September 2022

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October 10

Message from the Dean

Dear Arts & Sciences Community Members,

Welcome back! The academic year has kicked off and it was great to see so many of you Monday, September 12 at the first in-person convocation we have held in three years.

At that event, I was very pleased to introduce Darozyl Touch, who has joined us as Assistant Dean of Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Justice in the College of Arts and Sciences. Join me in welcoming Darozyl, who will be working with many of you on the Strategic Action Committee for Inclusive Academic Excellence, Leadership Committee on Intersectionality and Justice, and much more.

If you are wondering what your colleagues have been up to, this September's monthly memo has quite a number of accomplishments from our faculty, alumni, students and staff. We're highlighting our Pathways to Professional Formation program, led by Amy Lonn-O'Brien in our Student Advising Office. There are many upcoming events, and some funding opportunities for those of you who are ready to help us build on the record number of grants our college earned in 2021-22.

We're off and running!

Shared Governance

David V. Powers, Dean, College of Arts and Sciences, Seattle University

Faculty

Artwork by Arturo Araujo, MFA, Associate Professor, Visual Arts, is featured in ”Conversations, Issue 61, Fall 2022.” Read more here.

Onur Bakiner, PhD, Associate Professor, Political Science, published “What do Academics Say about Artificial Intelligence Ethics? An Overview of the Scholarship” in AI and Ethics. Read the article. He also delivered a lecture at Universidad Pontificia Bolivariana, Colombia, on truth commissions on August 26; the lecture is in Spanish. Watch here.

John C. Bean, PhD, Emeritus Professor, English, published an op-ed, “End Mass Incarceration in Washington Prisons,” in the Vashon Beachcomber.

Caitlin Carlson, PhD, Chair and Associate Professor, Communication and Media, co-authored a number of articles, including:

  •  “Pronoun policies in public schools: The case against First Amendment exceptions for K-12 teachers.” Civil Rights Law Journal, 32(2) 261-297. Carlson, C.R. & Hansen, E. (2022).
  •  “Access denied: How online harassment limits access to public accommodations offline. Gonzaga Law Review,” 57(3) 551-588. Carlson, C.R. & Henein, L. (2022).
  •  “Rethinking Adarand after Prometheus: A rational basis solution to FCC minority ownership policy.” Federal Communications Law Journal, 74(2) 134-170. Terry, C. & Carlson, C.R. (2022).

Josefina Valenzuela Cerda, MFA, Adjunct Professor, Film and Media Studies, was awarded this year’s Women in Film Professional Grant for her Virtual Reality Short Film “The Mirror”, as a screenwriter and producer. She is grateful for WIF’s support to be able to continue with the postproduction of this innovative and immersive narrative that merges film, theatre, and dance, and counted on the participation of SU Film and Media students as professional interns.

Dawn Cerny, Adjunct Professor, Art, Art History, and Design, is one of fifteen recipients of the Joan Mitchell Fellowship. This prestigious fellowship provides unrestricted grant funds over five years and Fellows are invited to participate in one-on-one professional practice consultations; convenings that cultivate a peer learning community; and programs that focus on personal finance, legacy planning, and thought leadership, among other opportunities. She also received the Bonnie Bronson Visual Arts Fellowship. The Bonnie Bronson Fellowship is an annual award made to an artist living and working in the Pacific Northwest. The award is a cash prize and purchase of a work of art for the Bonnie Bronson Collection, which is housed at Reed College and displayed prominently throughout campus. Artists may not apply for this award and the new Fellow is informed with a simple phone call from the selection committee.

Pete Collins, PhD, Associate Professor and Brooke Gialopsos, PhD, Assistant Professor, both Criminal Justice, Criminology, and Forensics, had research cited in "Editorial: What’s keeping people away from jury service?

Kathleen Cook, PhD, Professor, Psychology, and her collaborators at Seattle University’s Mechanical Engineering Department are presenting a workshop for the National Science Foundation’s Revolutionizing Engineering and Computer Science Departments (RED) conference in September.  The workshop, “Sustaining the Change,” applies the seven aspects of the framework to two case studies and guides participants through applying the framework to their own endeavors.  The goal of the framework is to help researchers, educators, and funding agencies assess change viability and sustainability of their change efforts.  A paper based on this work has been accepted for a special session at the Frontiers in Education conference in Uppsala, Sweden in October. 

Sharon Cumberland, PhD, Professor Emerita, English, published a new book: "Found in a Letter 1959  A Memoir in Poems". The cover art was designed by Josef Venker, S.J. curator of the Seattle University art collection-- "Found in a Letter 1959" is a collection of poems that begin with fragments of letters written when the poet's father, Jack Cumberland, was 38 years old and a Sloan Fellow at M.I.T.  Each poem continues in Jack's voice but imagines him as a man of 90 who can reflect on all the events of his past. The first section of this large-format, illustrated book are 36 "hybrid" poems, followed by the complete letters in the second section. These narrative poems conjure a mid-century past that stands in judgement of the new-century present.

Elizabeth Dale, PhD, Associate Professor, Nonprofit Leadership, in the The Chronicle of Philanthropy, "These groups, while sometimes slow to change because of their size and complexity, should be leading the nonprofit world on diversity and equity issues, says Elizabeth Dale, an associate professor of nonprofit leadership at Seattle University. “These are the organizations that probably have the most resources to start experimenting with change.”" Read the article here.

In partnership with Dr. Laura Lynn, Interim Executive Director of the Office of Native Education in the Washington Office of Superintendent of Public Instruction, Rob Efird, PhD, Professor, Anthropology and Asian Studies, co-edited a special edition of Clearing: Journal of Environmental Education for the Cascadian Bioregion. The special edition is entitled "Indigenous Perspectives and Environmental Education: Connecting Youth with Plants, Places and Cultural Traditions" and is available for viewing on the Clearing website and here.

Christie Eppler, PhD, LMFT, Program Director and Professor, Couples and Family Therapy, presented “Navigating Transparency as a Leader. [Enhanced Education]” virtually at the American Association of Marriage and Family Therapy’s Leadership Certificate Conference in August.

As part of their NSF research project on the use of economic incentives for conservation and sustainable development in Ecuador, 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 the policy report “Incentivos para la conservación: ¿una herramienta que apoya el manejo comunitario sostenido de recursos naturales?” Socio Bosque report 2022 to share with community partners. This summer, they met with officials from the Ecuadorian Ministry of the Environment to discuss the policy lessons from their study.

Gabriella Gutiérrez y Muhs, PhD, Professor, Modern Languages and Women Gender, and Sexuality Studies, was interviewed for the Colorado Public Radio story “As professors leave, University of Denver confronts a campus diversity challenge.”

Steen Halling, PhD, Professor Emeritus, Psychology, and Sanne Angel gave a presentation on "The uses and abuses of the concept of acceptance in rehabilitation and recovery," at the International Human Science Research Conference at PACE University, New York City, June 14

Jacqueline Helfgott, PhD, Professor, Criminal Justice and Director, Crime & Justice Research Center, and MACJ students Brandon Bledsoe, Katie Kepler, and Ashley Dobbs and undergraduate BSCJ/Forensic Science student Evelyn Madrid-Fierro (who are working as paid civilian Seattle Police Research Analysts through a funded collaboration between Seattle University and the Seattle Police Department) co-facilitated 15 virtual community-police dialogues (5 per precinct) over spring/summer 2022. The dialogues brought together community members and police in a restorative dialogue framework to discuss concerns about public safety from both community and police personnel perspectives at the precinct and neighborhood levels. In the fall the MCPP Research Team will conduct community-police dialogues with Seattle Police Department’s new “Before the Badge” Program – a new training program that engages recruits in specialized training and community engagement 45 days prior to entering the WA State Criminal Justice Training Commission’s Basic Law Enforcement Academy. The dialogues will be held weekly via Zoom and will engage community members with recruits in discussions about precinct and neighborhood-based public safety. Interested community members can sign up here.

An article by Dr. Helfgott and Matthew Hickman, PhD, Professor and Chair, Criminal Justice, Criminology & Forensics, was cited in the Seattle Times story, “What role should police play in mental health calls? Seattle has small, limited crisis staff.

Audrey Hudgins, EdD, Clinical Associate Professor, Matteo Ricci Institute, presented “Making Mexico Great Again: A Case Study of Migrant Detention and Family Separation in Puebla during the COVID-19 Pandemic,” with Guillermo Yrizar and Elena Ayala, Universidad Iberoamericana Puebla, as part of the panel “Restrictions to Mobilities in a COVID-19 Era: Persistence, Resistance, and Human Rights in Central-North America” at the Latin American Studies Association 2022 Hybrid Congress: Polarización socioambiental y rivalidad entre grandes potencias in May. With undergraduate students Cullin Egge, Faye White, and Grace Marston, she worked alongside Ibero Puebla colleagues, Guillermo Yrizar and Elena Ayala, and eight 8 Ibero Puebla students and alumni to conduct two weeks of fieldwork in the Sierra highlands of Veracruz state in support of Radio Huaya, a community development work of the Jesuits, to investigate the effects of labor migration on individuals, families, and communities. Preliminary findings were presented at two conferences in July 2022. The first presentation, titled, “Plataforma Huaya-Puebla-Seattle International Research Collaboration on U.S.-Mexican Labor Migration and Transnational Families,” was presented at the Conference on Migration in North America During and After the COVID-19 Pandemic, hosted by Universidad Popular Autónoma del Estado de Puebla (UPAEP) and El Centro de Investigación e Inteligencia Económica (CIIE). A second presentation titled, “Plataforma Puebla-Huaya: avances en colaboración con Seattle University (SU) (Eje 3: Migraciones),” was shared at the quarterly conference of Plataforma Huaya, held at Instituto Oriente in Puebla, Mexico. Work commenced this summer on write-ups, with the goal of publishing a report, scholarly articles and/or a book based on the initial results of what will be a longitudinal study, the US phase of which will begin this fall. Also, along with colleagues Maria Vidal, Loyola Chicago, and Alejandro Olayo-Mendez, Boston College, she organized and sponsored the quarterly seminar of the Red Jesuita Con Migrantes Centroamérica-Norteamérica (RJM CANA) on September 6, 2022. The seminar featured four panelists on the session’s theme of migrant integration, including Amanda Heffernan of SU’s College of Nursing.

Nalini Iyer, PhD, Professor, Department of English appears on the podcast “Empire Lines,” talking about Balachandra Rajan’s novel “The Dark Dancer.” She has written about this novel in “Revisiting India’s Partition.”

Sonora Jha, PhD, Associate Dean for Academic Community and Professor, Department of Communication and Media, was featured on the Sept 18 episode of "The Deep End Friends" Podcast. She spoke with poet and activist Anastacia Renee who was a visiting writer for the English Department in 2020-21. She was a contributor to 'India at 75' published by PEN America to mark India's 75 years of independence on Aug. 15. “To mark India at 75, PEN America reached out to authors from India and the Indian diaspora to write short texts expressing what they felt. Together they make a historic document. Authors who were born in British India responded, as did India’s Midnight’s Children and grandchildren. Authors from around the globe sent us their thoughts, as did authors from India’s many languages, communities, faiths and castes. Some voices are optimistic, some prayerful, some anguished and enraged. Some suggest defeat, others venture hope, still others are defiant. The authors hold a spectrum of political views, and may be in disagreement about much else, but they are united in their concern for the state of Indian democracy. We invite you to read their ideas of what India was and ought to be, and what it has become.” Read her essay.

Heidi Liere, PhD, Assistant Professor, Environmental Studies, contributed to a new study, "Rarity begets rarity: Social and environmental drivers of rare organisms in cities,” featured in the National Science Foundation news.

Susan Meyers, PhD, Associate Professor, Department of English and Director, Creative Writing Program, had an article accepted in the new edited collection, Innovations in Creative Writing Research: Methods, Methodologies, Practices, edited by Benjamin Ristow and Jon Udelson. She was awarded a 2022 Individual Artist Grant from 4Culture, in support of her new collection of literary essays, "Invisibility Lessons. In October, she will present at Fulbright's 45th Annual Conference near Washington D.C. In November, she is presenting at the Write in the Harbor Conference in Gig Harbor, WA.

Quinton Morris, DMA, Associate Professor, Violin, has been confirmed in the class of 2022 as the newest professional member of the Recording Academy. As a professional member, he will have voting rights for all music nominees for The Grammy Awards. He will be affiliated with the Pacific Northwest Chapter and attend The Grammy Awards next April in Las Vegas, Nevada.

Christopher Paul, PhD, Professor, Communication and Media, participated in a recent game studies roundtable. "One of the things that drew me to academia was the ability to engage in critique. The point of rhetorical analysis is to think deeply about a text and then make an argument regarding how it works. In my case, I typically take those tools and use them to analyze games and their surrounding discussions. The time, space, and cognitive distance I need to do that work is something that those in industry cannot generally afford." Watch the video here.

Christina Roberts, PhD, Director, Indigenous Peoples Institute; and Associate Professor, English and Women, Gender, and Sexuality Studies, spoke on a panel, “'The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian' and its complicated legacy,” for the Talk of Iowa podcast. 

Patrick Schoettmer, PhD, Associate Teaching Professor, Political Science, was interviewed for the AP story, “GOP challengers vie for chance to unseat Rep. Kim Schrier.”  

Kirsten Moana Thompson, PhD, Professor and Director, Film Studies, and Theiline Pigott-McCone Endowed Chair (2022-24), produced a message for the 10th anniversary of the Timeline of Historical Film Colors. Watch it here.

Charles M. Tung, Professor, English, was invited to speak in a plenary session, "Making English Programs More Inclusive," at the MLA Academic Program Services Leadership Institute, June 27-30, 2022.  The theme of the 2022 Institute was "Leading Now: A Tool Kit for the Changing Humanities."  An expanded version of his remarks will appear in the ADE Bulletin in 2024.

Marie Wong, PhD, Professor Emerita, Institute of Public Service, Asian Studies, and Public Affairs, wrote a commentary for Northwest Asian Weekly, ” The collateral damage from urban planning.”

Enyu Zhang, PhD, Associate Professor, International Studies, has published "All Roads Lead to Beijing: Systemism, Power Transition Theory and the Belt and Road Initiative" (co-authored with Patrick James) in Chinese Political Science Review.

Zachary D. Wood, PhD, Assistant Professor, Institute of Public Service, was interviewed for “Developer plans Puyallup apartment complex. 42 families forced to move to make room” in the News Tribune.

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Alumni

Congratulations to the CAS alumni named to the Alumni Board of Governors

  • Tom Hove, BA Social Work, '17
  • Kahlia Keita, BA, English, '08
  • Kristin Kuzmanich, BA English, '06; College of Education, MIT, '07
  • Jose Armando Munguia, MPA, '21
  • Laura Ochoa, MPA, '13
  • Juliana Balinbin Stuachurski, BS, History and Philosophy, '00
  • Sherry Williams, MPA, '09

Sarah Ball, MFA in Arts Leadership, ’18, was named one of 425 Business' 2022 “30 Under 30. Among her accomplishments the announcement noted, “(she) works as a senior account manager with Healthcare Management Administrators, and for the last three years has tapped into her arts and leadership education by volunteering on the board of Renton Civic Theatre. During her two-year presidential tenure there — which coincided with the onset of the pandemic — she helped raise $100,000.”

Derrick Belgarde, Siletz/Chippewa-Cree, BA Public Affairs, '03 and MPA, '15, and Executive Director of Chief Seattle Club , was named a member of the Seattle City Council's new Indigenous Advisory Council. Listen to the KUOW Public Radio story. 

Annalisa M. Bernard, BA, Sociology, '00, was confirmed to a position in the District Court of the Second Circuit, which encompasses Maui County. Her term of office will be for six years. 

David Chow, MNPL, ’16, was named Director for Philanthropy at UW Medicine.

Kymberly Evanson, BA, French and English, '99, magna cum laude, with honors (University Honors Program, Sullivan Leadership Award), was one of President Biden's recent judicial nominees.

Midas Hampton, MPA, '19, is the new Executive Director for the Spartanburg Community Indicators Project in Spartanburg, South Carolina. “This opportunity aligns with my values and passions and gives me the ability to reinvest in a community that has done so much for me. It is a privilege to leverage what I have learned throughout my career to support various stakeholders as we move towards a more just and equitable Spartanburg County for all residents.”

Toshiko Hasegawa, BA, Criminal Justice, Criminology & Forensics ’10, MACJ ‘19, and Seattle port commissioner, received the Martin Luther King Jr. Commemoration Committee award from her father, state Sen. Bob Hasegawa, at MLK Park on the 59th anniversary of King’s “I have a dream” speech.

Stacy Noel Hicks, MFA Arts Leadership, ‘14, received her Doctorate in Education and Organizational Learning And Leadership from the SU College of Education.

Charlie Hitchcock, BA, Creative Writing and Finance, ’12, a housing developer with the state’s Office of Rural and Farmworker Housing, has obtained national certification as a rental housing development finance professional from the National Development Council.

Vinnie Hobb, BA, Communications, ’09, has joined bicoastal Union Editorial as a staff editor, marking his first commercial making affiliation. A three-time Best Editing VMA nominee, during the pandemic he edited Cardi B’s crowd-pleasing “WAP” feat. Megan Thee Stallion (directed by Tilley), and MGK’s (Machine Gun Kelly) “Bloody Valentine” (Michael Garcia, dir.), which won Best Alternative Video at the VMAs in 2020. Enjoying a new run of hits, including Doja Cat’s “Vegas” (Child, dir.), Hobbs continues to produce music videos through his company, VH Post. On the spot front, he has cut projects for McDonald’s, Nintendo, Hennessy, Audi, and Rolls Royce, among others. His first assignment with Union is Nike Jordan Family’s “Back to School,” directed by Mez for Heirs." Read more.

Caroyln K. Huynh, BA, Journalism, minor in Nonprofit and Public Administration, ’11, published a new book, “The Fortunes of Jaded Women.

Christy Leskovar, BA, French and Mechanical Engineering, '82, published the book, "East of the East Side."

Leilani Lewis, MNPL, ‘14 and Seattle University Nonprofit Leadership adjunct professor, was awarded the prestigious University of Washington 2022 Marilyn Batt Dunn Endowed Award for Excellence for her continued dedication to education and inclusion. Leilani also currently serves as the Director of Diversity Equity and Inclusion for University of Washington Advancement.

Juan Lizama, MPA, ‘77, is running for Attorney General for the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands (CNMI.) Read more.

Patrick Lupo, BA, Political Science, ‘73 and the former chairman and CEO of DHL Worldwide Express, has been named to the Board of WaterIQ Technologies.

Col. Joseph Maasen, BA, Political Science, ’87, commissioned through Seattle Army U ROTC was  named new commander of the Washington State Guard. “During state emergencies, the subject matter experts of the Washington State Guard provide critical support to first responders who safeguard lives and property. When the State Guard needed a new commander, the Military Department leadership knew Washington National Guard Lt. Col. (Ret.) Joseph Maassen was the right guy for the job.”

Jamie Herlich McIalwain, MFA in Arts Leadership, ’10, was named managing director of ZACH Theatre in Austin, TX. Read the "American Theatre" story.

Josh Merchant, BA, French and Psychology, minor in International Studies, '20, Is the Kansas City Beacon’s local government reporter and recently published “Fox, possum and deer are out this breeding season in JoCo — Here are tips for homeowners.”

Lauren Morgan, MACJ, ’18, won gold in the women’s water ski jump at The World Games 2022 Birmingham, after learning she would be competing only three days before the international sporting competition began. “Morgan’s success goes beyond the water, too. She’s a daughter and sister: a member of a family that’s been committed to the sport for decades. She’s a criminal justice scholar, studying what she considers the far-too-large intersection of the foster care and juvenile justice systems. And Lauren Morgan is a feminist: a leader standing up and speaking out for women in a sport she said is dominated by men.

James Nau, BA, History, '01, Lakeside School history teacher, was named the Washington State History Teacher of the Year by the Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History.

Liz Nielsen, BA, Philosophy and Spanish, ’97, launched “Forcefield,” her first large scale art installation at the Dutch Reformed Church in Newburgh, New York. “I’ve been working as an artist for 20 years and I work with light primarily. I work with light as a experimental photographer and so I record light onto paper but without a camera. I count wavelengths. I’m a little bit of a mad scientist,” Nielsen said. “This project also includes light and includes my ideas which are connected to quantum physics in terms of manifestation and bringing in things from the quantum field. 

Erin Okuno, BA, Public Administration, minor in Social Work, ‘00, MPA, '07, has been named the director of the WA Education Ombuds, Office of Education Ombuds (OEO), by Governor Jay Inslee.

Michael Perez, BA Criminal Justice, ’14, authored “Studies Show Negative Health Effects of Solitary Confinement on Prisoner Health” for ColoradoBoulevard.net.

Laurie Campbell Pitner, MNPL, '13, was named Executive Director for Hospice of the Northwest Foundation.

Essence Russ, BA, Communication Studies, ‘07, Director, Technology Access Foundation, was named one of this year's "40 under 40" by Puget Sound Business Journal.

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Students

Seattle University has a strong track record of Fulbrights, having been named a “Top Producer” of Fulbright Scholars. This year is no exception, with several graduates from the College of Arts and Sciences named recipients of this grant program. Congratulations to McCalee Cain, BA, English and French '22, Fulbright Scholar; Graham O’Hara Wielgos, BA, Communication and Media, specialization in Strategic Communications, '22, Fulbright Scholar; and Isabel Gilbertson, BA, Psychology and Public Affairs, '22, U.S. Student Fulbright Research Grantee. Read more here.

Cady Seavey, BS Kinesiology student, with supervisor Brittany Heintz Walters, PhD, placed in the top 10 people's choice for the Brain Awareness Video Contest hosted by the Society for Neuroscience with the video titled, Who's in Control: Insights into Movement Coordination.

MACJ Student Brandon Bledsoe, serves as an MCPP Research Analyst on the project for the South and Southwest Precincts and will co-present a paper on the Community Dialogues with Dr. Jacqueline Helfgott and SU MACJ alum (and former SPD MCPP RA) Shannon Christensen, at the 2023 Western Society of Criminology conference in February. In Vancouver, BC, Brandon will also complete his thesis using data from the SPD MCPP Seattle Public Safety Survey.

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Announcements

SU Website Redesign

As announced in SU Today, the university is launching a redesign of our website; details are here. All SU community members are invited to be part of the discovery process by participating in this 10 to 15 minute survey. To ensure your input is included, complete the survey by Tuesday, September 27.

CAS Marketing and Communications Resources

Over the summer, Karen Bystrom created a new resource Sharepoint site for all things Arts and Sciences marketing and communications. There are very practical things like links to all department logos, easy access to brand standards, and tips on event promotion, social media, and more. We are in the process of connecting access via our listservs. Some have been added manually. If you don't yet have access, you will soon. If you have student workers who help with marketing, please send their name(s) and email address(es) to Karen and she will send them an invitation.

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Pathways to Professional Formation

Welcome from Amy Lonn-O’Brien, Professional Formation Coordinator in the College of Arts and Sciences.

This September marks one year in my position at SU. I have enjoyed working with many of you and look forward to getting to know even more faculty. 

This year some of my main goals are to meet with more students to discuss internship opportunities and partner with departments to offer professional formation programming.

Summary of what I do as the Professional Formation Coordinator:

  • Meet with students one-on-one to talk about adding internships and experiential learning to their program of study (my favorite task).
  • Monitor the Handshake process, and make sure the forms get to you or your internship coordinator for review and approval.
  • Manually register all CAS students for 4950 and 5950 credits during the registration and add/drop period. Last year we had over 280 students pursue internships for credit.
  • Assist students with the late add process after the add/drop deadline.
  • Send a weekly Pathways to Professional Formation e-newsletter highlighting internship opportunities, events, Pathways to Professional Formation(P2PF) program updates/activities, and tips that can be shared directly with students. Email me if you would like to be added to my P2PF listserv.
  • Plan P2PF events, the main one being LinkUp- Tuesday, Jan. 24, 2023.
  • Attend prospective and newly admitted student events to promote professional formation and CAS.
  • Present at club and department meetings or in classes when invited.
  • Co-Chair the Professional Formation Advisory Board

Quick overview of the internship process

I am happy to help students with any part of the internship process. For example, if you would like students who have no idea where to start to meet with me first before they meet with your internship coordinator that is great.

All students will work with their departmental internship coordinator or chair once they have a clear idea of their plan or if they have opportunities lined up to make sure the internship aligns well with major objectives. After the student has checked in with the department, they will need to submit information on their experience to earn credit. To reduce the amount of paperwork, all internship documents have been moved to the online platform Handshake.

This online platform students can look for internships or jobs, or they can manually add their own internship experience. Faculty can make a student account on Handshake if they would like to see what their students are viewing. Here are the instructions for students to use to submit an internship experience to Handshake

I will manage emailing the Handshake form to the sponsoring faculty and corresponding Associate Dean or Chair for approval. Faculty will complete a faculty survey about their internship course requirements to approve the student’s experience.  Here are the instructions for faculty approval. I can also send a template of previous faculty survey answers to help you format one for your department.

Once the experience has both approvals, then I manually add the credits to the student’s schedule.  I email the student and include the sponsoring faculty to let them know the registration has been processed.

I hope you will reach out if you have any questions, or ideas of ways I can help you and your students.

Thank you and I look forward to working with you and your students this year,

Recruitment and Retention

College of Arts and Sciences Faculty Advisor Resources

The Arts and Sciences Advising Center has created a Sharepoint site to provide immediate access to new and updated advising information when you need it. Advising related updates will be posted regularly and you can follow the site by selecting the star next to the page title and you will be notified when new information is added. This site also includes live links to forms, policies, educational planning materials, and documents that all advisors need. All faculty and staff should have access; if you don't, contact Kate Elias.

Fall Preview Day: Saturday, Oct. 29

Save the date! Information is available here.

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Funding Opportunities

American Philosophical Society Franklin Research Grants: Deadlines:

  • October 3, for a January 2023 decision for work in February 2023 through January 2024
  • December 1, for a March 2022 decision for work in April 2022 through January 2024

The Franklin program is particularly designed to help meet the costs of travel to libraries and archives for research purposes; the purchase of microfilm, photocopies, or equivalent research materials; the costs associated with fieldwork; or laboratory research expenses.  They are not intended to meet the expenses of attending conferences or the costs of publication.

AAUW Short-Term Research Publication Grant Program: Deadline: November 1

The Short-Term Research Publication Grants provide support to scholars to prepare research manuscripts for publication. Preference will be given to applicants whose work supports the vision of AAUW: to break through educational and economic barriers so that all women have a fair chance. Time must be available for eight consecutive weeks of final writing and editing in response to issues raised in critical reviews. These grants can be awarded to both tenure-track and part-time faculty, and to new and established researchers. The grants are designed to assist the candidate in obtaining tenure and other promotions. Tenured professors are not eligible.

SU Summer Faculty Fellowships: Deadline: November 1

The Office of Sponsored Projects and the Faculty Fellowship Committee are pleased to announce that proposals will now be accepted for the 2023 Summer Faculty Fellowship! The Summer Faculty Fellowship (SFF) is for full-time tenure-track, tenured faculty and full-time librarians who are involved in an active program of scholarship. The fellowship amount is $7,100 total, paid in the summer 2023 pay periods. 

Russell Sage Foundation: Deadline: November 9

The Russell Sage Foundation is dedicated to programs of social science research. Investigators are encouraged to submit an LOI after they have developed and pre-tested survey instruments, completed preliminary data analyses if the data are publicly available or conducted some preliminary interviews for qualitative studies.  Funding priorities include: Behavioral Economics, Future of Work, Race, Ethnicity and Immigration, Social, Political and Economic Inequality, Immigration and Immigrant Integration, Improving Education and Reducing Inequality in the US, and Decision Making and Human Behavior Context. 

What is up in the Office of Sponsored Projects?

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Of Gifts and Gratitude

Katie Chapman is now serving as Senior Director of Development, serving Arts and Sciences and several University Initiatives including parent fundraising and beginning in October, she will be joined by Associate Director of Development for Arts and Sciences. In Josh’s own words.

Greetings! I’m Josh and I am thrilled to join the Advancement team at Seattle University! My background is in Institutional Advancement, Student Affairs, and Higher Education Administration.  I come from Tulane University in New Orleans, LA. In 2017, I joined the Division of Student Affairs at Tulane University after completing my MS in Higher Education Administration from Illinois State University. After working in student affairs for two years, I joined the advancement department at Tulane as a Program Manager for the Family Leadership Council. The height of the pandemic hit during my time as a Program Manager and I enrolled in a MLA at Tulane.  While completing my MLA I continued working for advancement at Tulane as a Reunion Officer, primarily focusing on fundraising in honor of alumni reunions. I grew up in central Illinois and spent a lot of time in Chicago. (Yes, it truly is that windy. I’m happy to share recommendations if you find yourself in Chicago!) In the coming years I aim to start a PhD program in Philanthropic Studies. For now, I’m very excited to learn Seattle University’s campus, build new professional relationships, and immerse myself in the beautiful Emerald City!

I enjoy theatre and performance. During my time in New Orleans I performed in the ensemble of three different opera productions and several plays. I love the arts! My dog’s name is Stevie Nicks and I know she’ll be overjoyed when exploring the PNW terrain! I am very glad to be at Seattle University! Please reach out if you need anything!

Also, save the date for Seattle U Gives, Thursday, March 2, 2023. It’s never too early to start planning!

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Events

Blue is Our Color
June 23-October 8
Hedreen Gallery

What Next?: The Dobbs Decision and Life After Roe vs. Wade
A series of lunchtime conversations, 12:30 to 1:30 p.m.

  • October 4, STCN 160: Stacey Jones, PhD, Associate Teaching Professor, Department of Economics, Erin Vernon, PhD, Associate Professor, Department of Economics
  • October 18, STCN 160: Sital Kalantry, JD, Associate Dean for International and Graduate Programs and Associate Professor of Law, Theresa Earenfight, PhD, Professor, History and Director, Women, Gender, and Sexuality Studies Program
  • November 8, STCN 160: Maria Tedesco, PhD, Assistant Teaching Professor, Matteo Ricci Institute, Michael Jaycox, PhD, Associate Professor, Theology and Religious Studies, Beatrice Lawrence, PhD, Associate Professor, Theology and Religious Studies
  • November 29, Casey Commons: Nova Robinson, PhD, Associate Professor, International Studies and History, Dean Spade, JD, Patricia Wismer Professorship for Gender and Diversity Studies and Professor of Law

More information to come. Sponsored by Women, Gender, and Sexuality Studies.

Celebrating Laughter, Love, and Levity: A Campus Cabaret
Seattle University Theatre Department
We are looking for performing artist of all kinds to join us in celebrating collective joy and communal storytelling through live performance. This production will feature talent from across the campus and all SU students, faculty, and staff are welcome to audition.

  • Auditions: October 5 and 6, 6:30-9:30 p.m.
  • Technical Rehearsals: November 5 and 6, 1-10 p.m.
  • Previews: November 8 and 9, 7:30 p.m.
  • Performances: November 10 -13, 17-20, 7:30 p.m.

Save the Date! Winter Production: Student Directing Scenes
Seattle University Theater Department
This will be a production comprised of work by student directors under the mentorship of new Directing Faculty, Associate Teaching Professor Brennan Murphy.

  • Preview: February 22
  • Performances: February 23-26. March 2-5

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College and Academic Calendar

College of Arts and Sciences

  • All College Meeting: Tuesday, October 18, 12:30-1:30, Casey Commons

Academic Calendar

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Graduate Program Information Sessions and Open Houses