in 2021. Before becoming president, he served as an UFS senator for Purchase College for two three-year terms, and was UFS vice president/Secretary for three years. In his time with the UFS, Landa has served on the Governance and Communications Committees; was sector representative for the Comprehensive Colleges sector on the Executive Committee; was UFS liaison to the SUNY Council on Assessment; helped organize and presented at several SUNY Voices conferences and campus governance leader workshops; and represented UFS on the provost’s General Education Advisory Committee and the SUNY Student Mobility Steering Committee.

Landa has been at Purchase College since 2008, when he was hired to establish a new Teaching, Learning, and Technology and be its director. In addition to his administrative role, he is a contributing faculty member for the Environmental Studies program; has offered courses such as Mars Explorations, Geology, and Search for Life in the Universe, among others; and coordinated the Science in the Modern World program.

Landa’s service to Purchase College has included chairing the Instructional Technology Advisory Committee and the Strategic Planning and Assessment Committee, along with participating on other committees; being one of the principal co-authors for the articles for the new College Senate; being elected parliamentarian and member of the Executive Committees for College Senate and for Faculty at Large; serving on the Steering Committee for previous Middle States accreditation; and acting as campus liaison to multiple SUNY organizations, including the COIL Center, Center for Professional Development, FACT2 Council, SUNY OER Services, and SUNY DOODLE.