About the Office of Faculty Affairs
The Office of Faculty Affairs is the administrative arm of Academic Affairs. It handles all process-oriented issues for the faculty, researchers, post-docs, and student officers. It is responsible for ensuring compliance with university statutes and with state and federal law.
Faculty Affairs provides support both for faculty and departmental administrators in administrative processes for faculty, officers of research and student officers.
Meet the Staff
Dionida X. Ryce
- Assistant Vice President of Academic Appointments and Professionalism
Key Responsibilities:
- Continuous improvement and change management initiatives
- Support on complex transactions, exceptions, difficult separations
- Communications management
- Conflict resolutions
- Compliance with policies, procedures and regulations of the University/affiliated organizations/external agencies
April Armstrong-Studivant
- Senior Director
Key Responsibilities:
- Tenure nominations, non-tenure review processes and tenure clock issues
- CUIMC COAP point of contact
- Trains CUIMC employees on the appointment and promotions process and advising departments and their chairs as to promotion/tenure processes and possible review issues.
- Assists in overseeing compliance with policies, procedures and regulations of the University/affiliated organizations/external agencies
- Manages approvals of OFA transactions
Gabriela Guzman
- Associate Director & Onboarding Specialist
Key Responsibilities:
- Management of the faculty onboarding process
- FOM COAP meetings
- NYPH appointments/RFAs
- Reciprocal Appointments with Weill Cornell
- Trains CUIMC employees on the RFA process and FOM appointment and promotion process.
- Joint/interdisciplinary appointments
Azeez Karim
- Information Systems Manager
Key Responsibilities:
- Data integrity and verification
- Annual roster process
- Performs data analyses and report generation
- Postdoctoral Fellow Certificates of Training
- RAPS/ASR Support
Daniel Shin
- Operations Manager
Key Responsibilities:
- Contribute to the development, communication and implementation of policies and procedures necessary for the optimal performance of the Faculty Affairs operations and provide recommendation to OFA leadership on performance improvements for operational efficiency
- Manage Short-Term Visitor and Visiting Student Intern Registration Process
- Manage Academic Employment Verification Process
- Organize and coordinate quarterly OFA Forums
- Organize and manage OFA training sessions for departments
Evelyn Salvado
- Lead Senior FA Client Manager
Key Responsibilities:
- Ensure faculty personnel transactions including new hires, title changes, pay adjustments, leaves of absence, and terminations are processed efficiently and accurately.
- Advisors to department FA administrators on CUIMC and University policies and processes related to faculty transactions
Christopher Watson
- Senior FA Client Manager
Key Responsibilities:
- Ensure faculty personnel transactions including new hires, title changes, pay adjustments, leaves of absence, and terminations are processed efficiently and accurately.
- Advisors to department FA administrators on CUIMC and University policies and processes related to faculty transactions
Dominique Lochard
- Senior FA Client Manager
Key Responsibilities:
- Ensure faculty personnel transactions including new hires, title changes, pay adjustments, leaves of absence, and terminations are processed efficiently and accurately.
- Advisors to department FA administrators on CUIMC and University policies and processes related to faculty transactions