Memo from Provost Armstrong to the Academic Community, March 11, 1998

Regarding a Task Force to consider review of deans, chairs, and faculty


To: Members of the Academic Community
 
From: Lloyd Armstrong

Date: March 11, 1998

Subject: Review of Deans, Chairs, and Faculty

 
The Academic Senate recently unanimously passed a resolution calling for the establishment of a joint committee with the charge of developing methods for:

1. review and evaluation of all academic leaders, including deans, associate and assistant deans, directors, division heads, and department chairs by faculty and administrators, and

2. a consistent, university-wide system of faculty reviews and evaluation of faculty that is in consonance with the criteria described in the Faculty Handbook, white papers of the Academic Senate, and other relevant documents of the University or the faculty members unit.

I concurred with this resolution and in consultation with the Executive Board of the Academic Senate, formed a committee to carry out this charge.  The committee, chaired by Greg Thalmann, will consist of two sub-committees, each charged to address one of the above areas.

The first sub-committee is co-chaired by Sally Pratt and Silvia Formenti, and is charged with developing methods for the review of all academic leaders as outlined in Item No. 1.  The second sub-committee is co-chaired by Barbara Solomon and Nicos Petasis, and is charged with developing methods for a consistent, university-wide evaluation of faculty as outlined
in Item No. 2.  Attached is listing of the members of each sub-committee. I have asked the committee to submit its report to me by April 24, 1998.

If you interested in making input to the the subcommittees, I urge you to contact either Greg Thalmann or the co-chairs of the sub-committees.


Joint Senate-Administration Committee on Review of Deans, Chairs, and Faculty

Chair: Greg Thalmann
Classics
THH 229Q, MC 0352
Phone: 740-1736
thalmann@mizar.usc.edu


Sub-committee 1:  Review and Evaluation of All Academic Leaders

Co-chair
Silvia Formenti, Associate Professor
Radiation Oncology
NOR 002 - HSC
Phone: 764-3082
formenti@hsc.usc.edu

Co-chair
Sarah J. Pratt, Dean of Curriculum
The College of Letters, Arts & Sciences
ADM 304 - MC 4012
Phone: 740-6104
pratt@usc.edu

Robert P. Biller, Vice Dean
School of Public Administration
VKC 363 - MC 0041
Phone: 740-8022
biller@usc.edu
 
Edward Crandall, M.D.
Department of Medicine
IRD 220 - HSC
Phone: 226-7593
ecrandall@hsc.usc.edu

Mike Diamond, Executive Vice Provost
Office of the Provost
ADM 102 - MC 4019
Phone: 740-2101
mdiamond@usc.edu
 
Sol Golomb, Professor
School of Engineering
EEB 504A - MC 2565
Phone: 740-7333
milly@mizar.usc.edu
 
Marty Levine, Professor
The Law School
LAW 306B - MC 0071
Phone: 740-2552
mlevine@law.usc.edu
 
Morton O. Schapiro, Dean
The College of Letters, Arts & Sciences
ADM 304 - MC 4012
Phone: 740-2531
schapiro@usc.edu
 
William Weber, Professor
LAS/Chemistry
LHI 105 - MC 1661
Phone: 740-5961
wpweber@bcf.usc.edu
 


Sub-committee 2:  Faculty Reviews and Evaluation

Co-chair
Nicos Petasis, Associate Professor
LAS/Chemistry
LHI 219 - MC 1661
Phone: 740-6683
petasis@usc.edu
 
Co-chair
Barbara J. Solomon, Vice Provost for Faculty & Minority Affairs
Office of the Provost
ADM 202 - MC 4019
Phone: 740-6715
bsolomon@usc.edu
 
Joseph Aoun, Dean of Faculty
The College of Letters, Arts & Sciences
ADM 304 - MC 4012
Phone: 740-5294
aoun@hermes.usc.edu

Leslie Bernstein, Professor
Medical School/Preventive Medicine
NOR 4435/MS74 - HSC
Phone: 764-0421
lbern@hsc.usc.edu
 
Michael Cody, Professor
Annenberg School of Communication
ASC 101C - MC 0281
Phone: 740-3936
cody@rcf.usc.edu
 
Robert Farley, Professor
Medical School/Physiology and Biophysics
MMR 250 - HSC
Phone: 342-1240
farley@hsc.usc.edu
 
Teresa McKenna, Associate Professor
LAS/English Department
THH 420 - MC 0354
Phone: 740-2808
tmckenna@mizar.usc.edu
 
M. Susan Montgomery, Professor
LAS/Mathematics
DRB 294 - MC 1113
Phone: 740-2419
smontgom@math.usc.edu
 
William Tierney, Professor
School of Education
WPH 701C - MC 0031
Phone: 740-7309
wgtiern@mizar.usc.edu