University service opportunity: Call for faculty panelists for the Office of Academic Honesty

The Office of Academic Honesty is seeking faculty members to participate in the administration of UGA’s academic honesty policy, A Culture of Honesty.

The policy calls for faculty to report all possible violations to the Office of Instruction. Once reported, the next step in the resolution process is a facilitated discussion, which involves the reporting faculty member, the student(s), and a trained facilitator. In most situations, a resolution is reached during this discussion. In less than 5% of the cases, however, the faculty member and student are unable to come to agreement during the facilitated discussion and the matter is sent to an academic honesty panel made up of two faculty members and three students.

The panelists review materials related to the allegation, hear from the instructor and student, and then decide (in private) whether a violation of the policy has occurred. As required by the policy, “panelists must be certified as qualified, willing to serve, and complete an orientation session about this policy.” Faculty panelists are drawn from the corps of instruction, as defined by the academic affairs policy manual of the University, including, for example, tenured and tenure-track faculty, instructors, lecturers, and other teaching personnel as defined by the manual. Academic honesty indicates that the total average time commitment of a faculty panelist is no more than three hours once or twice a semester.

If you are interested in serving in this role, please email associate dean Stacey Neuharth-Pritchett with your interest.