Time Commitment

The Faculty Affairs Committee meets every other Wednesday at 3:00 during the academic year. Normally committee members will spend an additional two hours per month reviewing documents and information. If a committee member volunteers to take the lead on a particular project, then the workload increases depending on the need of the project.

Function

• Makes recommendations concerning policy on appointments, promotion, tenure, and leave of absence.
• Makes recommendations relating to standards of performance, professional ethics, faculty rights and responsibilities, academic freedom, and faculty compensation.
• Receives, reviews, and acts upon other policy matters concerning faculty affairs.
• Maintains liaison with Faculty Status Committee regarding functions 1 and 2.

Composition and tenure

• Eleven faculty, selected with representation from the various areas of the University in mind, with at least three geographical regions represented. Normally, at least one of the members shall be a member of the Senate. To be eligible as a member, usually a person must have served as a faculty member at WSU for at least three years.
• Vice provost for faculty development and recognition (X)(#).

Additional notes

• Chair elected by the Committee.
• Has representation on Budget Committee and Steering Committee.
• Responsible to: Faculty Senate.
• Reports to: Faculty Senate and the president.

Faculty Affairs Committee Representation

Judi McDonald, Chair (F) Professor CAS, Pullman 2021 – 2024 Stephanie Bauman (F) Associate Professor CAS, Tri-Cities 2019 – 2022 Ekaterine Burduli (F) Assistant Professor CON, Spokane 2019 – 2022 Suzanne Fricke (F) Librarian Libraries, Pullman 2021 – 2022* Substitute Cynthia Haseltine (F) Associate Professor CAS, Pullman 2019 – 2022 Heiko Jansen (F) Professor VCEA, Spokane 2021 – 2023

Sergey Lapin (F) Professor CAS, Pullman 2018 – 2024 Don Llewellyn (F) Associate Professor CAHNRS, Pullman 2021 – 2022 *Substitute Martin Maquivar (F) Associate Professor CAHNRS, Pullman 2019 – 2022 Michael Neff (F) Professor CAHNRS, Pullman 2021 – 2023 Jennifer Thigpen (F) Associate Professor CAS, Pullman 2019 – 2022

Laura Hill Vice Provost for Faculty Development (X)(#) Matt Hudelson Faculty Senate Secretary Representative (X)(#) Anna Schilter Faculty Senate Principal Assistant (X)(#)