Committee on Academic Freedom and Tenure

Purpose and Functions

• The committee shall follow the policies and procedures for grievances established in ABOR Policy 6-201 and ASU policy ACD 509–02, “Grievance Policy for Faculty.”
• the committee shall investigate alleged infringements upon the academic freedom or tenure of faculty members
• the committee shall hear cases assigned to it by the Clearinghouse Committee
• the committee shall deal with dismissal and disability status.

Membership Guidelines

• Twelve members: six from the Tempe campus and two each from the Downtown campus, the Polytechnic campus and the West campus. Members shall be elected by the Academic Assembly from among tenured professors and tenured associate professors. Assembly members may vote only for those nominees for their campus. The term shall be three years, one-third of the elected members to be replaced each year. Members may not hold administrative positions at the level of department chair or above.

Roster 2018-2019

Chair:

• David William Foster, Tempe campus, International Letters and Cultures

Members:

• Karen Leong, Tempe campus, Social Transformation 2019
• Hans Van Der Mars, Polytechnic campus, Mary Lou Fulton Teachers College 2020
• Micha Espinosa, Tempe campus, Film, Dance and Theatre 2020
• David Martinez, Tempe campus, American Indian Studies 2020
• Patricia Clark, West campus, Humanities, Arts and Cultural Studies 2020
• Rojann Alpers, Downtown Phoenix campus, Nursing and Health Innovation 2021
• Jill Messing, Downtown Phoenix campus, Social Work 2021
• Nancy Grimm, Tempe campus, Life Sciences 2021
• Sree Kanthaswamy, West campus, Mathematical and Natural Sciences 2021

Ex officio:

• President of the University Senate

To officially submit a grievance, please go to Filing a Grievance.