Faculty Affairs Committee

Responsibilities:

Specific areas of responsibility include, but are not limited to, policies and recommendations related to the following:

  • Policies for appointment, promotion, and tenure;
  • Policies for off-campus assignments and leaves of absence;
  • Policy for discharge for cause;
  • Evaluation of administrators;
  • Procedures for faculty performance assessment;
  • Workshops on promotion and tenure;
  • Policy on consulting;
  • New faculty orientation.

Goals:

  • Promote consistent and transparent faculty appointments, evaluation, and advancement practices across all colleges.
  • Advocate for faculty support and incentives to encourage faculty retention.
  • Promote transparent and equitable workload expectations and requirements for all Faculty across all colleges.
  • Continue upward evaluation of administrators on a regular basis.
  • Promote the optimal balance between campus security and access.
  • Regularly review and recommend revisions of the Faculty Handbook and Evaluation Manual to the Faculty Senate.

Members of Committee

Terry Cooper COM - Basic
Beth Bowman CAHS ebowman@uthsc.edu
Ashanti Braxton COD abraxton@uthsc.edu
Steven BuckinghamCOM-Clinicalsbucking@uthsc.edu
Harris Cohen COM-Clinicalhcohen@uthsc.edu
F. Hammond Cole COM-Clinicalfhcole@uthsc.edu
Melody CunninghamCOM-Clinicalmcunni16@uthsc.edu
Alexander Mathew COM-Clinicalamathew6@uthsc.edu
Robert Nolly COP rnolly@uthsc.edu
Cheryl Scott CON cscott37@uthsc.edu
Cheryl Stegbauer CON
Stephanie StorgionCOM-Clinicalgwetzel@uthsc.edu

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Faculty Senate President Office
Thaddeus (Thad) Wilson. PhD
62 South Dunlap Rm 212
Memphis, TN 38163
Phone: 901-448-8323