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Office of Faculty Affairs

WELCOME TO THE OFFICE OF FACULTY AFFAIRS

We believe that great faculty are at the core of a great university. Our office provides supportive infrastructure and programming to recruit, appoint, retain, and support our faculty members and to help them achieve their full potential during their time at Georgia State University.
UNIVERSITY FACTS

We’re ranked No. 2 in the nation, only behind Princeton, for our commitment to teaching.

$319 million economic impact generated by research in fiscal year 2018.

R1 Georgia State ranks among the nation’s top 115 R1 universities in the Carnegie Foundation’s elite category of Highest Research Activity.

$122.7 million total research awards in fiscal year 2018.

The Office of Faculty Affairs provides support in the following areas:

Faculty-related policies and procedures such as those related to appointment, leaves, and promotion and tenure.

Faculty development programs, workshops, and fellowships, many of which are offered through our outstanding Center for Excellence in Teaching and Learning.

Leadership programming for university administrators and department chairs; and management of GSU’s awards process to recognize outstanding faculty through a range of university-wide and system-wide awards.

Whether you are a prospective faculty member considering a future at Georgia State or a current faculty member – tenure-track, non-tenure-track, or part-time – we hope you will spend some time browsing the resources on our site. Please do not hesitate to reach out to us if we can be of any help.

Faculty Highlights

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Charting a New Course for Childhood Cancer Survivors

Treatments for pediatric cancer can leave kids devastated for years. Georgia State University professor Tricia King is working to change that.

 

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$3.5 Million Grant To Design Writing Curriculum, Resources for Adult Secondary Education Learners, Practitioners

Georgia State University Professor Cynthia Puranik and Distinguished University Professor Daphne Greenberg have received a five-year, $3.5 million grant from the U.S. Department of Education’s Institute of Education Sciences to support teachers and students in adult secondary education (ASE).

 

 

 

 

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$270,000 Grant to Study Environmental Influences on Gut Microbiota, Immunity and Inflammation

Dr. Michal Kuczma, a research assistant professor in the Institute for Biomedical Sciences at Georgia State University, has received a three-year, $270,000 Career Development Award from the Crohn’s and Colitis Foundation to study environmental influences on gut microbiota, immunity and inflammation.