Associate Provost of Faculty Affairs
M. Francyne Huckaby, Ph.D.
Supporting the recruitment, hiring, mentoring, development, and promotion and tenure of TCU faculty
The Associate Provost for Faculty Affairs oversees:
Koehler Center for Instruction, Innovation & Engagement
Academic Chairs and Directors Council
Faculty Affairs leads the Provost’s mission to support a flourishing faculty of teacher-scholars. This important role requires a collaborative leader who knows and fosters clarity in Academic Affairs’ policies and practices, and understands faculty concerns, needs, and career trajectories. Dr. Huckaby partners with deans, Faculty Senate, and the Provost’s Council to support faculty onboarding, examine promotion and tenure policies, connect faculty with professional development, and support TCU’s accreditation reaffirmation as it relates to faculty affairs. She works closely with the Associate Provost for Academic Planning, Budgeting & Operations to support faculty through all aspects of hiring, merit review, and promotion and tenure.
Dr. Huckaby is a curriculum theorist who holds a Ph.D. in Higher Education Administration. Her work as a teacher-scholar has focused on creating openings and spaces for anti-oppressive discourses and practices. Her books include Researching Resistance: Public Education after Neoliberalism (2019), and Making Research Public in Troubled Times: Pedagogy, Activism, and Critical Obligations (2018). Her work as been selected and featured in numerous journals. She is a member of the American Educational Research Association, American Educational Studies Association and Professors of Curriculum, and is past president of the Society of Professors of Education. Honors include: Mary Anne Raywid Award for distinguished scholarship, Claudia V. Camp Faculty Research and Creative Activity Award, TCU Deans’ Award for Teaching, and TCU Mortar Board Preferred Professor. Dr. Huckaby previously served as interim dean and associate dean for the School of Interdisciplinary Studies and professor of curriculum studies and core faculty for Women and Gender Studies, Africana and African American Studies, and affiliated with Comparative Race and Ethnic Studies.
Koehler Center for Instruction, Innovation & Engagement
The Koehler Center is dedicated to facilitating ongoing, reflective discourse regarding instruction and learning, including engaging with faculty, instructional staff, departments/units, and administration. The Koehler Center strives to meet the challenges of integrating effective, innovative instructional/learning methodologies and technologies to promote engagement and improve learning. Services include workshops, eFaculty required training, educational technology, online teaching and learning, TCU Online, syllabus resources and more.
Academic Chairs and Directors Council
The Academic Chairs and Directors Council is made up of and supports department chairs and program directors. The council meets monthly to discuss challenges, provide insights, and make recommendations on matters of concern for faculty and faculty leaders.