Career Faculty Committee

Our Charge and Responsibilities

The Career Faculty Committee focuses on addressing issues of career instructional and research faculty at the University of Oregon. The responsibilities of the committee include the following:

  1. Assess career faculty needs, identify priorities and develop proposals to meet them.
  2. Recommend ways to educate the University community as a whole on the issues relating to and arising for career faculty status for instructional and research faculty.
  3. Pursue long-range planning for career faculty and advocate for career faculty input into University decisions affecting career faculty.
  4. Act as a channel for communication and community among members of the career faculty.
  5. Gather information on nationwide trends in and research on career faculty employment.
  6. Review and consider other career faculty issues as appropriate.

Contact Us

senatecoordinator@uoregon.edu

Committee Type: Standing
Selection Process: Appointed
Time Commitment: 0-20 hours per year

Reports

Committees and councils shall provide the senate with an oral or written report regarding substantive work it undertakes in a timely fashion. This does not preclude the senate from requesting an oral or written report from a committee as it deems necessary or appropriate.

Annual Report 2019 - 2020

Annual Report 2018 - 2019

Annual Report 2017 - 2018

Members

Academic Year 2020-2021

Seat: Voting Member
Term: -
Ruth Ellingsen
rwe@uoregon.edu
Career Faculty
Psychology Department
Appointed

Seat: Voting Member
Term: -
Julie Voelker-Morris
jvoelker@uoregon.edu
Career Faculty
P P P M
Appointed

Seat: Voting Member
Term: -
Tricia Rodley
rodley@uoregon.edu
Career Faculty
Theatre Arts
Appointed

View All 11 Committee Members

Quick Facts on Committee Service

Career Faculty Committee

Leadership Structure

  • Chair: elected from the committee membership
  • Convener: Senior Vice Provost for Academic Affairs
  • Staff: Office of Academic Affairs

Election Schedule for the Chair: The committee [council] shall elect a chair(s) from among its voting members at the first possible meeting of a new majority, usually at the first meeting of fall term. In situations where the chair from the prior year is still a member of the committee, that person remains the chair until a new chair is elected.

Membership Requirements

General Membership

[Not fixed, but shall include at least 10 members.]

  • 4 Tenured Faculty
  • 4 Career Faculty (both instructional and research)
  • 1 Graduate Student
  • 1 Undergraduate Student

Non-tenured tenure-track faculty may also serve on the committee. Each UO school/college in which Career Faculty are employed should be represented on the committee at least every second year.

Ex-Officio, voting members

 

Ex-Officio, non-voting members

  • Senior Vice Provost for Academic Affairs or designee

Optional:

  • United Academics of the University of Oregon President for Non-Tenure Track Instructional Faculty Affairs
  • United Academics of the University of Oregon Vice President for Non-Tenure Track Research Faculty Affairs

Terms and Workload

Length of Term

  • For Non-Students (faculty, OA's, OR's, Classified): 2 years
  • Students: 1 year
  • Ex Officio:

Term Limits

  • For the Chair: 1 term
  • For committee members: 2 consecutive terms
  • Ex Officio: N/A

Workload Designation

  • For the Chair: 0 - 20 hours/year (Tier 3)
  • For committee members: 0 - 20 hours (Tier 3)