Council of Faculty Affairs Deans

The Michigan State University Council of Faculty Affairs Deans (COFAD) provides a cross-campus and inclusive forum for Assistant and Associate Deans and others working in the areas of academic human resources and faculty development. The Council espouses the values set out by the MSU Deans in their October 2019 document which reads at its beginning: “The academic leadership of MSU aspires to foster a campus culture where all individuals can do their best work. Critical to this goal is that the institution’s leaders demonstrate — intentionally, through our practices, policies, and interactions with one another – a commitment to establishing and nurturing a culture that is caring, open, trusting, and safe.”

It is in this spirit that COFAD is committed to take a leadership role to “establish and nurture” a caring, equitable, inclusive, and diverse culture by sharing information and ideas and by developing, implementing, and assessing best practices to advance faculty and academic staff. To do so, we work with faculty governance structures, deans of our respective units, and the Office of the Associate Provost and Associate Vice President of Academic Human Resources on the behalf of MSU’s faculty and academic staff. COFAD meetings monthly during the academic year, and elects its own chairperson or co-chairpersons, who serve as the Council’s main contact. Co-chairpersons are Theresia Hagelberger and Scott Loveridge.

Council of Faculty Affairs Deans include:

Agriculture and Natural Resources, Ayodele Dare
Agriculture and Natural Resources, Quentin Tyler
Agriculture and Natural Resources, Scott Loveridge
Arts & Letters, Sonja Fritzche
Broad College of Business, Chris Hogan
Communication Arts & Sciences, Teresia Hagelberge
Education, Matthew Koehler
Engineering, Thomas Voice
Engineering, Tamara Bush
Faculty and Academic Staff Affairs, Melissa Sortman
Faculty and Academic Staff Affairs, Jennie Schaeffer
Faculty and Academic Staff Affairs, Ann Austin 
Faculty and Academic Staff Development, Marilyn Amey
Graduate School, Kirsten Tollefson
Health Sciences, Melanie Trowbridge
Human Medicine, Barbara Forney
Human Medicine, Narayanan Parameswaran
International Studies and Programs, Ashley Green
James Madison, Linda Racioppi
Law, Michael Sant'Ambrogio
Libraries, Arlene Weismantel
Lyman Briggs, Ryan Sweeder 
Medicine, Sarah Kovach 
Music, Derrick Fox
Natural Sciences, Cori Fata-Hartley 
Natural Sciences, Gemma Reguera 
Nursing, Leigh Small 
Outreach and Engagement, Laurie Van Egeren 
Social Science, Carl Davidson 
Undergrad Education, Amy Martin 
Undergraduate Education, Michele Burton 
Veterinary Medicine, Suzanne Lang