2017 - 2018 Senate Minutes
2017-2018 Agendas, Minutes, and Meeting Materials - All meetings of the Faculty Senate begin at 3:10 p.m. Meeting dates are the 3rd Thursdays of each month, while regular classes are in session. To be placed on the Agenda, you must contact the Faculty Senate President (Gretchen Potts). All materials must be submitted by noon, on the Friday before each meeting.
All meeting materials will be distributed electronically using this Web site at least 72 hours prior to the scheduled meeting.
Agendas, minutes, and meeting materials from previous years can be found the in archives.
Fall 2017
August 24, 2017
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Materials
- Post Meeting Links
- Recording of meeting (apologies for the sound):
- Founder's Day Events:
- Homecoming Office Decorating Information:
September 21, 2017
- Materials
- Post Meeting Links
- Approved Outsourcing Resolution: 09/21/2017, 22-0-2
- Recording of meeting:
October 19, 2017
- Materials
- Honor Code Revisions
- TUFS original constitution
- Explanation of Honor Code and TUFS Changes
- Policy Affirming Principles of Free Speech for Students and Faculty
- Policy on Setting Faculty Salaries Upon Conclusion of Administrative Appointments
- Proposed Revisions to Board of Trustees Policies Governing Academic Freedom, Responsibility, and Tenure
- Post Meeting Links
- Recording of meeting
November 16, 2017
- Materials
- Finance and Administration Contact List
- Provost's PowerPoint for Faculty Hires
- General Education Refresh Presentation
- Report - Budget and Economic Status Committee
- UTC Student Code Summary
- UTC Student Code Revisions
- ORP Withdrawal Resolution
- Post Meeting Links
- Approved ORP Withdrawal Resolution, 11/16/2017, 28-0-1
- Recording of meeting
January 18, 2018
- Materials
- Post Meeting Links
- UT-Sytem Peer Group Selection Process
- Recording of meeting
February 15, 2018
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Materials
- Budget and Economic Status Committee
- Handbook Committee
- UT System Tenure Survey from Fall 2017
- IT Covernance
- BOT Tenure Policy Revisions
- Possible BOT Reorganization, HB 2115
- Post Meeting Links
March 8, 2018
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Materials
- UT System Tenure Survey from Fall 2017
- UT System Tenure Survey from Fall 2017
- Post meeting links
April 19, 2018
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Materials
- Faculty Member Selection for UTC Advisory Board
- BESC Annual Report
- BESC Market Questions and Answers
- Faculty Market Salary Data Update
- Faculty Rating of Administration Committee Annual Report
- Non-Tenure Track Committee Annual Report
- Part of Term Scheduling
- Faculty Handbook Chapter 3 Revisions
- Faculty Handbook Chapter 4 Revisions
- Faculty Senate Bylaw Revisions
- Post Meeting Links
2017-2018 Members - Senate terms are listed in parentheses. (Lists of members from previous years can be found in the Archives.)
President: Gretchen Potts (College of Arts & Sciences)
President Elect: Steve Ray (College of Arts & Sciences)
Vice-President: Beth Crawford (College of Health, Education & Professional Studies)
Secretary: Burch Oglesby (College of Health, Education & Professional Studies)
Past-President: Joanie Sompayrac (College of Business)
Parliamentarian: Donald Reising (College of Engineering and Computer Science)
At-Large
- Beth Crawford, Associate Professor-CHEPS, LEAD (2017-2019)
- Jamie Harvey, Associate Professor-CHEPS, HHP (2017-2019)
- Eric Hungenberg, Assistant Professor-CHEPS, HHP (2017-2019)
- Deborah McAllister, Professor-CHEPS, SOE (2016-2018)
- Roger Nichols, Assistant Professor-CAS, MATH (2016-2018)
- Jack Zibluk, Professor-CAS, COMM (2016-2018)
Adjunct: Dorthy Stephens, Adjunct-CAS, PSY (2017-2018)
FT Non-Tenure Track: (two year staggered term)
- Michael Jaynes, Lecturer-CAS, ENGL (Jan. 1, 2018 - June 30, 2018, completing term for Emma Morris)
- Sarah Farnsley, Lecturer-CAS, BGES (2017 - 2019)
College of Arts & Sciences
Behavioral Sciences
- Amanda Clark (2017-2019)
- Craig Laing (2016-2018)
- Marcus Mauldin (2016-2018)
Fine Arts
- Katie Hargrave (2016-2018)
- Gavin Townsend (2017-2019)
Humanities
- Matt Guy (2017-2019)
- Joseph Jordan (2017-2019)
- Felicia McGhee (2016-2018)
- Aaron Shaheen (2016-2018)
Math and Sciences
- Francesco Barioli (2017-2019)
- Boris Belinskiy (2017-2019)
- Jennifer Boyd (2016-2018)
- Josh Hamblen (2017-2019)
College of Business Administration
- Beni Asllani (2016-2018)
- Parthasarati Dileepan (2017-2019)
- Diane Halstead (2017-2019)
College of Engineering & Computer Science
- Yu Liang (2016-2018)
- Claire McCullough (2017-2019)
- Donald Reising (2017-2019)
- Craig Tanis (2016-2018)
College of Health, Education & Professional Studies
- To be elected to follow apportionment (2017-2019)
- Hinsdale Bernard (2016-2018)
- Morgan Cooley (2016-2018)
- Jessica Etheredge (2017-2019)
- Liz Hathaway (2017-2019)
- Barry Kamrath (2017-2019)
Library
- Mike Bell (2017-2019)
- Virginia Cairns (2016-2018)
Ex-Officio Members
- Chancellor
- Interim Provost
- Vice-Provost for Academic Affairs
- Vice Chancellor Finance and Administration
- Vice Chancellor for Enrollment Management and Student Success
- Dean of Library
- Vice Chancellor for Student Development
2017-2018 Committees
Specific student members will be added once the fall semester begins.
Past committee lists and members can be found in the Archives, if the list was available.
Academic Standards
Andrew Bailey, CHEPS - HHP
Parthasarati Dileepan, COB - MGT
Fang Yu Hu, CAS – HIST
Irina Khmelko, CAS - POLS
Andrew Ledoan , CAS – MATH (Chair)
Manuel Santiago, CAS - CHEM & PHYS
Robert Schmidt, COB - MKT
Steven Shelton, LIB
Nur Sisworahardjo, CECS - EENGR
Emily Thompson, LIB - LIBR
Michael Thompson, CAS - HIST
Eun Young Kim, CHEPS - IARC
2 student (TBA)
Ex officio: provost designee, university registrar, Honors College designee
Admissions
Callie Adams, CAS - BGES
Tatiana Allen, CAS - CHEM & PHYS
Jeremy Bramblett, CAS - BGES
Amanda Clark, CAS - PSY
Louie Elliott, CECS - MECH ENGR (Chair)
Elizabeth Gailey, CAS - COMM
Monica Garoiu, CAS - MCLL
Katherine Harrell, CAS - BGES
Tonya Miller, CHEPS - IARC
Brian Ribeiro, CAS - PHIL & REL
Andrea Schurr, LIB
1 student (TBA)
Ex officio: provost designee, director of admissions, university registrar
Athletics
Richard Allen, COB - MGT
Alisha Armstrong, CHEPS - SON
Carrie Baker, CHEPS - HHP
Chris Brockman, COB - FIN & ECON
Craig Davis, CAS - MUS
June Hanks, CHEPS - PT
Liz Hathaway, CHEPS - HHP
Eric Hungenberg, CHEPS - HHP
Noah Lasley, LIB
Betsy Myers, CHEPS - PHYT
Allen Pratt, CHEPS - SOE
Jocelyn Sanders, CAS - MUS
Jeremiah Tate, CHEPS – PHYT (Chair)
2 students (TBA)
Ex officio: Chancellor's representative, university regisrar designee, provost designee, director of athletics, senior associate athletic director for compliance and administration/senior woman administrator, associate athletic director for student support services, director of admissions, Southern Conference faculty representative
Budget and Economic Status
Titus Albu, CAS - CHEM & PHYS
Bo Baker, LIB
Boris Belinskiy, CAS - MATH
Michael Bell, LIB (Chair)
Nicholas Boer, CHEPS - HHP
Leanora Brown, COB - FIN & ECON
William Crowe, Jr., CHEPS - SON
Susan Eckelmann, CAS - HIST
Rachel Fleming, LIB
Tim Gaudin, CAS - BGES
Sara Knox, CAS - SCJS
Phillip Lewis, CAS - ART
Hong Qin, CECS - COMP SCI
Char Schmidt, CHEPS - HHP
Chris Smith, CHEPS – SON
Ex officio: provost designee
Committee on Committees
Jennifer Boyd, CAS - BGES
Virginia Cairns - LIB
Parthasan Dileepan, COB - MGT
Jamie Harvey, CHEPS - HHP
Steve Ray, CAS - THSP (Chair)
Aaron Shaheen, CAS - ENGL
Craig Tanis, CECS
Course Learning Evaluations
Shellie Acocello, CHEPS - HHP
Mohammad Ahmadi, COB - MGT
Hilary Browder, CAS - MCLL
Elicia Cruz, CHEPS - OCCT
Kara Hamilton, CHEPS - HHP
Chandler Harriss, CAS - COMM
Bruce Menchetti, CHEPS - SOE
Emma Morris, COB - ETR
Jennifer Stewart, CAS - ENGL
Diedri White, CHEPS - HHP
Michelle White, CAS – HIST (Chair)
Gary Wilkerson, CHEPS - HHP
Weidong Wu, CECS - CIV ENGR
two students (TBA)
Ex officio: executive director of the office of planning, evaluation, and institutional research or designee, executive director of the Walker Center for Teaching and Learning or designee
Curriculum (undergraduate)
Jordan Amirkhani, CAS - ART
Natalie Bennett, LIB
Marissa Bunch, CHEPS - SON
Helen Eigenberg, CAS - SCJS
Jessica Etheredge, CHEPS - IARC
Cherry Guinn, CHEPS - SON
Russell Helms, CAS - ENGL
A.K.M. Hossain, CAS - BGES
Joseph Jordan, CAS - ENGL
Lingju Kong, CAS - MATH
Abdul Ofoli, CECS - EENGR
Md Rafayet Alam, COB - FIN & ECON
Charlene Simmons, CAS - COMM (Chair)
Robert Webster, CECS - MECH ENGR
Cecelia Wigal, CECS - MECH ENGR
two students (TBA)
Ex officio: provost designee, university registrar or designee, head of collections for the library or designee
Faculty Administrative Relations Committee
Lyn Miles, CAS - SCJS (Chair) 3rd year
David Sachsman, CAS - COMM 2nd year
Linda Hill, CHEPS - SON 1st year
Faculty Grants
David Aborn, CAS - BGES
Michaël Bonnal, COB – ECON (Chair)
Shirleen Chase, CHEPS - SON
Kay Cowan, CHEPS - SOE
Jose-Luis Gastanaga, CAS - MCLL
Jenny Holcombe, CHEPS - SON/SOE
Joanie Jackson, CHEPS - SON
Margaret Kovach, CAS - BGES
Marcia Noe, CAS - ENGL
Andrew O'Brien, CAS - ART
Mbakisya Onyango, CECS - CIV ENGR
Carolyn Runyon, LIB
Nishani Vincent, COB - ACC
Christi Wann, COB - FIN & ECON
Alexandra Zelin, CAS – PSY
Ex officio: provost designee, vice chancellor for research and dean of the graduate school, executive director of the Walker Center for Teaching and Learning or designee
Faculty Handbook
Beni Asllani, COB - MGT
Mike Bell, LIB
Beth Crawford, CHEPS - LEAD (Chair)
Jamie Harvey, CHEPS - HHP
Steve Ray, CAS - THSP
Don Reising, CECS
Jack Zibluk, CAS - COMM
Ex officio: provost designee
Faculty Rating of Administration
B. Gwen Carlton, CHEPS - SON
Cuilan Gao, CAS - MATH
Stephanie Gillison, COB - MKT
Jamie Harvey, CHEPS - HHP
Immaculate Kizza, CAS - ENGL
David Levine, CHEPS - PHYT
Claire McCullough, CECS - CPSC
Karen McGuffee, CAS - SCJS
Barbara Norwood, CHEPS - SON
Brian Rogers, LIB
Tom Rybolt, CAS - CHEM & PHYS
Priscilla Simms-Roberson, CHEPS - SON
Susan Thul, CHEPS – SON (Chair)
Li Yang, CECS - CPSC
2 students (TBA)
Ex officio: executive director of the office of planning, evaluation, and institutional research or designee
General Education
Shewanee Howard-Baptiste, CHEPS - HHP
Lauren Ingraham, CAS – ENGL (Chair)
Beth Leahy, LIB
Robert Marlowe, CAS - CHEM & PHYS
Han Park, CAS - CHEM & PHYS
Lynn Purkey, CAS - MCLL
Gavin Townsend, CAS - ART
Anne Tracy Samuel, CAS - HIST
Joe Wilferth, CAS - ENGL
Dalei Wu, CECS - CPSC
1 student (TBA)
Ex officio: provost designee, executive director of the Walker Center for Teaching and Learning or designee
Grade Appeals
Jennifer Beech, CAS - ENGL
Sarah Einstein, CAS - ENGL
Diane Halstead, COB - MKT
Lee Harris, CAS – MUS (Chair)
Lisa Harrison, CHEPS - PHYT
William Kuby, CAS - HIST
Susan McDonald, CHEPS - OCCT
Andrea Neely, COB - MGT
Heather Palmer, CAS - ENGL
Ling Jun Wang, CAS - CHEM & PHYS
Graduate Council
Please visit the Graduate Council website for the current member list.
Honor Court
Thomas Balazs, CAS - ENGL
Stylianos Chatzimanolis, CAS - BGES
Randy Evans, COB - MGT
Christopher Hansen, CHEPS - SOE
James Hiestand, CECS - MECH ENGR (Chair)
Barry Kamrath, CHEPS - SOE
Kate Kemplin, CHEPS - SON
Roger Nichols, CAS - MATH
Alleene Pingenot, CHEPS - SON
Dennis Plaisted, CAS - PHIL & REL
Rebecca St. Goard, CAS - MUS
David Witt, COB - MGT
8 students (TBA)
Ex officio: vice-chancellor for student development and dean of students
Learning Environment
Francesco Barioli, CAS - MATH
DeAnna Beasley, CAS - BGES
Cusack Britt, CHEPS - SON
Lisa Burke-Smalley, COB – MGT (Chair)
Jennifer Danos, CAS - ART
Trevor Elliott, CECS - MECH ENGR
Preston Foerder, CAS - PSY
Katie Gohn, LIB
Ann Holmes, CAS - BGES
Hemant Jain, COB - MGT
Katherine Karl, COB - MGT
Jisook Kim, CAS - CHEM & PHYS
Andrew Najberg, CAS - ENGL
Karissa Peyer, CHEPS - HHP
Shawn Trivette, CAS - SOC
Spencer Usrey, COB - ACC
one undergraduate student and one graduate student (TBA)
Ex officio: provost designee, dean of the library or designee, university registrar or designee, executive director of the Walker Center for Teaching and Learning, director of the Disability Resource Center or designee, IT designee
Non-Tenure Track Faculty
Joann Cook, Adjunct CHEPS - SOE
Ronda Ford, Adjunct CAS - MUS
Ricky Horn, Lecturer CECS - MECH ENGR
Ed McMahon, Adjunct CECS - CIV ENGR
Krysta Murillo, Lecturer CHEPS - SOE
Ryan Russell, Adjunct COB - MKT
Robert Schmidt, Lecturer COB – MKT (Chair - Fall 2017)
Stephanie Todd, Lecturer CAS - ENGL (Chair - Spring 2018)
Ex officio: provost designee
Petitions (Undergraduate)
Valarie Adams, LIB (Chair)
Susan Barlow, CHEPS - PHYT
Karen Casebier, CAS - MCLL
Chapel Cowden, LIB
David Giles, CAS - BGES
Matthew Guy, CAS - ENGL
Carmen Jimenez, CAS - MCLL
Farah Kandah, CECS - CPSC
Daniel Loveless, CECS - EENGR
Lanie Lundgrin, CAS - ENGL
Sara McCane-Bowling, CHEPS - School PSY
Nikolasa Tejero, CAS - MUS
1 student (TBA)
Ex officio: vice chancellor for student development, dean of students, university regisrar or designee
Student Media Board
Sybil Baker, CAS - ENGL
Sookyong Kim, CAS - COMM
Ethan Mills, CAS - PHIL & REL
Charlie Remy, LIB
David Sachsman, CAS - COMM
Jack Zibluk, CAS – COMM (Chair)
4 students (TBA)
Vice chancellor for student development, dean of students, associate vice-chancellor for development or designee, associate vice-chancellor for communications and marketing or designee, two alumni
Ex officio: editors and advisers
Recommendations for University Committees
Ad Hoc EDO Appeal Committee - Department Head members
See 3.2.2.4: EDO Appeals Process of the Faculty Handbook
Chris Smith (NURS)
Kathi Wheatley (MGT)
Alternate: John Tucker (BGES)
Environmental Task Force Recommendation
John Lee, CAS - CHEM & PHYS
Shannon McCarragher, CAS - SCJS
Melissa Powell, CHEPS – HHP
Ad Hoc Committee List (Consult chair of Committee on Committees for recommendations)
Nominanda Barbosa, CAS - BGES
Kathy Barry, CHEPS - HHP
Amy Brock-Hon, CAS - BGES
Virginia Cairns, LIB
Jodi Caskey, CAS - BGES
Amanda Durall, CHEPS - HHP
Sarah Farnsley, CAS - BGES
Nancy Fell, CHEPS - PHYT
Ron Goulet, CECS - MECH ENGR
Pam Guess, CHEPS - School PSY
Sumith Gunasekera, CAS - MATH
Chris Hensley, CAS - SCJS
Chris Horne, CAS - PSPS
Terri LeMoyne, CAS - SCJS
Deborah McAllister, CHEPS - SOE
Jonathan Mies, CAS - BGES
Catherine Smith, CHEPS - PHYT
Joyce Smith, COA - ENGL
Patrick Sweetman, CAS - THSP
Deborah Troutman-Cantrell, CHEPS - SOE
Terry Walters, CAS - MATH
Lane Wilkinson, LIB
2017-2018 Committee Reports
Committee Chairs are required to submit yearly reports by May 1 to the President of the Faculty Senate or Faculty Senate Secretary, as stated in Article 3, Section 2 under "Responsibilities of the Chair." The reports for the current academic year are posted on this page. For previous years, please visit the Archives.
Faculty Senate Annual Report (Potts, Gretchen)
Individual Committee Reports
(2017-2018 Committee Chairs are listed in parentheses.)
- Academic Standards (Ledoan, Andrew) annual report, supplement
- Admissions (Elliott, Louie) annual report
- Athletics (Tate, Jeremiah) annual report, supplement
- Budget and Economic Status (Bell, Mike) annual report
- Committee on Committees (Ray, Steve) annual report
- Course Learning Evaluations (White, Michelle) annual report
- Curriculum (Simmons, Charlene) annual report
- Faculty Administrative Relations (Miles, Lyn) annual report
- Faculty Grants (Bonnal, Michaël) annual report
- Faculty Handbook (Crawford, Beth) annual report
- Faculty Rating of Administration (Thul, Susan) annual report
- General Education (Ingraham, Lauren) annual report
- Grade Appeals (Harris, Lee) annual report
- Graduate Council (Jackson, Joanie) annual report
- Honor Court (Hiestand, James) annual report
- Learning Environment (Burke-Smalley, Lisa) annual report
- Non-Tenure-Track Faculty (Todd, Stephanie) annual report
- Petitions (Adams, Valarie) annual report
- Student Media Board (Zibluk, Jack) annual report