Faculties
ADEA Council of Faculties
About the Council
The ADEA Council of Faculties (ADEA COF) represents its constituency within the Association and at the member institutions; recommends to the Board of Directors how the interests of the Council’s constituency might be represented through the federal legislative and regulatory processes; exchanges information among its members, with other ADEA component groups, and among member institutions; works with other ADEA component groups to encourage coordinated approaches to dental, advanced dental, and allied dental education and health care delivery; identifies and provides consultation on projects, studies, and reports that will benefit the membership; and introduces resolutions to the Board of Directors and House of Delegates.
The ADEA COF Administrative Board represents all council members. The ADEA COF is also represented on the ADEA Board of Directors by the Board Director for Faculties. Council members have a voice in the governance of the Association through representation in the ADEA House of Delegates, the Association’s policymaking body.
Refer to the ADEA Bylaws for specific information regarding the ADEA COF:
- Chapter I: The House of Delegates—The ADEA Governing Body
- Chapter VII: Councils
Mission
The ADEA COF’s mission is to represent and advocate for faculty. The Council works to promote excellence and collegiality within dental education and the oral health professions.
Membership
The COF consists of one faculty member (or an alternate) elected by the faculty of each active and provisional ADEA member institution, in addition to any members of the Administrative Board who are no longer in the above category. For more information on membership requirements, see the ADEA Bylaws, Chapter VII.
Meetings
- Winter: ADEA Joint Council Administrative Boards Meeting (Administrative Board only)
- Spring: ADEA Annual Session & Exhibition
- Fall: ADEA Fall Meetings
- Virtual: As scheduled throughout the year
2024-25 Administrative Board
Chair
Erin Gross, D.D.S., Ph.D., M.S.
Assistant Professor, Clinical Director Pediatric Dentistry
The Ohio State University College of Dentistry
Chair-elect
Theodora Danciu, D.M.D., D.M.Sc.
Clinical Associate Professor
University of Michigan School of Dentistry
Secretary
Eric Bernstein, J.D., Ed.D.
Associate Dean for Academic Affairs
University of Connecticut School of Dental Medicine
Member-at-Large
Ethelyn Thomason, D.M.D.
Associate Professor, Restorative Dentistry
University of Colorado School of Dental Medicine
Board Director
James R. Lott, D.M.D.
Second Level Dean
University of Mississippi Medical Center School of Dentistry
Staff Liaison
McKayla Theisen
ADEA Vice President of eLearn
TheisenM@adea.org