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 2019-2020

Chair:

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

Members:

• Hans Van Der Mars, Mary Lou Fulton Teachers College, Polytechnic campus 2020
• Micha Espinosa, Film, Dance and Theatre, Tempe campus 2020
• David Martinez, American Indian Studies, Tempe campus 2020
• Patricia Clark, Humanities, Arts and Cultural Studies, West campus 2020
• Rojann Alpers, Nursing and Health Innovation, Downtown Phoenix campus 2021
• Jill Messing, Social Work, Downtown Phoenix campus 2021
• Nancy Grimm, Life Sciences, Tempe campus 2021
• Sree Kanthaswamy, Mathematical and Natural Sciences, West campus 2021
• Rida Bazzi, Computing, Informatics, and Decisions Systems Engineering, Tempe campus 2022
• Eric Kostelich, Mathematics and Statistical Sciences, Tempe campus 2022
• Shawn Jordan, EGR Program, Polytechnic campus 2022

Ex officio:

• President of the University Senate

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