About the Council
The College of Social and Behavioral Science Staff Council is an Ad Hoc committee which advises the Dean on all staff matters. We will be focusing on staff concerns, staff development and retention and the staff role within the college.
The Council acts in an advisory capacity to the Dean. As such, the Council takes actions which are necessary to accomplish the following objectives. Responsibilities include:
- Providing a forum for communication, soliciting and distributing information among staff, and between staff and College administration, concerning plans, programs, and issues affecting staff.
- Representing staff when issues are considered by the College and the University.
- Representing staff on committees, planning groups, and task forces, and in the community.
- Considering, studying, and making recommendations to the Dean regarding procedures, policies, and other general issues and concerns.
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Council Members
Kim Peterson, Chair, Environmental & Sustainability Studies
Ashley Johnson, Family & Consumer Studies
Brittany Kiser, Anthropology
Christine Gore, Office of Research Administraion
Dennis Laros, Psychology
Lisa Clayton, Geography
Nikole Widdison, Computing
Stacy Morris, Student Success Center
Valerie Smith, Student Success Center
Aleta Tew, Tanner Center for Human Rights
Andrew DeQuiroz, Marketing & Communications
Madeline Elliott, Political Science
Natalie Richards-Gebbia, Aerospace Studies
Council Makeup
- Minimum of 9 Members, Maximum of 15
- Appointed by peers (See Election Process below)
- All members must be current CSBS employees at 0.75 FTE or greater.
Service Terms
- Two (2) year term with no maximum term limit
- Maximum of two (2) terms may be served consecutively
- Members must be re-nominated in order to serve subsequent term
The election process is as follows:
- Call for nominations via email by the end of May
- Nomination Period is three weeks and individuals may nominate up to 3 candidates.
- Nominating staff consists of all full-time and permanent part-time employees at or above 0.50 FTE
- Nominees must be 0.75 FTE or greater
- All nominations will be collected and assessed for eligibility by the current Secretary and Co-Chairs.
- A list of Nominees will be provided to all staff over .50 FTE for votes.
- A minimum of three (3) individuals who received the greatest number of votes from their peers will be brought to the Dean or their designee for approval.
- The staff council co-chairs will send joint letters of appointment to the selected individuals, and upon acceptance by the nominee, send a copy to the staff member’s immediate supervisor(s) for final approval.
- New members are expected to attend the first regular Staff Council meeting after their appointment.
Resources
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Staff Trainings & Policies
Policy 1-021: Abusive Conduct - Regulations Library - The University of Utah
Human Resource Managment (utah.edu)
Dealing-with-Disruptive-and-Threatening-Behavior.pdf (utah.edu)
Policy 5-203: Staff Employee Grievances - Regulations Library - The University of Utah
Staff Grievances - Human Resource Managment (utah.edu)
Workplace Accommodations - Human Resource Managment (utah.edu)
Medical Leaves of Absence – Benefits (utah.edu)
University of Utah - Human Resources
Code of Conduct for Staff and an Ethical Standards & Code of Conduct policies – how are they the same/different?
Policy 5-205: Code of Conduct for Staff - Regulations Library - The University of Utah
University of Utah - Human Resources and there is also a reporting page found there: secure.ethicspoint.com