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EER O's Outdoor Cafe.
Meet others. Any topic. Fresh brewed advice.
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Office Hours:
(ECE 313) M 2:00-3:30pm and W 3:30-5:00pm and immediately after lecture.
(ECE 445S) W 1:00-3:00pm and immediately after lecture
In higher education, academic freedom lies at the heart of the
free, independent, critical inquiry fundamental to
research, teaching, and expression, including fostering critical
thinking skills in students, for the common good.
The safeguards for academic freedom include shared governance,
tenure and due process.
I support academic freedom, tenure, and shared governance at
UT Austin through departmental, college, and university service.
- Faculty
Committee of Counsel on Academic Freedom and Responsibility
for 12 years (including 2022-2023) and its chair for 6 years.
In that time, we investigated 48 appeals from faculty due to
tenure, promotion, annual, comprehensive, and mid-probationary review,
and contributed to major changes to processes and procedures for
these evaluations.
- Faculty Council Chair (Faculty Senate President) 2019-20.
I coordinated university-wide faculty responses to the COVID-19 pandemic responses;
racial justice, gender equity, and their intersections;
institutional racism;
and compensation, working conditions, and access to mental health
services for students, staff, and faculty.
I received the
2021 Civitatis Award
from UT President Jay Hartzell for "dedicated and meritorious service to
The University of Texas at Austin above and beyond the regular expectations
of teaching, research and service".
It is the highest service award given by UT Austin to a faculty member.
Outside UT Austin, I am a member of the
American Association of University Professors (AAUP),
and serve as the
Past President of the UT Austin AAUP Chapter and
President of the Texas AAUP-AFT Conference.
We champion academic freedom, advance shared governance, and organize all faculty to promote
economic security and quality education.
