Faculty Development Committee

Roster

Note: two-year terms; 5 members (2 HUM, 2 SS, 1 Dean Appointment; maximum 1 representative per department).

The CLAE Faculty Development Committee shall focus its work on the professional development of the CLAE faculty’s teaching, research, and service. The Committee will facilitate the University’s mission and vision to strengthen University of Detroit Mercy as a center of academic, research, and service excellence.

This committee reports to the Executive Board and to the faculty assemble as appropriate. The committee consists of seven members, as follows:

  • Two Humanities tenured representatives
  • Two Social Studies representatives
  • One representative Dean’s Appointment, one-year term
  • Humanities and Social Science are two-year terms
  • Note: Elected for two-year terms
  • Note: 1 representative per department
Ablaye Camera

Social Science **

Ablaye Camara (2023-2025)
Chair

Tahani Dari

Social Science **

Tahani Dari (2023-2025)

Todd Hibbard

Humanities *

Todd Hibbard (2022-2024)

Stephen Pasqualina

Humanities *

Stephen Pasqualina (2022-2024)

Mary Liz Valesano

Dean’s Appointment

Mary Liz Valesano (2023-2024)

Roles & Responsibilities

Operational Policies and Procedures

  • TBA (needs input from committee)

2020-21 Faculty Development Charges

  1. Identify a liaison to serve on the advisory committee for 2020-2021 Colleague Development Day programming.
  2. Identify a liaison to serve on the advisory committee for August 2020 New Faculty Orientation.
  3. Participate in New Faculty Orientation in August 2020 by attending a portion of the programming to better understand content and provide feedback.
  4. Create an “adjunct page” with key links for new adjunct faculty for inclusion in the faculty handbook, recognizing the needs of faculty from all three campuses.
  5. Survey mid-career faculty members about the particular needs and challenges they face post-tenure; gauge interest in a mid-career faculty seminar and/or community of support.
  6. Research useful resources and/or texts that could be shared with new faculty hires, e.g. Maryellen Weimer’s Inspired college teaching: A career-long resource for professional growth (2010).
  7. Identify possible topics and speakers for faculty-led presentations on topics relevant to faculty development, e.g. Life-work balance; Finding time for writing; 5-minute teaching hacks; Who are our students? Provide specific recommendations, if appropriate for Colleague Development Day speakers.

Committee Charges

  1. Review the attached Roles and Responsibilities for CLAE Committees. Note important dates.
  2. Review the University of Detroit Mercy 2019-2024 Strategic Plan.
  3. Check the webpage for the specific Committee to determine information provided is accurate.
  4. Keep the University community informed of committee activities by providing mid-year and annual reports to be posted to the shared governance website. The secretary of the committee is responsible for sending these documents to CLAESG@udmercy.edu.