Charge and Committee Focus Areas for the 2025-2026 Academic Year are determined during the first meeting of the Fall 2025 semester.
Charge and Committee Focus (2024-2025AY):
Document and evaluate changes to academic freedom following the dissolution of the DEI division, particularly in relation to teaching, scholarship, and service addressing issues of inclusion, diversity, and equity (IDE).
Assess and track shifts in research priorities, funding opportunities, and institutional support related to IDE initiatives, with attention to potential impacts on faculty engaged in this work.
Evaluate the effects of the DEI division’s closure on faculty recruitment, retention, advancement, and campus climate, with particular focus on historically underrepresented and marginalized groups. Recommend strategies to uphold equity and inclusion in these areas.
Faculty Council membership on the committee:
(1) Chair, elected faculty council member, serves 1-year, renewable terms, member Faculty Council Executive Committee
(FC Chair) Noel Kopriva, (LIB), koprivan@umsystem.edu
Members (1-year, renewable terms):
Erika Boerman, (non-voting), boermane@umsystem.edu
Alex Bukoski, (Vet Med), bukoskia@umsystem.edu
Andrew Clarke, (CAFNR), clarkea@umsystem.edu
Ellen Moore, (A&S), ellen.moore@missouri.edu
Danielle Pevehouse-Pfeiffer, (CHS), pevehousepfeifferd@umsystem.edu
James Van Dyke, (non-voting), vandykej@umsystem.edu
2023-2024 Faculty Council IDE Annual Report
Previous Annual Reports