Charge

Plan and hold the New Faculty Consortium in accordance with established AAA policies. Specifically:

  • Review previous committees' reports and other important background material.
  • Arrange for the conduct and administration of the consortium.
  • Assure a diversity of topics and speakers for the program to match the diversity of attendees.

Membership

  • The committee consists of nine members, including the Chair, Chair-Elect and Past Chair, serving staggered three-year terms.
  • Three committee members constitute the leadership group -- a Chair, Past Chair, and Chair-Elect.
  • One new committee member each year is named Chair-Elect by the AAA President and this person serves one year each as Chair-Elect, Chair, and Past Chair of the committee (a three-year term in all).
  • Transition note: The Past Chair position will be established in 2016-2017.

Meetings

  • The committee meets annually during the AAA Annual Meeting.
  • The next New Faculty Consortium will be held January 28 - 31, 2016.

Responsibilities

  • To fulfill the committee charge as above.
  • After the event takes place, a report to the AAA President, Board of Directors Liaison, and Executive Director is prepared by the Chair or Co-Chairs and should include an overview of highlights of the event, a description of the program and list of participants, actual expenditures compared with the budget and the effectiveness of the program as evaluated by the Chair or Co-Chairs, Committee, Presenting Faculty, and the faculty participants. The report is to be filed no later than March 1st.
  • If the Chair has any questions about the charge or responsibilities of this committee, s/he should contact the Executive Director, the President, or the committee’s Board of Directors Liaison.

Members

Name / Affiliation

Contact

Term Length

Term Expires

Chair
Sarah McVay 
University of Washington-Seattle

 
smcvay@uw.edu

 
2

 
08/2017

Chair Elect
Hollis (Holly) A. Skaife
University of California - Davis

 
haskaife@ucdavis.edu

 
3

 
08/2018

Scott Jackson
University of South Carolina

scott.jackson@moore.sc.edu

2

08/2016

Pamela Smith
University of Texas-San Antonio

pamela.smith@utsa.edu

2

08/2016

Steve Stubben
University of Utah

steve.stubben@utah.edu

2

08/2016

Gavin Cassar
INSEAD (France)

gavin.cassar@insead.edu

3

08/2017

Mahendra Gujarathi
Bentley University

mgujarathi@bentley.edu

3

08/2017

Quinton Booker
Jackson State University

quinton.booker@jsums.edu

3

08/2018

Giorgio Gotti 
University of Texas at El Paso

ggotti@utep.edu

 3

 08/2018

Board of Directors Liaison
Bruce Behn
University of Tennessee-Knoxville

 
bbehn@utk.edu

Professional Staff Liaison
Beverly Collins
Director, Special Projects

 

beverly@aaahq.org