Committees

The Office of the Vice Provost for Faculty and Academic Affairs maintains the following committees:

  • Tenure Advisory
  • Promotion Advisory
  • Sabbatical
  • Fran Snygg Endowment Fund and Fran Snygg Grant for Artistic Collaboration
  • Distinguished Service Award
  • Outstanding Junior Faculty Award
  • Multidisciplinary Ventures and Seminars Fund
  • Sustainability Course Development Fellowships Award
  • Provosts Professors and Tracy M. Sonneborn Award
  • Patten Lecture Series

Tenure Advisory Committee, 2012–13

  • Christoph Irmscher (chair; second year)
    English
  • Larry Humes (second year)
    Speech and Hearing Sciences
  • Jeffrey Zaleski (second year)
    Chemistry
  • Erna Alant (third year)
    School of Education/Special Education
  • Craig Holden (second year)
    Finance/Kelley School of Business
  • James Bever (first year)
    Biology
  • Annie Lang (first year)
    Telecommunications
  • Michael McGerr (first year)
    History
  • Dirk Van Gucht (first year)
    School of Informatics and Computing
  • William Yarber (first year)
    School of Public Health
  • Sara C. Pryor
    Associate Vice Provost,
    TAC Liaison
  • Susan McCammon
    Assistant Vice Provost, Director of
    Academic Personnel Policies
    and Services
  • Shelley Burns
    staff support

Promotion Advisory Committee, 2012–13

  • Andrew Miller (chair; third year)
    English
  • David Baxter (third year)
    Physics
  • Donetta Cothran (third year)
    Kinesiology
  • David Flinders (third year)
    Curriculum and Instruction
  • Ronald Wainscott (second year)
    Theatre and Drama
  • Bill Swanson (second year)
  • Jonathon Crystal (first year)
    Psychological and Brain Sciences
  • Karen Rasler (second year)
    Political Science
  • Jean Camp (seond year)
    Informatics
  • Kirsten A. Gronbjerg (second year)
    SPEA
  • Carwina Weng (clinical ranks; third year)
    Law
  • Maren Pink (research ranks; first year)
    Chemistry
  • Anne P. Massey
    Associate Vice Provost,
    TAC Liaison
  • Susan McCammon
    Assistant Vice Provost, Director of
    Academic Personnel Policies
    and Services
  • Shelley Burns
    staff support

Sabbatical Committee, 2012–13

  • Jose Bonner
    Biology
  • Peg Sutton
    Education
  • Daniel Leivant
    Informatics
  • James Walker
    Economics

Fran Snygg Endowment Fund and Fran Snygg Grant for Artistic Collaboration

  • Anne P. Massey
    Associate Vice Provost
  • Mary R. Strow (chair)
    Wells Library (retired)
  • Emily Board
    Music
  • Jeffrey Alberts
    Psychological and Brain Sciences

Distinguished Service Award

  • Tom Gieryn
    Vice Provost
  • Mohammad Torabi
    School of Public Health–Bloomington
  • Dennis Peters
    Chemistry
  • Alvin Rosenfeld
    Jewish Studies

Outstanding Junior Faculty Award

  • Anne P. Massey
    Associate Vice Provost
  • Joyce Alexander
    Education
  • Bonnie Brownlee
    Journalism
  • James Goodson
    Biology
  • Sima Setayeshgar
    Physics

Multidisciplinary Ventures and Seminars Fund

Sustainability Course Development Fellowships Award

  • Sara C. Pryor
    Associate Vice Provost
  • Michael Hamburger
    Geological Sciences

Provost Professors and Tracy M. Sonneborn Award

  • Anne P. Massey
    Associate Vice Provost
  • Romualdo deSouza
    Chemistry
  • Patrick McNaughton
    Fine Arts
  • W. Claude Baker Jr.
    Music

Patten Lecture Series, 2012–13

The Patten Lecture website hosts a list of Patten committee members.