FYI to all adjunct faculty:

Coming next: a quick, anonymous survey

We are soliciting input from adjuncts themselves on criteria for promotion to Adjunct III. The aim is to recognize as many professional activities as possible.

Background:

To implement the new rank of Adjunct III, the UMBC Faculty Senate Faculty Affairs Committee has asked the Adjunct Faculty Advisory Committee to survey adjunct faculty on criteria for promotion. Guidelines from the provost’s office have established that criteria for eligible adjunct faculty will fall into the categories of teaching and service. The AFAC is seeking input in each of these categories.

Adjunct faculty, as defined under Section 5.5.II of the UMBC Faculty Handbook, are initially appointed with the rank of Adjunct I and are eligible to apply for promotion to Adjunct II after three years of teaching at UMBC, in at least twelve 3-credit courses, establishing a consistent record of teaching excellence. 

Note that adjunct faculty are not necessarily recognized within departments for research, independent projects, professional development, or off-campus service. We therefore hope to find ways to recognize the extensive professional activities in which adjuncts engage.

Adjunct Faculty Advisory Committee (AFAC)

                           Research Awards for Adjunct Faculty

The UMBC Adjunct Faculty Advisory Committee (AFAC) is pleased to announce that we have been allocated professional development funding for adjunct faculty. This is a rolling deadline. We still have funds to award for research support for adjunct faculty.

UMBC established the fund, to be administered annually by the AFAC as a standing university committee, to support professional development for adjunct faculty.

Awards for each individual adjunct faculty member will be capped at $500 for the academic year. The amount of individual awards may be affected by factors including number of applicants.

Criteria, eligibility, and conditions posted at MyUMBC in Groups (AFAC)

Margie Burns,

Adjunct II English

Chair, Adjunct Faculty Advisory Committee

      AFFORDABLE CARE ACT (ACA) 

Under the Affordable Care Act (ACA), contractual employees working 30 or more hours per week, or teach three 3-credit courses in the semester, or 130 hours per month are eligible for subsidized medical and prescription drug coverage through the State of Maryland’s health benefit program.  To determine eligibility, contact the Benefits Unit of the UMBC Resources (HR) Department at 410-455-2337.

In addition, you certify that as of the date of this appointment, you are ___* or are not ___ employed at another USM institution or State agency.  If your response changes after the date of this employment agreement, you must notify the appropriate administrator in your department, in writing, immediately.

*if selected, provide name of other USM institution or State agency

(________________________________________________________________________)

                Signature                                                                 Date

( ACA statement attached )

The UMBC Adjunct Faculty Advisory Committee (AFAC) is pleased to announce its first awards in 2015-2016 to adjunct faculty members. The awards are for research and professional development.

Dr. Elliot D. Lasson (Adjunct II, Industrial/Organizational Psychology, Shady Grove) has been awarded support to present at the 2015 Fall Chesapeake Human Resources Conference (November 10, in Baltimore) and partial support for a trip to Israel to lecture at Ariel University and at Bar Ilan University (January 2016).

Dr. Dabrina Taylor (Adjunct, American Studies) has been awarded support to present her research at the 2016 National Popular Culture & American Culture Association Conference (Seattle, March 22-25, 2016). Ms. Taylor will present a paper, “The Little Black Dress: Negotiating Sexual Exchange, Embodied Femininities, and Modernity,” in the Conference area on Fashion, Style, Appearance, Consumption and Design.

Adjunct Faculty Advisory Committee (AFAC)

                           Research Awards for Adjunct Faculty

The UMBC Adjunct Faculty Advisory Committee (AFAC) is pleased to announce that we have been allocated professional development funding for adjunct faculty. 

UMBC recently established the fund, to be administered annually by the AFAC as a standing university committee, to support professional development for adjunct faculty.

Awards for each individual adjunct faculty member will not exceed $500 in the academic year. Amount of individual awards may be affected by factors including number of applicants.

Further explanation of criteria, eligibility, and conditions to be posted at MyUMBC in Groups (AFAC)

Margie Burns,

Adjunct II English

Chair, Adjunct Faculty Advisory Committee