Advisory Board
91制片厂 the ASSETT Advisory Board
ASSETT is advised by a board of representatives from across the College of Arts and Sciences, including faculty, staff and students. The board is chaired by an associate dean of the college, who appoints the members with recommendations from the ASSETT Director, other associate deans, the A&S Student Government, and the United Government of Graduate Students. Faculty and staff are appointed for one to two years, and students are appointed for two semesters. The board meets twice a year to review ASSETT鈥檚 activities and make recommendations for the future.
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Mission Statement: The mission of the A&S Support of Education Through Technology (ASSETT) program is to work in partnership with OIT to increase access to educational technology for instructors and students in the College of Arts & Sciences. The primary roles of the Advisory Board are to help improve communication of ASSETT resources to faculty and students, provide advice regarding new initiatives that ASSETT might undertake, and work in coordination with OIT to strategize the potential use of ASSETT funds. The ASSETT fee revenue is held in a special account that is administered 鈥渦nder the supervision of the Dean of Arts & Sciences, and in consultation with an advisory committee named by the Dean and composed of faculty, graduate student representatives, and undergraduate student representatives.鈥
Membership: The Advisory Board shall consist of (1) two faculty representatives from each of the three divisions in the College of Arts & Sciences: Arts & Humanities, Natural Sciences, and Social Sciences, (2) at least one undergraduate student per division, and (3) at least one at large graduate student. All members serve staggered two-year terms, and membership may be renewed for additional two-year terms. Any faculty member shall be eligible to serve as Advisory Board Chair after serving an initial two-year term. The Chair shall serve a two-year term following election by the board members. The ASSETT Faculty Advisor and two members of the OIT management team (the Associate Director of Academic Technology, Strategy and Support and the Director of Academic and Campus Technology, Communications and Support) will serve as ex-officio members.
Responsibilities: The Dean will appoint an Associate Dean to steward the use of the ASSETT fee, and the Associate Dean will convene the Advisory Board for the following purposes:
- Consult and advise regarding strategic and budget planning, program priorities and outcomes for the ASSETT unit housed in OIT.
- Counsel the associate dean about the application of any surplus revenues to the ASSETT unit in OIT and/or to other College initiatives around teaching, learning and technology.
- Recommend new activities to improve ASSETT for faculty and students.
- Design any future ASSETT award programs, as surplus funds allow, and contribute to the award process by reviewing proposals, helping select projects to fund and receiving reports on outcomes.
- Collaborate with ASSETT leadership to recruit and recommend faculty to serve as the Faculty Fellows.
Meetings: The Board will ordinarily convene three times per academic year: e.g.,. typically, September, January, and March . The January meeting will be an open house to showcase ASSETT accomplishments, services, and programs. All board members are expected to attend. The purpose of the meetings shall be for the Board, the ASSETT Faculty Advisor, and the OIT management team to discuss the current state of and future visions for ASSETT. The ASSETT Faculty Advisor shall present the status of ASSETT programs and events. The March meeting will include a budget presentation from OIT and budget planning for the next academic year. New approaches to enhancing and improving the activities of ASSETT shall be considered at each meeting.
- Develop and periodically review ASSETT鈥檚 strategies, goals and annual as well as multiyear objectives
- Ensure that ASSETT鈥檚 strategies, goals and annual and multiyear objectives are in keeping with the mission of the program as proposed in the Spring 2008 fee proposal.
- Assess the effectiveness of ASSETT鈥檚 activities in meeting its mission.
- Assume fiduciary responsibility for ASSETT鈥檚 expenditure of student fees and in that role set an annual budget and require that the Director report at regular intervals on expenses relative to the approved budget.
- Ensure that administrative expenses are reasonable and necessary to ASSETT鈥檚 mission.
- Ensure that staff are well qualified and receive adequate opportunities for professional development.
- Provide for leadership continuity and plan for transitions.
- Review the Director鈥檚 performance annually.
- Ensure that feedback on the needs of the College faculty related to ASSETT鈥檚 mission is gathered at least annually.
- Ensure that the Director prepares and distributes a report on ASSETT鈥檚 activities annually
- Seek diversity and inclusiveness in board appointments and hiring practices.
- Ensure transparency in ASSETT鈥檚 activities and the delivery of services.
- Collaborate in building relationships and developing opportunities within the College and with other units on campus.
- Conduct at least two in-person meetings annually, one of which should be in the fall semester and the other late in the spring semester. The fall semester meeting should include a review of the challenges and accomplishments of the previous year, and the spring semester meeting should include a report from the Director, discussion and approval of the plans for the coming year, setting the budget for the coming year, and reviewing the performance of the Director.
Membership
The advisory board includes:
- Two faculty members from each Arts & Sciences division: Arts & Humanities, Natural Sciences, and Social Sciences
- At least one undergraduate student from each Arts & Sciences division
- At least one graduate student member at large
- An associate dean who convenes the board (currently David Brown, Divisional Dean of Social Sciences)
- The ASSETT Faculty Director who serves ex officio.
Name | Title | Department | Term |
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Janet Casagrand* | Senior Instructor | Integrated Physiology | 2017鈥&苍产蝉辫; |
Carson Ebersbach | Undergraduate Student | Environmental Studies | 2022鈥&苍产蝉辫; |
Macy Gantner | Undergraduate Student | Ecology & Evolutionary Biology | 2022鈥 |
Berit Jany | Associate Teaching Professor | German and Slavic Languages and Literatures | 2022鈥 |
Nicole Jobin | Teaching Associate Professor | Stories and Societies Residential Academic Program | 2022鈥 |
Rebecca Lee | Graduate Student | Linguistics | 2022鈥&苍产蝉辫; |
Jennifer Lewon | Lecturer | Speech, Language & Hearing Sciences | 2017鈥&苍产蝉辫; |
Deepti Misri | Associate Professor | Women and Gender Studies | 2022鈥 |
Alejandro Perdomo-Pino | Undergraduate Student | Environmental Studies | 2022鈥 |
Sebastian Schmidt | Associate Professor | Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences | 2019鈥&苍产蝉辫; |
Olivia Stock | Undergraduate Student | Speech, Language & Hearing Sciences | 2022鈥 |
*Janet Casagrand is the Chair of the Advisory Board
Name | Role | Department | Term |
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Nathaniel Bala | Undergraduate Student | Theatre & Dance | 2018鈥20 |
Rachel Bowyer | Graduate Student | Astrophysical & Planetary Sciences | 2021鈥22 |
David Brown | Convener | Division of Social Sciences | 2018鈥22 |
Kira Hall | Professor | Linguistics & Anthropology | 2019鈥21 |
Leila G贸mez | Associate Professor | Spanish & Portuguese | 2019鈥21 |
Vilha Hulden | Instructor | History | 2019鈥22 |
Aisha Jackson | Director (Ex Officio Member) | Office of Information Technology | 2016鈥22 |
Sabrina Kainz | Undergraduate Student | Geology | 2019鈥20 |
Kavya Kannan | Undergraduate Student | Economics | 2019鈥20 |
Beth Osnes | Faculty Advisor (Ex Officio Member) | Theatre & Dance | 2019鈥22 |
Sarah Sokhey | Associate Professor | Political Science | 2019鈥21 |
Mark Werner | Associate Director (Ex Officio Member) | Office of Information Technology | 2016鈥21 |
Carew Boulding | Faculty Representative | Political Science | 2018鈥19 |
Andrew Martin | Faculty Advisor | Ecology and Evolutionary Biology | 2016鈥19 |
Laura Olson Osterman | Faculty Representative | Germanic and Slavic Languages & Literatures | 2016鈥19 |
Jill Litt | Faculty Representative | Environmental Studies | 2018 |
Kyle McJunkin | Convener | College of Arts & Sciences | 2017鈥18 |
Margaret Asirvatham | Faculty Representative | Chemistry | 2012鈥17 |
Daryl Maeda | Faculty Representative | Ethnic Studies | 2015鈥17 |
Irene Blair | Faculty Representative | Psychology | 2015鈥16 |
Elspeth Dusinberre | Faculty Representative | Classics | 2014鈥16 |
Cheryl Higashida | Faculty Representative | English | 2011鈥16 |
Robin Bernstein | Faculty Representative | Anthropology | 2013鈥15 |
Lew Harvey | Faculty Representative | Psychology | 2008鈥15 |
Cecilia Pang | Faculty Representative | Theatre & Dance | 2013鈥15 |
Jennifer Wolak | Faculty Representative | Political Science | 2011鈥15 |
Douglas Duncan | Faculty Representative | Astronomy & Planetary Science | 2011鈥14 |
Michael Radelet | Faculty Representative | Sociology | 2012鈥14 |
John Martin Ackerman | Faculty Representative | Program for Writing & Rhetoric | 2012鈥13 |
Kirstyn Leuner | Faculty Representative | English | 2012鈥13 |
Eric Stade | Faculty Representative | Mathematics | 2011鈥13 |
Kathryn Arehart | Faculty Representative | Speech, Language & Hearing Sciences | 2008鈥12 |
Linnea Avallone | Faculty Representative | Laboratory for Atmospheric and Space Physics | 2008鈥12 |
Michael Dubson | Faculty Representative | Physics | 2011鈥12 |
Lori Emerson | Faculty Representative | English | 2009鈥12 |
Horst Mewes | Faculty Representative | Political Science | 2011鈥12 |
Noah Finkelstein | Faculty Representative | Physics | 2009鈥11 |
Anna Hasenfratz | Faculty Representative | Physics | 2011 |
Ed Rivers | Faculty Representative | English | 2008鈥11 |
E. Scott Adler | Faculty Representative | Political Science | 2008鈥10 |
Anne Dougherty | Faculty Representative | Applied Mathematics | 2008鈥10 |
Kira Hall | Faculty Representative | Linguistics | 2009鈥10 |
Mary Klages | Faculty Representative | English | 2009 |
Noel Lenski | Faculty Representative | Classics | 2008鈥09 |
Name | Role | Department | Term |
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Jashodhara Sen | Graduate Representative | Theatre & Dance | 2019鈥20 |
Anthony Pidanick | Undergraduate Representative | Psychology | 2018鈥19 |
Lakshmi Lalchandani | Graduate Representative | Psychology | 2017鈥19 |
Dorothy Eissenberg | Undergraduate Representative | Political Science | 2017鈥18 |
Alma Hinojosa | Undergraduate Representative | English | 2017鈥18 |
Taylor Marino | Undergraduate Representative | Ecology and Evolutionary Biology | 2017 |
Amedee Marchand Martella | Undergraduate Representative | Ecology and Evolutionary Biology | 2016 |
Nico Hernandez Charpak | Graduate Representative | Physics | 2015鈥16 |
Jessica Barnes | Undergraduate Representative | Ecology and Evolutionary Biology | 2015 |
Richard Bender | Graduate Representative | Anthropology | 2011鈥15 |
Michael Benton | Undergraduate Representative | History | 2015 |
Ciera Catalano | Undergraduate Representative | Psychology | 2015 |
Elisabeth Anne Collins | Undergraduate Representative | Molecular, Cellular & Developmental Biology | 2015 |
Samantha Williams | Undergraduate Representative | Classics | 2013鈥15 |
Pippa Bancroft Blau | Undergraduate Representative | Sociology | 2014 |
Catherine Bogart | Undergraduate Representative | Communications | 2014 |
Jeremy Bonnell | Undergraduate Representative | Environmental Studies | 2013鈥14 |
Keegan McCaffrey | Undergraduate Representative | Ecology and Evolutionary Biology | 2013鈥14 |
Moriah Mendicino | Undergraduate Representative | Communications | 2013鈥14 |
Alexis Scobie | Undergraduate Representative | Political Science | 2013鈥14 |
David Zimmerman | Undergraduate Representative | Art & Art History | 2014 |
Julie Byle | Undergraduate Representative | Ecology and Evolutionary Biology | 2012鈥13 |
Nicole Castagneri | Undergraduate Representative | Communications | 2013 |
Allison Kenney | Undergraduate Representative | Anthropology | 2013 |
Haley Midzor | Undergraduate Representative | Business | 2013 |
Martin Miramontes | Undergraduate Representative | Economics | 2013 |
Ashley Sanks | Undergraduate Representative | Political Science | 2012鈥13 |
Logan Singletary | Undergraduate Representative | Anthropology | 2012鈥13 |
Ashley Basta | Undergraduate Representative | Humanities | 2011鈥12 |
Brandon Brunetti | Undergraduate Representative | Physics | 2011鈥12 |
Michael Bostwick | Undergraduate Representative | Astrophysical & Planetary Sciences | 2011 |
Morgan Seamont | Undergraduate Representative | Anthropology | 2008鈥10 |
Jeffrey Tran | Undergraduate Representative | Accounting | 2008鈥10 |
Rory Desmond | Undergraduate Representative | Political Science | 2009 |
Britton Zwack | Undergraduate Representative | Political Science | 2009 |
Patrick Delaurie | Undergraduate Representative | 2008 | |
Amanda Porter | Undergraduate Representative | Psychology | 2008 |
Darin Tooey | Undergraduate Representative | Ethnic Studies | 2008 |
Evy Valencia | Undergraduate Representative | 2008 |