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Faculty Affairs Committee

Purpose of the Committee

The initial charges of the committee are:

  • The general facilitation of faculty at UAMS
  • Provide a forum for beneficial suggestions, concerns and complaints in this area and produce recommendations for the Senate to consider

The initial areas of interest are:

  • Policy concerning recruitment and retention of faculty
  • Faculty perspective on incentives, promotion, tenure and related policy
  • Academic excellence (may go to a separate committee on Academic Affairs in future)

Current Committee Members

Chair

Nukhet Aykin-burns
Website: Research Profile

Members

Aliza T. Brown
Bridget C. Fitzhugh
Emily S. Freeman
Jennifer M. Gan
Email: JGan@uams.edu
Abdallah Hayar
Email: amhayar@uams.edu
Website: Department Profile
Tiffany W. Huitt
Website: Research Profile
Saleema A. Karim
Priya Mendiratta
Website: UAMS Health Provider Profile
Philip Palade
Amber M. Teigen

Previous Committee Members

Chair: Tiffany Huitt (May 22, 2018)

Members:

  • Daisy Alapat
  • Nukhet Aykin-Burns
  • Aliza T Brown
  • Lori Fischbach
  • Emily Freeman
  • Abdallah Hayar
  • Pamela Laborde
  • Chenghui Li
  • Mahendran Mahadevan
  • Laura Smith-Olinde

Chair: Cesar Compadre

Members:

  • Daisy Alapat
  • Phil Breen
  • Aliza T Brown
  • Carol A Enderlin
  • Chenghui Li
  • Mahendran Mahadevan
  • Rebecca Patterson
  • Laura Smith-Olinde
  • Joseph R Stimers
  • Jasna Vuk
  • Hongyun Zhu

Chair: Paul E. Gottschall (March 14, 2011)

Members:

  • Steve Barger
  • Robert D. Skinner
  • Phillip Breen
  • J. L. Mehta
  • Naim Haddad
  • Cesar M. Compadre
  • Howard H. Conaway
  • Karen Davis
  • Donald Simpson
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