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

Wendy Dann, Professor, Department of Theatre Studies, School of Music, Theatre, and Dance (at large faculty, term expires 2026)

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

Amie Germain, Associate Professor, Department of Occupational Therapy, School of Health Sciences and Human Performance (at-large faculty, term expires 2028)

Rachel Madsen, Associate Professor, Department of Sport Management, School of Business, (APC representative, term expires 2026)

Amy Falkner, Dean, Park School of Communications

Claire Gleitman, Dean, School of Humanities and Sciences

Michael Johnson-Cramer, Dean, School of Business

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

Steve TenEyck, Interim Dean, School of Music, Theatre, and DanceClaire 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 2026-27 for faculty who would start in summer/fall 2027 are due to Dean's offices by Feb 1st 2026. 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.