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 & News

New Faculty Associates who started in 2024-25 on top of a translucent overlay of blue on a picture of the 75 Piedmont building. To the left, Rhiannon Evangelista, new Faculty Associate for Perimeter College. To the right, Ashwin Ashok, new Faculty Associate for Research, Scholarship and Creative Activity.

Introducing New Faculty Associates for Perimeter College and for Research, Scholarship and Creativity

Georgia State’s Office of Faculty Affairs is pleased to introduce the GSU community to two new faculty associates, who will be instrumental in the institution’s efforts to support faculty in teaching, research, scholarship and creativity.

Rhiannon Evangelista serves as the inaugural Faculty Associate for Perimeter College, and Ashwin Ashok has been appointed Faculty Associate for Research, Scholarship and Creative Activity.

Get to know more about Drs. Evangelista and Ashok by clicking the story headline.

(Click to enlarge this picture.) The ELAW 2024-25 cohort. All rows are left-to-right. First Row: Alex Domaleski, Amanda Dobbs, Amanda Pinney, Emily Buis, Janaya Taylor. Second Row: Jazmyn Davis, Kori Barham, LaJoi Boone, LaKesha Hughes, LeKeisha Jackson. Third Row: Molly Tucker, Natasha Deveauuse-Brown, Raychel Briggs, Tammy Turner, Toni Butts. Fourth Row: Martha Fairley, Jazmyn Davis, Tsehay Wright, Vanessa Brown, lliana Cuadros.

Cohort for the 2024-25 Executive Leadership Academy for Women (ELAW) Selected

The Office of the Provost and the Office of Faculty Affairs are proud to announce the members of the 2024-25 Executive Leadership Academy for Women (ELAW) cohort.

This cohort-based leadership development program seeks to empower current and emerging leaders on the Georgia State staff who are committed to self-discovery, lifelong learning, career advancement, and leading from where they are.

ELAW provides professional development to help staff members build the skills necessary to be successful, regardless of whether they are in a new role or are more experienced supervisors who have not had formal leadership training. ELAW is administered through the Office of Faculty Affairs.

Regents’ Professors, the Highest Academic Rank for Public University Faculty in Georgia, Appointed at Georgia State

The Board of Regents of the University System of Georgia (USG) has appointed and reappointed outstanding faculty to the system’s highest academic rank, the Regents’ Professor. The Regents’ Professorship is granted by the Board for three years, subject to renewal to a second three-year term by the Board upon the recommendation of the institution’s president, the system chancellor and the Board’s Committee on Academic Affairs.

Balasubramaniam Ramesh received an initial appointment as Regents’ Professor; S. Tamer Cavusgil and Andrew Gewirtz were both reappointed by the Board. Click the article link to learn more.

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