They should provide students with regularly scheduled office hours and procedures through which the student can schedule appointments. Individual Instructors You should begin by communicating with the faculty member involved. The Ombudsman is a full-time faculty member jointly selected by faculty and students to mediate cases of academic conflict. The Ombudsman is responsible to the Council of Students of Arts and Sciences and to the Faculty of Arts and Sciences. To find out the name of the Ombudsman, call 935.6800.
All faculty members hold positions in a particular department or program.
The department or program chair is the person to whom an individual faculty member is responsible. Serious complaints alleging breaches of a faculty member s responsibilities should be brought to the chair. Office of the Dean of the College of Arts and Sciences Because of their concern with the quality of the undergraduate curriculum and their role in advising undergraduate students, those in the Dean s Office are able to respond to many types of student complaints. The Dean of the Faculty is administratively responsible for the Faculty and the Departments and Programs of the College and Graduate Schools of Arts and Sciences. The faculty member is involved in several major roles, including those of teacher, scholar-researcher, and citizen in the university and in the community.