Faculty and Staff Excellence

Charge

• Advance mission by developing action-oriented plans and projects that will allow UM-Dearborn to recruit, retain, develop, support and engage faculty and staff who are passionate and at the forefront of their fields and work in a collaborative manner

Flexibility in assessment of faculty performance and expectations

• Implementation of Boyer Model of Scholarship as a framework for faculty performance and expectations.
  • Undertake a review of promotion and tenure procedures to include exploration of the Promotion and Tenure – Innovation and Entrepreneurship (PTIE) framework.
  • Ensure community-based scholarship and teaching, as well as research on teaching pedagogies, are valued and rewarded.

Leads: Cam Amin, Raju Balakrishnan, Marty Hershock, Ghassan Kridli, Ann Lampkin-Williams, Natalie Sampson, Mitch Sollenberger

Improve support for faculty research 

• Increase programming and support to develop a faculty research culture; continued ‘matchmaking’ between grant opportunities and faculty interests and expertise.
• Develop partnerships across campus with the Office of Research (Mardigian Library, Experience+; college-based units).
• Emphasize Urban Futures or other interdisciplinary themes.
• Empower faculty and student research teams to address global and regional complexities, including campus problems and issues (e.g., carbon neutrality).

Leads: Armen Zakarian, Maureen Linker 

Staff professional development

•  Investing in our dedicated staff through professional advancement and development.

Lead: Rima Berry-Hung