Faculty Relations
Faculty Relations provides advice and assistance on a range of academic human resource issues, including:
- academic appointments, secondments, leaves, compensation, faculty evaluation, and medical accommodations;
- interpretation and application of the Faculty, Faculty Services Officer (FSO), Librarians and Academic Teaching Staff (ATS) agreements;
- compensation negotiations with Association of Academic Staff University of Alberta (AASUA);
- negotiations with the Graduate Students' Association (GSA) on the Graduate Student Assistantship Collective Agreement;
- application of various policies relating to the conduct of academic staff, including the Conflict of Interest and Commitment and Institutional Conflict Policy, and the Research and Scholarship Integrity Policy, and Ethical Conduct, Discrimination and Harassment Policy;
- informal and formal resolution of conflicts, grievances, appeals and complaints that involve academic staff;
- administration and coordination of Deans selections and reviews.
Faculty Relations works collaboratively with Human Resource Services in interpreting academic agreements and administering terms and conditions for all academic staff.
Faculty Relations Directory (in alphabetical order)
Maryam Bagheritari
Faculty Relations Officer
Tel: (780) 492-6643
Maryam.Bagheritari@ualberta.ca
Maryam manages various aspects of the Faculty Relations unit including the resolution of complaints filed against academic staff members. She also works with faculties and departments on various academic HR matters.
Sue Crackston
Faculty Relations Assistant
Tel: (780) 492-9793
sue.crackston@ualberta.ca
Sue provides administrative and logistical support to the Director and team of Faculty Relations. She also provides support to the President's Review Committee (PRC), the General Appeals Committee (GAC), and the dean selection and review process.
Donna Herman
Special Advisor
Tel: (780) 492-8690
donna.herman@ualberta.ca
Donna provides management support to the President's Review Committee (PRC) for Faculty Evaluation Committees (FECs) and advice on the evaluation of academic staff by the FECs. She develops policies, procedures, agreements and templates to support academic recruitment and retention and is the primary contact for policies and procedures regarding conflict of interest and commitment for academic staff.
Scott Jeffrey
Special Advisor
Tel: (780) 492-2584
scott.jeffrey@ualberta.ca
Scott provides management support on appeals to the General Appeals Committee (GAC). He works collaboratively with others in Faculty Relations in the development of policies, procedures, templates and documentation in relation to academic recruitment, appointment, retention, promotion and discipline. He provides advice on the evaluation of academic staff by Faculty Evaluation Committees and policies and procedures concerning Conflict of Interest and Commitment and Supplementary Professional Activities.
Tyler Kuhnert
Faculty Relations Officer
Tel: (780) 248-1246
tyler.kuhnert@ualberta.ca
Tyler manages various aspects of the Faculty Relations unit including the resolution of complaints filed against academic staff members. He also works with faculties and departments on various academic HR matters.
Brian Pearson
Senior Faculty Relations Officer
Tel: (780) 492-3698
brian.pearson@ualberta.ca
Brian manages the resolution of complaints filed against academic staff members. He is also responsible for leadership to collective bargaining with the non-academic staff association, and supports negotiations on the academic staff and graduate student agreements.
Sheila Stosky
Selection and Review Initiatives Manager
Tel: (780) 492-6349
selrev@ualberta.ca
Sheila provides overall management for dean selections and reviews. She is the first point of contact for participating faculties, departments, and committee members, and oversees all aspects of this process.
Michelle Strong
Director, Faculty Relations
Tel: (780) 492-6493
michelle.strong@ualberta.ca
Michelle directs the operations of Faculty Relations and provides oversight to the work of the Faculty Relations team. She advises and provides strategic counsel to the Provost and senior administrators on human resource issues affecting academic staff, and is responsible for developing and implementing strategies that support and sustain collaborative relations with the Association of Academic Staff, University of Alberta (AASUA).
Lise Warick
Faculty Relations Officer
Tel: (780) 492-7813
lise.warick@ualberta.ca
Lise provides advice to University administrators on the interpretation and implementation of the collective agreements for graduate students and academic staff. She is the primary contact on matters related to administrative appointments and leaves, academic secondments, housing loans, spousal hires, and special salary adjustments.