Hello everyone,
I know you are all working hard to “virtually” wrap up the quarter these first few weeks of December. You are all working to advance our academic mission and care for each other as we move through the ongoing challenges of the pandemic. Cura personalis, or care for the whole person, and academic excellence are blended together in all you do.
We’ve highlighted many things our faculty, students, staff and alumni have done recently to advance their fields and our mission as a college and university, and there are many great things to come.
Along with that list of accomplishments, you will see that the announcements include a list CAS faculty, alumni and community members who are working on Mayor-elect Bruce Harrell’s transition team. We are making a difference together in our community and the world.
You will also see information sessions this week for our groundbreaking new Full Professor promotion guidelines and there will be more opportunities in Winter Quarter. We are also planning a series of opportunities for engagement in intersectional, anti-racist work over the coming winter and spring quarters, moving forward with that component of our mission, look for more details on those points soon.
Happy Holidays one and all!
Shared Governance
David V. Powers, Dean, College of Arts and Sciences, Seattle University
Ken Allan, PhD, Associate Professor, Art History, gave his paper "Senga Nengudi, the Freeway, and the Fetish in 1970s Los Angeles" on a panel entitled "Urban Mobility and Spatial Resistances" at ASAP/12: Reciprocity--the annual conference of the Association for the Study of the Arts of the Present held virtually this year on October 27-30. Dr. Allan serves as a board member of ASAP as secretary and the paper is part of a larger project on race, representation, and infrastructure in Los Angeles.
Kathleen Cook, PhD, Professor and Chair, Psychology, talked about strategies for coping on KUOW’s Seattle Now podcast, “The Big dark and the big SAD are here.”
Rob Efird, Professor, Anthropology and Asian Studies, presented at the annual E3 Washington Conference with a panel of Indigenous and non-Indigenous educators on the theme of "The Earth is Our First Teacher: Integrating Since Time Immemorial". The panel discussed ways in which environmental education (and education about native plants in particular) dovetails with the Since Time Immemorial curriculum on Tribal history, culture, and sovereignty, which has been legally mandatory in Washington state K-12 public education since 2015.
Brooke Gialopsos, PhD, Assistant Professor, Criminal Justice, Criminology, and Forensics was appointed by the Lake Washington PTSA Council Board of Directors to the position of Lake Washington PTSA Council Emergency Preparedness Co-Chair position. She has also been appointed to serve as the Emergency Preparedness Chair at an elementary school in Lake Washington School District.
Elaine Gunnison, PhD, Professor, Criminal Justice, Criminology, and Forensics, and Director, Master of Arts in Criminal Justice, and Jacqueline Helfgott, PhD, Professor, Criminal Justice, Criminology, and Forensics and Director, Crime & Justice Research Center, are co-editors of the journal “Criminology, Criminal Justice, Law & Society.” The December issue is now available.
Gabriella Gutiérrez y Muhs, PhD, Professor, Modern Languages and Women Gender, and Sexuality Studies, was recognized in WOW2, the sister blog to This Week in the War on Women. The purpose of WOW2 is to learn about and honor women of achievement, including many who’ve been ignored or marginalized in most of the history books, and to mark moments in women’s history. It also serves as a reference archive of women’s history.
She will give a presentation at Syracuse University on "Presumed Incompetent: Vol. II", on December 14, 2021. Recent appearances and workshops include:
Tanya Hayes, PhD, Professor and Director, Institute of Public Service and Program Director, Environmental Studies, and Felipe Murtinho, PhD, Associate Professor and Director, International Studies, and Associate Appointments, Institute of Public Service and Environmental Studies, published an article in the journal, "Nature Sustainability", showcasing their research they have conducted over the past 12 years. "Effectiveness of payment for ecosystem services after loss and uncertainty of compensation" looks at the effectiveness of payments made to indigenous communities on the conditions that they conserve their ecosystems to provide carbon offsets, watershed protection, and other ecosystem services. The article is based on research we have conducted under two NSF grants (in addition to building on some SU and CEJS seed grants). The study examines what happens when payments start, and, when they unexpectedly stop. They find that payments can prompt sustained conservation behaviors, but caution that these behaviors need to be understood within the broader context. They also note the potential for detrimental economic impacts, particularly for poorer households, when payments stop.
Matthew Hickman, PhD, Professor and Chair, Criminal Justice, Criminology & Forensics, was quoted in “Officers found guilty of excessive force in Florida doesn't mean they lose certification” by First Coast News.
Audrey Hudgins, EdD, Clinical Associate Professor, Matteo Ricci Institute, attended the annual conference of the Jesuit Migration Network - Central America/North America (RJM-CANA), held virtually on November 15, 17, and 19, 2021. She also served on the analytical team for the forthcoming RJM-CANA annual report, Escenarios Migratorios 2021. The panel "Restrictions to Mobilities in a COVID-19 Era: Persistence, Resistance, and Human Rights in Central-North America" proposed by Audrey Hudgins and several colleagues from universities in the US and Mexico, was accepted into the Migration and Refugees track of the LASA2022 Hybrid Congress: Polarización socioambiental y rivalidad entre grandes potencias taking place May 5–8, 2022 in San Francisco, California.
Nalini Iyer, PhD, Professor, Department of English, and Theiline Pigott-McCone Endowed Chair (2020-2022), is featured in “Books: Notes on Pandemic Reading and Writing” on Khabar, one of the largest publications in the US to serve Indian Americans.
Sonora Jha, PhD, Associate Dean for Academic Community and Professor, Department of Communication and Media, was invited to be a keynote speaker at University of Northern British Columbia's conference titled "Inspiring Women Among Us (IWAU)", an annual series of events and celebrations held at UNBC that lead up to the National Day of Remembrance and Action on Violence Against Women on December 6. The title of Dr. Jha's talk, held on Nov. 17, was “How Feminism May Save Our Boys and Men.” Dr. Jha was also a featured in-person author at the Portland Book Festival on Nov. 13, where she was interviewed before a live audience by journalist and activist Sarah Rothenfluch. Additionally, she was a featured author at the annual Novel Nights series that raises funds for Seattle's Hugo House and was interviewed by Washington State Book Award winner E. J. Koh.
Paul Kidder, PhD, Professor, Philosophy, will give a Zoom presentation for the Museum of History and Industry’s History Café on January 19 from 6:30 to 8:00 p.m., entitled “Minoru Yamasaki’s Place in Seattle Architectural History.” It will explore Yamaski’s University of Washington training, his influence on local architectural styles, his battle with Seattle preservationists, and the relationship between his Seattle buildings and his New York World Trade Center design. The event is free, register here.
Marco Lowe, MPA, Adjunct Faculty, Institute of Public Service, is quoted in the Seattle Met article, "What Happens If Kshama Sawant Is Recalled?" He also appears in “A look at how fear drives American politics” on New Day NW.
Kira Mauseth, PhD, Senior Instructor, Psychology, will lead a forum on teen mental health in the pandemic with students and other school participants in Eastern Washington on December 7. She also discussed the neuroscience behind our motivations and behaviors during a disaster, and how the way our brains respond can influence our experience as well as promote recovery and resilience. “Anatomy of a Disaster” for the Columbia Basin Badger Club.
Quinton Morris, DMA, Director, Chamber and Instrumental Music; Associate Professor, Performing Arts and Arts Leadership; Associate Appointment, African and African American Studies, announced his retirement from public performance in this interview with KIRO TV. "There are so many things I want to do as an artist...I've got to really focus on what's most important and what my legacy will be after I'm gone." His new radio show on KING FM, "Unmute the Voices," celebrates BIPOC artists and his nonprofit, Key to Change, supports underserved youth through world-class music instruction. Currently on sabbatical from Seattle U, he returns to the classroom next September. "I love seeing my students excel in the classroom as well as on stage."
Kathleen Pape, PsyD, Lecturer, Psychology, authored a chapter entitled: “Emerging into a world of understanding: A hermeneutic exploration of perinatal mood disorders and clinical practice” in the book Hermeneutic Approaches to Interpretive Research: Dissertations in a Different Key. She and the book’s co-authors presented at the 2021 Psychology & the Other Conference through Boston College in September.
Stephen Rice, PhD, Associate Professor, Criminal Justice, Criminology, and Forensics, and his research, are mentioned in “Is the fear factor overblown in police shootings?” in the Salt Lake City Tribune.
Carmen Rivera, MA, Criminal Justice, Criminology & Forensics, was elected to the Renton City Council and sworn in on November 30. She is featured in "Progressives Make Impressive Gains in South King County" on Times News Network.
Jeannette Rodriguez, PhD, Professor: Theology and Religious Studies and Couple and Family Therapy, and Director, Institute for Catholic Thought and Culture, presented “When the Clan Mothers Stand: Interreligious Dialogue and Liberation in Colonial North America” at the AAR American Academy of Religion in “Society for Hindu-Christian Studies” and the theme, “Indigeneity and Colonization in Hindu-Christian Studies.” The diverse legacies of Portuguese, Dutch and British colonial powers in India deeply inform the practice of Hindu-Christian Studies as a scholarly discipline. Less commonly explored are themes of colonization, assimilation, and the subjugation of Indigenous peoples as they manifest in both European Christianity and Sanskritic Hinduism. This panel attempts a comparative enquiry on these themes, in the contexts of India and North America. Panelists will focus on particular case studies of Christian and Hindu colonial and neocolonial programs, along with those decolonial spaces of resistance created by and/or with Indigenous peoples.
Patrick Schoettmer, PhD, Instructor, Political Science, hosted US Congressman Adam Smith in his “Local and State Politics” class on Monday November 22, 2021. The Congressman and students engaged in lively discussions about how the U.S. government works.
Sharon Suh, PhD, Professor, Theology and Religious Studies, was an invited speaker and facilitator of a workshop on Embodied Mindfulness and Self Care Practice at the national United Methodist Women's Soul Care Retreat for Change Makers (Nov. 2021). Her book, "Occupy This Body: A Buddhist Memoir," was featured at an Author Meets Critics panel at the American Academy of Religion where she served as respondent (Nov 2021). She will deliver the keynote address at Pacific Lutheran University's Biennial Symposium on Healing in Spring 2022 on "Trauma-Informed Healing for Individual and Collective Trauma."
Kirsten Moana Thompson, PhD, Professor and Director, Film Studies, Kirsten Moana Thompson has just been appointed to the “Color in Motion” Advisory Board for the newly built Academy of Motion Pictures Museum, Los Angeles. The exhibition “Color in Motion” has been funded by a Getty Award 2021-2022 and will be created at the museum in 2024.
Charles M. Tung, PhD, Professor and Chair, English, gave a lecture, “H. G. Wells’ World Brain, Pierre Teilhard de Chardin’s Noosphere, and the University at the End of the World,” on Nov. 23, 2021, Georgetown University. The event was sponsored by Georgetown’s Future of the Humanities Project, its Humanities Initiative, and its Master’s Program in the Engaged and Public Humanities, as well as Campion Hall and Blackfriars Hall at the University of Oxford.
Erin Naomi Burrows, MA, MFA '20, has been hired by Harvard Divinity School as a Communications Specialist in their new program, Religion and Public Life.
Shawn Baker Gibson, MFA Arts Leadership ’17, joined Hugo House as Marketing Director.
Tess Honan, MNPL and GCFL ’21, Taylor Coats, MNPL ’21, and Stephanie Velasco, MNPL ’21, and current students Mikala Lain, MNPL ’22, and Christine Consolacion, MNPL ’22 were selected to participate in the 2021 ARNOVA Graduate Diversity Scholars & Leaders Professional Development Workshop. This program focuses on helping emerging scholars prepare to enter the field of nonprofit, philanthropic, and voluntary action studies.
Gordon McHenry, BA Political Science, ’79, President and CEO, United Way King County, was included in the Puget Sound Journal’s annual list of influential Washington State leaders, along with SU President Eduardo Peñalver.
Jay Thomas, MNPL ’99, Group Health Foundation, hosted Community Conversations with Ginger Kwan, Executive Director of Open Doors for Multicultural Families.
Bree Calhoun, Communication and Media/Strategic Communication major, was interviewed for “Bree Calhoun determined to help lead Seattle University women to success” in The Seattle Times.
Akili Kasim, Communications and Media/Strategic Communications major, was named WAC Defensive Player of the Week for the week ending November 7.
The Seattle University Debate Team hosted a set of online middle school debate tournaments. The teams were mostly from the Puget Sound area but included teams from China and British Columbia. With judges, coaches, and observers counted, we had about 700 total participants. SU student Stacy Wood-Burgess, junior Criminal Justice, Criminology, and Forensics major, judged at the tournament. She watched debates and after deliberation announced the winner and gave feedback to the students for their improvement.
SU’s Ethics Bowl team won the NW Regional Ethics Bowl competition on November 20 for the third year in a row. Nationals are scheduled for the end of February.
Arts and Sciences faculty and staff received an email from Dean David Powers midday on Friday, December 3. At the Academic Assembly meeting on Monday, several of our AcA representatives mentioned the ongoing difficulties students have been facing this quarter and made a request to continue the CR/F option that was followed last year. The Provost’s Office has worked out an approach to continuing the CR/F option for this quarter, following the concerns raised in the AcA meeting.
The standards and process for giving the CR grade will remain the same as they were last year in these areas. Faculty will award the appropriate earned letter grade when submitting grades. The Registrar’s Office informed all undergraduates and graduate students in CAS programs and UCOR of this option. Students take this option after grades have been submitted but must make the request before January 31, through an Advisor in the Student Advising Office of their home college. Advisors will then submit the Petition to Change to CR Grade form to the Office of the Registrar after grading is closed. The goal is to help support students who are struggling with effects of the pandemic this quarter. You can note that this option is available to students for whom you may think it is helpful.
These assistantships support faculty scholarship and creative work. Submissions are assessed on meeting criteria including:
This year’s recipients:
The Student Assistantship Awards Committee, made up of recipients of last year's recipients, Drs. Caitlin Carlson, Audrey Hudgins, and Chengxin Xu, selected the 2021-22 awardees.
Congratulations to our Arts and Sciences colleagues awarded grants from the Center for Jesuit Education Endowed Mission Fund:
If you are considering an EMF application in 2022, mark your calendars now for a brief program on Monday, January 24 from 1-2pm on Zoom to hear about how several successful EMF awardees developed and implemented their creative mission-aligned projects. Learn more here.
Transition Team Chair and Education and Youth Committee
Arts, Culture, and Nightlife
Climate and Environment
Housing and Homelessness
Labor and Workforce
Philanthropy
Safety and Justice
Transportation and Land Use
I like the new guidelines! But how do I create a Holistic Faculty Development Plan?
Co-sponsored by SU ADVANCE and the Center for Faculty Development
There are still spaces available: (both sessions cover the same material)
Co-facilitated by Jodi O’Brien (Principal Investigator, ADVANCE grant; Special Assistant to the Provost for Faculty Development) and Jean Jacoby (Co-Principal Investigator, ADVANCE grant; Associate Dean, College of Science & Engineering)
In June 2021, the SU Board of Trustees voted to formally adopt the SU ADVANCE proposed Revised Promotion Guidelines for Full Professor. The revisions go into effect immediately, although faculty seeking promotion in the 2021–2022 academic year are considered an "intermediate group" and therefore do not need to fulfill some of the new requirements, including the development of a "Holistic Faculty Development Plan" (HFDP).
Faculty seeking promotion in subsequent years will need to begin mapping out an HFDP. Ideally, this will be an opportunity to think deeply about intentional career development but we recognize that this represents a cultural and procedural shift for our faculty. Accordingly, we plan to hold an information session via Zoom to discuss the HFDP in more depth.
Mentoring is a key component of the HFDP. We are currently conducting training workshops for faculty in evaluative positions (e.g., College/School personnel committees), but welcome participation from all senior faculty interested in mentoring other faculty to also participate in this information session.
January 26, Students: 4-6 p.m., Mentors: 4:30-6 p.m.
Student Center, 1st Floor
Registration for our annual student and alumni networking event is now open. Please encourage your students to participate.
More information is available here. We will be following all COVID-19 protocols in place at that time.
View the latest funding opportunities here.
The Office of Sponsored Project’s Sarah Bricknell is available for individual consultations and to join departmental meetings to review the many supports OSP has to offer. Whether you are a junior faculty looking to start up your research agenda or a seasoned grant writer and researcher, Sarah can work with you to create a curated list of potential funders and opportunities. Please reach out directly to Sarah by email.
Additionally, mark your calendars now for two upcoming OSP winter quarter events.
Seattle U Gives is coming February 24, 2022
The Arts and Sciences 2021 Seattle U Gives campaign was our most successful yet, and it’s due to the many departments and programs who participated.
Now is the time to get ready and plan out your involvement in this year’s 24-hour online giving day. You have the opportunity to set up a dedicated fundraising page and challenge to entice your alumni, friends and community partners to support your work.
Arts and Sciences Marketing and Communications will have an extensive social media campaign leading up to and through the day, so your messages will be amplified.
We (Kathleen Jones and Katie Chapman) are connecting with each program to line up some basic details to get your program set up – please participate. We will need the following from you:
Year-end donations reminders!
As the end of the year is a time of sharing generosity for many, please be mindful of any donation checks or inquiries that may be directed to your department.
Physical check donations should be routed to Advancement Services, ADMN 305 B ASAP for processing. (Note, University Advancement staff has on campus teams thru Dec 17.)
The best way for alumni/donors to make sure their year-end gift is received by December 31, 2021 is to direct them to make their gift online via the secure online donation page specifically for College of Arts & Sciences Giving
Wayfinder
Now through mid-March, Wednesday - Saturday, 1 - 6 p.m. (closed during Winter Break)
Hedreen Gallery, Lee Center for the Arts
We are proud to reopen for the Fall 2021 Faculty and Staff Exhibition. This event marks the reopening of the gallery after 18 months of closure due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Works on view in this exhibition represent a snapshot of the creative lives and conversations that are a part of this vibrant arts program. Some artists and scholars have chosen to share their most recent work, others share work in progress, and others revisit works from years past. The department invites viewers to enjoy these works in conversation, meet the visual arts team, and reconnect with community in the gallery setting. This exhibition features artwork and scholarship from Dawn Cerny, Francisco Guerrero, Alexander Mouton, Naomi Kasumi, Claire Garoutte, Arturo Araujo, Josef Venker, Trung Pham, Em Olson, Melinda Hurst Frye, Tara Champion, Lucas Boyle, and Hasaan Kirkland.
In addition to viewing works in the physical gallery, please enjoy our online exhibitions, Favorites 2021 and Short Run Slideshow Series running online through December 2021
All is Bright
Now playing on YouTube
Seattle University Choirs present a seasonal celebration in song and word. Dr. Leann Conley-Holcom, Director; Dr. Lee Peterson, Assistant Director and Pianist. Featuring University Chorale, Chamber Singers & University Singers. Watch it here.
Incarceration Without Conviction
February 22, 6-8 p.m., Zoom
Mikaela Rabinowitz talks about pretrial detention and the errosion of innocence in American Criminal Justice. Sponsored by the Seattle University Crime and Justice Research Center. Attend the virtual event here.
Eurydice by Sarah Ruhl
February 16-27, various times,
Lee Center for the Arts
Presented by Seattle University Theatre. Directed by Sunam Ellis. Dying tragically on her wedding day, Eurydice is prematurely plunged into the underworld. Reunited with her father there, she struggles to remember her past life and love. Filled with fantastical characters roaming a surreal landscape, this contemporary retelling of the traditional Orpheus myth, recenters the hero's journey on the heroine, in a touching, darkly comic examination of loss and love. More information here.
Monday, May 6 at 9:00 AM
Wednesday, May 8 at 12:30 PM
Monday, May 13 at 5:00 PM
Tuesday, May 14 at 12:00 PM
The Dean’s Monthly Memo is published the second full week of the month, September through December and February through June.
Send your updates at any time to Karen Bystrom.
The next deadline is Friday, January 21 for the February memo. A reminder that we do not publish in January.