SFOS Faculty of the Future Committee Report

1. SFOS Faculty of the FutureCommittee Report To the SFOS Faculty Faculty ‘Conclave’, Fairbanks 21 August 2005

2. Committee Members Milo Adkison Rolf Gradinger Nicola Hillgruber Brenda Konar Joe Margraf Alex deOliveira Tom Weingartner Matt Wooller Kate Wynne, Chair With support from Christina Neumann and other SFOS staff

3. Committee Charge …. identify the next tenure-track faculty positions needed to be hired in SFOS from a strictly ACADEMIC perspective

4. Sounds simple enough BUT….

5. Verges on Strategic Planning !

6. Points to Consider, Issues to Discuss …together

7. How do we view the role of SFOS and UAF ? • Is it primarily (or solely) academic? • Is it Tripartite, where the ratio of teaching, research, and extension varies by faculty? • What makes us unique? What distinguishes SFOS from any other schools? • How do SFOS academic activities in dispersed ‘centers’ (Fairbanks, Juneau, Kodiak, Seward) fit in the vision? Can they be better integrated and mutually supporting/supportive- how??

8. Given limited # hires in near future, do we prioritize • re-building programs “in crisis”? • preventing strong programs from faltering ? • sustaining graduate programs in Oceanography, Marine Biology, Fisheries, Seafood Science? • enhancing undergraduate program (↑ $ from enrollment)? • sustaining / enhancing research programs (↑ $ from Indirect Cost Recovery)?

9. What constitutes a viable academic program in Oceanography, Marine Biology, Fisheries, Seafood Science? • Critical mass (n) of faculty in each? if so, n =? • Critical expertise (throughout school or in geographic centers) that can teach core courses in each? If so, don’t we first need to ID those courses?

10. Where are our expertise needs now and in near future (next 5 yrs)? • Are broad areas of expertise needed by multiple SFOS disciplines? • Does that expertise already exist within SFOS, UAF, or UA system? • If so, can it be accessed and utilizied more efficiently? • joint appointments? • team-teaching and short courses? • improved distance delivery? • short-term travel by faculty to other SFOS sites for team-teaching or short courses? • How do we get funding needed for additional travel, IT improvement, etc?

11. Committee Approach

12. Identify emerging trends and needs (ADFG, NOAA, NSF, Ocean Commission); trends in hiring across campus • Solicit input re: priorities from our respective ‘units’ • Identify those needs that cross-cut unit boundaries within school • Identify needs specific to JUN and FBX • Discuss SFOS academic strengths and challenges • Review past and current student enrollment; existing faculty, their expertise and attrition

13. SFOS Faculty by Division Unofficial, as of Spring 2005 Tenure TrackNon-Tenure track 13 Oceanography 1 12 Fisheries ? 7 Marine Biology 8 5 Seafood Science 0 10 Marine Extension 3 SFOS has lost 7 tenure-track faculty in past year (3 Fisheries, 2 Oceanography, 2 Marine Biol)

14. Total MS PhD Oceanography 21 7 14 Marine Biology 41 30 11 Fisheries 74 54 20 Interdisciplinary 9 6 3 SFOS Grad Students by Discipline Unofficial, as of Spring 2005

15. SFOS Strengths = Challenges Faculty Diversity Faculty Dispersal

16. Faculty of Future ?? or Faculty of Attrition ??

17. General recommendations

18. 1. Encourage faculty integration • consider SFOS to have a multi-discipline academic program: Oceanography, Marine Biology, Fisheries, Seafood Science are each important disciplines and should be supported • replace critical expertise lost within programs, but consider site-specific needs also • encourage cross-discipline integration and application of expertise found within centers and units • seek expertise (hire faculty) to meet overlapping needs of multiple disciplines whenever possible • consider dissolving academic barriers between GPMSL/Fisheries and IMS/JCOF/FITC/MAP/ASLC/GURU

19. 2.Improve access to faculty in all locations and divisions • Encourage more efficient and effective use of existing faculty when possible • improve distance delivery • encourage team-teaching and short-courses • facilitate inter-campus travel by faculty and students, etc. • seek joint appointments collaboration on campus(es) for ‘outside’ expertise NOTE: integrating geographically-dispersed faculty and labs will require increased $$ support ***

20. Oceanography Marine Biology plant vert invert Fisheries fresh marine Seafood Sci. Extension Phys. Ecol. SustHarvest. Ecology Sea Grant Geol. Mgt. Processing FITC Pop Dynamics Chem. SeafoodQuality biochem molec Biol toxicologist MAP Physiology Marketing Biol. Fish. Policy One revisionist’s visualization Better integration of faculty expertise among academic disciplines biochem molec Biol toxicologist biochem molec Biol toxicologist biochem molec Biol toxicologist

21. Specific recommendations

22. 12 Hires needed merely for SURVIVAL • Address acute and chronic losses to SFOS academic programs ONLY • We need more faculty for GROWTH • to address emerging trends and meet state-wide mandates/objectives • and $ for facilities (lab and office space) to support them NOTE: a new “Faculty of the Future” committee should be convened to address faculty hiring needs for GROWTH

23. HIRES NEEDEDTO SUSTAIN EXISTING SFOS ACADEMIC PROGRAMS(not in preferential order, * indicate replacement of lost faculty) ExpertiseLocationAcad Program Biometrician/PopDy ecol (* Fagen) JUN Fisheries Nearshore ecol (* Highsmith) FBX Marine Biol Invertebrate/benthic ecol (*Shirley) JUN Fisheries Marine mammal ecologist (* MikeC) FBX Marine Biol Chemical Oceanographer (*Henrichs) FBX Oceanography Geological Oceanographer (*Naidu) FBX Oceanography Microbiologist (* Plumley) FBX Oceanogr/MarBiol Physiological ecologist (incl fish) FBX Marine Biol/Fish Biological Oceanographer FBX Oceanogr/MarBiol Freshwater limnologist (habitat) FBX Fisheries Freshwater Ecology/Fish Pops FBX Fisheries Marine Biometrician FBX Marine Biol

24. The concept

25. Freshwater Ecologist Invertebrate Benthic Ecologist Marine Mammal Ecologist Physiological Ecologist Nearshore Ecologist Chemical Oceanogr. Microbiologist Expertise Fairbanks Juneau Location Fluvial Geomorph Remote Sensing Stable Isotopes GIS Modeling Tools Biostatistics* Genomics* Bioacoustics Marine Biology Field Course Chemical Oceanography Undergrad Fisheries Teaching Statistics

26. Freshwater Ecologist Chemical Oceanogr. Invertebrate Benthic Ecologist Marine Mammal Ecologist Nearshore Ecologist Microbiologist Physiological Ecologist Expertise Fairbanks Juneau Location Fluvial Geomorph Remote Sensing Stable Isotopes GIS Modeling Tools Biostatistics* Genomics* Bioacoustics Marine Biology Field Course Chemical Oceanography Undergrad Fisheries Teaching Statistics

27. Invertebrate Benthic Ecologist Chemical Oceanogr. Marine Mammal Ecologist Nearshore Ecologist Physiological Ecologist Freshwater Ecologist Microbiologist Expertise Fairbanks Juneau Location Fluvial Geomorph Remote Sensing Stable Isotopes GIS Modeling Tools Biostatistics* Genomics* Bioacoustics Marine Biology Field Course Chemical Oceanography Undergrad Fisheries Teaching Statistics

28. SFOS is unique Faculty within a single school serve research, academic, and extension functions that facilitate understanding of high latitude marine organisms, their habitat, environment, and sustained utilization.

29. SFOS is unique serve research, academic, and extension functions that facilitate understanding of high latitude marine organisms, their habitat, environment, and sustained utilization. Faculty within a single school Embrace it. Share it.