{"id":162177,"date":"2025-02-20T11:10:54","date_gmt":"2025-02-20T18:10:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/communique.uccs.edu\/?p=162177"},"modified":"2025-02-20T16:15:54","modified_gmt":"2025-02-20T23:15:54","slug":"committees-announced-for-coe-cps-and-las-dean-searches","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/communique.uccs.edu\/?p=162177","title":{"rendered":"Committees announced for COE, CPS and LAS dean searches"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Committee members have been announced for the ongoing searches for the next deans of the College of Education (COE), College of Public Service (CPS), and College of Letters, Arts, and Sciences (LAS). Theses committees are actively reviewing applications and preparing to shortlist candidates for virtual interviews in the coming weeks. The members of each committee are listed below.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Recruitment for each position is ongoing, with the interview phase for each role scheduled to begin in March. Finalist interviews and campus engagement opportunities are anticipated in March and April.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The links for each job posting can be found here:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Dean, COE:&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/cu.taleo.net\/careersection\/2\/jobdetail.ftl?job=36108&amp;lang=en\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">cu.taleo.net\/careersection\/2\/jobdetail.ftl?job=36108<\/a>&nbsp;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Dean, CPS:&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/cu.taleo.net\/careersection\/2\/jobdetail.ftl?job=36102&amp;lang=en\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">cu.taleo.net\/careersection\/2\/jobdetail.ftl?job=36102<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Dean, LAS:&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/cu.taleo.net\/careersection\/2\/jobdetail.ftl?job=36101&amp;lang=en\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">cu.taleo.net\/careersection\/2\/jobdetail.ftl?job=36101<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Dean, College of Letters, Arts, and Sciences<\/strong>&nbsp;<br>Co-Chairs:&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Susan Taylor \u2013 Vice Provost &amp; Associate Vice Chancellor for Undergraduate Education and Academic Planning; Professor of English&nbsp;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Regina Winters \u2013 Associate Dean, College of Public Service; Teaching Professor of Public Administration&nbsp;<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Committee Members:&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Markus Moeder-Chandler \u2013 Assistant Teaching Professor, Counseling &amp; Human Services (Faculty Assembly Representative)&nbsp;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Kim Uhl \u2013 Administrative Assistant III, Military Science (Staff Council Representative)&nbsp;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Sarah Hutton \u2013 Finance and HR Professional, Anthropology (Equity Advocate)&nbsp;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Kirsten Ortega \u2013 Associate Professor, English (LAS Faculty Representative)&nbsp;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Kevin Tvrdy \u2013 Associate Professor, Chemistry &amp; Biochemistry (LAS Faculty Representative)&nbsp;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Barbara Headle \u2013 Teaching Professor, History (LAS Faculty Representative)&nbsp;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Steven Bistricky \u2013 Associate Director of Clinical Training &amp; Associate Professor w\/Tenure, Psychology (LAS Faculty Representative)&nbsp;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>K. Maja Krakowiak \u2013 Co-Chair &amp; Professor of Communication (LAS Faculty Representative)&nbsp;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Corrie West \u2013 Senior Director of Development, University Development (Staff Representative)&nbsp;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Michaela Steen \u2013 IT Senior Professional, Visual &amp; Performing Arts (Staff Representative)&nbsp;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Laura McKernan \u2013 The Justice Center (Community Member)&nbsp;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Amanda Espinel \u2013 Graduate Student, LAS (Graduate Student Representative)&nbsp;<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Dean, College of Public Service<\/strong>&nbsp;<br>Co-Chairs:&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Ying Shang \u2013 Dean, College of Engineering and Applied Science&nbsp;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>George Rus \u2013 Associate Dean, Letters, Arts, and Sciences&nbsp;<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Committee Members:&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Laurel Bidwell \u2013 Associate Professor, Social Work (Faculty Assembly Representative)\u00a0<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Jevita Rogers \u2013 Assistant Vice Chancellor for Enrollment Management &amp; Financial Aid (Staff Council Representative)&nbsp;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Pam Sawyer \u2013 Director of Strategic Initiatives (Equity Advocate)&nbsp;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Cathy Simmons \u2013 Professor w\/ Tenure, Department of Social Work (CPS Faculty Representative)&nbsp;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Henriikka Weir \u2013 Associate Professor, Criminal Justice (CPS Faculty Representative)&nbsp;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Edin Mujkic \u2013 Associate Professor w\/ Tenure, Homeland Security (CPS Faculty Representative)&nbsp;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Ila DeBose \u2013 Clinical Assistant Professor &amp; BSW Practicum Director (CPS Faculty Representative)&nbsp;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Kara Carnes-Holt \u2013 Professor, Counseling &amp; Human Services (COE Faculty Representative)&nbsp;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Steve Recca \u2013 Director of the Center for Human Security (Staff Representative)&nbsp;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Cortney Strack-Loertscher \u2013 Business and Finance Operations Manager (Staff Representative)&nbsp;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Steve Parker \u2013 CPS Advisory Board (Community Member)&nbsp;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Matthew Dower \u2013 Graduate Student, College of Public Service (Graduate Student Representative)&nbsp;<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Dean, College of Education<\/strong><br>Co-Chairs:&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Minette Church \u2013 Associate Dean, Letters, Arts, and Sciences&nbsp;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Tabatha Farney \u2013 Associate Dean, Kramer Family Library&nbsp;<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Committee Members:&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Chelsea Lawson \u2013 Teaching Professor, English (Faculty Assembly &amp; Equity Advocate Representative)&nbsp;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Kylie Rogalla \u2013 Assistant Professor, Counseling &amp; Human Services (Faculty Assembly)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Jeremy Anderson \u2013 Associate Director of Operations, Dining &amp; Hospitality (Staff Council Representative)&nbsp;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Patty Witkowsky \u2013 Associate Professor &amp; Department Chair, Leadership, Research, and Foundations (COE Faculty Representative)&nbsp;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Monica Yoo \u2013 Chair, Department of Teaching and Learning (COE Faculty Representative)&nbsp;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Cory Gavitt \u2013 Associate Teaching Professor, Education (COE Faculty Representative)&nbsp;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Lori Notestine \u2013 Associate Teaching Professor, Counseling &amp; Human Services (COE Faculty Representative)&nbsp;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Collin McAllister \u2013 Associate Professor w\/ Tenure, Music (LAS Faculty Representative)&nbsp;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Sarah Long \u2013 Assistant Dean &amp; Director of Student Affairs (Staff Representative)&nbsp;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Stacy Aldridge \u2013 District 12 Assistant Superintendent (Community Member)&nbsp;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Sofi Cruz \u2013 Graduate Student, SAHE Master of Arts (Graduate Student Representative)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"mh-excerpt\"><p>Committee members have been announced for the ongoing searches for the next deans of the College of Education (COE), College of Public Service (CPS), and College of Letters, Arts, and Sciences (LAS). <a class=\"mh-excerpt-more\" href=\"https:\/\/communique.uccs.edu\/?p=162177\" title=\"Committees announced for COE, CPS and LAS dean searches\">(More)<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"author":18,"featured_media":144584,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[1,49],"tags":[82,86,39,51],"class_list":["post-162177","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-all","category-campus-announcements","tag-college-of-education","tag-college-of-letters-arts-and-sciences","tag-college-of-public-service","tag-featured"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/communique.uccs.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/IMG_0613.jpg","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p1mBpJ-GbL","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/communique.uccs.edu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/162177","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/communique.uccs.edu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/communique.uccs.edu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/communique.uccs.edu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/18"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/communique.uccs.edu\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=162177"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/communique.uccs.edu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/162177\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":162226,"href":"https:\/\/communique.uccs.edu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/162177\/revisions\/162226"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/communique.uccs.edu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/144584"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/communique.uccs.edu\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=162177"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/communique.uccs.edu\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=162177"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/communique.uccs.edu\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=162177"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}