About
Vice provosts Sara Blair and Christopher Friese lead the Academic and Faculty Affairs group, which develops and strengthens policies and programs that support a diverse and excellent faculty. Their responsibilities include oversight of a wide range of policies, practices, and programs, including:
- Faculty Leadership Development (including Provost’s Campus Leadership Program [PCLP], Big Ten Academic Alliance [BTAA] – Academic Leadership Program [ALP] and Departmental Executive Officers Program [DEO])
- Conflicts of Interest and Commitment
- Dual Career Services Program
- Faculty Appointments (Academic Human Resources information)
- Faculty Grievance Procedures (including Model Faculty Grievance Procedure) and Academic Human Resources grievance procedures information)
- Faculty Handbook
- Faculty Ombuds
- Faculty Personnel Issues
- Faculty Promotion and Tenure
- Faculty Recruitment and Retention (e.g., ADVANCE, Provost’s Faculty Initiatives Program [PFIP])
- Family-Friendly Faculty Resources (e.g., Paid Maternity [Childbirth] and Parental Leaves)
- Graduate Employees Organization (GEO)
- Lecturers’ Employee Organization (LEO)
- Salary equity
- Academic Human Resources
- The ADVANCE Program
- The Arts Initiative
- Center for the Education of Women + (CEW+)
Staff
Sara Blair, Vice Provost for Academic and Faculty Affairs & Arts and Humanities
Christopher Friese, Vice Provost for Academic and Faculty Affairs
Jim Burkel, Associate Vice Provost for Academic and Faculty Affairs
Nancy Calvin-Naylor, Assistant Vice Provost for Academic and Faculty Affairs
Tammy Deane, Business Administrator
Sascha Matish, Associate Vice Provost for Academic and Faculty Affairs and Senior Director, Academic Human Resources
Alicia Simon, Dual Career Coordinator (for all schools except Engineering, LSA, and Medicine)
Karen Steffes, Executive Assistant
Debbie Walls, Executive Assistant
Organizational Chart
Note: staffing changes will not be reflected in the SPG-hosted org chart as quickly as in the list above.