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Teaching Effectiveness

The committee shall review what is currently in place in the University with respect to appropriate and reasonable teaching assignments. The committee shall establish policy for the Teaching Grant-in-Aid program and review and recommend proposals for funding. It shall also evaluate existing resources for teaching, provide systematic approaches to faculty evaluation, offer formal faculty development programs, and recognize excellence in teaching.   

Faculty: Thirteen faculty. Each college shall be represented by at least one faculty member

Continuing/Ex-officio: Provost or designee, one member from the Instructional Technology Council, One member of the Biggio Center for the Enhancement of Teaching and Learning

Undergraduates: One undergraduate student nominated by the Student Government Association

Graduate: One graduate student nominated by the Graduate Student Organization

Members

• Chair, Tom Leathem
• Asim Ali, Provost's designee, Executive Dir. of Biggio Center – Continuing
• Brandon Simmons, Instructional Technology Council – Continuing
• Lindsay Doukopoulos,  Assoc. Dir. Educational Development, Biggio Center – Continuing
• Dory Thompson, Dir. or designee, Office of Academic Assessment – Continuing
  
  
• Jason Sawyer, College of Agriculture – 2023
• Luke Oeding, College of Sciences and Mathematics – 2023
• Ali Krzton, Libraries – 2023
• Damion McIntosh,HarbertCollege of Business– 2023
• Tom Leathem, College of Architecture, Design, and Construction – 2024
• Paris Strom, College of Education– 2024
• Danielle Larkin, College of Nursing – 2024
• Jayachandra Ramapurm, Harrison College of Pharmacy – 2024
• Wayde Morse, College of Forestry, Wildlife, and the Environment – 2025
• Mathew Clary , College of Liberal Arts – 2025
• Gopikrishna Deshpande, Samuel Ginn College of Engineering – 2025
• Erik Hofmeister, College of Veterinary Medicine – 2025
• David Martin, College of Human Sciences – 2025

• Rhett Block – undergraduate student representative – 2023

• Kaniz Afroz Tanni – graduate student representative – 2023