To move away from deficit language and in support of all faculty, the Senate passed a motion on April 3, 2020, to formally change the nomenclature of “non-tenure track” faculty...
Change in Language for Teaching and Professional Faculty
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VICE PROVOST OF FACULTY AFFAIRS
Kate Willink is the University’s Vice Provost for Faculty Affairs and an Associate Professor of Communication Studies. The Vice Provost for Faculty Affairs (VPFA) works closely with the Provost and Executive Vice Chancellor and faculty members across the university to support the continued excellence of DU faculty by enhancing faculty development initiatives, increasing faculty diversity, and building a strong, inclusive, and collaborative faculty community. Through collaboration and innovation, Kate works closely with deans and department heads to recruit and retain high-quality faculty, support faculty career advancement, and to create collaborative department cultures that support transparency, equity, trust and belonging.
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What we do
The VPFA welcomes and orients new faculty to DU; coordinates faculty development programs across campus; serves as a central resource for information about faculty and faculty policies; supports deans and department leaders with searches, hiring, retention, and advancement; assists faculty with grievances; offers programs to orient new academic leaders; supports programs to enhance teaching; and works with departments, colleges, and other offices to enhance faculty experiences. We work with academic leaders across campus to enhance DU’s efforts to support faculty.
COACHE
In spring of 2019, DU joined the Collaborative on Academic Careers in Higher Education (COACHE), based at the Harvard Graduate School of Education. COACHE, a consortium of more than 200 colleges and universities, is a research initiative committed to supporting senior academic officers in developing best faculty recruitment and talent management practices.
Symposium
The Symposium Implementation Initiatives are building significant initiatives that will serve the institution, units, and faculty for years to come. We hope these initiatives, building on the summer symposium, will train and support chairs and departments and make meaningful changes for all faculty at the local unit level.
News and updates
Faculty Senate Teaching Evaluation Task Force Motion
The Senate, in partnership with the Vice Provost of Faculty Affairs, seeks to improve DU’s methods of course evaluation and teaching review for the purpose of annual reviews,...
How to Write a Winning Book Proposal
For many academics, a book manuscript is key to earning tenure and establishing a scholarly identity. However, the path to academic book publishing can often be confusing,...
Teaching and Professional Faculty Website
We will soon release a new webpage with information for and about DU's Teaching and Professional Faculty. This webpage provides an overview of DU's Teaching and Professional...
Faculty and Staff Support Network (FSSN)
We are excited to launch the Faculty & Staff Support Network (FSSN) and ask you to share this new resource with the faculty and staff in your unit. The FSSN is designed to...
Interfaith Calendar
Let’s make DU more religiously inclusive! As the new academic year gets started, we can all make more of our community members feel more welcome if we take just a few simple...
CONTACT VPFA
We would love to hear from you, your office, and/or faculty within your departments to learn more about your unit, and to hear hopes and concerns of faculty.