Administrator Resources
AY22-23: August 14, 2022 - May 13, 2023
AY23-24: August 13, 2023 - May 11, 2024
AY24-25: August 11, 2024 - May 10, 2025
AY25-26: August 10, 2025 - May 9, 2026
Deans' and Provost's Council
Deans' Council meets on the second Wednesday of every month, barring any holidays.
- Trent Sutton, Vice Provost and Dean of the Division of Exploratory Studies & Academic Success
- Bryan Uher, Vice Chancellor of Rural Workforce Education
- Cameron Carlson, Dean of the College of Business and Security Management
- Carl Bishop, Dean of the Community and Technical College
- William Schnabel, Dean of the College of Engineering and Mines
- Denise Thorsen, Associate Dean of the College of Engineering and Mines
- Bradley Moran, Dean of the College of Fisheries and Ocean Sciences
- Ana Aguilar-Islas, Associate Dean for Academic Programs of the College of Fisheries and Ocean Sciences
- Jennifer Reynolds, Associate Dean for Research of the College of Fisheries and Ocean Sciences
- Amy Vinlove, Dean of the School of Education
- Karsten Hueffer, Dean of the College of Natural Science and Mathematics
- Diane Wagner, Associate Dean of the College of Natural Science and Mathematics
- Teisha Simmons, Interim Dean of the College of Indigenous Studies
- Richard Collins, Director of the Graduate School
- Ellen Lopez, Dean of the College of Liberal Arts
- Carrie Baker, Associate Dean of the College of Liberal Arts
- Karen Jensen, Director of Libraries
- Jenn Pedersen, Executive Director of The Center for Teaching and Learning
Provost's Council meets on the fourth Wednesday of every month, barring any holidays.
- Trent Sutton, Vice Provost and the Dean of the Division of Exploratory Studies & Academic Success
- Cameron Carlson, Dean of the College of Business and Security Management
- Carl Bishop, Dean of the Community and Technical College
- William Schnabel, Dean of the College of Engineering and Mines
- Bradley Moran, Dean of the College of Fisheries and Ocean Sciences
- Amy Vinlove, Dean of the School of Education
- Karsten Hueffer, Dean of the College of Natural Science and Mathematics
- Teisha Simmons, Interim Dean of the College of Indigenous Studies
- Jodie Anderson, Director of the Institute of Agricultural Natural Resources and Extension
- Ginny Eckert, Director of the Alaska Sea Grant
- Richard Collins, Director of the Graduate School
- Ellen Lopez, Dean of the College of Liberal Arts
- Patrick Druckenmiller, Director of the University of Alaska Museum of The North
- Karen Jensen, Director of Libraries
- Chantelle McGinness, Director of Planning, Analysis and Institutional Research
- Jennifer Pedersen, executive Director for The Center of Teaching and Learning
- Hajo Eicken, Director of the International Arctic Research Center
- Diane O’Brien, Interim Director of the Institute of Arctic Biology
- Bob McCoy, Director of the Geophysical Institute
- Michelle Bartlett, Director of Summer Sessions Lifelong Learning
- Joanna Cruzan, Lead for the International Programs Specialist, International Student and Scholar Services
- Jeremy Kasper, Director of the Alaska Center for Energy and Power
- Jennifer Tilbury, Associate Vice Provost for Student Success
- Abel Bult-Ito, Faculty Senate President
- Leah Berman, Faculty Senate President-Elect
Additional Resources
CIS Initial Salary Placement (Word)
Provost's Office Policy for Faculty Hires (To Be Updated - Available Soon)
Job Request Forms - Working Drafts Documents - To Be Used as Drafts
The job request working draft document is to be used prior to submitting in DocuSign. The working draft will allow the initiator (PPA/Executive Officer) to work with the department head/chair or supervisor of the faculty position on the components of the job request forms. The final information is entered in the job request format in the DocuSign Powerform.
Please download the working draft document below:
- Academic Faculty Job Request Form Working Draft
- Research Faculty Job Request Form Working Draft
- Joint Appoint Faculty Job Request Form Working Draft
- CIS Faculty Job Request Form Working Draft
- CTC Faculty Job Request Form Working Draft
Signature Roles for the JRF DocuSign Powerforms:
There are signature roles that the JRF initiator must be aware of when filling out the DocuSign Powerform.
There are default signature roles that have been automatically filled out in the JRF DocuSign, and these are: Faculty Services Manager (for all JRFs), CTC Dean (for the CTC JRFs), CIS Acting Dean (for the CIS JRFs), Vice Chancellor roles (VCRNE-only for the CTC and CIS JRF, and VCR-only for the Research JRFs), and the Provost and Executive Vice Chancellor (for all JRFs).
The signature roles that the initiator must fill out each time they submit a JRF DocuSign Powerform are: Initiator (usually the PPA or the Executive Officer), department chair/program head, academic dean, director (for research), and campus director (for CIS JRFs), and executive officer (if different from the PPA).
Required Memos to be attached with the JRFs
For direct hire JRFs, please attach the memo request with the provost's approval of the direct hire. The memo can be uploaded in the JRF DocuSign.
For new faculty position JRFs, please attach the memo request with the provost's approval of the position. The memo can be uploaded in the JRF DocuSign.
Job Request Forms DocuSign Powerform Links:
For Faculty Services related questions, please contact Jen Hoppough at jahoppough@alaska.edu or at 907-474-7096.
MEMO: UNAC Faculty Time Off Guidelines
For Faculty Services related questions, please contact Jen Hoppough at jahoppough@alaska.edu or at 907-474-7096.
For Faculty180 questions please feel free to contact Victoria Dropps at vldropps@alaska.edu or Jen Hoppough at jahoppough@alaska.edu.
Promotion and/or Tenure Review
For Faculty Services related questions, please contact Jen Hoppough at jahoppough@alaska.edu or at 907-474-7096.
The Office of Planning, Analysis and Institutional Research oversees and coordinates the administration of eXplorance Blue Student Course Evaluations. For assistance, email inquiries can be sent to uaf-course-evals@alaska.edu.
Professional Boundaries With Respect To Immediate Family Members 51·çÁ÷¹ÙÍø Policy
The University Representative must work in consultation with their Supervisor/Dean/Director to develop a written plan that removes them from any responsibility or influence over the student (IMF), including but not limited to reassigning grade assignments to other qualified individuals. Such a plan must be documented using the form below:
For Faculty Services related inquiries, please contact Jen Hoppough at jahoppough@alaska.edu or at 907-474-7096.
For administrative assistance, please contact Sarah Thomas at uaf-provost@alaska.edu or smthomas14@alaska.edu or at 907-474-6634