What is the AFAC?
We are a strategic communications channel between the general COS academic faculty and the Dean's Office for addressing unit-level or cross-unit-level concerns/suggestions/feedback.
The council meets 1-2 times/month depending on current initiatives. New members of the council are selected by the current membership and appointed by the Dean's Office for two-year terms. Self-nominations to the AFAC chairs from full-time Academic Faculty in the COS are both welcome and encouraged.
The AFAC membership is diverse, representing both tenure-track and non-tenure track academic faculty (which includes Academic Professionals and Lecturers) of all ranks from all units across the College of Sciences.
The AFAC plays an important role as a forum for identifying and discussing challenges and opportunities for faculty in the Georgia Tech College of Sciences. It also servers as a major point of contact between faculty and the CoS Dean's Office. Examples of issues that have been discussed include: faculty hiring best practices; ongoing and potential support initiatives for graduate students and postdocs; how CoS can best assess and promote teaching effectiveness; opportunities and weaknesses in ongoing faculty mentorship structure; advising load challenges for academic professionals; and the Institute's revisions to reappointment, promotion, and tenure guidelines.
COS AFAC Digital Suggestion Box:
Faculty who have concerns or ideas and opportunities for the AFAC to discuss can submit directly to the committee using this link:
https://forms2.cos.gatech.edu/form/afac-suggestion-form
COS Faculty Community and Resources Discussion Page is a project of the Academic Faculty Advisory Council
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AFAC Members
Greg Mayer, Mathematics
Thackery Brown, Psychology
Michael Evans, Chemistry and Biochemistry
JC Gumbart, Physics
Annalise Paaby (co-chair), Biological Sciences
Samantha Wilson, Earth and Atmospheric Sciences
Jeffrey Skolnick, Biological Sciences
Amanda Stockton (co-chair), Chemistry and Biochemistry
William Stern, Psychology
Yuanzhi Tang, Earth and Atmospheric Sciences
Young-Hui Chang (ex officio), College of Sciences
Jennifer Leavey (ex officio), College of Sciences
