Voice in University and Department Academic Life

Adjunct faculty members exercise their voice through the Adjunct Faculty Advisory Committee (AFAC), formerly known as the Workplace Environment Committee (WEC),  an elected body that functions as a focused and responsive vehicle for voicing and resolving workplace concerns, and the Committee on Contingent Faculty, which is part of Faculty Council. They also can participate in department and college meetings and serve on representative bodies—though practices vary among schools and colleges.

Adjunct Faculty Advisory Committee

The Adjunct Faculty Advisory Committee (AFAC), formerly know as the Workplace Environment Committee (WEC), is an elected advisory body that hears, reports and suggests resolutions for workplace issues affecting the lives of adjunct faculty members across the university. The committee forwards issues of academic policy and governance to Faculty Council and its Committee on Contingent Faculty (CCF). Elections are held at the beginning of fall quarter.

Members:

• Heather Little, College of Education (Chair)
• Nathan DeWitt, Jarvis College of Computing and Digital Media (Associate Chair)
  
• Molly Dumbleton, School of Continuing and Professional Studies
  
• Liliana Fargo, Driehaus College of Business
• Aaron Lefkovitz, College of Liberal Arts and Social Sciences
  
• Daniel Hayes, College of Science and Health
• Amanda MacDonald, School of Music
  
• Jack Magaw, The Theatre School
• Fred Mitchell, College of Communication
• Gabrielle Simons, College of Liberal Arts and Social Sciences
• Liz Ward , College of Law
  
• Ellen Dulaney, ex officio, Co-Chair of Faculty Council's Committee on Contingent Faculty
• Lucy Rinehart, ex officio, Associate Provost for Academic Planning and Faculty

AFACSelectionProcessParameters2023.pdf

Contact the AFAC at afac@depaul.edu

Committee on Contingent Faculty

The Committee on Contingent Faculty is part of Faculty Council. It reviews, monitors and recommends changes for university policies that impact contingent faculty. The committee focuses on policies that address contingent (full-time term and part-time adjunct) faculty’s academic freedom and benefits. The committee helps to promote the communication and interactions between contingent faculty and tenure-line faculty. It also addresses and advocates for the resolution of contingent faculty concerns and promotes the inclusion of contingent faculty within the university community.

Members

Tenure-line faculty

Term Faculty

Adjunct Faculty