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  • Campus Partners
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  • Higher Education Recruitment Consortium
  • Dual Career Support

< News and Events

  • Messages
  • Newsletters
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< Contact

FASA Team

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The FASA team advises on:  

  • the reappointment, promotion and tenure (RPT) review processes
  • faculty sabbatical leave requests and all other leave requests
  • the annual review processes and performance management 
  • position elimination situations 
  • agreements around retirement 
  • the development and interpretation, of employment-related policies in the Faculty Handbook, the Academic Specialist Handbook, and other academic handbooks 
  • the cultivation of productive, respectful, and safe working environments
  • when needed, on concerns pertaining to faculty behavior and discipline

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Teresa Mastin

Vice Provost and Associate Vice President for 
Faculty and Academic Staff Affairs

mastinte@msu.edu

(517) 353-5300 

Meet Teresa

Kate Birdsall

Director for Faculty and 
Academic Staff Affairs 
birdsal5@msu.edu
(517) 353-5300 

Meet Kate

Kathy Charles

Senior Director for Faculty and 
Academic Staff Affairs 
lewlessk@msu.edu 
(517) 353-4851 

Meet Kathy

Julie Fusi

Executive Staff Assistant 
jfusi@msu.edu 
(517) 355-3832 

Meet Julie

Teresia Hagelberger

Director for Faculty and 
Academic Staff Affairs 
sielofft@msu.edu
(517) 353-5300 

Meet Teresia

Shannon Kemp

Senior Human Resources Professional II 
hickssh1@msu.edu 
(517) 353-4071 

Meet Shannon

Kelly Lambert

Project Event Coordinator
lambe234@msu.edu

Meet Kelly

Georgette Russell

Assistant Vice President of HR, 
MSU Health Sciences
russe672@msu.edu
(517) 355-4119

Meet Georgette

Nikki Schmidtke

Director for Faculty and 
Academic Staff Affairs 
messin41@msu.edu
(517) 353-5300 

Kara Yermak

Assistant Provost for Faculty and Academic Staff Affairs 
burtkara@msu.edu 
(517) 884-0185 

Meet Kara