Faculty Athletics Committee

Charge:

  • Provide periodic advice and counsel to university leaders on issues related to college athletics
  • Assist with designing and refining policies at the intersection of academic and athletic concerns
  • Assist with establishment of policies and guidelines to facilitate student-athlete recruitment and integration into the university community
  • Monitor and review trends in student-athlete academic issues (i.e., majors, course clustering, graduation rates, retention, faculty advisors)
  • Assess services linked to academic issues that are provided to student-athletes (i.e. tutoring program, mental health and wellness)

2020-2021 Committee Members

 

Tracey George (chair), faculty athletics representative, Charles B. Cox III and Lucy D. Cox Family Chair in Law and Liberty

Candice Storey Lee, vice chancellor for athletics and university affairs and athletic director

Elizabeth Christin Essin, associate professor of theatre

Nicole Cobb, associate professor of the practice of human & organizational development

Juan Floyd-Thomas, research associate professor of African American religious history

Pamela Jeffries, Dean and Valere Potter Distinguished Chair in Nursing

Julie Johnson, professor of the practice of computer science

Bunmi Olatunji, associate provost for graduate education and Gertrude Conaway Vanderbilt Professor of Psychology

Ransford Pinto, lecturer of leadership, policy, and organizations

Paige Skiba, professor of law (on leave in fall 2022)

Gilman Whiting, associate professor of African American and diaspora studies

Alan Wiseman, Cornelius Vanderbilt Chair in Political Science