What We Do
Budget & Data Management
We work across the university to strategically develop resources including the TAMU by Numbers initiative and expenditures management, startup and vacant faculty lines tracking and management, strategic relationships - Academic and Business Performance Analytics (ABPA) team.
Dual Career
The Dual Career Program assists in maximizing employment opportunities for the partners of current and/or prospective Texas A&M faculty members. The program serves to help balance the conflicting demands of personal and professional transitions, and each client is provided a personalized acclimation experience to Aggieland.
Primary Contact: Dea Polk
Team: Heather Wilkinson
Faculty Advocacy
We amplify faculty voices and advocate for meaningful faculty representation on committees, governing bodies, and in departments and colleges.
Primary Contact: Claire Katz
Team: Faculty Ombuds Officer (Dr. John Buchanan), Christie Lacy
Faculty Affairs Events
We showcase and celebrate the accomplishments of Texas A&M faculty.
Primary Contact: Christoff Marshall
Team: Heather Wilkinson
Faculty Aspiring Leadership Program
Purposed with cultivating future leaders through individual and organizational skill building, the Faculty Aspiring Leadership Program is a strategic faculty development initiative.
Primary Contact: Heather Wilkinson
Team: Cindy Blackwell, Christoff Marshall
Faculty Awards & Recognition
To maintain an environment where our faculty are valued and their success elevated, Faculty Affairs showcases and curates faculty achievements while coordinating resources for faculty to position themselves for future awards and recognition.
Primary Contact: Amy Wyer
Team: Heather Wilkinson, Amy Wyer, Melanie Schilling
Faculty Communications
As a function of the Division of Marketing & Communications, the Faculty Communications team serves to facilitate all faculty-direct communication and amplification of faculty achievements.
Primary Contact: Cindy Blackwell
Team: Katelyn Iselt, Paul Hill II
Faculty Development Leave
We encourage eligible faculty to pursue opportunities to continuously improve as scholars.
Primary Contact: Heather Wilkinson
Team: Amy Wyer, Melanie Schilling
Faculty & Academic Leader Development
We oversee faculty and academic leadership development, faculty development leave and internal faculty recognition.
Primary Contact: Heather Wilkinson
Team: Cindy Blackwell, Christoff Marshall
Faculty Evaluation / Promotion & Tenure
Oversight of faculty related guidelines and SAPS revision and development, oversight of faculty evaluation processes, oversight of promotion & tenure processes, management of Interfolio/F180 and RPT systems, liaison with Human Resources & Organizational Effectiveness in faculty matters.
Primary Contact: Kathy Beladi
Team: Rebecca Baker, Royce Stengele
Faculty Hiring & Employment Actions
Direct academic unit advisement on faculty employment procedures, hiring documentation review for hiring approval, SACS guideline compliance verification and processing of all hiring requests.
Primary Contact: Rebecca Baker
Team: Nicole Abinajm, Nicole Padilla, Royce Stengele, Corie Smith
Faculty Issues, Complaints & Grievances
For faculty who believe they have cause for grievance, Faculty Affairs coordinates the availability of an independent/confidential/impartial advocate (Faculty Ombuds Office), mediation processes, along with hearings of the Committee on Academic Freedom, Responsibility & Tenure and University Grievance Committee.
Primary Contacts: Mario Rojo del Busto
Team: Kelly Drake
Guideline Review
Works collaboratively with each college/school and their respective Faculty Affairs Council representatives to ensure timely updating and exemplary modeling of faculty evaluation guidelines.
Primary Contact: Claire Katz
Team: Christie Lacy
Immigration Affairs
Provides support and guidance to Texas A&M University and its System members as it relates to the employment of foreign nationals, ensures that all international hires' appropriate nonimmigrant statuses are attained and proper work authorizations maintained, provides support to departments that sponsor eligible foreign national employees for permanent residence.
Primary Contact: Mario Rojo del Busto
Team: Erin Pope, Shilpa Hegde, Sahar Zubairy