Term Faculty Affairs Newsletter
August 2024
The Term Faculty Affairs Committee within CHSS Assembly is pleased to release the second annual term faculty affairs newsletter to feature all of the accomplishments of our term faculty members across the college. Our committee is tasked with "representing term faculty on the development, coordination, implementation, and advocacy, of all matters affecting term faculty including, but not limited to, workload, compensation and benefits, contracts, professional development, university and departmental culture, and promotion consistent with current university guidelines and practices." As part of our advocacy for term faculty, we feel it is critical to feature their contributions through teaching, research, and professional organizations. Over the course of this past year, we fully approved the guidelines for term faculty promotion and continued conversations about workload among college constituents. We also served as advocates for term faculty to representatives on the Provost Search Committee and began conversations about term faculty research with CHSS research centers. We look forward to featuring the work of our colleagues and advocating for change in semesters to come. Please look out for the next call for submissions in the Spring.
In Community,
The Term Affairs Faculty Affairs Committee 2023-2024
Humberto González Chávez, Assistant Professor of Italian
Michael Hurley, Associate Professor of Psychology
Virginia Hoy, Senior Instructor of English and Individualized Studies
David Powers Corwin, Assistant Professor of Integrative Studies
Mohammad Ramadan Salama, Associate Dean for Faculty Affairs
Blake Silver, Associate Professor of Sociology
Teaching Awards and Recognitions
Many of our term faculty are recognized at the university level and through their professional organizations for their teaching efforts. Also, even though term faculty are not required to take on formal mentoring, many take the time to work with students through teaching assistantships, research projects, conference presentations, creative projects, and many others
Research and Professional Organization Recognition
Term faculty engage in research and professional development both at the university level, but also through national and international organizations. While some term faculty's roles are research focused, many term faculty are engaging in this work outside of their contracts and we hope that this section demonstrates the level of engagement that many of our term faculty have within their disciplines.
Term Faculty Promotion
Term faculty promotion is critically important as we continue to recognize "high competence" and "genuine excellence" in their appointments throughout their careers. In addition to their work assignments, these faculty were also putting together dossiers for promotion and we celebrate their successful cases for promotion.
Term Faculty Study Leave Recipients
Congratulations to our term faculty colleagues who earned study leave in this year's cycle. According to the Faculty Handbook these study leaves are to "to support professional development initiatives designed to advance scholarly research, teaching, and/or creative activity, including the development of innovative teaching approaches and methods." Please consider applying in next year's cycle here.
