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Faculty Affairs Committee 2024 – 2025

 

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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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