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 2024 – 2025 |
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Department |
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1. | Bayyinah Jeffries, Co-Chair | Associate Professor | bjeffri4@utk.edu | Africana Studies |
2. | Eva Cowell, Co-Chair | Senior Lecturer | ecowell@utk.edu | Management & Entrepreneurship |
3. | Reza Abedi | Associate Professor | rabedi@utk.edu | Mechanical, Aerospace, & Biomedical Engineering |
4. | Alvaro Ayo | Associate Professor | aayo@utk.edu | World Languages & Cultures |
5. | David Butler | Professor | dbutler@utk.edu | Plant Sciences |
6. | Kate Chaffin | Professor of Practice | katechaffin@utk.edu | Social Work |
7. | Jason Collins | Assistant Teaching Professor | jcoll121@utk.edu | World Languages & Cultures |
8. | Manolis Doxastakis | Associate Professor | edoxasta@utk.edu | Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering |
9. | Reema Habib | Lecturer | rhabib@utk.edu | Classics |
10. | John Han | Associate Professor | jhan25@utk.edu | English |
11. | Anming Hu | Associate Professor | ahu3@utk.edu | Mechanical, Aerospace, & Biomedical Engineering |
12. | Scott Mackenzie | Senior Lecturer | smackenz@utk.edu | English |
13. | Marian Malone | Clinical Assistant Professor | mmalon39@utk.edu | Nursing |
14. | Heather Sedges | Associate Professor | hsedges@utk.edu | Family & Consumer Sciences |
15. | Zachary Sims | Assistant Research Professor | zsims@utk.edu | Materials Science Engineering |
16. | Himanshu Thapliyal | Associate Professor | hthapliyal@utk.edu | Electrical Engineering & Computer Science |