Dear Faculty and Staff,

I am excited to announce a world-class group of 14 faculty members who will serve as the inaugural President’s Faculty Advisory Board. This esteemed group of professors brings a broad range of expertise and perspectives, a strong commitment to the University’s mission, and an abiding ethos of excellence. Collectively, they personify the wisdom of the faculty body and the University-wide advisory mission of the PFAB. The members are as follows:

Noël Busch-Armendariz
Courtney Byrd 
Scott Carrell
Charles Fraser Jr.
Steven Goode
Sheena Greitens
Keith Hawkins
Mark Atwood Lawrence
Tamar Sanikidze
Luis Sentis
Mukul Sharma
Laura Starks
Peter Stone
Sharon Vaughn

The PFAB is the faculty advisory body that regularly meets with the president to provide guidance and advice. To provide continuity, PFAB members are invited to serve a two-year term that may be renewed. The PFAB members will consider a broad range of topics defined by them in collaboration with me. They will also provide insights and advice on the work performed by other faculty groups, such as the recently announced Faculty Working Group on Academic Integrity and the Core Curriculum Task Force. In addition, PFAB members will have opportunities to consult with subject matter experts from the faculty, staff, and student body.

Initially conceived as a body of 12 faculty members to create an intimate working group, I expanded the PFAB membership to 14 based on the level of interest and the extraordinary depth of talent and expertise in our faculty body as identified by deans. I am grateful for the deans’ thoughtfulness in nominating faculty members to be considered for this advisory board as well as the faculty advisory cohort. The cohort is a larger pool of faculty members from which groups will be formed to offer expert counsel on academic and research issues of the University.

Our faculty members are the heart of our academic mission and play an indispensable role in our success as a world-class university. I look forward to the collaboration with the PFAB as an important input into making informed decisions in the best interest of our University.

Sincerely, 

Jim Davis
President