Akelo Harris

Faculty Personnel Data and Analytics Specialist
1550 Beardshear
515-294-3592
akelo@iastate.edu

Akelo Harris manages academic data, resources, and faculty-related business processes in the university’s Workday system. In addition to her work with academic appointments, faculty compensation, and summer salary processing, Akelo also serves as a liaison to partners in the human resources, payroll, and information technology departments. She oversaw the launch and design of the ISU Academic Leaders Dashboard in Workday—a resource for department chairs, deans, and associate deans. Akelo values the office’s commitment to increasing efficiency, modernizing various processes, and easing access to resources that help university administrators in their roles.

Contact for questions about:

• Academic appointments in Workday
• Faculty compensation in Workday
• Faculty Professional Development Assignments and Programs (FPDA)
• Named faculty positions
• Offering faculty rank to P&S employees
• Promotion and tenure process
• Tenure-clock extensions