College of Liberal Studies

13-14 Annual Report

(8/26/14 Revision)

Section 1: Success Stories

Accomplishments

  1. Victor Macias-Gonzalez (History and Eagle Mentoring Program) was named the 2014 Wisconsin Professor of the Year by the Council for Advancement and Support of Education and the Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching.
  2. The 2013 YWCA Tribute to Outstanding Women Awards went to Elise Denlinger - Women’s, Gender and Sexuality Studies (Award in Education), Deb Hoskins (Women’s Gender and Sexuality Studies (Award for Activism) and Susan Fabian – 2012 CLS Graduate (Award for Young Women of Tomorrow-College).
  3. UW-L Professor Emeritus & former MVAC Director, Dr. Joseph Tiffany, received the 2014 Distinguished Fellow Award from the Iowa Academy of Science for his lifetime of archaeological research in the Plains and Midwest.
  4. The UW-L Self-Sufficiency Program celebrated its 25thAnniversary this year. The Program, directed by Andrea Hansen, is a free, one-semester college preparatory program that gives low-income parents an opportunity to discover their academic and career potential in a relaxed but challenging college-oriented course.
  5. Faculty Books Published –
  6. Modern Motherhood: An American History by Jodi Vandenberg-Daves (Women’s, Gender and Sexuality Studies)
  7. The School Psychology Program received National Association of School Psychology (NASP) reaccreditation through 2020.
  8. Thirteen CLS faculty (and two Educational Studies faculty formerly in CLS) were granted tenure for 2014-15. (See Appendix for full listing)
  9. Eight CLS faculty were granted promotion for 2014-15. (See Appendix for full listing)
  10. Four CLS Instructional Academic Staff were granted promotion for 2014-15. (See Appendix for full listing)
  11. This was the Inaugural Year of “Creative Imperatives,” a 4-day festival in April designed to showcase the innovative and thought-provoking work of our students, faculty, staff and distinguished guests. Featured Guests included musicians Susan Butti and Roland Vazquez, performance artist Kimberlee Perez; arts advocate Harvey White and photographer Myra Greene. Student and faculty work was featured in open classes, workshops, exhibits, debates, performances and installations.
  12. The UW-L Public Speaking Center, under the direction of Tony Docan-Morgan,was opened in Murphy Library and is staffed by Communications Studies faculty and students. The Public Speaking Center tutor training program has been certified by the National Association of Communication Centers.
  13. The Student Affairs Administration Program launched the newly created Partner Program with UW-River Falls, enrolling 16 students in a hybrid format while they complete graduate student internships at UW-River Fall (14 students) and UW-Eau-Claire (2 students).
  14. Dr. Tori Svoboda (SAA) was the recipient of the 2014 Ruth Strang Research Award at the NASPA Conference in Baltimore in March 2014.
  15. CLS “Celebration of Research, Scholarship and Creative Endeavors” – four CLS faculty and one Emeriti faculty presented on their sabbatical research (See Appendix for full listing)
  16. Strategic Planning
  17. Task Force for Promoting the Value of Liberal Education (See Appendix for Task Force Report)
  18. Task Force for Promoting Interdisciplinary Programming (See Appendix for Task Force Report)
  19. Task Force for Promoting Inclusive Excellence (See Appendix for Task Force Report)
  20. National Endowment for the Humanities Grant - $154,018 – “Exploring the Past: Archaeology in the Upper Mississippi River Valley” – Bonnie Jancik (MVAC) – provided support for the three-week NEH Summer Institute for K-12 teachers from across the country in July 2013
  21. 13-14 Provost Teaching Excellence Awards
  22. Samuel Cocks (Philosophy)
  23. Sara Docan-Morgan (Communication Studies)
  24. Jorg Vianden (Student Affairs Administration)
  25. 13-14 CLS “Recognition of Excellence” Awardees
  26. Sara Docan-Morgan (CST) –Faculty Award for Teaching

Marie Moeller (ENG) –Faculty Award for Teaching

  1. Laurie Kincman (Theatre Arts) and Heidi Morrison (History) – Faculty Award for Research/Creative Endeavors
  2. Mahruq Khan (WGSS) – Faculty Award for Service
  3. Michelle Collyar (Theatre Arts) and Bruce Handtke (English) – Instructional Academic Staff Award
  4. Judy King (Modern Languages) – Classified Staff Award
  1. The Center for Death Education and Bioethics was moved from the Department of Sociology/Archaeology to Psychology and renamed the Center for Grief and Death Education.
  2. The CLS Diversity Committee developed college-wide student-learning outcomes for diversity, which will be presented to the college for endorsement in August 2014.
  3. The CLS Task Force for Inclusive Excellence developed a CLS Vision Statement and Mission Statement for Inclusive Excellence, which will be presented to the college for endorsement in August 2014.
  4. Twenty-three new CLS faculty were mentored by CLS tenured faculty in the 2013-14 CLS Mentoring Program.
  5. The University Art Gallery sponsored the 3rd Congressional District High School Art Exhibition April 10-11, 2014, hosted by Ron and Tawni Kind.
  6. The CLS Deans Office worked with Richter Studios Film Company to develop a new CLS promotional film to be used during Campus Close Ups
  7. The Department of Educational Studies was successfully moved from CLS to the School of Education.

Section 2: Students and Programming

Student Accomplishments/successes

  1. John E. Magerus Outstanding Graduating Senior in the College of Liberal Studies – Karin Johnson (English/Rhetoric and Writing, Political Science, and Public Administration – triple major)
  2. CLS Graduate Student Academic Achievement Award – Brett Schieve (Student Affairs Administration)
  3. CLS Graduate Student Recognition of Excellence Awards – Carrie Bero (Student Affairs Administration) and Sarah Jacobson (School Psychology)
  4. CLS Undergraduate Student Excellence Awardees – 28 students (See Appendix for Full Listing)
  5. Again in 2013-14 School Psychology students achieved a 100% passage rate on the PRAXIS II exam based on the NASP training standards and have a 100% placement of graduates into school psychology positions.
  6. CLS students Alyssa Shurbert-Hetzel and Shelby Jo Phillips were selected to work with internationally-renowned artist John Pugh on the trompe l’oeil mural for the City of La Crosse through a National Endowment for the Arts 2013 Our Town Grant.
  7. Amanda DeCora (Psychology major) – 2013 UW-L Student Worker of the Year Award
  8. Anicka Purath (Political Science major) was selected by Governor Walker to serve as the Student Representative to the UW-System Board of Regents in 2014-15
  9. CLS support for Undergraduate Research Presentations at NCUR –30 students from 10 departments - $18,629 (Est.) (See Appendix for Listing of Students & Presentation Titles)
  10. Student Conference Support – CLS supported 42 students to present at national conferences and 10 students for study abroad experiences (See Appendix for Listing)
  11. Other Student Support – CLS supported 3 Military Science students to participate in Bataan Death March Commemoration and the entire program of Military Science students to participate in the UW-L Ropes Course
  12. Student Presentations On Campus
  13. Undergraduate Research Grants & Presentations(Oral & Poster) – 26 CLS Students (Spring 2014), 22 CLS Students (Fall 2013)
  14. Archaeology Senior Honors Colloquium –May 5, 2014 - 12 students(See Appendix for Listing of Students and Presentation Titles)
  15. Communication Studies Senior Research Poster Sessions- May 2014 – 73 students
  16. History Student Symposium – May 5, 2014 – 10 students (See Appendix for full listing)
  17. Theatre Arts Senior Acting Recitals – 10 Senior Acting Recitals and one staged reading of a Senior Capstone in Playwriting (See Appendix for full listing)
  18. Music Senior Capstone Recitals – 10 students (See Appendix for full listing)
  19. CLS Student Leaders – 84 CLS students provided leadership in 28 student organizations and programs (Listing has already been provided to the Provost Office)
  20. Vanguards – 27 CLS students from 8 departments served as Vanguards during 2013-14
  21. Theatre Arts alum and professional actor Corey Sorenson was awarded the 2013-14 Distinguished Alumni Award.

Student Mix and Plans for Addressing Changes

  1. Trends inCLS Majors (Fall 11 to Fall 13) plus Spring 14 data
  2. Increases
  3. Psychology – high of 652 – Fall 13 (575 - Fall 11, 616 - Fall 12) (Spring 14 – 639)
  4. English/Rhetoric & Writing – high of 104 – Fall 13 (83 – Fall 11 & Fall 12) (Spring 14 – 86)
  5. English Education – high of 63 – Fall 13 (38 – Fall 11, 48 – Fall 12) (Spring 14 – high of 67)
  6. History Education – high of 17 – fall 13 (11 – Fall 11, 17 – Fall 12) (Spring 14 – low of 3
  7. Broad field Social Studies – high of 60 – Fall 13 (43 – Fall 11 and Fall 12) (Spring 14 – 50)
  8. Communication Studies – high of 316 – Fall 13 (265 – Fall 11, 290 – Fall 12) – Increases in all 4 emphasis areas (Spring 14 – 318)
  9. Declines
  10. Art Department – low of 65 – Fall 13 (89 – Fall 11, 76 – Fall 12) Art Degree – low of 43 – Fall 13 (59 – Fall 11, 54 – Fall 12) Art Education (30-22-22) (Spring 14 – Art 42 and Art Ed – 19)
  11. English Literature – low of 29 – Fall 13 (42 – Fall 11 & Fall 12) (Spring 14 – 31)
  12. Spanish – low of 36 – Fall 13 (76 – Fall 11, 64 - Fall 11)
  13. Music – low of 57 – Fall 13 (75 – Fall 11, 66 – Fall 12) – declines mostly in music education areas (Spring 14 – low of 46)
  14. Women’s, Gender & Sexuality Studies – low of 8 – Fall 13 (18 – Fall 11 & 12) (Spring 14 – 9)
  15. History – low of 50 – Fall 13 (74 – Fall 11, 59 – Fall 12) (Spring 14 – 51)
  16. Decrease in Music and Art Majors and Minors –The SAC Chairs and Director met with Fred Pierce to work on an SAC Recruitment Plan. They will be sponsoring a SAC Recruitment Day in Fall 2014. Work also needs to be done with the School of Education Multicultural Recruiter and the SOE Recruitment Plan.
  17. Under-enrolled courses in Philosophy–The Department of Philosophy developed an Enrollment Management Plan to address low-enrolled courses. The college will be following the implementation of this plan
  18. The CLS Dean’s Office will be conducting a faculty workload analysis in all departments and working more closely with departments on enrollment management plans.

New Programs and Changes to Existing Programs

  1. Student Affairs Administration Graduate Program – Clinical Doctorate approved at the campus level, on hold at the UW System Level pending a survey of Comprehensive Campuses regarding their plans for proposing clinical doctorate degrees.
  2. Hanover Research was conducted for a Master’s Degree in Counseling/Mental Health and a PsyD in School Psychology. The Psychology Department will consider preparing proposals for Intent to Plan in the next year.
  3. 28 new undergraduate courses proposed and approved (ANT, ARC, ART, CHI, CST, ENV, GER, HIS, PHL PSY and PSY/ERS) (See Appendix for full listing)
  4. A new Middle East Emphasis in the International Studies Minor was approved
  5. BAAS Degree – Total of 10 students from UW-Baraboo enrolled in 8 CLS Courses during 2013-14 (CST 333, CST 355, CST 380, SOC 323, ENG 307, PHL 332, POL 313, and ART 272)
  6. New Psychology faculty Erica Srinivasan and Ellen Rozek are reinvigorating the Gerontology Emphasis.

Curriculum to be Redesigned or Monitored

  1. English/Literature Emphasis – Curricular Redesign Grant for 14-15
  2. French – Curricular Redesign Grant for 14-15
  3. Spanish – Department to work with Curriculum Design Consultant - August 28 & 29, 2014
  4. Political Science & Public Administration – Curriculum Revision work began in Spring 2014, for submission to UCC in Fall 2014
  5. Photography – Emphasis area to work with Curriculum Design Consultant in Fall 2014
  6. Music – Department to work with External Consultant on Strategic Planning in August 2014
  7. International Studies Minor with African Emphasis to be developed
  8. Philosophy has developed an Enrollment Management Plan to control under-enrolled courses.

On-Line Instruction

  1. On-line instruction continues to grow, particularly during intersession periods. Of the 70 group instruction courses being offered during Summer 2014, 52 courses are being offered via on-line instruction. The number of on-line courses offered during the academic year is also slowly increasing. CLS faculty continue to participate in the CATL On-Line Teaching Workshops and apply for on-line course development grants.

Academic Program Reviews Completed in 2013-14

  1. Art (Faculty Senate Accepted)
  2. Music (Faculty Senate Accepted)
  3. Philosophy (Approved by Faculty Senate 5/1/14)
  4. International Studies Minor (Faculty Senate Accepted)
  5. ERS Minor (posted to D2L April 8, 2014)

Academic Program Reviews completed and ready for APR Review in Fall 2014

  1. Women’s, Gender and Sexuality Studies
  2. Political Science/Public Administration

Section 3: Staffing, Resources and Facilities

Overview of Staffing

  1. 13-14 New Tenure-Track Faculty (24 positions – 10 New GQA positions, 13 – replacing 102 positions, 1 – replacing GQA position (See Appendix for full listing)
  2. 13-14 New IAS (8 positions – 3new GQA positions, 3 replacing GQA position, 1 replacing 102 position, 1 replacing 133 position) (See Appendix for full listing)
  3. 13-14 Resignations – 4 resignations by tenure-track faculty (See Appendix for full listing)

Summary of Scholarship and Grant Activity

  1. Scholarship – (See department reports on CLS D2L site)
  2. Internal Grant Activity Summary
  3. CLS Small Grants – $141,678 total, 37 CLS faculty/staff from 11 departments (Faculty Research Grants, Guest Artist Grants, Department Assessment Grant)
  4. CLS Technology Grants – $140,362 total, 11 grants for 5 departments - (CLS Funded - $49,910, Provost Funded - $90,452)
  5. SAC Technology Grants - $1,963 (Theatre Arts)
  6. CLS Furniture Grants - $47,359 total, 8 departments
  7. CFO Special Allocation - $100,000, Instrument storage lockers for Music Department
  8. UW-L Faculty Development Grants – Grants to 6 CLS faculty - $25,495 total
  9. UW-L Faculty Research Grants – Grants to 13 CLS faculty - $92,582.00 total ($36,294 CLS funds)
  10. Provost SOS Grants - ? total funding to CLS faculty
  11. External Grants
  12. Federal and State Grants – MVAC - $470,519.36
  13. UW-L Foundation - $11,000 total
  14. Joe Anderson/Krista Shulka (Theatre Arts) – “Creating Community:- $2,000
  15. Beth Cherne (Theatre Arts) “Theatre Designer” - $4,500
  16. Binod Shrestha (Art) – “Visiting Scholars” - $4,000
  17. Patricia Stovey – “National History Day Mentoring Program” - $1,500
  18. NAMLE – Pamela Morris – “Eyes Wide Open” This is Media” Documentary Showing and Discussion” - $1,000
  19. Society for the Psychological Stud - Jennifer Wang – “Why & When Do Racial Microaggressions Hurt?” - $1,150

Status of Resources and Facilities (Changes, Challenges and Development)

  1. Resources
  2. Salary Equity Adjustments
  3. IAS Base Adjustments - $27,682 – 21 individuals
  4. NIAS Base Adjustments - $3,590 – 3 individuals
  5. DMC Base Adjustments - $6,488 – 5 individuals
  6. Faculty Base Adjustments – ($161,255 – 59 individuals (Group 85 Adjustment - $104.355 and Phase II Adjustment - $56,900)
  7. Facilities
  8. Theatre Sound System Project – Summer 2014
  9. CFA HVAC Controls Projects – May/June 2014
  10. Replacement of music storage lockers in the CFA basement – Summer 2014
  11. Updating of some Sociology & Archaeology offices in Wimberly – Summer 2014
  12. Rearrangement of space between Psychology and Modern Languages in Graff Main Hall – Summer 2014
  13. Rearrangement of space between Environmental Studies and Philosophy in Centennial Hall – Summer 2014
  14. Renovation of CFA entrance stairs, installation of accessible passenger elevator and upgrade of the CFA lobby – pending
  15. Renovation of Annett Recital Hall – Spring 2015
  16. Major ongoing space needs
  17. additional office, conference room & research space in Wimberly Hall for English, History, Political Science/Public Administration, and Sociology & Archaeology when CBA moves to Wittich Hall
  18. Concert space for large music ensembles – the National Association of Schools of Music expressed concern about appropriate concert venues in their 2011 commission action report the Department of Music.

Staff Development

  1. Chair Training (on and off campus)
  2. Dr. Tina Gunzalus, author of The Academic Leader’s Survival Guide, conducted a workshop on “Conflict & Leadership” for UW-L Chairs.
  3. The CLS Chairs participated in 3 discussion sessions on the book The Academic Leader’s Survival Guide during Fall 2013.
  4. Council of Colleges of Arts & Sciences (CCAS) Chair Workshops – Don Sloan (Art), Carol Angell (DES)
  5. Julia Johnson was a facilitator for the CCAS Chair Development Seminars in Indianapolis in July 2013, San Diego in October 2013, and Alexandria in February 2014.
  6. New Chair Conflict Resolution Workshop – UW Oshkosh, June 2014 – 4 new chairs and Julia Johnson
  7. Chair Evaluation Process – The College of Liberal Studies instituted a CLS Chair Evaluation Process. This consisted of an evaluation of chairs by department faculty and staff via a Qualtrics Survey, face-to-face meetings between the chairs and the dean for a self-evaluation and a follow-up written evaluation by the Dean.
  8. Staff Development
  9. Council of Colleges of Arts & Sciences (CCAS)Dean’s Development Seminar, Phoenix – Julia Johnson
  10. LGBT Leadership Conference, Milwaukee – Julia Johnson
  11. National Social Science Association Conference, Los Vegas – Charles Martin-Stanley
  12. Wisconsin Academic Advising Association (WACADA) – Tim Walls & Peter Stovall
  13. DPI Webinars – Sandy Keller
  14. Christina Haynes (WGSS) – CLS Foundation account support to participate in the Professional Development and Mentoring of Faculty Members of Color – National Center for Faculty Success Program
  15. Alessandro Quartiroli (Psychology) – CLS Foundation account support to participate in PASS Certificate Program
  16. Darlene Lake, Jorge Aguilar-Sanchez and Jean Hindson (Modern Languages) – ACTFL Training
  17. Samuel Cocks – Wisconsin Teaching Fellow
  18. 13-14 Sabbaticals:
  19. Matthew Cashion (English) – “Craft Confessions: Constructing Stories Made of Many Masks, Reveals the Flesh Beneath” –Fall 2013
  20. Jo Arney (Political Science/Public Administration) – “Policy Controversy in the Great Yellowstone Ecosystem” –Spring 2014
  21. Tracie Blumentritt (Psychology) – “Psychometric Analyses of Parenting Assessments Commonly Used in Child Custody Evaluation” –Spring 2014
  22. Tim McAndrews (Sociology/Archaeology) – “Publishing the Results of the Prehistoric Parotani Settlement Project (2003-2012): The Spread of the Complex Society of Tiwanaku into Cochabamba, Bolivia” –Fall 2013
  23. Timothy Gongaware (Sociology/Archaeology) – “Unity and Continuity in Serious Leisure Grassroots Associations: Exploring Collective Identity Among Inland Lake Sailing Associations” – Spring 2014
  24. 13-14 Fulbright Scholarship and National Endowment for the Humanities Palestinian American Research Center Grant–Heidi Morrison (History)
  25. 13-14 Lesson Study Projects
  26. English – Ryan Friesen, Jennifer Mohlenhoff-Baggett, and Bruce Handtke
  27. History (Team 1) – Julie Weiskopf, Gerald Iguchi and Patricia Stovey
  28. History (Team 2) – Gita Pai, Tiffany Trimmer, Marti Lybeck and Ariel Beaujot
  29. Modern Languages (Team 1) – Omar Granados and Joshua Everett
  30. Modern Languages (Team 2) – Omar Granados and Rose Brougham

Section 4: Outreach Activities

Inclusive Excellence Opportunities, Events and Ideas

  1. Provided registration funding for faculty and students to attend the White Privilege Conference at UW-Madison in Spring 2014 ($1,327.50 for 6 faculty and $468 for 3 students)
  2. Eagle Mentoring Program – 12 students started the program with 11 students completing, under the direction of Victor Macias-Gonzales. Four students applied for the McNair Program, 3 students worked as Resident Assistants and 1 student studied abroad in Costa Rica.
  3. (Latina/o and Latin American Studies (LALAS) Conference (Collaboration between UW-L and Viterbo) - $2,000, presentations by faculty and students
  4. “Sisters of Freedom” – Exhibit features the work of African-American Women, sponsored by WGSS – February 2014
  5. Hispanic Heritage Month – planned by Ethnic & Racial Studies and Institute for Latin American Studies, with support from CLS
  6. CLS Inclusive Excellence Films–
  7. Fire in the Blood – March 13, 2014
  8. Fruitvale Station - April 2, 2014
  9. “The Homophile Movement in Mexico City, 1490-1960” – Lecture by Victor Macias-Gonzalez – November 6, 2013
  10. “Miss Saigon, Orientalism, and Problematics of International Adoption” –February 19, 2014 - lecture by Sarah Docan-Morgan (Communication Studies) and Gerald Iguchi (History)
  11. “Guyland: The Perilous World Where Boys Become Men” – Lecture by Ryan McKelley (Psychology)

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