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Council and Committee Vacancies
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University-wide Councils and Committees
Full-Time Continuing Contract Faculty Senators Council (C-FSC)
Vacancies:
- One (1) full-time faculty senator
- Two (2) full-time faculty alternate senators
Terms of Service:
Three (3) years.
Eligibility Criteria:
Full-time faculty must have acheived a Master's Degree and taught at SPS for a minimum of five years of full-time service to qualify for membership on the C-FSC. Full-time faculty must also have significant level of service to SPS and/or NYU, scholarship or other creative endeavor or publication, professional activites beyond the School, and professional standing and recognition in one's field.
Full-time faculty members who have administrative titles of Academic Director/Chair or above are not eligible for C-FSC membership. If you are presently serving on any University or SPS committee or council, you are still eligible to serve on the C-FSC.
Election Process:
The ballots for the C-FSC will be on a school-wide ballot for voting-eligible full-time faculty members.
Undergraduate Academic Affairs Committee (UAAC)
Vacancies:
- One (1) full-time faculty representative
Terms of Service:
Three (3) years.
Eligibility Criteria:
Full-time faculty must have taught at SPS for a minimum of two academic years to qualify for membership on the UAAC. (Service as an adjunct faculty member counts towards time in service eligibility.) Full-time faculty also must have taught in an undergraduate degree program during the current 2022-2023 academic year.
Full-time faculty members who have administrative titles of Academic Director/Chair or above are not eligible for UAAC membership.
Election Process:
The ballots for the UAAC will be on a school-wide ballot for voting-eligible full-time faculty members.
Faculty Council
Upcoming Vacancies:
- One (1) full-time faculty representative from the Center for Global Affairs*
- One (1) full-time faculty representative from the Center for Publishing and Applied Liberal Arts
- One (1) full-time faculty representative from the Division of Applied Undergraduate Studies
- One (1) full-time faculty representative from the Department of Programs in Business
- One (1) full-time faculty representative from the Schack Institute of Real Estate*
- One (1) full-time faculty representative from the Preston Robert Tisch Institute for Global Sport
- Two (2) adjunct faculty representatives
- Two (2) adjunct faculty alternate representatives
Terms of Service:
Three (3) years.
*The vacancies for CGA and Schack Institute have term end dates of August 31, 2025.
Eligibility Criteria:
Full-time faculty must have taught at SPS for a minimum of two academic years to qualify for membership on the Faculty Council. Full-time faculty members who have administrative titles of Academic Director/Chair or above are not eligible for Faculty Council membership.
Adjunct faculty members must have taught at least five courses over the past five years to qualify for membership on the Faculty Council. Additionally, the following two conditions apply: 1) all courses taught must have included a minimum of 24 contact hours; 2) the adjunct must have taught at least one course in the academic year of election.
Election Process:
All voting members of the Faculty Council are elected by the SPS faculty. Full-time faculty candidates who represent specific departments or programs are elected by the full-time faculty employed by those departments or programs.
Academic units is permitted to put forward one adjunct for election to the Faculty Council. If there is more than one adjunct faculty member nominated from a single program or department, two elections take place. In the first election, adjuncts vote for the candidates within their own department or program. The candidate with the highest number of votes advances to the school-wide election for Council membership. The two candidates receiving the third and fourth highest number of votes are automatically appointed as the first and second alternate.
See the SPS Faculty Council Charter for full information on the voting process.
Full-Time Faculty Grievance Committee
Upcoming Vacancies
- One (1) full-time faculty representative
- One (1) full-time faculty alternate representative
*Please note: Participation on the committee is limited to one (1) member per academic unit as it is important the committee embodies representation from across the School.
Terms of Service:
Two (2) years.
Eligibility Criteria:
Full-time faculty must have been employed as full-time faculty at NYU for a minimum of two (2) academic years. Full-time faculty members who have administrative titles of Academic Director/Chair or above are not eligible for Grievance Committee membership. As a SPS Faculty Council member sits on each committee in an ex-officio capacity, Faculty Council members are ineligible to run for the school-wide committees.
Election Process:
The ballots for the Full-Time Faculty Grievance Committee will be on a school-wide ballot for voting-eligible full-time faculty members. Should an academic unit have more than one full-time continuing contract faculty nominee for the Grievance Committee, a unit-specific ballot will be released prior to the final ballot.
Rank, Title, and Privilege (RTP) Committee
Upcoming Vacancies:
- Three (3) full-time faculty representatives*
*Please note: Participation on the committee is limited to two (2) members per academic unit as it is important the committee embodies representation from across the School.
Terms of Service:
Two (2) years.
Eligibility Criteria:
Full-time faculty must have taught at SPS for a minimum of one (1) academic year. Full-time faculty members planning to apply for promotion during the next two academic years should refrain from nominating themselves for service on the RTP Committee.
Full-time faculty members who have administrative titles of Academic Director/Chair or above are not eligible for RTP Committee membership. As a SPS Faculty Council member sits on each committee in an ex-officio capacity, Faculty Council members are ineligible to run for the school-wide committees.
Election Process:
The members of the RTP Committee are elected by the Faculty Council. The SPS Dean will review the elected members, who will be announced shortly thereafter.
Assessment Committee
Upcoming Vacancies:
- Three (3) full-time faculty representatives*
- One (1) adjunct faculty representative
*Please note: Participation on the Assessment Committee is limited to two (2) members per academic unit as it is important the committee embodies representation from across the School.
Terms of Service:
Two (2) years.**
**Please note: one (1) full-time faculty vacancy is currently vacant and has a term end date of August 31, 2024.
Eligibility Criteria:
Faculty member must be currently employed at SPS. There is no required minimum of years of teaching at SPS for this committee. As a SPS Faculty Council member sits on each committee in an ex-officio capacity, Faculty Council members are ineligible to run for the school-wide committees.
Election Process:
The members of the Assessment Committee are elected by the Faculty Council. The SPS Dean will review the elected members, who will be announced shortly thereafter.
Faculty Council Election Timeline
March 1 - Call for Nominations is sent out
March 22 - Deadline to nominate a colleague
April 1 - Deadline for candidates to submit a nomination packet (CV and letter describing qualifications for service (no longer than 250 words)
April 23 - Last day for faculty to cast votes for all members
May 1 - SPS Dean Announces candidates who have been elected
September 1 - Service for new terms begins