Dear UC Merced colleagues,
We invite you to join us for a Senate faculty-only forum of our new UC Merced Faculty Association (UCMFA) on Wednesday, May 3rd from 12 pm to 1 pm via Zoom.
Please register to have a calendar invite sent to you with a Zoom link. You can register here: https://forms.gle/ez3mZjH7i6eewzAo7
At the forum, we will introduce our Association and ask you to share what major issues are currently impacting you as a faculty member. For example, are you concerned about:
● Faculty workload implications of reduced TA and Unit18 appointments?
● Research grant financial reporting or a lack of funding for your grants’ GSR / Postdoc compensation?
● Preserving and strengthening shared governance?
The forum is a chance to come together and find common ground around how to improve our lives together. And it’s an opportunity to discuss how our Association can support and complement the Academic Senate to advance our shared interests. We’ll also announce how you can become a member.
We look forward to seeing you at the forum.
Best regards,
UC Merced Faculty Association Board and Steering Committee:
Charlie Eaton, UCMFA Chair, Associate Professor of Sociology
Maria-Elena Young, UCMFA Treasurer, Assistant Professor of Public Health
Sapana Doshi, UCMFA Secretary, Associate Professor of History and Critical Race and Ethnic Studies
Lindsay Crawford, UCMFA Board Member, Assistant Professor of Public Health
Erik Menke, UCMFA Board Member, Associate Professor of Chemistry
Dan Hicks, UCMFA Steering Committee, Assistant Professor of Philosophy and CIS
David Kaminsky, UCMFA Steering Committee, Professor of Music and Dance
Sean Malloy, UCMFA Steering Committee, Professor of History and Critical Race and Ethnic Studies
Kit Myers, UMCFA Steering Committee, Assistant Professor of Critical Race and Ethnic Studies
Whitney Pirtle, UMCFA Steering Committee, Associate Professor of Sociology
Ma Vang, UMCFA Steering Committee, Associate Professor of History and Critical Race and Ethnic Studies
Lisa Yeo, UMCFA Steering Committee, Assistant Professor of Management of Complex Systems
