FACULTY WHO HAVE LEFT FOR BETTER POSITIONS

UNIVERSITY OF IDAHO (1996-2008)

45 Faculty in 15 Disciplines

Informal Survey compiled by the

University of Idaho Federation of Teachers (AFT/AFL-CIO)

report any new information to ngier@uidaho.edu

Plant, Soil, and Entomological Sciences

1. Edward Souza (2006) to USDA for better pay.

2. Jim Lorenzen (2006) to better paying international position

3. Jeffrey Miller left for a better paying job in private industry

4. Bryan Hopkins left for better paying job at Brigham Young University.

5. Markus Tuller left for better pay

6. John Lloyd (2006) left for better job in private industry

7. John Fellman left for a 20 percent increase in salary

8. Wesley Chun (2007) went to private industry for better pay

Generally, this department is experiencing a 20 percent attrition rate, and currently a dozen other faculty members are actively seeking positions elsewhere.

History

9. Bill Swagerty (2001) to University of the Pacific

10. Carlos Schwantes (2002) to Washington University

Political Science

11. Brandon Rottinghaus (2006) left for the University of Houston

Sociology and Anthropology

12. George Capowich (1998) left for Washington State University. Better pay and a Ph.D. program.

Physics

13. Rex Gandy (2003) to University of Southern Mississippi.

Chemistry

14. Nick Natale  (June, 2007) leaving for the University of Montana for a substantial salary increase (ca. $12,000 pa) and better facilities.  UI counter offer amounted to $162 per year of Natale's UI service!

15. Jeanne McHale (2004) left for Washington State University for a salary increase and vastly superior research support.

16. Steve Gammon (2002) left Western Washington University, where he got a better salary and improved working conditions.

Materials Science:

17. Yank-Ki Hong (2006) to endowed chair at the University of Alabama.  He brought in a total of $5 million dollars in research funds. 

18. Patrick Taylor (2000) lost to University of Tennessee for better pay.

19. Sarit Bhaduri (2006) lost to Clemson University for a better paid endowed position.

Biological Sciences

20. Graham Young  (2004) to the University of Washington
21. Kathy Magnusson (2005) to Oregon State University
22. Steve Austad (2004) to University of Texas Health Science Center
23. R. Frank Rosensweig (2000) to the University of Florida
24. Roberta Mason-Gamer (2001) to the University of Illinoise-Chicago
25. Cliff Weil (2001) to Purdue University
26. Ann Sylvester (1999) to the University of Wyoming
27. Steve Herbert (1999) to the University of Wyoming

Substantial attrition in this department and many are seeking employment elsewhere.  During the last year three searches failed primarily because the UI was not offering competitive salaries.

Geography

28. Piotr Jankowski (2003) to UC-San Diego

29. Heng-chun Yu (2002) to Cal State University-Los Angeles.

Teacher Education

30. Mike Odell (2005), University of Chicago

31. Mitch Klett  (2004), University of Michigan

32. Jennifer Olsen (2005), Oregon State Department of Education

33. Cindy Marble (2004), University of Arizona

34. Dan Kmitta  (2004), Seattle

35. Judy Neufeldt (2002)

English

36. Hao Sun left for Purdue University

37. Jennie Nelson went to Ohio University

38. Grace Moore was hired away by the University of Melbourne

39. Kerry McKeever went to a administrative position in New York

Philosophy

40. Michael Nelson (2006) left for Michigan State for more money, fewer classes, and better research conditions.

College of Natural Resources

41. Stephanie Hampton (2006) left for better pay and lack of spousal accommodation for a non-university position at a research institute in Santa Barbara.

Health, Physical Education, Recreation, and Dance

42. Randy Page (2003) moved on for better pay, and more research time and support.

Microbiology, Molecular Biology, and Biochemistry