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

A Christmas Classic Carries On

From the inside of a shipping container, Professor Stuart Gerber provides the sound effects and music for the Alliance Theatre’s socially distant, drive-in production of “A Christmas Carol: The Live Radio Play.”

Georgia State Researchers Awarded $2.25 Million for Social-Communication, STEM Education for Students with Autism Spectrum Disorders and Intellectual Disabilities

Georgia State University assistant professors Claire Donehower and Sarah Hansen have received a five-year, $2.25 million grant from the U.S. Department of Education to support social-communication learning for elementary-aged students with intellectual disabilities.

Public Health Team Receives $1.3 Million Federal Grant To Study COVID-19 Research Participation in Black Communities

The National Institutes of Health (NIH) has awarded an interdisciplinary team in Georgia State University’s School of Public Health a two-year, $1.3 million grant through its RADx Underserved Populations (RADx-UP) program to better understand barriers and motivations for participating in COVID-19 research among Black communities in Atlanta.

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