Teaching Resource Allocation Committee (TRAC)

TRAC advises the Provost on the allocation of continuing faculty (TE/MYRN) positions. As continuing faculty retire or vacate their positions, in most cases the vacated positions return to a college-wide pool for potential allocation. In the annual allocation process, departments submit requests for positions, and the Committee makes recommendations to the Provost regarding the prioritization of these requests.
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Membership

Voting members comprise the five Deans, three at-large faculty serving staggered 3-year terms, and one faculty appointed annually from APC

Sean Linfors, Associate Professor, Department of Music Education, School of Music, Theatre, and Dance (at-large faculty, term expires 2025, at which time Wendy Dann resumes her seat expiring 2026)

Alison Shields, Associate Professor, Department of Marketing, School of Business (at-large faculty, term expires 2025)

Jerome Fung, Associate Professor, Department of Physics and Astronomy, School of Humanities and Science (at-large faculty, term expires 2027)

Brad Lewter, Assistant Professor, Department of Media Arts, Sciences and Studies, Park School of Communications, (APC representative determined annually)

Christina Moylan, Dean, School of Health Sciences and Human Performance

Steve TenEyck, Interim Dean, School of Music, Theatre, and Dance

Claire Gleitman, Dean, School of Humanities and Sciences

Michael Johnson-Cramer, Dean, School of Business

Amy Falkner, Dean, Park School of Communications

Claire Borch, Director, Office of Analytics and Institutional Research (non-voting member)

Brendan Murday, Associate Provost for Faculty Affairs (non-voting member)

Requesting Continuing Faculty Positions

Please use the TRAC Position Request form (available here; the TRAC dashboard is updated each year around mid-November, and the Student:Faculty Ratio Dashboard is updated shortly after conclusion of the Fall semester) via Dean’s offices at the applicable time of year) when seeking approval for a continuing (TE or MYRN) position to search in the following academic year and start date in the year after that.  Requests to search in 2025-26 for faculty who would start in summer/fall 2026 are due to Dean's offices by Feb 1st 2025.  There are two circumstances where submission of this form is not required in order to be approved for a continuing faculty position: 

  • If a tenure-eligible faculty member is unsuccessful in applying for tenure, the department will retain the line without needing approval through TRAC.
  • If a department fills a TE position with a faculty member who was already in an MYRN appointment, the department will retain the MYRN line without needing approval through TRAC.