Faculty Senate

at the University of Evansville

Faculty Professional Affairs Committee

Committee Charge

The committee shall be responsible for all matters concerning the professional employment, evaluation, and development of faculty. They shall develop and recommend to the Faculty Senate policies relative to academic rank, work load, standards for terminal credentials, tenure and promotion, sabbatical and other leaves, reappointment and non-reappointment of faculty.

It shall function as the duly elected faculty committee specified in Section 5 b. in the "Recommended Institutional Regulations on Academic Freedom and Tenure" (1982)-with revisions.

The committee shall also be responsible for the allocation of awards or grants to support or recognize artistic, research, or pedagogical accomplishments and the supervision and development of programs and facilities to support faculty seeking to attain excellence as teachers and scholars.

Chair: Ann Powell

Reporting Secretary: Meg Atwater-Singer

Business:
Wally Khan 2025

Engineering & Computer Science:
Maxwell Omwenga 2024

Fine Arts:
Charles du Preez 2026

Graduate Health Sciences:
Melissa Fitch 2025

Humanities:
Dan Byrne 2025

Nat Sci/Mathematics:
Ann Powell 2026

Social Sciences & Library:
Meg Atwater-Singer 2026

Undergraduate Nursing, Education & Health Sciences:
Payal Patel-Dovlatabadi 2024

SVPAA ex officio:
Mary Kessler