The Committee on Faculty Appointments (CFA) is a standing committee of Academic Council.
The functions of the CFA include the following:
- Vote upon recommendations to be made by the President to the Board of Trustees regarding tenure appointments, promotions, and reappointments of tenure-track faculty.
- Vote upon recommendations to be made by the President to the Board of Trustees regarding reappointments and promotions of faculty on term appointments at the ranks of lecturer and senior lecturer.
- Vote upon recommendations to be made by the President to the Board of Trustees regarding reappointments and promotions of PERA assistant professors of the practice, PERA associate professors of the practice, and PERA professors of the practice.
- Vote upon recommendations to be made by the President to the Board of Trustees regarding reappointments and promotions of instructors in science laboratory.
- Prepare policy guidelines regarding appointments, promotions, and tenure of faculty.
- Approve applications for sabbatical and early leaves of tenured and tenure-eligible faculty as well as professional development leaves of eligible faculty on term appointments and instructors in science laboratory.
A complete description of the committee's functions, authority, operations, and membership can be found in the Articles of Government, Article V, Section 14.
Members of the Committee on Faculty Appointments (CFA) for 2022-23
President: Paula Johnson
Provost and Dean of the College: Andrew Shennan, Chair
Dean of Faculty Affairs: Megan Núñez
Faculty:
Bryan Burns 21-24 (A)
Provost and Dean of the College: Andrew Shennan, Chair
Dean of Faculty Affairs: Megan Núñez
Faculty:
Bryan Burns 21-24 (A)
Angela Carpenter 20-23 (Black Task Force representative)
Oscar Fernandez 22-25 (C)
Phyllis McGibbon 21-24 (A)
Ryan Quintana 22-25 (B)
Smitha Radhakrishnan 21-24 (B)
Marc Tetel 21-24 (C)
Clerk of the CFA: Jennifer Ellis
Links
- Important due dates for 2022-23
- For review of tenure-track and tenured faculty:
- For faculty on term appointments:
- For PERA faculty:
- For instructors in science laboratory:
- Letter re: review process for non-tenure-track faculty (May 2019)
- Annual conversation verification form
- Annual conversation and class visit requirements by faculty type
- Annual letters to tenure-track faculty
- Annual memo to junior faculty/R&Ps 22-23
- Annual memo to junior faculty/R&Ps 21-22
- Annual memo to junior faculty 19-20
- Annual memo to junior faculty 18-19
- Annual memo to junior faculty 17-18
- Annual memo to junior faculty 16-17
- Annual memo to junior faculty 15-16
- Annual memo to junior faculty 14-15
- Annual memo to junior faculty 13-14
- Annual memo to junior faculty 12-13
- Annual memo to junior faculty 11-12
- Annual memo to junior faculty 10-11
- Annual memo to junior faculty 09-10
- CFA letter re: promotion standards and criteria (December 2022)
- List of faculty under review this academic year (Spring 2023 edition)
- Information on writing letters about faculty members
- Sabbatical and early leave program: Occasionally Asked Questions (for tenured and tenure-eligible faculty)
- Professional development leave application for 2023-24 (for use by ISLs/Sr. ISLs and Lecturers/Sr. Lecturers)
- 2020-21 SEQ Policy (approved at October 14, 2020 Academic Council)
- Links to college legislation (regarding leaves, appointments and promotion)