The mission of the Adjunct Faculty Advisory Committee (AFAC) is to represent the interests of all adjunct faculty at UMBC. Supporting institutional integrity and adherence to ethical standards, the AFAC strengthens an institutional governance structure of active governing bodies, helps to define clearly the roles of institutional constituencies in policy development and decision making, and contributes to extend academic and intellectual freedom to all members of the UMBC community.
The UMBC Adjunct Faculty Advisory Committee (AFAC) is an elected body charged with communicating adjunct needs and concerns to the campus administration, making recommendations related to adjunct professional development and working conditions, and providing advice in the development and implementation of policies and procedures related to adjunct faculty.
The current committee members for Academic Year 2026 to Academic Year 2028 are:
- AFAC President, Robert Bennett (bennerob@umbc.edu), English at CAHSS
- AFAC Secretary/Treasurer, Bonnie Kegan (bkegan1@umbc.edu), Math and Statistics at CNMS
- Dr. Wei Hu (hshuja1@umbc.edu), Math and Statistics at CNMS
- Maria Gomez-Rubio (gmaria1@umbc.edu), Modern Language, Linguistics, and Intercultural Communication at CAHSS
- Natalie Groom (ngroom@umbc.edu), Music at CAHSS
- Dr. Karon Phillips (kphillip@umbc.edu), Sociology, Anthropology and Public Health at CAHSS
- Priscilla Villavicencio (lo4@umbc.edu), Social Work at Shady Grove as Non-College Affiliate
- Hassan Shuja (hshuja1@umbc.edu), Information Systems at COEIT
- Dr. Waleed Youssef (youssef1@umbc.edu), Data Science at COEIT
CAHSS = College of Arts, Humanities, Social Sciences
COEIT = College of Engineering and Information Technology
CNMS = College of Natural and Mathematical Sciences