School of IAS Faculty Meeting May 1, 2015

Date: Friday, May 1, 2015 Time: 12:30 – 2:30 pm Location: Milgard Assembly Room NOTE: Highlights indicate actions taken/decisions made Agenda

I. General & Updates a. Approve 04/03/15 IAS Meeting notes

II. Reports: a. Faculty Senate b. Faculty Assembly EC c. Faculty Council

III. IAS Updates a. Mission Vision Values b. Updates

IV. Associate Dean Reports a. Searches b. Curriculum & Scheduling c. Assessment

V. Curriculum Development Timeline

Attachments: 1. Attachment A: SIAS PowerPoint by the Interim-Dean on May 1, 2015

Discussion

VI. General & Updates a. Approve 04/03/15 IAS Meeting notes

i. Notes to be resent for review and approved at the 6/3 for approval VII. Reports:

a. Faculty Senate i. Faculty salary policy and plans

1. There were concerns and objections raised 2. Revisions are needed to add more flexibility

ii. Faculty will be polled in the spring to decide what will be worked on during the summer.

b. Faculty Assembly EC i. Faculty Assembly EC met with Chancellor Pagano. ii. The Executive Team will be formed by representatives of university. iii. There is a concern that the faculty is the minority as it includes staff and

students. iv. The Chair and Vice Chair negotiated v. New agenda to discuss

1. Vision of freshmen core programs 2. There is a chance to talk to search committee for president on May 11

and there will be a Catalyst survey sent as well. 3. There is a proposal to bring internships under administration to establish

consultation 4. Representatives of Chancellor Cabinet will be a small group discussing

issues across campus. The Chair and Vice Chair will be appointed to provide consistency.

c. Faculty Council

School of IAS Faculty Meeting May 1, 2015

i. The following items were discussion in Faculty Council:

1. Areas of knowledge – attachment b a. The document was uploaded b. The history and the decision by Faculty Council for Option B was

highlights. 2. Campus committees nominations 3. The reconfiguration of CAC was discussed. 4. Voting on hires issues

a. More faculty meetings have been added during hiring season. b. Another option for discussion in the future is to shorten voting

period. VIII. IAS Updates

a. Mission Vision Values (MVV) i. Schedule is set and meetings have kicked off with the divisions ii. Information was or will be gathered about personal values and vision and then

checked again the current statement. iii. Strategic Plan will be reviewed at a later date. iv. A Catalyst site will be available with more information. v. The MVV will be discussed and finalized during the retreat in September.

b. Updates – See Attachment A i. Merit

1. The following suggestions were made: a. Add * for those nominated for extra merit b. Open the Catalyst pages to all so that materials may be double

checked 2. After the vote, the Dean will meet with Faculty Council to review salaries,

equity and compression. Faculty Council will provide an advisory recommendation.

3. Merit is a vote on performance. ii. Updates

1. Merit process; vote; dean sits w fac council to review salaries; review equity compression merit; advisory; dean make final determination

a. Vote on performance 2. Annual reviews

IX. Associate Dean Reports – See Attachment A (pages 8-10) a. Searches b. Faculty activities & events c. Curriculum & Scheduling d. Assessment

X. Curriculum Development Timeline – See Attachment A (pages 17-18) a. Shared leadership working on timeline b. Input from divisions and Shared Leadership will be presented at the September retreat

School of Interdisciplinary Arts & Sciences Faculty Meeting

1 May 2015

Time Topic Presenter

5 minutes General & Updates • Approve 04/03/15 IAS Meeting notes • C. Greengrove

5 minutes Reports: • Faculty Senate• Faculty Assembly EC• Faculty Council

• Committeerepresentatives

20 minutes IAS Updates • Mission Vision Values• Updates

• P. Kruse• C. Greengrove

20 minutes Associate Dean Reports • Searches• Curriculum & Scheduling• Assessment

• T. Kayaoglu• B. Becker• E. Ignacio

20 minutes Curriculum Development Timeline • C. Greengrove

Attachment A

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

Approval of minutes Reports from • Faculty Senate • Faculty Assembly • Faculty Council

Congratulations UWT Distinguished Research Award

Peter Horak

UWT Distinguished Teaching Award Ellen Moore

Book Published Theda Braddock – Washington Environmental Law Handbook

UWT Outstanding Women Alison Cardinal Deirdre Raynor

Elizabeth Sundermann Tanya Velasquez

Congratulations SEED (Strengthening Educational Excellence with Diversity)

Caitlin Carle Jewel Castro David Coon

Vanessa de Vertich Woodside Erik McDonald Danica Miller

Lauren Montgomery Sushil Oswal Tony Perone

Alexandra Smith

Divisional meetings: • CAC- Friday April 24th • SAM- Wednesday May 6th • SBHS- Friday May 15th • SHS- Friday June 5th • PPPA- Friday June 5th Open meetings: • Wednesday May 6th from 10:30-11:30a.m., WCG 322 • Friday May 22nd 12:30-1:30p.m., PNK 212. • Tuesday May 12th 11:30-12:30p.m., PNK 212

Mission, Vision, Values Reaffirming Meetings

Action Who Start Deadline

• Submit materials to the appropriate staff for Catalyst site • Keifer: SBHS and SHS • Lundberg: CAC • Annis: SAM and PPPA

• Materials: • Submitted by faculty member:

• CV • Activity Report • Peer teaching evaluation

• Submitted by staff: • Student teaching evaluations (tables)

• All full-time faculty • Friday, 3/27

• Part-time Lecturers: • Phase 1: Division reviews Part-time Lecturers • Phase 2: Review recommendation of Divisions

• Divisional full-time faculty • All full-time faculty

• Monday, 5/4 • Monday, 5/11

• Friday,5/8 • Friday, 5/15

• Review Full-time Lecturers • Professors • Associate Professors • Assistant Professors • Senior Lecturers

• Monday, 4/20 • Friday, 5/1

• Review Senior Lecturers • Professors • Associate Professors • Assistant Professors

• Friday, 4/24 • Friday, 5/1

• Review Assistant Professors • Professors • Associate Professors

• Friday, 5/1 • Friday, 5/8

• Review Associate Professors • Professors • Friday, 5/8 • Friday, 5/15

• Review Professors • Dean • Friday, 5/8 • Friday, 5/15

• Review & Discuss Votes • Make Recommendation to Dean

• IAS Faculty Council • Wednesday, 5/20 • Wednesday, 6/3

• Send Recommendation to VCAA • Dean • Monday, 6/8

IAS MERIT TIMELINE

Updates

Annual Reviews • Lecturers – annually – Division Chairs • Senior Lecturers – every two years – Division Chairs • Assistant Professors – annually – Dean • Associate Professors – every two years – Associate Dean of faculty Affairs • Professors – every three years – Dean

Summer Salary

Faculty Searches Applied Mathematics (TT) Maureen Kennedy accepted Environmental Psychology/Human Ecology (TT)

Lindsay McCunn accepted

Psychology and Community Research and Action (TT)

Rachel Hershberg accepted

Security Studies and Conflict Resolution (TT) Benjamin Meiches accepted Groundwater Hydrology (TT) Search failed Regional Economics (TT) Search failed Communication Law & Policy (TT) Search failed Sociology (Lecturer) Search cancelled American Government (Lecturer) Voting Film Studies (Lecturer) Campus visits are over; the committee

will meet for the final deliberations. Math (Lecturer) Campus interviews in progress History (Lecturer) Campus interviews in progress Creative Writing (Lecturer) Campus interviews in progress Geosciences (Lecturer) Interim report submitted; campus visits

are being scheduled Chemistry (Lecturer) Accepting applications

Faculty Affairs Events/Activities

• 5/4 (Monday; 12:30-1:30; WCG 322) Lecturer Reappointment & Promotion Discussion with the IAS Dean • 5/8 (Friday; 2pm; JOY 106) Assistant Professors (and others): Publishing Your Book, with Lorri Hagman from UW Press

• 5/11 (Monday; Lunch time, WCG 322) Lecturer Peer-Talk: Lecturer Issues and Concerns

• 5/18 (Monday; 12:30-2:00; WCG 322) SGID Facilitator Training with Beckie Etheridge

Faculty Affairs Events/Activities

Curriculum and Scheduling New Programs

• Majors Assessment Planning – Majors in 3 of the 5 divisions (SBHS, SAM and PPPA) have met with Asao for initial brainstorming. Other 2 division majors meetings are scheduled. Thanks to all involved.

• April 13th Majors Fair – thank you volunteers

Student Affairs

Goal for today: Initial look at first draft of a coordinated curriculum development framework for SIAS and process for feedback and revision. Purpose: This will be a living document that we revisit every year so we can incorporate new ideas and initiatives as they develop

Building toward a strategic plan and a “living” academic

curriculum development plan

Where are we going? How are we going to get there?

Revisit Mission, Vision, Values Starting at division level - Patricia & ADs Spring qtr. – bring back retreat

Coordinated Curriculum Development Plan Shared Leadership Spring qtr. – small faculty groups & bring back to the retreat

SIAS Strategic Plan – living document

Old IAS strategic plan Division Curriculum growth plans

Spring Shared Leadership revisits 5- year plan Finalize 1-2 programs for next year IAS Faculty discussion

Summer Key faculty work on new program proposals

Fall Curriculum approval process Divisions submit hiring plans for following year (include new programs)

Winter Divisions revise and update individual growth plans

THE ANNUAL CYCLE

The process How get the word out and get feedback ? • SIAS shared leadership worked on first draft of coordinated curriculum

development framework (March & April mtgs.) • Introduce this draft curriculum development timeline and process at

next IAS faculty meeting (May 1st 2015) • Follow-up with small group meetings in divisions and open meetings

open to all during lunch hour early in spring quarter • Compile feedback and integrate in at next shared leadership meeting in

spring quarter • Bring to SIAS faculty retreat and along with whatever progress made on

Mission, Vision, Values • Proceed from there to start integrating together into a updated SIAS

strategic plan

Reappointment Review Ji-Hyun Ahn Mary Hanneman – Chair Divya McMillin Emily Ignacio Emma Rose Ingrid Walker – Chair Beth Kalikoff Tom Koontz Etga Ugur Turan Kayaoglu – Chair Charles Williams Sam Parker

DivisionNew or Revised

New Fiscal Resources Curriculum Status Notes Start Date

Enrollment Begins W/Q1 2015 W/Q1 2016 W/Q1 2017 W/Q1 2018 W/Q1 2019 W/Q1 2020 W/Q1 2021

SAM new yes MS in Environmental Science PostponedGraduate School approved - waiting for

externals started F/Q4 2016

SHS revised no Non-Profit Studies Minor In Development started F/Q4 2015

SHS new no American Indian Studies Minor Approval Process Under review by IAS-going to ICC 4/27 started W/2016

SAM new yes BS Biomed Sciences Approval Process at tri-campus started F/2016

SAM new yes BS Mathematics Approval Process at tri-campus second round started F/Q4 2015

SBHS new yes Social Science Research Methods Minor Approval Processrequested one new hire for search 2015-

2016 started S/2016

SHS new no Global Studies Major Discussion Phase conversion of concentration 2015/2016 unknown

SHS new no Sociology Minor Discussion Phase 2015/2016 unknown

SHS new no Africana Studies Minor Discussion Phase 2015/2016 unknownCAC new yes Arts in Context Major Postponed started F/Q4 2016

SHS revised no Museum Studies Minor Discussion Phase 2015/2016 F/Q4 2017

SHS new no Latino Studies Minor Discussion Phase review w/CAC Latino Studies Minor 2015/2016 unknown

MAIS revised no IAS to MAIS 5 year admits Discussion Phase larger discussion 2015/2016 unknown

PPPA new yes Human Rights MA In Developmentfunded to develop a PNOI and proposal

summer 2015 started F/Q4 2017

PPPA revised no Law & Policy In Development started F/Q4 2016

SAM revised no BA in Environmental Studies In Development started F/Q4 2016

CAC new yes MA in Communication Discussion Phase 2015/2016 unknown

revised no Hispanic Studies Major Discussion Phaserefer back to SHS Latino Studies Major

and Hispanic Studies Major 2015/2016

CAC new no Latino Studies Minor Discussion Phaserefer back to SHS Latino Studies Major

and Hispanic Studies Major 2015/2016 Unknown

PPPA new yes BA in International Studies Discussion Phase 2016/2017 F/Q4 2017SAM new yes BS Environmental Engineering Postponed 2016/2017 F/2019

SHS new yes Asian Pacific Islander Studies Minor Discussion Phase 2016/2017 unknown

SBHS new yes Community Health & Wellness In Development started F/Q4 2017

CAC revised no AMC In Development 2016/2017 F/Q4 2017

PPPA new yes BA in Philosophy, Religion, & Ethics Discussion Phase 2017/2018 F/Q4 2019

SHS new no Community, Social, & Economic Justice Studies Minor Discussion Phase 2017/2018 unknown

SHS new no Labor & Immigration Studies Minor Discussion Phase 2017/2018 unknown

CAC revised no Writing Studies (track in Rhetoric) Discussion Phase 2015/2016 unknown

SAM new yes Masters in Big Data/Epidemiology Discussion Phase 2018/2019 F/Q4 2020

SAM new yes Environmental Health Discussion Phase 2017/2018 F/Q4 2019

SAM new yes Geosciences Discussion Phase 2019/2020 F/Q4 2021

SBHS new yes Masters of Forensic Psychology Discussion Phase 2019/2020 Unknown

ALL revised no lower division curriculum revision In Development