Office of the Executive Vice President and Provost

Task Force on Faculty Roles, Responsibilities and Rewards

Charge (Sept. 2008)

To shape, conduct and report on a comprehensive study of faculty roles, responsibilities and rewards at the University of South Florida; to develop recommendations on strategies for bringing the faculty’s academic experience, expectations and rewards more fully into alignment with the institution’s strategic plan, thereby enhancing the profile of USF faculty and academic culture and lending greater consistency with those of aspirational AAU member institutions. Read the full charge.

Progress (April 2009)

The Task Force has addressed its charge through three workgroups and has prepared set of preliminary recommendations. All members of the USF community are warmly invited to review and comment through May 5 (link opens in new window). The Task Force will need to complete its report for the Provost by May 15, 2009, so early feedback will be most helpful.

Task Force Documents

• Full Task Force charge
• Preliminary recommendations, April 22, 2009

Task Force Workgroup Report Appendices

• Roles Workgroup
  • Appendix A – Activities
  • Appendix B – Preliminary feedback
  • Appendix C – Duties and productivity measures
  • Appendix D – Definition in other (AAU) Universities
  • Appendix E – Links & other documents
  • Appendix F – Literature reviews
• Responsibilities Workgroup
  • Responsibilities Workgroup: Expanded Draft Report
  • Appendix A: Chairs Survey form
  • Appendix B: Responses to Chairs Survey
• Rewards Workgroup
  1. Framing Faculty Rewards
  2. Observations from Faculty Survey
  3. Extended Discussion of Recommendations
  4. Literature Review of Faculty Rewards

Task Force Membership

Executive Committee

• Greg Teague (Task Force Chair, Mental Health Law & Policy)
• Ellis Blanton (Information Systems/ Decision Sciences)
• Gail Donaldson (Responsibilities Workgroup Chair, Communication Sciences & Disorders)
• Kofi Glover (Provost’s Office Liaison, Government International Affairs)
• Joan Gregory (Rewards Workgroup Co-Chair, Nursing)
• Jeannie Kleinhammer-Tramill (Roles Workgroup Chair)
• Pritish Mukherjee (Physics)
• Pam Muller (Rewards Workgroup Co-Chair, Geological Oceanography)
• Dwayne Smith (Provost’s Office Liaison, Criminology)
• Graham Tobin (Provost’s Office Liaison, Geography)
• Tom Weller (Electrical Engineering)

Workgroup on Faculty Roles

Addressing the Academic Fabric of USF

• Jeannie Kleinhammer-Tramill* (Workgroup Chair, Special Education)
• Ellis Blanton* (Information Systems/ Decision Sciences)
• Carol Ann Borchert (Library)
• Mark Goldman (Psychology)
• Pat Finelli (Theatre & Dance)
• Michael Lynch (Criminology)
• Brent Weisman (Anthropology)
• Tom Weller* (Electrical Engineering

Workgroup on Faculty Responsibilities

Addressing the Relationship of Individual Faculty to the Academic Enterprise at USF

• Gail Donaldson* (Workgroup Chair, Communication Sciences & Disorders)
• Roger Ariew (Philosophy)
• Dmitry Khavinson (Mathematics & Statistics)
• Gary Mitchum (Physical Oceanography)
• Pritish Mukherjee* (Physics)
• Jianping Qi (Finance)
• Paul Stiles (Mental Health Law & Policy)
• Shannon Suldo (Psychological & Social Foundations

Workgroup on Faculty Rewards

Addressing the Professional Development and Recognition of Faculty at USF

• Pamela Hallock Muller* (Workgroup Co-chair, Marine Science)
• Joan Gregory* (Workgroup Co-chair, Nursing)
• Elizabeth Bell (Communication)
• Daniel Belgrad (Humanities & Cultural Studies)
• James Garey (Cell Biology, Microbiology & Molecular Biology)
• Vikas Mehta (Architecture and Community Design)
• Janet Richards (Childhood Education and Literacy Studies)
• Lawrence Schonfeld (Aging & Mental Health)
• Rajan Sen (Civil Engineering)

Initial Steering Committee (through October 2008)

• Trent Green (Architecture)
• Patricia Kruk (College of Medicine)
• Dave Armitage (USF Polytechnic)

* Executive Committee