Evidence of Professional Service

I have served on numerous committees and task forces at the department and institutional level since I joined the faculty in 2001. I have been Chair of the Computer Science Track (Program) since October 2001. I served a full term as faculty senate representative for my department, and as UVU Faculty Senate President, 2008-2010. As Faculty Senate President, I was steward and/or key author of the following policies:

• UVU Policy 635: Faculty Rights and Professional Responsibilities


• UVU Policy 637: Faculty Tenure


• UVU Policy 644: Appointment and Responsibilities of Department Chairs


• UVU Policy 646: Faculty Appeals for Retention, Tenure, and Promotion


• UVU Policy 647: Faculty Grievances

See the letter from Numsiri Kunakemakorn in the Letters of Recommendation section for verification. (These can also be verified with Dr. Mohammed El-Saidi or Nancy Bartlett.) I also directed the work on the following policies:

• UVU Policy 523: Grade Change Process


• UVU Policy 601: Classroom Management


• UVU Policy 631: Instructor and Course Evaluations

(Please verify with Dr. Thomas Henry in University College).

I am currently steward of the following:

• UVU Policy 632: Appointment and Advancement in Faculty Rank


• UVU Policy 648: Faculty Disciplinary Action


• UVU Policy 649: Faculty Non-Tenure Track Rank

These can be verifed online at http://uvu.edu/policies/officialpolicy/pipeline.

I am also currently co-chairing the university-wide RTP Task Force, which is developing guidelines and training for department RTP committees (please verify with Associate Vice-President for Academic Affairs, Dr. Mohammed El-Saidi).

In addition, I am chairing an ad hoc committee of the Faculty Senate tasked to rewrite the senate bylaws (please verify with Faculty Senate President John Balden).

Evidence of other service appears below.