The Personnel Committee studies and recommends academic personnel policy and standards, including university-wide promotion and tenure criteria.
Meeting Schedule
On April 7, 2016, the Faculty Senate Steering Committee established Wednesday as the standard meeting day, and 11:30 – 12:30 p.m. as the standard meeting time for the committee. Minor deviations in time are based on the agreement of the committee members. The meeting schedule and location is determined by the chair of the committee.
Events
Committee Members
Karol Lucken, Chair
College of Community Innovation and Education
Criminal Justice
Email: Karol.Lucken@ucf.edu
Kristina Tollefson, Vice Chair
College of Arts and Humanities
Modern Languages and Literatures
Email: Kristina.Tollefson@ucf.edu
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Rodrigo Amezcua Correa
College of Optics and Photonics; Senate Representative -
Lucretia Cooney
Academic Affairs-Faculty Excellence; Ex Officio -
Wei Wei
Rosen College of Hospitality Management-Hospitality Services; Faculty Representative -
Richard Harrison
University Libraries-Research and Information; Faculty Representative -
Vladimir Gatchev
College of Business Administration-Finance; Senate Representative -
Kristina Tollefson
College of Arts and Humanities- Modern Languages & Literatures; Senate Representative -
David Harris
College of Medicine-Medical Education; Senate Representative -
Matthew Mosher
College of Sciences-Nicholson School of Communication & Media; Senate Representative -
Baiyun Chen
Division of Digital Learning-Center for Distributed Learning; Faculty Represenative -
Georg Koszulinski
College of Sciences-Nicholson School of Communication and Media; Faculty Representative -
Geraldine Luzincourt
College of Nursing- Nursing Systems; Faculty Representative -
Danielle Pratt
College of Undergraduate Studies- Interdisciplinary Studies; Faculty Representative -
Shawn Burke
College of Graduate Studies-School of Modeling Simulation & Training; Senate Representative; -
Joel Cramer
Academic Affairs-Faculty Excellence; Committee Administrator, University Travel Awards Committee; Administrator-Strategic Planning Council; Ex Officio-Commencements and Personnel Committees -
Karol Lucken
College of Community Innovation and Education-Criminal Justice; Senate Representative; Chair, Personnel Committee
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Michael Proctor
College of Engineering and Computer Science-Industrial Engineering & Management Systems; Senate Representative -
Martine Vanryckeghem
College of Health Professions and Sciences-School of Communication Sciences & Disorders; Senate Representative; Chair, Commencement, Convocations and Recognitions Committee
Meeting Materials and Reports
Agendas and related materials are distributed to committee members one week prior to the scheduled meeting. Minutes and materials are posted once approved at the next meeting.
Membership
The committee shall consist of at least one faculty member from each academic unit and the provost and vice president for Academic Affairs or his/her designee (ex officio). All committee members must be faculty holding the rank of associate professor or professor, associate or senior instructor, associate or senior lecturer, or associate or university librarian. Committee members shall be selected by the Committee on Committees, in consultation with the provost and vice president for Academic Affairs. Terms of service are two years, staggered. The committee chair and vice chair shall be elected annually by its membership at the first meeting of the committee after the new Faculty Senate is elected, normally in the early fall term.
Duties and Responsibilities
- To study and recommend academic personnel policy and standards, including promotion and tenure criteria.
- To be responsible for procedures to evaluate administrators and department chairs and oversee such evaluations.
- To consider other matters related to the professional well-being of the faculty, including academic freedom.
- To make recommendations to the Steering Committee of the Faculty Senate.