Provost Russell Moore has announced the composition of three working groups of campus subject matter experts to examine the structural, governance and resource issues needed to implement the major recommendations of a report by theĚýProvost Committee on Academic Reorganization.
Moore said the structures, resource, and shared governance working groups are not visioning groups, but are groups “well-versed in human resource and programmatic design, budget and finance, and governance best practices, respectively. The groups will be well positioned to identify both challenges and opportunities that might be presented throughout the proposed reorganization of the college.”
Moore said that each of the three working groups will draw on the considerable subject matter expertise in their respective areas “by reaching out to other networks of faculty and staff, drawing a significant breadth of input on how the proposed structure—three divisional deans with more divisional budget and governance autonomy and an executive dean who would coordinate logistical and material support for the college—might be created with maximum benefit for our students, faculty and the campus.”
The working groups will be charged with delivering their analyses at the close of the 2019 calendar year, advising Moore, Senior Vice Chancellor Kelly Fox and Chancellor Phil DiStefano on the feasibility of taking the next steps in structuring the college.
The composition of the groups are as follows:
The A&S College Structures Working Group
- Mike Murray, HR, Director of Strategic Initiatives, chair and convener
- Kenny Nelson, Director, HR Service Center
- Lisa Landis, Director, Employee Relations and HR Operations
- Bernadette Stewart, Assistant Dean of Administration, College of Arts and Sciences
- Roy Parker, Distinguished Professor, Biochemistry
- Donna Mejia, Assistant Professor, Theatre & Dance
- Ken Bickers, Professor, Political Science
The A&S Shared Governance Working Group
- Michele Moses, VPFA, Professor, Education, chair and convener
- Stephen Mojzsis, Professor, Geology, ASC Chair
- Bob Ferry, Associate Professor, History, BFA Chair
- Justin Desautels-Stein, Associate Professor, Law
Natural sciences
- Nils Halverson, Professor and Chair, Astrophysical & Planetary Sciences
- Bernadette Park, Professor, Psychology and Neuroscience
Social sciences
- Nicholas Flores, Professor and Chair, Economics
- Laura Michaelis, Professor and Chair, Linguistics
Arts and humanities
- Catherine Labio, Associate Professor, English
- Paul Sutter, Professor and Chair, History
Ex Officio members: Subject-matter experts and working group resource/support
- Jeff Cox, Professor of Distinction, English
- Emily CoBabe-Ammann, Director of Strategic Projects, Research & Innovation office (RIO)
The A&S Budget Working Group
- Ann Schmiesing, Sr. Vice Provost for Academic Resource Management, Co-chair
- Carla Ho-a, Associate Vice Chancellor and Deputy Chief Financial Officer, Co-Chair
- Gina Houck, Director of Budget and Finance, Division of Academic Affairs,
- Lisa Landis, Director, Employee Relations and HR Operations
- Blake Redabaugh, Institutional Research Analyst, Office of Data Analytics
- Amy Lavens, Associate Dean of Finance and Administration, Arts and Sciences
- Paul Quist, Director of Budget, Arts and Sciences
- Elizabeth Fenn, Distinguished Professor, History
- Nicholas Flores, Professor and Chair, Economics
- Cora Randall, Professor, Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences
