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AFFIRMATIVE ACTION OFFICERS

A school faculty affirmative action officer is appointed by the dean or director of each school or unit with regular faculty and serves as a member of The University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB) Affirmative Action Officers Committee.  The committee is chaired by the UAB Faculty Affirmative Action Officer and meets regularly during each academic year. 

The duties and responsibilities of affirmative action officers include the following:

  1. Collect and maintain information on faculty vacancies, tenure decisions and promotions in the school or unit.
  2. Serve as a non-voting member of each faculty recruitment, tenure and promotion committee in the school or unit.
  3. Maintain a database of journals and publications read by minorities and women in each subject area of the school or unit.
  4. Review all advertisements for faculty vacancies before they are published.
  5. Serve as a resource for faculty recruiting for the dean or director and department chairs in the school or unit.
  6. Provide an annual report on recruiting activities in the school or unit to the dean or director and to the UAB Affirmative Action Officer.
  7. Certify that all recruitment policies and procedures have been followed for each recruitment activity by signing the Faculty Recruitment Experience Report.

2007-2008 Affirmative Action Officers

Arts and Humanities   Dr. Lila Miranda Graves   Associate Professor, Arts and Humanities
Business Dr. Eric P. Jack Assistant Professor, Business
Dentistry   Dr. Madelyn Coar Associate Professor, Endodontics/Dental Director of Diversity
  Ms. Ginger Hattaway  Manager, Financial Operations
Education    Dr. Mona Eason  Associate Dean, Education
Engineering  Dr. Derrick R. Dean  Associate Professor, Engineering
  Dr. Virginia Sisiopiku   Associate Professor, Engineering
Health Professions  Dr. Donna J. Slovensky Professor, B.S. in Health Sciences
Lister Hill Library   Mr. Michael Fitts

Instructor/Assistant Director, Access and Document Delivery Systems
Medicine   Dr. Kathleen Nelson Professor/Associate Dean, General Pediatrics
Mervyn Sterne Library   Ms. Delores Carlito Senior Assistant Librarian for Instruction and Outreach
Natural Sciences & Mathematics   Dr. Charles Watkins  Associate Dean/Professor, Chemistry
Nursing   Dr. Karen M. Meneses Professor/Associate Dean, Nursing
  Ms. Karen Buckner  Director of Operations
Optometry  Dr. Janene R. Sims  Assistant Professor, Optometry
  Ms. Myrtle P. Rutledge Business Officer
Public Health Dr. Janet M. Bronstein Professor, Public Health
  Dr. Melissa M. Galvin    Associate Professor, Public Health
Social & Behavioral Sciences Dr. Kathryn Morgan  Associate Professor, Justice Sciences
Student Affairs  Mr. Michael Raczynski Assistant Vice President, Student Affairs

UAB Office for Equity and Diversity
The University of Alabama at Birmingham
401 Campbell Hall
1300 University Boulevard
Mailing Address: 1530 3rd Avenue So.
Birmingham, AL 35294-1170
Phone: (205) 934-8762   ●   Fax: (205) 934-1650

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