The Committee on Non Tenure-Track Faculty (CoNTTF)

The Committee on Non-Tenure-Track Faculty (CoNTTF) is a standing committee of Faculty Council and is composed of non-tenure-track faculty (NTTF) representatives from each College, two tenured or tenure-track faculty elected from the Colleges and the Libraries, the Chairperson of Faculty Council (ex officio), one undergraduate student, and one graduate student. It is the representative body for all non-tenure-track faculty at Colorado State University.

The duties of this specialized standing committee are to recommend to the Faculty Council:

    1. Policies defining the general responsibilities of contract, continuing, and adjunct faculty to the University, college, and department.
    2. Policies related to the standing of contract, continuing, and adjunct faculty.

Committee Members

MembersCollegeTerm Ends
Ryan Brooks, ChairAgricultural Sciences2028
Ann Hess, Vice ChairNatural Sciences2028
Chris Becker Business2026
Karen Montgomery Moore Liberal Arts2027
Clarissa TrappLibraries2028
Lisa FyffeHealth and Human Sciences2028
German ParadaEngineering2027
Sean BryanNatural Resources2028
Traci KinkelVeterinary Medicine and Biomedical Sciences2028
Melinda SmithChair, Faculty CouncilEx officio
Paul FlippenTenured Faculty2028
Thomas DunnTenured Faculty2027
Cassandra PuletapuaiGraduate student representative2026
Brooke ReeseUndergraduate student representative2028

If you would prefer to email the entire committee, please use [email protected] 

At CSU, non-tenure track faculty can be appointed as contract faculty, continuing faculty, and adjunct faculty. Each of these appointment types can be full-time (minimum of 9 months) or part time (any fraction less than 100%, but no less than 50% of full-time). For more information about each of these appointment types, please refer to Section E of the Faculty and Administrative Professional Manual.