Introduction

  • This election is for Tenure and Promotion Committee College of Arts and Sciences Representative. The rules for this election are listed below.
  • The nominees for the Tenure and Promotion Committee College of Arts and Sciences Representative election are listed to the right. The list to the right is not a ballot.
  • This list in not official until nominations have been closed and the list of nominees has been reviewed and verified by the APSCUF Nominations and Elections Committee.
  • The statements the candidates submitted with their nominations are given below. By clicking on a name in the list of candidates, you will be taken to that candidate's statement.
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The nominees for Tenure and Promotion Committee College of Arts and Sciences Representative are:

Steven Broitman
Gail Gallitano
Sandra Kerr

Nominations close Mar 31, 2007.
Tenured Faculty in the College of Arts and Sciences may be nominated.

Rules for the Election

    • Each department can have at most one representative on the university wide Tenure and Promotion Committee.
    • Membership on the committee is restricted to the following structure: 4 faculty representatives from the College of Arts and Sciences, 1 faculty representative from each of the Schools of Health Sciences, Education, Music, and Business and Public Affairs, and 1 faculty representative from the non-classroom faculty.
    • The election is decided by majority of those casting votes unless such results violate the previous rules or the number of candidates does not exceed the number of positions to fill. In the later case, each candidate will be voted on by an approve/disapprove ballot. If an insufficient number of candidates recieve a majority, a run-off election will be held between the top two elligible candidates. If there is only one elligible candidate for such a run-off, an approve/disapprove ballot will be used.
    • Vacant seats will be filled one at a time with the current vacant seat filled by the candidate with the highest vote count. As each seat is filled, the candidate filling that seat and any other candidates from the same department as the candidate filling that seat will be disqualified. Votes cast for disqualified candidates, as just defined, will not be considered in filling remaining vacant seats.
    • Each candidate selected counts as a cast vote.

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Steven Broitman


Department: Biology

Having just served my first two year term on TeP, I have decided to run for another term. Despite the workload, I’ve come to see it as an opportunity to provide additional oversight of faculty interests, as well as adherence to fair and appropriate standards. After nineteen years at WCU, and having completed the tenure and promotion process, I have a fairly realistic perspective on how the institution works, and the appropriate standards for faculty advancement. In addition, I have also found that my prior training in biochemistry, molecular biology, and psychology provides a useful background for many of the questions that arise during this process. If re-elected I’ll try to address these questions with an eye toward fairness to the process and the faculty.


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Gail Gallitano


Department: Mathematics

This May I will be finishing my first two year term as a member of the TeP committee. As a member of the TeP committee, I have found the past two years to be rewarding, demanding and challenging. I feel the committee plays a very important role at the University. I also know that candidate application outcomes are extremely important and therefore, I have elected to run again, in spite of the great demand it imposes on ones schedule. My role as a committee member remains as one who is fair and treats all applications with the same consideration.


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Sandra Kerr


Department: Psychology

As chair of the Psychology Department, I have had ample experience with faculty evaluation and the tenure and promotion process. I see one of my major roles as helping to facilitate faculty professional development and, as chairperson, I have successfully managed department resources to support both faculty scholarship and teaching activities. I understand the complexities of evaluating teaching and, as an instructor, I am a proponent of, and an advocate for, diverse teaching approaches, from the use of meaningful technology to small group work. In the fall of 2000, I was elected to the then newly formed Sabbatical and Educational Leave (SaLe) committee and served as its first chairperson. In that position, I took the lead to establish proposal review and scoring procedures and I worked closely with the provost and APSCUF to revise and modify SaLe Policies and Procedures in ways that benefited faculty in the application process. I was reelected and served a second term as SaLe chairperson. Recently, I was elected the first vice chair of the Council of Chairs. In sum, I will bring a considerable amount of relevant experience and leadership activity to TeP and I am eager to contribute to this university body that defines academic engagement at WCU


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