Wellesley College Committee on Faculty Appointments

Function: The Committee on Faculty Appointments (CFA) is a standing committee of Academic Council. The functions of the CFA include the following:

• Vote upon recommendations to be made by the President to the Board of Trustees regarding tenure appointments, promotions, and reappointments of tenure-track faculty.
• Prepare policy guidelines regarding appointments, promotions, and tenure of faculty.
• Approve applications for sabbatical and early leaves.

 Members of the Committee on Faculty Appointments (CFA) for 2007-08:

President - H. Kim Bottomly
Dean of the College - Chair, Andrew Shennan
Associate Dean of the College - Joanne Berger-Sweeney (non-voting)
Faculty:
Mary Allen 07-09 (C)
Selwyn Cudjoe (07-10) Black Task Force Rep
Elizabeth DeSombre 07-10 (B)
Margaret Keane 06-09 (at large)
Jens Kruse 06-09 (at large)
Kathryn Lynch 06-09 (A)

Clerk of the CFA: Ruth Frommer, Office of the Dean of the College

 A complete description of the committee's functions, authority, operations, and membership can be found in the Articles of Government, Article V, Section 11.

• Checklists for:
  • R&P
  • reappointment
  • promotion
  • tenure
• Guidelines for activities sheet
• Electronic template of activities sheets
• List of faculty under review this academic year
• Information on writing letters about faculty members
• Annual conversation verification form
• Links to college legislation (regarding leaves, appointments and promotion)

• Ruth Frommer rfrommer@wellesley.edu
• Office of the Dean of the College
• Date Created: September 1, 2002
• Last Modified: September 9, 2007