Roles and Responsibilities

Support Faculty Developmental Initiatives

The Office of Faculty Affairs supports faculty development initiatives regarding reappointment, tenure, promotion, Duke-DKU Faculty Mentoring Program, annual faculty evaluation, pre-tenure sabbatical application, etc.

• Reappointment Orientation

The orientation aims to provide instructions for preparation of dossiers for tenure/non-tenure track faculty reappointment and provide guidelines for formatting dossiers for reappointment.

• Tenure Experience Sharing Workshop

The workshop invites faculty across DKU’s academic units who have been tenured to share their personal experiences and valuable insights regarding the tenure process.

• Pre-Tenure Sabbatical Sharing Workshop

The application procedures, individual experiences and best practices for a successful sabbatical are shared during the workshop.

• Duke-DKU Faculty Mentoring Program

The program is initiated to provide guidance by a group of senior Duke faculty to junior DKU faculty to support their personal professional development towards tenure.

• New Faculty Orientation

The New Faculty Orientation sessions are held to welcome new faculty members and give them an introduction to DKU curriculum, guidelines, resources and functions of different offices.

• Annual Evaluation Retreat

This event serves as a platform for all faculty annual report reviewers to engage in discussions about the evaluation process, criteria, feedback and share their best practices.

• Women in Academic Retreat

This event is organized to raise awareness of issues concerning women in all areas of higher education, foster a thriving environment for women career development and leadership recognition, and promote holistic well-being of women at DKU.

DKU Internal Grants Administered by Office of Faculty Affairs

• Summer Research Program Grant (Annually)

The grant supports new initiatives for significant contributions to research, creative practice and higher education.

• DKU-Duke Collaborative Grant (Annually)

The grant encourages the engagement of DKU faculty (particularly junior faculty) with colleagues at Duke to foster collaborative academic or creative endeavors.

• DKU-Duke Faculty Travel Grant (Annually)

The grant provides partial support of travel expenses for DKU faculty to work on a project and increase networking opportunities at Duke.

• Faculty Scholarship and Travel Grant (Annually)

The grant helps faculty members to develop new projects of research or to complete a current project, which will lead to publications or other products (e.g., artistic installations, performances, or productions).

The Office of Faculty Affairs works with faculty assembly committees and non-faculty assembly committees on faculty development.

The Office also supports the development of faculty-related policies, maintains Faculty Handbook.