Kenan Faculty Development
As described in the NYFC Constitution, the duties and membership of the Kenan faculty development committee consist of the following:
a) The Committee on the Kenan Faculty Development Fund is composed of up to 10 elected voting members of the NYFC.
b) The function of the committee is to consider, each semester, requests by faculty for faculty development funding from the Kenan Trust Fund.
Currently has: 10 members and 2 alternates
Allocated: 10 members
Committee co-chairs:
- Freddy Huang: Accounting (Lubin)
- Meng Xu: Mathematics (Dyson)
Current committee members:
- Susan Berardini: Morden Languages/Cultures (Dyson)
- Lauren Birney: School of Education
- Freddy Huang: Accounting (Lubin)
- Adrienne Kapstein: Performing Arts (Sands)
- Joanne Knoesel: Nursing (CHP)
- James Lawler: Information Technology (Seidenberg)
- John-Vincent Mercanti: Performing Arts (Sands)
- Ibraiz Tarique: Management and Management Science (Lubin)
- Meng Xu: Mathematics (Dyson)
Untenured Alternates
Forms
The deadline to apply for Fall 2025 is November 3, 2025 (for faculty development activities between July 1 and January 31). The deadline to apply for Spring 2026 is March 31, 2026 (for faculty development activities between January 1 and June 30). Completed applications can be emailed to Meng Xu at mxu@pace.edu and/or Freddy Huang at fhuang@pace.edu with "KENAN-NYC-last name" in the subject area.