Faculty Ombudsperson

The Faculty Ombudsperson is authorized to confidentially receive complaints, concerns, or inquiries about alleged acts, omissions, improprieties and/or broader systemic problems within the ombudsperson’s defined jurisdiction, and to listen, offer options, facilitate resolutions, informally investigate or otherwise examine these issues independently and impartially. The Ombudsperson is authorized to work exclusively with teaching faculty.

Professor Jeffrey Clark currently serves as the Elon University Faculty Ombudsperson.

Learn more about the Faculty Ombudsperson

University Parliamentarian

The University Parliamentarian is appointed by the President and serves the institution as an informational resource for the interpretation and application of parliamentary procedure: the code of rules and customs that protect “the right of free and fair debate, the right of the majority to decide, and the right of the minority to protest and be protected” (Sturgis, p. 1). In addition to advising the presiding officer on parliamentary procedure during meetings of the faculty, in which business is conducted, the parliamentarian is available to all faculty and staff to assist them in fair and effective discussion and decision-making within the university.

As noted in the Faculty Handbook, all meetings and other business of the faculty are conducted according to Sturgis Standard Code of Parliamentary Procedure.

Sturgis states that, when the parliamentarian is a member of the organization as opposed to a hired expert, the president of the organization appoints the parliamentarian. There are currently no term limits set for the Parliamentatian.

Current Parliamentarian

Charity Johansson

Previous University Parliamentarians

  • Jim Drummond, Associate Professor, Sport and Even Management.
  • Earl Danieley, President Emeritus and Professor of Chemistry