Ernest Morrell

Biography

Faculty Recruitment, Appointments, and Departmental Coordination

• Approve recruitment ads for departments in the Humanities
• In consultation with the search committees, approve short list for on-campus visits
• Interview all junior faculty candidates in the Humanities (American Studies, Classics, East Asian Languages and Literature, English, History, Philosophy, Program of Liberal Studies, and Theology).
• Review terms and author letters of offer in the Humanities.
• In consultation with the Dean and the department chairpersons, review recruitment of women, minority, and mission faculty candidates.
• Administer appointment process and materials in Humanities departments for the following:
  - Endowed chairs (including the organization of endowed chair committees)
  - Preliminary screening of promotion packets in the Humanities
  - Junior faculty
  - Visitor and adjunct faculty
  - Approve budget allocations for non-regular faculty appointments and salaries
• Administer faculty leaves within the Division of Humanities.
• Administer salary appeals within the Division of Humanities.
• Review and coordinate non-Regular teaching within the Division of Humanities
• Discuss retirement options with faculty in the Division of Humanities.
• Participate in departmental and program reviews in the Division of Humanities.
• Prepare mid-term reviews of chairpersons within the Division of Humanities
• In consultation with the departments, prepare for the Dean a list of external reviewers of departments in the Humanities.

Program Supervision

• Center for the Study of the Philosophy of Religion
• Cushwa Center for the Study of American Catholicism
• Devers Program in Dante Studies
• Medieval Institute

Graduate Studies in the Humanities

• Supervise graduate programs within the Division of Humanities, including the Ph.D. in Literature, the Medieval Institute and the History and Philosophy of Science program.
• Compile annual metrics for graduate studies in the Humanities.

Direct Reports

• Sr. Administrative Assistant
• Director, Medieval Institute
• Director, Center for Philosophy of Religion
• Director, Cushwa Center for the Study of American Catholicism
• Director, Maritain Center

Committee Assignments

• Arts and Letters Advisory Committee on Women in Arts and Letters (Chair)
• Arts and Letters College Council
• Arts and Letters Deans and Chairpersons
• Arts and Letters Executive Committee
• Arts and Letters Faculty Search Request Review Committee
• Arts and Letters Space Committee
• Humanities Space Committee (Chair)
• Pre-screening Committee for Non-Obligatory Promotions

Liaison Relationships

• Office of General Counsel
• Office of Academic Mission Support
• Office of Institutional Equity
• Human Resources
• Graduate School
• Office of the Provost
• University Libraries
• Arts and Letters Nominating and Elections Committee