Affirmative Action in Faculty Employment Committee – Annual Report – 2024-2025

Members:

Name	Rank	Department	Div	E/A	Term Ends
Crystasany Turner	FAC	Teaching and Learning	PR	E	2027
Rina Ghose	FAC	Geography	SS	E	2026
Aaron Mandell 1	FAC	Accounting	PR	E	2026
Monna Arvinen-Barrow 2, Chair	FAC	Rehabilitation Sciences & Technology	PR	E	2025
< >	FAC	(UC Rep)		A	2025
Canan Bilen-Green	Vice Provost	Academic Affairs (Provost Rep)	x-o	o	2025
Jamie Cimpl-Wiemer	Director	Equity/Diversity Services	x-o	o	2025

Charter:

A1.35  Affirmative Action in Faculty Employment Committee

1. Membership.  Seven members as follows: four Faculty members elected; one member of the University Committee appointed by the University Committee; and ex-officio, the Provost and the Director of the UWM Offices of Equity and Diversity Services (EDS).
2. Functions.
   1. To review data provided by the Office of Equity/Diversity Services on faculty recruitment, promotion, and termination annually as it relates to compliance with Affirmative Action.
   2. Informed by the reviewed data, to create an annual report of appropriate recommendations/actions/policies where relevant.
   3. To submit and present the annual report to the University Committee, Faculty Senate, and Office of Equity/Diversity Services.
   4. Informed by the reviewed data, to conduct reviews into various UWM Faculty employment related processes, including hiring, promotion, mentoring, grievance, and retention when appropriate.

Meetings:

1. In total, AAFEC met five (5 times) during the 2024-25 academic year (Sept, Nov, Dec, Jan, Feb).
2. During the first meeting for 2024-25 academic year, the committee continued to work on the goals set during 2023-24 academic year. It was agreed that the committee would work on two main goals over the academic year:
   1. Creating an Evaluation Framework rubric
   2. Creating an AAFEC Annual Report Template
3. Committee continued to work on the above goals during Nov, Dec, and January meetings (drafts available upon request from the 2024-25 chair, Monna Arvinen-Barrow (arvinenb@uwm.edu)
4. Following President Trump’s revocation of EO11246, and after consulting with the University Legal, the committee had its last meeting in February where they:
   1. Made modification suggestions to the committee’s name and functions.
   2. Suggested modifications were approved by the committee (3-0-0; Ghose, Mandell).
   3. Suggested modifications will be submitted to faculty governance for approval following further guidance from UW-system/UWM on Affirmative Action. (3-0-0; Mandell, Ghose).
5. Draft name and functions document available upon request from the 2024-25 chair, Monna Arvinen-Barrow (arvinenb@uwm.edu)