Sept. 30, 2023, 9am-1pm CT, on Zoom (link sent separately)
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Fall 2023 Meeting. The Zoom meeting is open to AAUP members and other academic freedom, tenure, and shared governance enthusiasts. We invite members of the Texas Council of Faculty Senates (TCFS) to join us. At the TCFS Fall Meeting, AAUP members and guests presented panels on academic freedom and tenure as well as DEI. Texas AAUP encourages all members to participate in shared governance on their campuses, esp. running for Faculty Senate and attending Faculty Senate meetings.

Disclaimer. All presenters are speaking for themselves as private individuals. They are not speaking on behalf of any institution of higher education.

Agenda

9:00am-9:05am  Welcome

9:05am-9:15am Legislative Advocacy, Brian Evans, Interim President, Texas AAUP

9:15am-10:00am Panel on Academic Freedom & Tenure

• Moderator: Brian Evans, Past President, UT Austin AAUP Chapter, and Interim President, Texas AAUP; he/him. New Tenure Law slides.
• Antonio Ingram, Asst. Counsel, NAACP Legal Defense Fund; he/him
• Teresa Klein, Assoc. Professor of Psychology and AAUP Chapter President, Del Mar College; VP South Texas, Texas AAUP; she/her
• Lynn Tatum, Senior Lecturer, Honors College, Baylor University, and Chair Academic Freedom Committee & Treasurer, Texas AAUP; he/him

10:00am-10:05am Break

10:05am-10:50am  Panel on Diversity, Equity & Inclusion

• Moderator: Teresa Klein, Assoc. Prof. of Psychology and AAUP Chapter President, Del Mar College; VP South Texas, Texas AAUP; she/her
• Antonio Ingram, Asst. Counsel, NAACP Legal Defense Fund;  he/him
• Polly Strong, Professor, Anthropology, and AAUP Chapter President, UT Austin

10:50am-11:00am AAUP Survey of Faculty in Florida, Georgia, North Carolina, and Texas, Brian Evans, Interim President, Texas AAUP. Slides.

11:00am-11:05am  Break.

11:05am-12:15pm  Campus Reports. Informal updates by AAUP members about what’s happening on their campuses.

12:15pm-12:20pm  Break

12:20pm-12:30pm  Organizing – Shawn Fields, AAUP Western Organizer.

12:30pm-12:40pm  Organizing – Eli Melendrez, Texas AFT. Slides.

12:40pm-12:50pm Deepening Connections with Texas AFT – Brian Evans, Interim President, Texas AAUP

12:50pm Approval of minutes from the Spring 2023 meeting.

12:50pm-1:00pm Planning for Spring 2024 Elections. Contact the Nominations Committee if interested in running for an officer position.  All 12 officer positions will be up for election, and each position has a two-year term beginning June 1st. Nominations Committee members:

• Jim Klein (chair), jeklein20@gmail.com
• Ann McGlashan, annmcGlashan56@gmail.com
• Tony Villanueva, tvmc98@yahoo.com