1. The Department Chair is appointed by the Dean of the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences. The term of the Department Chair will be specified by the Dean at the  time of appointment. The Department Chair is eligible for re-appointment.
2. When circumstances require that the faculty make a recommendation to the Dean regarding the next Department Chair, the following procedures shall be followed:
   1. During the week following the notification of the need for the nomination of a Department Chair, the Faculty Advisory Committee will distribute a nomination ballot to all Regular Faculty via hard-copy, email, or other electronic means (such as an online voting system). The ballot will provide the names of those faculty members who are eligible to serve as Department Chair. Each Regular Faculty with full voting rights can submit no more than five names in nomination and must do so within 10 calendar days of receiving their ballot.
   2. The nomination ballots shall be tallied by at least two members of the Faculty Advisory Committee. These individuals will produce a list of nominees in alphabetical order, without an indication of the number of nominations received.
   3. The Faculty Advisory Committee shall distribute the list of nominees to all Regular Faculty. Nominees must indicate their willingness to stand for election within 7 calendar days of the distribution of the nomination list.
   4. From this point forward, the longest-serving tenured member of the Faculty Advisory Committee who has not accepted nomination to be the next Department Chair becomes the Coordinator of the Department Chair Nomination. In the event that all tenured members of the Faculty Advisory Committee have accepted nomination, the Coordinator shall be elected by all Regular Faculty who have not accepted nomination.
   5. If four or more nominees agree to stand as candidates for the office of Department Chair, there will be a runoff election to reduce the number of nominees to three. In the event of a runoff election, the Coordinator will distribute a ballot to all Regular Faculty with full voting rights, who shall each vote a single preference. The runoff ballots must be returned to the Coordinator within 7 calendar days of distribution. The ballots shall be tallied by the Coordinator and at least one full-time member of the Department staff (e.g., the Department Administrator). The three nominees with the highest vote total will be placed on the final nomination ballot. In the event of a tie for  third place, a runoff vote for the third position will be conducted by the Coordinator, using the same procedures as the previous ballot.
   6. At the conclusion of the nomination balloting, the list of up to three nominees will be distributed to the faculty. Within one week of the distribution of this list, each nominee shall prepare and distribute to all voting faculty a written statement detailing their philosophy of educational mission, scholarship, and proposals for future directions of the Department. During the week following the distribution of the written statements, a faculty forum will be held, chaired by the Coordinator, during which each candidate will have an opportunity to make a brief oral presentation, with the order of presentation determined randomly. Following the oral presentations there will be an opportunity for the faculty to ask questions of the candidates.
   7. Immediately after the forum, the Coordinator will distribute an election ballot to all Regular Faculty with full voting rights, with the nominees listed in alphabetical order. Each voting member must select only one candidate and return their ballot to the Coordinator within 5 calendar days. The ballots will be opened and tallied by the Coordinator and at least one full-time staff member (e.g., the Department Administrator).
   8. The results of the election will be conveyed to the faculty at a Regular Faculty Meeting, or a Special Faculty Meeting, within one week of the completion of the balloting. The voting faculty will then vote to affirm the results of the election process. The results will then be conveyed to the Dean by the Coordinator or by a process detailed by the Dean

1. The Department Chair has general executive responsibility for all aspects of the Departmental enterprise; is an ex-officio member of all Departmental committees described in this manual; and is accountable on all matters to the faculty, to the Collegiate Dean, to the Central Administration of the University, and in many cases also to students and staff.
2. The activities of primary importance and concern for the Department Chair are the following:
   1. Long-term Planning and Internal Review
      1. Continuing critical review of Departmental objectives, programs, budget, and priorities; analysis of the extent to which objectives are being achieved; initiation or review of proposals for changes in objectives, programs, budget, and priorities.
      2. Developing and carrying out plans to maintain the vitality of the faculty, to stimulate their scholarly activity and development, and to maximize their contribution to the Department, to the University, to the profession, and to society generally.
      3. Developing faculty personnel plans; preparing general and specific guidelines and documents related to the recruitment of faculty members;  consult with the Extended Faculty Advisory Committee, other facultywhen appropriate, and the College to prepare hiring plans and proposals; monitoring the actual conduct of particular recruiting efforts; making recommendations to the Collegiate Dean regarding faculty appointments.
      4. Formulating criteria and procedures for evaluating the performance of faculty members; supervising the conduct of such evaluations by appropriate faculty groups; providing feedback to individuals under evaluation; recommending to the Dean re-appointment, termination, and promotion actions.
   2. Policy Development
      1. Formulating policies related to research and/or training grants, contract proposals, etc. with due regard for compatibility with Departmental objectives and impact on Department resources; reviewing and acting on particular grant applications, contract proposals, etc.
      2. Developing or reviewing proposals for changes in the organization and operating procedures of the Department.
      3. Formulating proposals regarding the relationship of the Department to other units within the University, and to relevant agencies outside the University.
      4. Formulating policies regarding appointments of adjunct and affiliate faculty, postdoctoral students, visiting scholars, research associates, visiting professors, etc.
   3. Appointments and Staffing
      1. Making nominations and appointments of faculty members to the roles of Associate Chair, Director of Graduate Studies, Director of Undergraduate Studies, and Chair of the Faculty Review Committee, as defined in this document; suggesting mentors for junior faculty, as defined in this document; and assigning other faculty to various Departmental duties, including Training Area Coordinator.
      2. Creating ad-hoc committees and temporary assignments, in consultation with the Extended Faculty Advisory Committee.
      3. Approving recommendations regarding teaching, research, and service 
         assignments of faculty members.
      4. Working with the Departmental Administrator to perform continuing review of Departmental needs for staff personnel, and supervising the selection, assignment, and evaluation of staff members.
      5. Supervising the security of personnel, facilities, and equipment.
   4. Record-keeping and Communication
      1. Establishing the agenda for each faculty meeting, providing the agenda to all Regular Faculty prior to meetings, and chairing these meetings.
      2. Informing the faculty of appointments to named Departmental positions and both standing and ad-hoc committees.
      3. Supervising the maintenance of Departmental records and files; ensuring that information relevant to matters for Faculty Action or Faculty Consideration are available to all faculty.
      4. Distributing (or supervising the distribution of) relevant reports, minutes, memoranda, etc., to provide an adequate information base for faculty discussions.
      5. Meeting with the Extended Faculty Advisory Committee on the Tuesday before each regular faculty meeting and/or on the first Tuesday of each month during the academic year.
      6. Presenting a “State of the Department” address early each fall semester, highlighting past accomplishments and identifying short- and long-term goals and aspirations with respect to faculty, staff, and students.
   5. Resources
      1. Making allocations of existing financial resources; developing short- and long-range budget proposals.
      2. Allocating existing space and facilities; developing proposals regarding modification, re-assignment or expansion of space and facilities, and formulating space and facilities requests.
      3. Responding to (or making appropriate disposition of) proposals or requests that arise from individuals or groups within the Department or from outside agencies

1. Faculty Action on matters listed in ¶ IV.B.2 of this document shall be regarded as binding on the Department Chair. Deliberate failure of the Department Chair to act in accordance with the expressed majority vote of the faculty, after reasonable efforts to secure faculty reconsideration of the action, could be grounds for initiating a vote of no confidence.
2. Faculty expressions (or inaction) on matters listed in ¶ IV.B.2 shall not be regarded as binding on the Department Chair, but the sense of the meeting and the points in discussion certainly will provide guidance for subsequent action, negotiation, revision, etc.
3. Informational matters in ¶ IV.B.3 ordinarily are the results of action taken by the Department Chair on the basis of judgment in accordance with established policies and prior input from several faculty sources. They usually reflect specific personnel and budget decisions that have been taken, which need to be known, but cannot be revised in the instant case.
4. Concerns about the Department Chair’s performance or decision-making should be communicated to the Department Chair directly or, alternatively, through members of the Faculty Advisory Committee for timely communication to the Department Chair.

1. The Associate Chair is appointed by the Department Chair in consultation with the Faculty Advisory Committee, subject to Faculty Confirmation.
2. The Associate Chair may not simultaneously hold the office of Department Chair, Director of Graduate Studies, Director of Undergraduate Studies, or Chair of the Faculty Review Committee, or be a member of the Faculty Advisory Committee.
3. The Associate Chair shall be appointed for a one-year term, and is eligible for reappointment, again subject to Faculty Confirmation.
4. Selection of the Associate Chair shall take place before August 1, except that a replacement shall be nominated and confirmed when the need arises.
5. The Associate Chair may be offered an individualized portfolio under the University’s Post tenure Effort Allocation Policy.
6. The Associate Chair should be compensated with summer pay or an administrative supplement for administrative work in accord with agreements on such compensation between the Dean of the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences and the Department Chair on the one hand, and between the Department Chair and the Associate Chair on the other hand.

1. The Associate Chair will serve as Acting Department Chair when the Department Chair is unavailable to carry out their duties.
2. The Associate Chair will work with the Department Chair and all Departmental committees in the governance of the Department and will serve as an ex-officio member of all Departmental committees described in this manual.
3. Other major assignments each year will be arranged in negotiations between the Department Chair and the Associate Chair and specified at the time of the nomination for faculty approval. In this respect, the duties will be conceived so as to maximize the Associate Chair’s interest in and talent to engage the various major administrative activities of the Department.

1. The Committee on Graduate Studies shall be chaired by a Director of Graduate Studies, appointed by the Department Chair in consultation with the Faculty Advisory Committee, subject to Faculty Confirmation.
2. The Director of Graduate Studies may not simultaneously hold the office of Department Chair, Associate Chair, Director of Undergraduate Studies, or Chair of the Faculty Review Committee, or be a member of the Faculty Advisory Committee.
3. The Director of Graduate Studies shall be appointed for a one-year term, and is eligible for re appointment, again subject to Faculty Confirmation.
4. Selection of the Director of Graduate Studies shall take place before August 1, except that a replacement shall be nominated and confirmed when the need arises. The term of office shall begin and end at the start of the fall semester.
5. After confirmation, the Director of Graduate Studies will appoint 3-4 additional faculty members to the Committee on Graduate Studies, in consultation with the Department Chair.

The Director of Graduate Studies, with the advice and assistance of the other members of the Committee on Graduate Studies, shall be responsible for recommendations to the Department Chair on the matters listed below; and for the carrying out of such functions related to these matters as are indicated in the following paragraphs or may be specified by the Department Chair.

1. Graduate curricula, course offerings, degree requirements, coordinated as necessary with the Director of Undergraduate Studies.
2. Form and content of brochures, Catalog copy, Graduate Student Handbook, and other materials describing graduate programs and degree requirements; drafting these materials, coordinating as necessary with the Director of Undergraduate Studies.
3. Policies and procedures related to the admission of graduate students, including nature and timing of follow-up contacts, orientation, etc.; supervising and coordinating the actual admissions, follow-up and orientation process, in accordance with established guidelines.
4. Policies and procedures pertaining to the evaluation of graduate student performance, the monitoring of student progress, the format of graduate student records; supervising the maintenance of graduate student records.
5. Guidelines for faculty and students regarding the participation of graduate students in the teaching, research, and service functions of the Department; drafting such guidelines, assuring adequate student input to proposed guidelines.
6. Policies regarding levels and patterns of graduate student support.
7. Oversight of assignment of individual students to various types and sources of financial support.
8. Guidelines concerning graduate student academic loads, student participation in interdisciplinary, inter-institutional, off-campus, or other special programs.
9. Policies and procedures related to the placement of graduate students; development of follow-up information on graduates, departure interviews, etc.
10. Appeals and petitions from graduate students for waiver of Departmental or University requirements.
11. Procedures for selection of graduate students as Department nominees for special awards or honors.
12. Oversight of the Graduate Program website.
13. For all graduate students in the Individualized Graduate Training Track, the Director of Graduate Studies serves in lieu of an Area Coordinator and the members of CGS serve as the oversight body in lieu of a Training Area. 

1. Meetings

   The Committee on Graduate Studies shall hold meetings as needed to fulfill its responsibilities at the call of the Director of Graduate Studies. The Director of Graduate Studies will serve as chair.

2. Reporting
   1. When appropriate, a summary report on major issues considered and recommendations developed should be sent to the Department Chair for distribution to the faculty, together with such comments as the Department Chair may deem appropriate.
   2. A report from the Committee on Graduate Studies shall be a fixed agenda item for each regular faculty meeting.
   3. A special faculty meeting devoted entirely to issues formulated by the Committee on Graduate Studies shall be called by the Department Chair at the request of the Director of Graduate Studies.
3. Coordination
   1. The Director of Graduate Studies shall consult with the Director of Undergraduate Studies before submitting to the Department Chair recommendations on matters of overlapping concern (e.g., faculty and graduate student teaching assignments, course offerings, and arrangements for faculty duties regarding student advising and research supervision).
   2. The Director of Graduate Studies shall be responsible for proposing procedures to assure timely and effective communication with graduate students, and for supervising the implementation of such procedures following their consideration by the Department Chair and the faculty.

1. The Committee on Undergraduate Studies shall be chaired by a Director of Undergraduate Studies, appointed by the Department Chair in consultation with the Faculty Advisory Committee, subject to Faculty Confirmation.
2. The Director of Undergraduate Studies may not simultaneously hold the office of Department Chair, Associate Chair, Director of Graduate Studies, or Chair of the Faculty Review Committee, or be a member of the Faculty Advisory Committee.
3. The Director of Undergraduate Studies shall be appointed for a one-year term, and is eligible for re-appointment, again subject to Faculty Confirmation.
4. Selection of the Director of Undergraduate Studies shall take place before August 1, except that a replacement shall be nominated and confirmed when the need arises. The term of office shall begin and end at the start of the fall semester.
5. After confirmation, the Director of Undergraduate Studies will appoint additional faculty members to the Committee on Undergraduate Studies, in consultation with the Department Chair.
6. The Committee on Undergraduate Studies will also include the Department’s 
   current Academic Advisor(s).

The Director of Undergraduate Studies, with the advice and assistance of the Committee on Undergraduate Studies, shall be responsible for recommendations to the Department Chair on the matters listed below; and for carrying out such functions related to these matters as are indicated in the following paragraphs or may be specified by the Department Chair.

1. Undergraduate curricula, course offerings, and degree requirements, coordinating recommendations as necessary with the Director of Graduate Studies.
2. Faculty teaching assignments in the undergraduate area, coordinated as necessary with the Director of Graduate Studies.
3. Form and content of materials describing undergraduate programs and degree requirements, coordinated with the Director of Graduate Studies.
4. Policies and procedures related to Departmental responsibilities for undergraduate advising, and duties of the Academic Coordinator.
5. Assignment of faculty members to serve as undergraduate advisors (Departmental, general, pre-professional, Honors); monitoring the conduct of advisory activities.
6. Establishment of policies and procedures for outcomes assessment of the undergraduate programs.
7. Serve as a liaison between the faculty and the Iowa Student Psychology Association and Psi Chi; recommendations regarding faculty advisors to the Iowa Student Psychology Association and Psi Chi.
8. Establishment and maintenance of files on the progress and performance of individual undergraduate majors.
9. Assembly and interpretation of actuarial data about undergraduate students, programs and functions; e.g., course enrollments, student backgrounds, numbers of degrees awarded, drop rates, grade distribution, etc.
10. Contacts with prospective undergraduates; responding to inquiries; managing the Department's participation in summer pre-registration for transfer and new freshmen; student orientation activities, etc.
11. Job placement and graduate school admission information for graduating majors, including collection and dissemination of such information.
12. Methods for improving the Department's undergraduate programs; for example, modification of facilities, acquisition of new equipment, more extensive application of computer technology, the establishment of alternative teaching patterns.
13. Honors in the Major Program; the identification of undergraduate majors to be recommended for special Departmental, Collegiate, University, or other awards.
14. Methods to develop better communication with our undergraduates

1. Meetings

   The Committee on Undergraduate Studies shall hold meetings as needed to fulfill its responsibilities at the call of the Director of Undergraduate Studies. The Director of Undergraduate Studies will serve as chair.

2. Reporting
   1. A summary report on major issues considered and recommendations developed should be sent to the Department Chair for distribution to the faculty, together with such comments as the Department Chair may deem appropriate.
   2. A report from the Committee on Undergraduate Studies shall be a fixed agenda item for each regular faculty meeting.
   3. A special faculty meeting devoted entirely to issues formulated by the Committee on Undergraduate Studies shall be called by the Department Chair at the request of the Director of Undergraduate Studies.
3. Coordination
   1. The Director of Undergraduate Studies shall consult with the Director of Graduate Studies before submitting to the Department Chair recommendations on matters of overlapping concern, e.g., faculty and graduate student teaching assignments, course offerings, arrangements for faculty duties re student advising and research supervision.
   2. The Director of Undergraduate Studies shall be responsible for proposing procedures to assure timely and effective communication with undergraduate students, and for supervising the implementation of such procedures following their consideration by the Department Chair and the faculty.

The Extended Faculty Advisory Committee is composed of the three members of the Faculty Advisory Committee, the Associate Chair, the Director of Graduate Studies, and the Director of Undergraduate Studies.

This committee serves as an executive committee to provide guidance and feedback to the Department Chair.

Meetings will occur regularly during the academic year, typically on the Tuesday before a regular faculty meeting and/or on the first Tuesday of each month. In addition, meetings can be called at any time by the Department Chair or by any member of the Committee. Other members of the faculty can be invited to participate in meetings of the Extended Faculty Advisory Committee as deemed appropriate.

1. The Faculty Review Committee shall be chaired by a full professor, appointed by the Department Chair in consultation with the Faculty Advisory Committee, subject to Faculty Confirmation.
2. The Chair of the Faculty Review Committee may not simultaneously hold the office of Department Chair, Associate Chair, Director of Graduate Studies, or Director of Undergraduate Studies.
3. The Chair of the Faculty Review Committee shall be appointed for a one-year term, and is eligible for re-appointment, again subject to Faculty Confirmation.
4. Selection of the Chair of the Faculty Review Committee shall take place before August 1, except that a replacement shall be nominated and confirmed when the need arises. The term of office shall begin and end at the start of the fall semester.
5. After confirmation, the Chair of the Faculty Review Committee will appoint two additional full professors to the Faculty Review Committee, in consultation with the Department Chair.

The Faculty Review Committee has the following duties: 

1. Oversee and perform annual, third-year, tenure, and promotion reviews of tenure-track faculty.
2. Oversee and perform post-tenure reviews of tenure-track faculty.
3. Collect information needed for Department Chair to perform annual reviews of clinical-track and instructional-track faculty.
4. Collect information needed for Department Chair to perform contract-renewal reviews of clinical-track and instructional-track faculty.
5. Oversee and perform promotion reviews for clinical-track and instructional-track faculty.
6. In consultation with the Department Chair, appoint a group of faculty to coordinate and perform classroom teaching observations.
7. Work with faculty to help them submit necessary documents in a timely fashion.
8. Work with application developer as needed to make necessary modifications to online review application.
9. Provide all necessary documents to the Department Chair in a timely manner so that the next stage in the review process (e.g., writing letter, submission of documents to College) can be completed.
10. Coordinate with the Department Chair to schedule faculty meetings to review faculty. 

Meetings will occur regularly during the academic year. In addition, meetings can be called at any time by the Department Chair or by any member of the Faculty Review Committee. Other members of the faculty can be invited to participate in meetings of the Faculty Review Committee as deemed appropriate.

1. A Training Area may only be established or dissolved after full consideration by the Regular Faculty and a super-majority vote at a faculty meeting.
2. A Research Group may be established or dissolved by any group of faculty within the Department and does not require approval by the faculty.

1. Membership in a Training Area
   1. There are two levels of membership in a given Training Area:
      1. Primary members: participate fully in all functions of the Training Area, including supervising graduate students, conducting student evaluations, attending Area meetings, and teaching Area-related courses at both the undergraduate and graduate level. Primary members have full voting rights with respect to actions and decisions made by the Area.
      2. Secondary members: participate in some but not all functions of the Training Area functions (e.g., they serve as members on graduate student committees and contribute to evaluations, but rarely act as advisor or mentor of graduate students in the Area). They do not have voting rights, but may participate fully in all Area discussions.
   2. Each tenure-track member of faculty is ordinarily a primary member of at least one Training Area. Membership in more than one Area, whether primary or secondary, is possible. A faculty member wishing either to change their Area or to join an additional Area, shall proceed as follows:
      1. Discuss the proposed change first with the Department Chair, then in a meeting involving the Department Chair and the Committee on Graduate Studies (this steps is necessary only in cases involving primary area membership).
      2. Submit to the Area to be joined a request for membership.
      3. If the request is approved by the present primary members of the Area to be joined, submit the proposed new arrangement to a majority vote of the tenure-track faculty.

2. Membership in a Research Group

   Research groups are informal collections of faculty and students with common research interests. As such, any faculty member or student can join (or leave) a given research group at any time. Faculty who are part of a given Research Group will be listed on the Research Group’s website, along with a description of their research interests.

3. Training Area Coordinators
   1. The Coordinator of each Training Area shall be appointed by the Department Chair on the recommendation of the members of that Area. Such appointments will be reported to the faculty before August 1, except that replacement appointments shall be reported as they may occur.
   2. At the time of reporting the appointment of a Training Area Coordinator, the Department Chair shall indicate the term of the appointment (ordinarily three years) and the conditions, if any, to be associated with the appointment.
   3. To be consistent with external bodies, the Coordinator of the Clinical Science Training Area may also use the title “Director of Clinical Training” in any correspondence and contacts with outside agencies and other training facilities.
   4. The Training Area Coordinator shall call and chair meetings of the Area and shall be generally responsible for assuring that the various duties of the Area are carried out in a timely and efficient manner. These duties include:
      1. Assemble Committee proposals and recommendations, see that they are coordinated with other Training Areas as appropriate, and forward them through proper channels.
      2. Coordinate recruiting contacts with prospective graduate students for the Area, in accordance with established policies and procedures.
      3. Assure that information on graduate student progress is submitted in a timely manner and proper form to the Director of Graduate Studies for incorporation in student files.
      4. Assure coordination with other Training Areas on matters of overlapping concern, e.g., course offerings, laboratory scheduling, student supervision.

1. Training Areas

   Each Training Area shall be responsible for recommendations to the Director of Graduate Studies or to the Director of Undergraduate Studies, as appropriate, on the matters listed below; and for the carrying out of such functions related to these matters as may be indicated in the following paragraphs or may be specified by the Director of Graduate Studies, the Director of Undergraduate Studies, or the Department Chair.

   1. Form and content of graduate training program(s) for the Area, including coursework, comprehensive exams, and other requirements.
   2. Selection of graduate students for the Area, in accordance with general and specific guidelines adopted by the faculty.
   3. Evaluation of and reporting on the progress and overall performance of graduate students in the Area; conduct of such evaluations in accordance with general policies established by the faculty.
   4. Advising of graduate students; arranging supervisory responsibilities; recommending particular training assignments; performance of advising functions.
   5. Establishment of effective mechanisms for student input into the development and continuing review of the Area Training Program(s).

2. Research Groups

   Research Groups shall be responsible for recommendations to the Committee on Graduate Studies for the admission of students who select the Individualized Graduate Training Track and whose interests fit with a given Research Group.

1. Meetings
   1. Training Areas shall have formal meetings to fulfill their responsibilities, as well as at the call of the Area Coordinator, acting independently or at the request of any Area member.
   2. Meetings may be called by the Area Coordinator at the request of the Director of Graduate Studies, Director of Undergraduate Studies, or the Department Chair if regular meetings of the Area faculty do not occur frequently enough to permit reasonably prompt responses to reasonable requests from these individuals for information or decisions which are essential to the orderly conduct of Departmental affairs and the effective discharge of collective responsibilities.

2. Reporting

   A recommendation or proposal from any Training Area or Research Group may become an agenda item for a faculty meeting. 

The Individualized Training Track exists as an alternative program for graduate study and, therefore, shares many features with a Training Area with the following notable differences:

1. The Individualized Training Track cannot be dissolved and membership is defined in terms of Committee on Graduate Studies, as provided in ¶ V.B.13.
2. When needed, the Director of Graduate Studies shall act as the Coordinator of the Individualized Training Track.
3. When needed, the members of the Committee on Graduate Studies shall act as the Area members.

A system of faculty mentoring is important for ensuring that assistant and associate professors receive the guidance they want and need.

The purpose of a faculty mentor is to serve as a resource to assist junior faculty in their development as scholars, mentors, teachers, and contributing members to the university community. It is understood that the needs of junior faculty for mentoring can change from year to year.

It is typically assumed that assistant professors will benefit the most from faculty mentors, but associate professors (especially during the first years post-tenure) may also benefit. For both groups of professors, however, there is an option to opt out of a formal mentoring relationship.

1. At the beginning of the academic year, the Department Chair will discuss with each junior faculty member (preferably during an in-person meeting) the most appropriate individuals to serve as faculty mentors.
2. Based on this discussion, the junior faculty member will suggest the names of individuals to serve as mentors. As many as three mentors can be assigned.
3. The junior faculty member can opt out of this system, if desired.
4. The Department Chair will contact the identified senior faculty members to seek their willingness to serve as mentors. Based on the responses received, the junior faculty member will be notified.
5. The Department Chair will maintain a record for each faculty mentor as to the names of assigned mentors and whether a junior faculty member has opted out of the system.
6. In subsequent years, it may be sufficient for the Department Chair to consult with the junior faculty member via email. However, senior mentors will be notified at the beginning of each academic year if they are to continue serving as a faculty mentor.

Faculty mentors will provide advice to junior faculty, when asked, about such topics as: 

1. Manuscripts and grant proposals;
2. Timing of professional activities;
3. Achieving proper balance between teaching and research;
4. Research directions;
5. Identification of possible research collaborators;
6. Classroom pedagogy;
7. Graduate and undergraduate student mentoring;
8. Managing personnel within the laboratory;
9. Overall progress toward tenure and promotion.