Policies
Periodic review and updates of faculty policies is required in every higher education institution. An ad hoc Faculty Policy Committee was created in Fall 2024 to provide input and insights and develop recommendations on specific policies.
The policy revision process will follow the standard procedures as outlined in VCU’s Creating and Maintaining Policies and Procedures. Faculty input is essential to this process as it ensures that policies reflect faculty interests and consider the varied nature of faculty roles and responsibilities.
Committee members represent a diverse group of faculty across units, roles, responsibilities and includes representatives from the VCU Faculty Senate. Committee members have staggered terms to ensure that service work is rotated.
Beginning in Fall 2024 the committee has been meeting to review three policies and submit recommendations to the Provost. These three policies and faculty sanctions are: Academic Rights and Responsibilities; Commonwealth and University Professorships; and Parental Leave. Starting from fall 2025, a new set of five policies will be reviewed by the committee.
Co-Chairs
Amita Goyal Chin, School of Business (Faculty Senate Representative), Professor and Associate Chair, School of Business, 2024-26
Laura Frankart, School of Pharmacy, Professor and Interim Executive Associate Dean for Academic Affairs, 2024-26
Members
Elsie Harper-Anderson, L. Douglas Wilder School of Government and Public Affairs (Faculty Senate Representative), Associate Professor, 2024-25
Jessica Trisko Darden, College of Humanities and Sciences, Associate Professor, 2024-26
Wendy Parent-Johnson, School of Education (Faculty Senate Representative), Professor, 2024-25
Jennifer Puetzer, College of Engineering, Associate Professor, 2024-26
Katherine Tossas, Massey Cancer Center, Assistant Professor, 2024-25
Roberto Ventura, School of the Arts, Professor and Chair, 2024-25