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 2020-21
President: Paula Johnson
Provost and Dean of the College: Andrew Shennan, Chair
Dean of Faculty Affairs: Megan Nunez
Faculty:
Kristin Butcher 18-19, 20-22 (B)
Provost and Dean of the College: Andrew Shennan, Chair
Dean of Faculty Affairs: Megan Nunez
Faculty:
Kristin Butcher 18-19, 20-22 (B)
Angela Carpenter, 20-23 (Black Task Force representative)
Claire Fontijn 19-22 (A)
Mala Radhakrishnan 19-22 (C)
Andrea Sequeira 20-23 (C)
Adam Van Arsdale 17-18, 20-22 (B)
Sarah Wall-Randell 19-22 (A)
Clerk of the CFA: Jennifer Ellis
Links
- Important due dates for 2020-21
- 2020-21 SEQ Policy (approved at October 14, 2020 Academic Council)
- 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 letters to tenure-track faculty
- 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
- List of faculty under review this academic year (Fall 2020 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 2021-22 (for use by ISLs/Sr. ISLs and Lecturers/Sr. Lecturers)
- Links to college legislation (regarding leaves, appointments and promotion)