2007-08 Math Chair Search

Jed Keesling Named Chair:
    To: Mathematics Department Faculty and Staff

    Fr: Joe Glover, Interim Dean

    Re: Chair Selection

    I am pleased to announce that Jed Keesling has agreed to serve as Chair of the Mathematics Department, effective July 1, 2008. All of the Associate Deans and I look forward to working with Jed to assure a smooth transition.

    I would like to thank the Chair Search Committee for its work in guiding the process to a successful conclusion, and I would like to thank the faculty members who stood for the position. The fact that there was a robust field of candidates is a positive statement about the engagement and interest of the faculty in the department's future.

Nominees

Candidate statements will be available January 2.

Vitaes will be available December 15. Requested in the department format.

Nominations closed Wednesday November 21.

Meetings/Timeline

  • Wednesday February 6, 4pm LIT 368. Committee meeting
      Prepare a recommendation for the dean.

  • Wednesday February 6, 3pm, Atrium. Committee meeting
      Candidate interviews

  • Friday February 1, 4pm. Chair candidates ballots due. The votes will be counted at 4:15 in the Atrium.

  • Thursday January 31, 12:50-1:40 pm in the Atrium. Department meeting/discussion of the candidates. Ballots in mailboxes immediately following.

  • Thursday January 24, 12:50-3 pm in the Atrium. Candidates forum.

  • Wednesday January 16 at 4pm in LIT 368. Committee meeting.
      Discuss narrowing the field. Plan for the candidate forum.

  • Monday January 14 at 4:30 in LIT368. Subcommittee meeting.
      Vote counting subcommittee - Boyland (chair), Martinez, Smith - will count the department vote gauging support for each candidate.

  • Monday November 26 at 4pm in LIT368. Committee meeting.
      Discuss procedures for committee operations and the search process.

    Once approved, meeting minutes will be posted here.

    The department chair search is subject the the Florida Sunshine Laws, and so all meetings and records are public.

    • Here is the relevant portion of the CLAS constitution.
      2. Chairs The Department Chair is to be nominated by the Dean after formal consultation with the Chair Search Committee. The Chair Search committee (which may include untenured as well as tenured departmental faculty) shall be composed of (a) members from the departmental faculty elected by a majority vote of the department's tenured members and (b) a faculty member from a related field outside the department appointed by the CLAS Dean to serve as the Dean's representative on the committee. This Committee so comprised will elect its chair, and then may select up to two additional faculty members to insure a diversified committee. In the absence of action by the Committee, the Dean may appoint up to two additional faculty members to serve on the committee to achieve such diversity. Committee composition shall remain such that a majority of the Committee members are full-time faculty in the department.

      The Search Committee shall advise the Dean by nominating two to three Chair candidates. The Dean's nomination shall be forwarded to the President for approval. If the Search Committee does not concur in the Dean’s nomination, then the Committee’s dissenting report shall be forwarded to the President along with the nomination made by the Dean.

    Chair Search Committee:
    • Phil Boyland
    • Patrick DeLeenheer
    • Frank Garvan
    • Jorge Martinez
    • Scott McCullough
    • Ranga Narayanan (chemical engineering)
    • Jane Smith
    • Dan Talham (chemistry chair)
    • John Thompson
    • Neil White

    Resource Dean: Allan Burns