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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.

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

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Hip Hop and the Law Course Examines the Intersection of Music and Resistance

Professor Mo Ivory in the College of Law and professor Lakeyta Bonnette-Bailey in the College of Arts & Sciences are co-teaching a course discussing the many ways in which hip-hop artists interact with the legal system.

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Stereotypes Can Harm Performance Of Older Adults On Cognitive And Physical Tasks

When older adults are viewed as cognitively or physically impaired, they perform below their abilities on tasks, according to a recent review article by professor Sarah Barber, a psychology and gerontology researcher at Georgia State University.

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Collateral Damage

COVID-19 has sparked a surge in cyber threats. Here, cybersecurity expert and associate professor David Maimon discusses how the crisis has been a gift to online criminals.