Delphi Award
The University of Arizona is listed as one of the 2023 winners of the Delphi Award from the Pullias Center for Higher Education!
The Delphi Project is dedicated to enhancing awareness about the changing faculty trends using research and data to better support faculty off the tenure track and to help create new faculty models to support higher education institutions in the future. An initiative of the Pullias Center for Higher Education at the University of Southern California, the Delphi Project works in partnership with the American Association of College and Universities (AAC&U). Since its inception in 2012, the Project has received generous funding from the Spencer Foundation, the Teagle Foundation, the Carnegie Corporation of New York, and the TIAA Institute.
Delphi Award Speaker Series
Highlighting Innovations in Teaching and Support for Career-Track Faculty
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Made possible by the Delphi Award, this series is a collaborative effort between the University of Arizona Career-Track Faculty Working Group and Faculty Affairs. The goal of the series is to share insights and best practices for teaching and supporting career-track faculty. All are welcome to attend.
Session I: Transformative Support for Career-Track Faculty
Speaker: Dr. Jordan Harper
Research Associate, Delphi Project, Pullias Center for Higher Education
Assistant Professor, Higher Education & Student Affairs, Advanced Studies, Leadership & Policy, Morgan State University
Date: November 6, 2024
Time: 12-1pm
Format: Online | Register here
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Session II: Celebrating the Career-Track Faculty Model Success: Insights from the Delphi Award
Panelists:
- Susan Holland, Associate Professor of Practice, Communication
- Kristin Little, Principal Lecturer, English
- Dr. Bill Neumann, Professor of Practice, Management Information Systems
- Romi Wittman, Associate Professor of Practice, Organizational Leadership + Regional Commerce Program
The University of Arizona
Date: December 3, 2024
Time: 12:30-1:30pm
Format: Online | Register here
Session III: Innovative Faculty Approaches to Supporting Students' Mental Health, Emotion, and Learning
Speaker: Dr. Sarah Rose Cavanagh
Senior Associate Director for Teaching & Learning, Center for Faculty Excellence
Associate Professor of Practice, Psychology, Simmons University
Date: January 22, 2025
Time: 12-1pm
Format: Online | Register here
Session IV: Innovations in Technology for Effective Teaching
Speaker: Dr. Michelle Denise Miller
Professor, Psychological Sciences, Northern Arizona University
Date: March 5, 2025
Time: 12-1pm
Format: In-person | Register here
We extend our sincere gratitude to the Career-Track Faculty Working Group for their commitment and collaboration with Faculty Affairs in launching this important speaker series. Your dedication to advancing support for career-track faculty has been invaluable:
- Amanda Tashijan, Associate Professor of Practice, Disability and Psychoeducational Studies
- Bill Neumann, Professor of Practice, Management Information Systems
- Carolyn Casertano, Professor of Practice, Communication
- Cheryl Lacasse, Clinical Professor, Nursing
- Cindy Rishel, Clinical Professor, Nursing
- Jean Mclain, Associate Dean, Faculty Advancement, College of Agriculture, Life & Environmental Sciences
- Katherine Broneck, Associate Professor of Practice, Animal and Comparative Biomedical Sciences
- Kristin Little, Principal Lecturer, English
- Linda Denno, Associate Dean, College of Applied Science & Technology
- Robert Stephan, Associate Professor of Practice, Religious Studies and Classics
- Romi Wittman, Associate Professor of Practice, College of Applied Science & Technology
- Serena Kim, Research Professor, Steward Observatory
- Susan Holland, Associate Professor of Practice, Communication
- Tyler Millhouse, Assistant Professor of Practice, School of Information
For more information please contact: Dr. Adrián Arroyo Pérez, +1 (520) 621-2121 or email arroyopa@arizona.edu.
History
The Pullias Center initiated the Delphi Project in 2012 to support a better understanding of the factors that led to this fundamental shift in the higher ed workforce, and the impact this shift is having on teaching, learning and student success. With the Project, our researchers conduct original research on contingent faculty — also known as Visiting, Instructor, Temporary, Adjunct and Lecturer or 'VITAL' faculty —and produce important resources for use by leaders on campuses and among higher education organizations.
Our goal? To create a better understanding of VITAL faculty working conditions and the implications for student learning toward promoting change.
2023 Delphi Award Winner
The University of Arizona, a public land-grant research one institution, has made considerable efforts to enhance working conditions of career-track faculty (CT faculty) over the past decade. Their initiatives are guided by the Career-Track Faculty Model, targeting three key policy and practice areas: appointment, advancement and retention. With the CT Faculty Model grounded on firm guiding principles and institutional values, UArizona has successfully introduced new policies and practices.
The University of Arizona Delphi Case Study highlights the development and implementation of the Career-Track Faculty Model over the past decade. This model serves as the foundation that guides the development of equitable policies, programs, and practices regarding CT faculty.
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The Pullias Center hosted a webinar with the 2023 Delphi Winners, Loyola Marymount University and The University of Arizona to explore innovative practices and lessons learned from institutional change initiatives aimed at the equitable recognition and support of contingent faculty.