About Us

Helping Faculty Soar to Success

Quality faculty members are the hallmarks of a great university. Their impact on student development and the research enterprise makes faculty one of the most valuable resources on our campus.

Our Mission
We support faculty in developing their professional community, capabilities, career, and climate through holistic learning and development programs, prestigious recognitions, equitable policy development, inclusive networking and mentoring, and transparent communication.

Our Vision
Faculty Success will be a center of excellence for developing, supporting, and advancing a diverse and thriving faculty.

Guided by UNT's core values, we strive to be:

Equitable and Inclusive: We commit to equitable and inclusive programming, policy review, and support for our faculty and our FS team.

Data-driven: We assess our initiatives, our team experiences, and our engagement with faculty and academic leaders to make sure we are meeting their needs. We use data to guide our program development and apply ongoing formative and summative assessments to understand impact.

Collaborative and Community-oriented: We engage input to understand faculty needs and support initiatives that develop their sense of belonging.

Developmental and Forward-looking: We promote innovative opportunities for faculty to develop new capabilities and to apply their learning.

We encourage you to explore the Faculty Success website for additional information on specific programming or contact our office directly to learn more about the numerous opportunities available to UNT faculty. We are here to foster your success.

Meet the Faculty Success Team

Holly Hutchins, Ph.D.

Vice Provost for Faculty Success
Professor, Counseling and Higher Education

As Vice Provost for Faculty Success, Dr. Holly Hutchins provides strategic leadership to ensure transparent and equitable faulty-related academic policies, effective communication processes, inclusive learning and development opportunities, and prestigious faculty awards and recognition events. Vice Provost Hutchins supports UNT's faculty resource groups, oversees faculty mentoring and developmental grants and initiatives, and leadership development programs within academic affairs. She coordinates with other academic affairs units to address faculty personnel issues and provides counsel on developing healthy, just, and sustainable workplace climates. Vice Provost Hutchins' academic background is in human resource development where her focus has been in training transfer and faculty talent development. Before coming to UNT, she was professor and department chair at the University of Houston. In her career, Vice Provost Hutchins garnered $4M in funded grants, published over 40 peer-reviewed articles in national and international journals, and has been featured in global media outlets such as NPR, the BBC, Psychology Today, and The Guardian for her work on imposter phenomenon among higher education faculty. Vice Provost Hutchins supports UNT's HSI and MSI mission by leading and supporting efforts to attract, retain, and advance a thriving and supportive faculty community.

Jessica Hulett

Executive Assistant to the Vice Provost for Faculty Success

Crucial Conversations

The Crucial Conversations Mastering Dialogue Workshop is an experiential course that teaches skills for creating alignment and agreement by fostering open dialogue around high-stakes, emotional or risky topics — at all levels of the organization.

Sanjukta Pookulangara, Ph.D.

Faculty Associate, Crucial Conversations
Professor, Merchandising and Digital Retailing

Cassidy Baker, Ph.D.

Faculty Associate, Crucial Conversations
Clinical Associate Professor, Social Work

Fulbright Programs

UNT's Fulbright Program Advisor and Scholar Liaison and UNT's Faculty Associate for Fulbright Programs support UNT students and alumni applying to the Fulbright U.S. Student Program and faculty applying to the Fulbright Scholar or Specialist Programs.