Non-Tenure Line faculty augment the extent and range of activities performed by tenure-line faculty. NTL faculty currently make up a significant percentage of the total faculty in the College of Earth and Mineral Sciences (EMS). The duties and responsibilities of NTL faculty members fall into four main categories: teaching, research, service, and administration. Each NTL faculty member has his/her own unique duties and responsibilities that are tied to funding sources. Some NTL faculty focus on one specific responsibility area, while others are involved in a mixture of responsibility areas, and these responsibilities may change over time.
NTL Faculty Advisory Committees represent the needs and concerns of the NTL faculty in the College of EMS and also disseminate information pertaining to policies and issues of NTL faculty appointments.
The College of Earth and Mineral Sciences NTL Faculty Advisory Committee provides avenues for NTL faculty to serve as a group in discharging the aims and objectives of the College, and to submit proposed actions through appropriate channels to the College and University administration. The College’s NTL Faculty Advisory Committee serves as the primary NTL faculty liaison to the dean. The College’s NTL Faculty Advisory Committee is composed of representatives from each academic department, institute and alliance in the college. Committee members serve three-year terms that are staggered to ensure institutional continuity.
The Department of Meteorology and Atmospheric Science NTL Faculty Advisory Committee serves as a conduit of information between the Department and EMS College administration and members of the Department’s NTL faculty. The Department’s NTL Faculty Advisory Committee meets monthly during the academic year. The Committee has five members, one of which is the Department’s representative on the College’s NTL Faculty Advisory Committee. Department Committee members serve for 3-year terms. After two consecutive terms, a member must step down for at least one year.
For more information about the Department’s NTL Faculty Advisory Committee, consult the by-laws.
Current Department of Meteorology and Atmospheric Science NTL Faculty Advisory Committee Members
- Kevin Bowley - Meteorology Chair
- Kyle Imhoff
- Rob Lydick
- Ben Reppert
- Bill Syrett - College of EMS NTL Faculty Advisory Committee Rep
The College of EMS acknowledges that NTL faculty play a different role within the college than tenure-track faculty. While NTL faculty duties and responsibilities can be categorized into the areas of teaching, research, service and administration, NTL faculty job descriptions rarely require that these individuals be responsible for demonstrating evidence of accomplishment in EACH of these areas as are tenured faculty. As a result, NTL faculty have different career paths and should be evaluated differently than tenure-track faculty. It is important that NTL faculty evaluation be based upon each NTL faculty's unique career context.
Committees
Department of Meteorology and Atmospheric Science NTL Faculty Promotion Committee
This is a department committee that reviews NTL promotion dossiers and recommends cases for promotion. (Note: This is a different committee than the department's NTL Faculty Advisory Committee.)
- Scott Richardson, Chair
- Natasha Miles
- William Syrett
- Steve Greybush
College of Earth and Mineral Sciences Non-Tenure Line Faculty Promotion Committee
This is the College of EMS Committee that reviews NTL promotion dossiers after they have been approved by the Department NTL Faculty Promotion Committee and the Department Head. Members serve one-year terms (and may serve repeated terms).
The Department’s NTL Faculty Advisory Committee organizes an annual All Hands meeting every Fall for all NTL faculty in the Department of Meteorology and Atmospheric Science. The meeting includes presentations on current topics of interest for the NTL faculty, as well as time for discussion of important issues.
Presentations from Recent Meetings
2020 Meeting
2019 Meeting
2017 Meeting
2015 Meeting