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.

We’re Hiring!

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

Truist Foundation $2.5 Million Grant Supports Online Tools at National Institute for Student Success

The grant will fund the development of coaching services allowing partner schools to learn about innovative, evidence-based initiatives to help their students succeed. It also will support an 18-month collaboration between the institute and a group of historically Black colleges and universities (HBCUs) to implement such initiatives.

Cybersecurity Researchers Get $1.4 Million To Break Cycle of Conspiracy Theories, Radicalization and Violence

“Our goal is to design a model of intervention that will safely and securely lead participants to disengagement,” said Associate Professor and ECBS director David Maimon. “We hope to help individuals make changes that – to date – have proven challenging and dangerous for those trying to disengage from violent extremist groups.”

Divided We Fall

Georgia State researchers on the factors driving polarization and extremism in America – and what it would take to set the country on a different course. The team: John Horgan, professor of psychology, Tony Lemieux, professor of communication, Jennifer McCoy, professor of political science, Dror Walter, assistant professor of communication, and Carol Winkler, professor of communication.

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