Teaching Resource Advisory Committee (TRAC)
Purpose
The Teaching Resource Advisory Committee (TRAC) advises the Dean of the FAS on non-ladder faculty appointments. It is counterpart to the Faculty Resource Committee (FRC) in the area of non-ladder teaching.
TRAC includes the Associate Deans of the FAS (one of whom serves as chair), the Deans from Yale College and the Graduate School, and other deans and directors. When warranted, the committee can expand to include the Dean of the FAS and other members of the Dean’s office.
Committee Membership for 2024-25
John R. Mangan | Committee Chair; Senior Associate Dean & Dean of Faculty Affairs of the Faculty of Arts and Sciences
Jasmina Besirevic Regan | Associate Dean for Undergraduate Education, Yale College; Associate Dean for Graduate Education, Graduate School of Arts and Sciences
Robert Burger | Senior Associate Dean of the Faculty of Arts and Sciences
Jennifer Frederick | Executive Director, Poorvu Center for Teaching and Learning
Dorottya Noble | Assistant Dean of the Faculty of Arts and Sciences
Marc Robinson | FAS Dean of Humanities; Malcolm G. Chace '56 Professor of Theater, Dance, and Performance Studies and Professor of English
Pamela Schirmeister | Deputy Dean of Yale College and the Graduate School of Arts and Sciences; Lecturer in English, Specialist Program in Humanities, and Comparative Literature
Fernando Rubio | Director, Center for Language Study; Professor Adjunct, Department of Linguistics
Kevin van Bladel (Spring 2025) | Professor of Near Eastern Languages and Civilizations
Jason Zentz | Associate Dean of the Faculty of Arts and Sciences