School of Interdisciplinary Arts & Sciences

Retreat

Wednesday & Thursday, September 16 and 17, 2015

IAS Retreat Agenda – Wednesday 8:30 – 9:00 - Coffee, etc. 9:00 – 9:30 - Welcome & Introductions (Cheryl) 9:30-11:30 - Updates 11:30-12:30 - Lunch 12:30-2:30 - SIAS SLOs & Assessment (Bonnie) 2:30-2:45 - Break 2:45-3:45 - Diversity & Inclusion (Patricia & Chris) 3:45-4:00 - Wrap-up

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IAS Retreat Agenda – Thursday NEW IAS FACULTY ONLY 9:00 – 11:00 - Orientation – CP 206C ALL FACULTY 10:30 – 11:00 - Coffee etc. 11:00-1:00 - Mission, Vision, Values – Strategic Plan (Cheryl & Patricia) 1:00-2:00 - Lunch 2:00-3:45 - Divisional Meetings 3:45-4:00 - Wrap-up

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Welcome & Introductions

• Welcome Back & Kudos • Introduction of New Faculty • Recognition of Tenure & Promotion • SIAS Executive Leadership Changes (Cheryl) [org chart] • Introduce all Staff to Faculty (Patricia) [org chart]

Updates & Action Items

• Where we have been & where we are going (Cheryl) • Faculty Council – last year/this year (Michael Forman) • VCAA Search & Faculty Assembly (Nita & FA reps) • Dean Search (Cheryl) • Approved Faculty & Staff Searches & Committees (Cheryl) • Tenure & Promotion ( Cheryl) • Salary Increases (Cheryl) • Professional Development Funds (Cheryl) • Teaching & Research Funds (Cheryl) • Key Dates (Cheryl) • Brown Bag Lunches (Turan) • Peer Mentoring (Turan) • Workshops & Training: Academic Impressions, TLG Learning, Lead it Yourself, NCIB

(Cheryl/Patricia) • IAS Operations Manual (Patricia) • SharePoint & Workflow (Patricia) • Website Revamp (Meredith) • Assigned Advising (Patricia) • Scheduling (Bonnie) • Curriculum Development (Bonnie) • MAIS updates (Larry) • Nominations for SIAS Faculty Council Vice-Chair & APCC (& vote) • Delegate Faculty Council to continue to voting on part-timers & affiliates, adjuncts

etc. (vote) • School By-Laws revision (vote) • Graduate Faculty (vote on status)

IAS Ground Rules Work for the good of IAS as a whole Assume best intent Share the floor and allow for all voices Be honest and respectful Listen Stay with agenda (unless team decides to deviate) Ask for clarity when needed Be positive – change is hard! Bring off line conversations and/or decisions back to the

group

Updated 9/9/13

New Faculty

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Rachel Hershberg – Psychology – Assistant Professor – SBHS Maureen Kennedy – Applied Math – Assistant Professor – SAM Lindsay McCunn – Psychology – Assistant Professor – SBHS Benjaman Meiches – Conflict Resolution – Assistant Professor - PPPA Dan Shugar – Geology – Assistant Professor - SAM Joan Bleecker – Chemistry – Lecturer - SAM William Burghart – History – Lecturer - SHS Ryan Card – Math – Lecturer – SAM Emily Cilli-Turner – Math - Lecturer – SAM Joanne Clarke Dillman – Film – Lecturer – CAC Ann Frost – American Politics – Lecturer – PPPA Julie Masura – Geoscience – Lecturer – SAM Janie Miller – Creative Writing – Lecturer – CAC Jennifer Myers – Film – Lecturer – CAC Haley Skipper – Math – Lecturer – SAM Libi Sundermann – History – Lecturer – SHS Erik Tou – Math – Lecturer – SAM Page 1

New Faculty

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Ruth Bernstein – Non-profit Studies – 1 yr. Lecturer – SHS Anju Bhargava – Psychology – 1 yr. Lecturer – SBHS James Liner – Writing – 1 yr. Lecturer – CAC Deborah Macey – Communication – 1 yr. Lecturer – CAC Abby Murray – Writing – 1 yr. Lecturer - CAC Ryan Siegel – Economics – 1 yr. Lecturer - PPPA Joe Welinske – Writing – 1 yr. Lecturer - CAC Ariel Wetzel – American Studies – 1 yr. Lecturer - CAC Brenna Wolf-Monteiro – Communication – 1 yr. Lecturer - CAC

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Tenure & Promotion Congratulations!

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Sushil Oswal

Peter Selkin

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Shared Leadership Council Executive Leadership Team Cheryl Greengrove – Interim Dean Bonnie Becker – Associate Dean – Curriculum & Academic Initiatives Turan Kayaoglu – Associate Dean – Faculty & Student Affairs Patricia Kruse – Director of Administration & Operations Kristina Powers – Assistant to Dean & Human Resources Faculty Council Michael Forman– Chair Faculty Council TBD– Chair-elect Faculty Council Division Chairs Culture, Art & Communication (CAC) – Chris Demaske Culture, Art & Communication (CAC) – Assistant Chair – Riki Thompson Politics, Philosophy & Public Affairs (PPPA) – Charles Williams Sciences & Mathematics (SAM) – Erica Cline Social & Historical Studies (SHS) – Julie Nicoletta Social, Behavioral & Human Science (SBHS) – Nita McKinley MAIS Graduate Program Coordinator – Larry Knopp

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2015-2016 IAS Faculty Council

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Michael Forman– Chair TBD– Chair-elect Jeremy Davis– lecturer at large Amos Nascimento – PPPA Loly Alcaide Ramirez - CAC Lauren Montgomery - SBHS Peter Selkin - SAM Cynthia Howson – SHS Ex-officio: Cheryl Greengrove – Dean Bonnie Becker – Associate Dean TBD – Chair of Chairs Kristina Powers – Assistant to Dean

SIAS Staff Patricia Kruse – Director of Administration & Operations Kristina Powers – Assistant to Dean & Human Resources Jessica Asplund – Assistant Director of Operations & Curriculum/Enrollment Analyst Kelly Kledzik – Curriculum and Time Schedule Specialist Laura Dennis – Fiscal Specialist Julie Miller – Internship Program Manager Christie Keifer – Administrative Coordinator SHS & SBHS TBD - Administrative Coordinator CAC & PPPA Naomi Demmings – Program Coordinator – Searches Dustin Annis – Program Assistant - Front Desk Jeny McCray – Media Lab Technician Meridith Hatch – Web Specialist Heather Hucks – Lead Academic Advisor Karin Dalesky – MAIS Administrator & Advisor Arlyn Palomo – Academic Advisor Julie Johnston – Academic Advisor Suzanne McCusker – Academic Advisor Michelle Miller – SAM Manager Alyssa Boettger – Instructional Lab Coordinator Aron Rigg – Scientific Instructional Technician

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School of IAS by the numbers

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People Students at UWT 2014-2015 - ~ 4500 SIAS average # students taught each quarter - ~ 2065 Students graduated with SIAS degree 2015 - ~ 454 Number of faculty in SIAS 2014 -2015 – 112 Number of faculty in SIAS 2015-2016 – 123 Number of new or converted faculty in SIAS 2015-2016 – 26 Faculty Tenured & Promoted - 2 Number of staff in SIAS 2015-2016 – 20 Number of new staff hired in SIAS 2014-2015 – 11 Number of faculty searches for next year(including Dean) – 13 Number of staff searches for next year – 1

School of IAS by the numbers

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Academic Programs Current SIAS degrees – 15 undergraduate/1 graduate Current SIAS minors - 17 New Degrees -

BS Mathematics (beginning fall 2015) BS Biomedical Sciences (beginning fall 2016) BA Arts in Context (working on now) MS Environmental Science (beginning fall 2016??) MA Human Rights (working on now)

New Minors – Gender Studies Minor (began spring 2015) American Indian Studies Minor (beginning winter 2016) Social Science Research Methods Minor (beginning autumn 2016) Nonprofit Management Minor revamp (beginning winter 2016)

Other curriculum development – Working with UWS Law School to provide pathways for UWT students to Law School 86 new courses developed this year

What did last year

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• Continued fine tuning new IAS structure with divisions and representative Faculty

Council - reviewed by-laws

• Continued fine tuning of scheduling & curriculum development processes

• Continued systematically reviewing, updating and organizing all IAS policies and procedures

• Developed Coordinated Curriculum Development Plan & Process

• Mission, Vision, Values Review • Created new SIAS Fellows Groups (Teaching Load Analysis; Decision Making Processes &

Administrative Models; Lower Division Revision)

• Started Major Assessment Development

• Started Diversity Initiative

Focus for this year

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• Continue to develop academic programs via plan (hiring faculty) • Continue Lower Division curriculum revision • Continue development of assessment of majors • New building • Strategic Plan/Self Study prep – continuing on Mission, Vision Values • Finalize organizational structure & policies & procedures - manual • Training – admin, staff & faculty • Diversity – continue our diversity development and conversations • Fundraising campaign – Advisory Board

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Faculty Council

• What did last year?

• What doing this year?

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Faculty Assembly

• VCAA Search

• Updates

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2015-2016 Dean of School of Interdisciplinary Arts & Sciences UWT Search

Chair: Ali Modarres (Director Urban Studies)Co-Chair: Jenny Quinn (Prof.; Dir. TLC)

CAC PPPA SAM SHS SBHSEmma Rose (Asst. Prof.) Charles Williams (Assoc. Prof.; Chair) Bonnie Becker (Assoc. Prof.; Assoc. Dean) Libbi Sunderman (Lecturer) Carolyn West (Assoc. Prof.)

Faculty Council: Michael Forman (Assoc. Prof.; FC Chair)Staff: Patricia Kruse (Head of Ops. & Admin.)Affiliate Outside IAS: Divya McMillin (Prof.; Dir. Global Honors)

SIAS Advisory Board: David Fischer

Advancement: Barbara Bartolatz-Littrell

Student and Enrollment Services: Amanda Bruner

Finance and Administration: Jan Rutledge

SIAS Dean Search

Searches

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Tenure Track Communication Law & Policy – ad is out Regional Economics – ad is at UWS awaiting approval Math - ad is at UWS awaiting approval Epidemiology – committee established Neurobiology – committee established Non-Profit Studies – finalizing committee

Lecturer Sociology - ad is at UWS awaiting approval Hispanic Studies – ad circulating in IAS Ethnic, Gender, Labor Studies – ad circulating in division Cognitive Psychology – committee established Literature/Composition – committee established Composition (5 positions) – finalizing committee

Tenure & Promotions

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Mandatory: Steve Ross Non-Mandatory: Huatong Sun Turan Kayaoglu Amos Nascimento Bill Kunz Lecturer Promotion: Ellen Moore Lauren Montgomery Ruth Vanderpool

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Salary

Faculty Council reviewed with Dean & recommended if 3% - then distribute 2.5% across the board with remaining .5% for compression/equity & extra-merit

2015-2016 Professional Development Funds

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Professors, Associate Professors, and Assistant Professors $1800

Lecturers

$900

Teaching & Research Funds $30K quarterly

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October 7

Are Native Oysters Making a Comeback?

Bonnie Becker

Division of Science and Mathematics

October 21

Catholic Communism in the 20th Century

Eric Bugyis

Division of Politics, Philosophy and Public Affairs

November 11

Let me tell ya ‘bout Black Chicks: Pornography, Pimping, and Prostitution

Carolyn West

Division of Social, Behavioral and Human Sciences

November 18

Latina Authors Fighting for Migrant Justice

Vanessa de V. Woodside

Division of Culture, Arts and Communication

December 2

A History of Puyallup Tribal Sovereignty: A Puyallup’s Perspective

Danica Miller

Division of Social and Historical Studies

IAS Brown Bag Talks are on Wednesdays, 3:40 to 4:40 at Faculty Resource Center

Brown Bag Seminars

Peer Mentoring • Peer-Mentoring Assistant Professors (First Mondays) WCG

322: 12:30 to 1:30 • October 5: Welcome; Agenda Setting • November 2 • December 7 • Peer-Mentoring (Second Mondays) WCG 322: 12:30 to 1:30 • October 12: Welcome; Agenda Setting • November 9 • Part-Time Celebration Day, KEY 202 • November 3

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Updates on Logistics, Processes & Staff

• Training • IAS Operations Manual • SharePoint workflow • Website Revamp • Assigned Advising

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MAIS

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VOTES

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• Faculty Council Chair-Elect • Faculty Assembly – APCC • Delegate Faculty Council to continue voting on part-timers &

affiliates etc. • School By-Laws Revision • Graduate Faculty Status

THANK YOU!!

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