The Grievance Committee

Purpose and Functions

The committee shall follow the policies and procedures for grievances established in ASU policy ACD 509–02, “Grievance Policy for Faculty. The committee shall hear cases assigned to it by the Clearinghouse Committee. These cases are normally cases other than those involving academic freedom and tenure or discrimination. Such cases include grievances involving salary inequities, teaching assignment, access to equipment, and any unfair treatment of faculty by other faculty or administrators. The committee shall hear such cases as those involving salary inequities, teaching assignments, access to equipment, and any unfair treatment of faculty by other faculty or administrators. The committee shall also hear cases of academic freedom involving career track faculty.

The committee shall also hear cases involving dismissal proceedings against a career track faculty member who has

--satisfactorily completed any probationary period established under the existing personnel policies of the university, or

-- whose contract period has been established under the existing personnel policies of the university, or

-- whose contract period has not expired.

The committee shall also hear cases involving disability status, although when an individual has been placed on disability status for more than 18 months, there is no assurance of reemployment with the university.

Membership Guidelines

Twelve members shall be elected to serve a term of three years by the Academic Assembly from

among the two groups:

a. tenured professors and tenured associate professors

b. full-time career track faculty who have Associate or full Professor rank and who have been employed at ASU for at least three years.

Tenured and tenure-track faculty shall elect six members of this committee: three from the Tempe campus and one each from the Downtown campus, the Polytechnic campus and the West campus. Career track faculty shall elect career track Professors who have been employed at ASU for at least three years: three from the Tempe campus, and one each from the Downtown campus, the Polytechnic campus and the West Valley campus. Assembly members may vote only for those nominees for their campus. One-third of the elected members shall be replaced each year. Members may not hold administrative positions of department chair or higher.

Eligibility 

Tenured professors and tenured associate professors and full-time career track faculty who have Associate or full Professor rank and who have been employed at ASU for at least three years. Members may not hold administrative positions at the level of department chair or above. Members shall be elected for a period of three years. 

Roster 2024-2025

Chair:

• H.L.T. Quan, Justice and Social Inquiry in the School of Social Transformation, Tempe campus, 2026

Members:

• JP Hyatt, CISA - School of Applied Sciences and Arts, Downtown Phoenix campus, 2025
• Wendy Williams, CISA - School of Applied Sciences and Arts, Polytechnic campus, 2026
• Tricia Redeker-Hepner, School of Social and Behavioral Sciences, West Valley campus, 2026
• Nicole Lee, School of Social and Behavioral Sciences, West Valley campus, 2027
• Michelle Zandieh, CISA - School of Applied Sciences and Arts, Polytechnic campus, 2027
• Kent Wright, School of Civic and Economic Thought and Leadership, Tempe campus, 2027
• Mike Tueller, School of International Letters and Cultures, Tempe campus 2025
• Hugh Barnaby, School of Electrical, Computer and Energy Engineering, Tempe campus 2025
• Rong Pan, School of Computing and Augmented Intelligence, Tempe campus 2025
• Bill Youngdahl, Thunderbird School of Global Management, Downtown Phoenix campus, 2027

Ex officio:

• President of the University Senate

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