Assuring Faculty Equity and a Sustainable Workload

Launched in June 2023, the Sustaining Teaching and Research Task Force, or START, will assess challenges, prioritize strategies and recommend specific actions to bring about substantive improvements to our education, research and service models, thereby enhancing our ability to fulfill our mission at the highest levels of achievement.

The Assuring Faculty Equity and a Sustainable Workload Committee will develop recommendations to address teaching, research, and service responsibilities for all faculty, while also developing mechanisms for addressing the increased burden of administrative and compliance requirements placed on faculty over the past decade or more.

The committee's members are:

Working Groups

The Assuring Faculty Equity and a Sustainable Workload Committee has formed working groups that will focus on specific topics and address the full range of questions submitted to START. The working groups and their chairs are:

  • Faculty Startup Funding
  • Estella Atekwana, Dean, College of Letters and Science
    Simon Atkinson, Vice Chancellor for Research 
    Brett Burns, Senior Assistant Dean for Administration, School of Law
    Damian Chapman, Assistant Dean, Finance, Administration, and Strategy Development, School of Education
    Cristina Davis, Associate Vice Chancellor for Interdisciplinary Research and Strategic Initiatives, Office of Research
    Rick Grosberg, Distinguished Professor Emeritus, Evolution and Ecology
    Jim Kelly, Executive Assistant Dean, College of Letters and Science
    Ari Kelman, Faculty Advisor to the Chancellor and Provost
    Larisa Kure, Executive Assistant Dean, School of Medicine
    Brian McEligot, Executive Assistant Dean, College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences
    Ted Powers, Executive Associate Dean, College of Biological Sciences
    Bruno Pypendop, Executive Associate Dean, School of Veterinary Medicine
    Elissa Roeser, Executive Assistant Dean, College of Engineering
    Jen Sang, Executive Assistant Dean, College of Biological Sciences
    Richard Scalettar, Distinguished Professor and Chair, Physics and Astronomy
  • POP
  • Linda Assadian, Director, Capital Resource Network
    Estella Atekwana, Dean, College of Letters and Science
    Michael Brown (Ex-Officio), Past Provost and Executive Vice President, UC Office of the President
    Amit Kanvinde, Associate Dean, College of Engineering
    Phil Kass, Vice Provost, Academic Affairs
    Bruno Pypendop, Executive Associate Dean, School of Veterinary Medicine
    Ted Powers, Executive Associate Dean, College of Biological Sciences
    Amanda Vice, Dual Career Manager, Academic Affairs
    Rao Unnava, Dean, Graduate School of Management
  • Teaching
  • Estella Atekwana, Dean, College of Letters and Science
    Michael Brown (Ex-Officio), Past Provost and Executive Vice President, UC Office of the President
    Russ Hovey, Professor, Animal Science
    Tim Lewis, Professor, Mathematics
    Tom Smith, Dean, School of Education
    Peter Wainwright, Professor and Chair, Evolution and Ecology
    Janine Wilson, Associate Professor of Teaching, Economics
    Lawrence Torry Winn, Associate Professor of Teaching, Education
  • Service
  • Michael Brown (Ex-Officio), Past Provost and Executive Vice President, UC Office of the President
    Philip Kass, Vice Provost, Academic Affairs
    Ari Kelman, Faculty Advisor to the Chancellor and Provost
    Ted Powers, Executive Associate Dean, College of Biological Sciences
    Julie Sze, Professor, American Studies
  • Research
  • Michael Brown (Ex-Officio), Past Provost and Executive Vice President, UC Office of the President
    Damian Chapman, Assistant Dean, Finance, Administration, and Strategy Development, School of Education
    Dipak Ghosal, Professor and Chair, Department of Computer Science
    Ted Powers, Executive Associate Dean, College of Biological Sciences
  • Administrative 
  • Estella Atekwana, Dean, College of Letters and Science
    Karen Bales, Interim Director, California National Primate Research Center
    Michael Brown (Ex-Officio), Past Provost and Executive Vice President, UC Office of the President
    Philip Kass, Vice Provost, Academic Affairs
    Renetta Garrison Tull, Vice Chancellor, Diversity, Equity and Inclusion
    Kate Tweddale, Chief Administrative Officer, Department of Chemistry
    Marcia Woods, Project Analyst, Academic Affairs