Purpose
A standing SPH Faculty Salary Equity Review Committee (SERC) is required by the University of Minnesota Provost and is formed in accordance with the January 2020 guidelines from the Provost’s Office. SERC is charged to:
- Review faculty salary data for equity on a regular schedule;
- Review a salary equity concern brought forward by an individual or group of faculty;
- Advise SPH Dean and Associate Deans on issues, policies, procedures, or practices related to salary equity.
For both types of review, SERC shall examine equity across and within the following dimensions:
- faculty tracks (contract, tenure-track/tenured);
- faculty rank (Assistant Professor, Associate Professor, Professor);
- race/ethnicity; and
- gender identification
SERC may also identify other dimensions where equity should be examined.
Committee Composition
Membership shall consist of five to nine members appointed by the Dean with representation across faculty ranks, faculty tracks, gender identity, race, and ethnicity, and academic divisions. SERC will annually elect a chair (and a co-chair if desired) from within their membership; members may serve as chair multiple times. SERC members shall serve for a term of three years and may serve additional terms in later years but consecutive three-year terms are capped at two terms.
The Associate Dean for Faculty Affairs, the Director of Human Resources, and the Director of the Office of DEI will be ex officio, non-voting members of the SERC, serving to oversee compliance with UMN policies, procedures, and practices and as information providers on salary and faculty performance expectations, SPH compensation policies, philosophies, and practices, other relevant SPH processes and practices, the experiences of and barriers experienced by historically excluded and under-represented faculty groups, and other information as needed.
Current Committee Membership
- Xianghua Luo (2021-2026)**
- Ruby H.N. Nguyen (2024-2027)
- Manka Nkimbeng (2021-2026)**
- Jonathon Oliver (2021-2025)*
- Todd Rockwood (2021-2025)*
- Sanaz Sedaghat (2024-2027)
- Matt Simcik (2021-2026)**
- Lin Zhang (2021-2025)*
- Lynn Eberly, Associate Dean for Faculty Affairs (ex-officio, non-voting)
- Lauren Jones, Director of Diversity, Equity & Inclusion (ex-officio, non-voting)
- Thai Nguyen, Director of Human Resources (ex-officio, non-voting)
- Ryan Thorsen, staff
(2023-terms extended to create stagger of membership for 1(*) or 2(**) years)
