Dr. James Janack was named the Tritons Faculty Athletics Representative (FAR) in April 2025. 

Dr. Janack has been a Professor of Communication at Eckerd since 2005. He is also the Director of the Oral Communication Program and the Director of the Rahall Communication Resource Center. He was the Tritons' Professor of the Year in 2023, presented at the annual ECSPYs. 

Dr. Janack has served on many committees and leadership roles over his 20 years at Eckerd including; Interim Chair of the Creative Arts Collegium, Educational Assessment Committee, Academic Honor Council, Faculty Coordinating Committee, Discipline Coordinator for Communication, Workload Task Force, President and Vice President  of  Zeta Chapter of ΦΒΚ, Strategic Planning Steering Committee, Academic Standards Committee, General Education Assessment Group, Oral Communication Program Assessment Committee, Educational Policy and Program Committee, Basic Course Coordinator. 

Prior to Eckerd, he was a visiting assistant professor of communication at Syracuse University from 2001 to 2005, an assistant professor of communication at Framingham State College from 1999 to 2001, and a teacher of English at Linguarama Spracheninstitut in Germany from 1991 to 1993.