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.
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| David Butler, Co-Chair | Professor | [email protected] | UT Institute of Agriculture | |
| Eva Cowell, Co-Chair | Teaching Associate Professor | [email protected] | Haslam College of Business | |
| Ashlee Anderson | Clinical Professor | [email protected] | College of Education, Health, and Human Sciences | |
| Alvaro Ayo | Professor | [email protected] | College of Arts & Sciences: Arts & Humanities | |
| Stefanie Benjamin | Associate Professor | [email protected] | College of Education, Health, and Human Sciences | |
| Ian Down | Associate Professor | [email protected] | College of Arts & Sciences: Social Sciences | |
| Reema Habib | Teaching Associate Professor | [email protected] | College of Arts & Sciences: Arts & Humanities | |
| Anming Hu | Associate Professor | [email protected] | Tickle College of Engineering | |
| Andrea Joseph-McCatty | Assistant Professor | [email protected] | College of Social Work | |
| Marian Malone | Clinical Assistant Professor | [email protected] | College of Nursing | |
| Shahla Ray | Teaching Assistant Professor | [email protected] | College of Arts & Sciences: Natural Sciences & Mathematics | |
| Mayra Roman-Rivera | Teaching Assistant Professor | [email protected] | College of Arts & Sciences: Social Sciences | |
| Jason Strickling | Teaching Associate Professor | [email protected] | Haslam College of Business | |
| Sreedhar Upendram | Associate Professor | [email protected] | UT Institute of Agriculture | |
| Krishnan Veluswamy | Assistant Professor | [email protected] | Tickle College of Engineering | |
| Fatima Zahra | Assistant Professor | [email protected] | College of Education, Health, and Human Sciences | |