Faculty Affairs Committee 2025-2026 AY

 

FACULTY AFFAIRS COMMITTEE:  This Committee concerns itself with the adoption and amendment of faculty governance policies and rules, including the development and refinement of criteria and procedures for faculty appointment, promotion, retention, evaluation, the granting of tenure, retirement, and discharge for cause. This Committee is responsible for reviewing proposed revisions and recommending changes to the Faculty Handbook and its appendices in accordance with the amendments procedures set forth in the Faculty Handbook. The activities of this Committee shall be conducted at all times in a manner consistent with the Trustees’ Policies Governing Academic Freedom, Responsibility, and Tenure, as the same may be amended from time to time, and shall be guided by faculty governance best practices in higher education, especially those identified and promoted by the Ammerican Association of University Professors.

Committee Reports, Actions, and Other Items are listed below the roster.

	Faculty Affairs Committee 2025-2026 AY
		Title	Email	Caucus
	David Butler, Co-Chair	Professor	dbutler@utk.edu	UT Institute of Agriculture
	Eva Cowell, Co-Chair	Teaching Associate Professor	ecowell@utk.edu	Haslam College of Business
	Ashlee Anderson	Clinical Professor	abanders@utk.edu	College of Education, Health, and Human Sciences
	Alvaro Ayo	Professor	aayo@utk.edu	College of Arts & Sciences: Arts & Humanities
	Stefanie Benjamin	Associate Professor	sbenjam1@utk.edu	College of Education, Health, and Human Sciences
	Ian Down	Associate Professor	idown@utk.edu	College of Arts & Sciences: Social Sciences
	Reema Habib	Teaching Associate Professor	rhabib@utk.edu	College of Arts & Sciences: Arts & Humanities
	Anming Hu	Associate Professor	ahu3@utk.edu	Tickle College of Engineering
	Andrea Joseph-McCatty	Assistant Professor	ajoseph7@utk.edu	College of Social Work
	Marian Malone	Clinical Assistant Professor	mmalon39@utk.edu	College of Nursing
	Shahla Ray	Teaching Assistant Professor	sray28@utk.edu	College of Arts & Sciences: Natural Sciences & Mathematics
	Mayra Roman-Rivera	Teaching Assistant Professor	mromanri@utk.edu	College of Arts & Sciences: Social Sciences
	Jason Strickling	Teaching Associate Professor	jstrick8@utk.edu	Haslam College of Business
	Sreedhar Upendram	Associate Professor	supendra@utk.edu	UT Institute of Agriculture
	Krishnan Veluswamy	Assistant Professor	Krishnanv@utk.edu	Tickle College of Engineering
	Fatima Zahra	Assistant Professor	fzahra@utk.edu	College of Education, Health, and Human Sciences