Faculty Associates

The Faculty Associates Program enables faculty members to focus their attention and talents on areas of priority for the university and Academic Affairs while providing leadership and support to their colleagues.

Faculty Associate for AALANA Faculty

Mindy Magyar

My goals are to identify data-driven strategies and actions that (1) allow our AALANA faculty to achieve tenure and promotion; (2) create an environment that allows AALANA faculty to succeed and thrive in the RIT community; (3) remove barriers and concerns that are relevant to AALANA faculty.

Mindy Magyar
Associate Professor
School of Design
College of Art and Design
585-475-6396

Faculty Associate for Women

Malarvizhi Hirudayaraj
Malarvizhi Hirudayaraj
Associate Professor
Department of Management
Saunders College of Business
585-475-7104

Faculty Associate for Non-Tenure Track Faculty

Heidi Nickisher
Heidi Nickisher
Principal Lecturer
School of Art
College of Art and Design
585-475-4996

Faculty Associate for General Education

Elizabeth Hane

To foster a culture of continuous improvement in the general education experiences of RIT students; to support advisors and students as they navigate the general education curriculum; and to communicate the life-long importance of the skills (e.g. communication, critical thinking, ethical reasoning, etc.) developed as part of RIT’s general education curriculum.

Elizabeth Hane
Professor
Thomas H. Gosnell School of Life Sciences
College of Science
585-475-4362

Dr. Elizabeth Hane serves to support RIT’s general education program. She is an associate professor in the Gosnell School of Life Sciences in the College of Science.

Goals as Faculty Associate:

  • To foster a culture of continuous improvement in the general education experiences of RIT students.
  • To support advisors and students as they navigate the general education curriculum.
  • To communicate the life-long importance of the skills (e.g. communication, critical thinking, ethical reasoning, etc.) developed as part of RIT’s general education curriculum.