East Tennessee State University

Graduate Council

Annual Report

2011-2012

 

Graduate Council Membership

 

Voting Members

 

David A. Arnall, Ph.D., Member-at-Large, College of Physical Therapy

Russell W. Brown, Ph.D., College of Arts & Sciences

Stacy D. Brown, Ph.D., College of Pharmacy

Ranjan N. Chakraborty, Ph.D., College of Public Health

Scott W. Champney, Ph. D., College of Medicine

Maria D. Costa, International Program

William R. Duncan, Ph.D., Vice Provost of Research and Sponsored Programs

Emmett M. Essin, Ph.D., College of Arts & Sciences

Eric S. Glover, Ed.D., Member-at-Large, Educational Leadership and Policy Analysis

Donald B. Hoover, Ph. D., College of Medicine

Marie Jones, Ph.D., Charles C. Sherrod Library Administration

Jeff R. Knisley, Ph.D., College of Arts & Sciences

Martha M. Pointer, Ph.D., College of Business and Technology

Kathleen M. Rayman, Ph.D., College of Nursing

Lori J. Marks, Ph.D., Clemmer College of Education

Marie Tedesco, Ph.D., School of Continuing Studies

Ester L. Verhovsek, Ed.D., College of Clinical and Rehabilitative Health Sciences

 

Non-voting Members

 

Cecilia A. McIntosh, Ph.D., Dean of the School of Graduate Studies

Karin Bartoszuk, Ph.D., Assistant Dean of School of Graduate Studies

Jeffrey P. Beck, Ph.D., Associate Dean of the School of Graduate Studies

Queen Brown, Graduate Studies Office Manager

Marsh Grube, Ph.D., Vice Provost for Academic Affairs

LaDonna Hutchins, Office of the Registrar

Billie Lancaster, Office of the Registrar

 

Meeting Dates Fiscal Year 2011-2012

Meetings were held in Burgin Dossett Hall 206, the President’s Conference Room.  No meetings were held in December 2011 or May 2012.

Summary of Actions Taken

43 New Graduate Faculty Appointments

135 Graduate Faculty Reappointments

58 New Courses Approved

0 Courses Deleted

3 Course Changes

17 Curriculum Changes

2 Editorial Changes

4 Miscellaneous Graduate Council Actions

Section 1: Graduate Faculty Appointments/Reappointments Approved

August 29, 2011

New Applications

  1. Bates, Cheryl                          SOWK                                                Member
  2. Kearns, Jill                              Econ. & Finance                     Affiliate
  3. Pickler, Lindsay                      SPCH/Lang. Path.                  Affiliate
  4. Uddin, Moin                           ENTC                                      Member
  5. Wilkins, Brittany                     SOWK                                                Member          

Reappointments

1.      Andrade, Roy                  APST                       Affiliate

2.      Carter, Daryl                    HIST                        Member

3.      Foley, Virginia                 ELPA                       Member

4.      Harr, Demetria                 MGMT & MKTG    Affiliate         

5.      Metts, Tricia                    ENVH                      Member

6.      Palmero, Mauro               KLSS                       Member

7.      Samples, Don                  ALHS                      Member

 

September 26, 2011

 

New Applications

 

  1. Fehskens, Matthew                 Language & Lit                       Affiliate
  2. Jennings, David                      Geoscience                              Affiliate
  3. Kilaru. Aruna                          BIOL.                                     Member
  4. Luffman, Ingrid                      Geosciences                            Affiliate
  5. Mayo-Bobee, Dinah                HIST                                       Member
  6. Meyer, Victoria                       HIST                                       Affiliate
  7. Sato, Kimitake                                    KLSS                                      Member                      

 

Reappointments

1.      Brinson, Hiram                ELPA                       Affiliate

2.      Countermine, Terry        CSCI                         Affiliate

3.      Epps, Susan                     ALHS                      Member

4.      Fagelson, Mark                Aud/SpchLangPath  Senior

5.      Herrmann, Andrew         COMM                    Member

6.      Nash, Stephen                 HIST                                    Member

7.      Pitarese, Anthony            CSCI                                    Member

8.      Price, Kellie                     CSCI                                    Affiliate

9.      Roach, Jeffrey                CSCI                                    Affiliate

10.  Tarnoff, David                CSCI                                    Affiliate

11.  Uwe-Nwagbo, Pearl        NURS                      Affiliate

12.  Watson, Elwood              HIST                                    Member

13.  Wilson, Richard               Aud/SpchLangPath  Senior

14.  Zucker, Ronald               CSCI                         Member

 

October 31, 2011

 

New Applications

 

  1. Baumgartner, Mark                 Language & Lit                       Member
  2. McBee, Matthew                    PSYC                                      Member
  3. Price, Tabitha                          ALHS                                     Member
  4. Rary, Jack                               Pediatrics                                Member
  5. Roginskaya, Marina                CHEM                                                Member
  6. Ross, Andrew                         Art & Design                          Member          

 

Reappointments

 

1.      Alamian, Arsham             Biostat.& Epidem.               Member

2.      Anderson, James L.        Biostat.& Epidem                Member

3.      Beeler, Robert A.            MATH                                 Member

4.      Lee, Michelle                   ALHS                                  Member          

5.      Wachs, Joy                       Nursing                               Member

6.      Wang, Liang                     Biostat.& Epi.                     Member

 

November 29, 2011

 

New Applications

 

  1. Bidgood, Lee                          APST                          Affiliate
  2. Burke, Samuel                         CSCI                           Returned
  3. Eagle, Cassandra                     CHEM                                    Member
  4. Lange, Shara K.                      COMM                       Member

 

Reappointments

 

1.      Baylor, Timothy              Health Services                    Affiliate

2.      Beck, Jeff                       ENGL                                  Member

3.      Behringer, Bruce            PUBH                                  Returned

4.      Byington, Randy           ALHE                                  Member          

5.      Edwards, Joellen            NURS                                  Senior

6.      Ghaffari, Masoud          NURS                                  Member

7.      Granberry, Nancy          NURS                                  Affiliate

8.      Holmes, Thomas A.       ENG                                     Member

9.      Imboden, Hugh              CUI                                      Affiliate

10.  Lampson, Bert                           CUI                                      Senior 

11.  Leroy-Frazier, Jill           MALS                                  Member

12.  Livingston, James          DIGM                                  Affiliate

13.  MacAvoy, Leslie            PHIL                                                Member                         

14.  Michieka, Martha           ENGL                                  Member

15.  Oliveira, Connie             COMM                                Member

16.  Price, Robert                  MATH                                 Senior

17.  Chakraborty, Ranjan      HSCI                                    Senior

18.  Rasmussen, Susan          NURS                                  Affiliate

19.  Sawyer, Robert              ENGL                                  Senior

20.  Schambra, Uta                           ANCB                                  Member

21.  Sokell, Geri Ann            PHYT                                   Affiliate

22.  Singh, Krishna               PHSI                                                Senior

23.  Verhovsek, Ester            ALHE                                  Member

 

January 30, 2011

 

New Applications

1.  Bhattacharjee, Prasun                ECON                                  Affiliate

2.    Ernenwein, Eileen                     Geosciences                         Affiliate

3.    Hall, Courtney                           Phys. Therapy                      Member

4.    Mitchell, Lorianne                     Mgmt. & Mkt.                     Member

5.    Taylor, Jerry                              Eng. Tech.                            Affiliate

 

Reappointments

 

1.  Ayres, Chris                     KLSS                            Affiliate

2.    Benton, G. Tony              Public Health                Affiliate

3.    Berg, Gary                       Accountancy                 Member

4.    Burkett, Gary                   Accountancy                 Member

5.    Caton, Benjamin              Music                            Member

6.    Chambers, Cynthia          HDAL                           Member

7.    Cody, Michael                 Lit. & Lang.                  Member

8.    Collins, Amy                   CASS                             Affiliate

9.    Cornett, Cher                  DIGM                            Member

10. Dosser, Marcia               CUAI                             Affiliate

11. Duckworth, Douglas      PHIL                              Member

12. Ellis, Jon                         Psych.                             Member

13. Flora, Bethany                ELPA                             Member

14. Gann, Rosalind              CUAI                             Member

15. Holland, Mark                Lit. & Lang.                   Member

16. Justice, Robert               Mgmt. & Mkt.                Affiliate

17. Kady, Ismail                   CHEM                           Senior

18. Keithley, Raquel             Phy. Therapy                 Affiliate

19. King, Lindsey                 SOAA                           Member

20. Liang, Beichen               Mgmt & Mkt.                 Member

21. Luttermoser, Donald      Physics & Astron.          Member

22. McConnell, Peggy          Nursing                          Affiliate

23. Miller, Phillip                 Mgmt. & Mkt.                Member         

24. Onyango, Edward          Health Sciences             Member

25. Slawson, Deborah          Com. Behav. & Hlth.     Member

26. Smith, Jon                      ECON                             Member

27. Stone, Michael               KLSS                              Senior

28. Trogen, Paul                  Pol. Science                     Member

29.   Yasin, Mahmoud          Mgmt.& Mkt.                 Senior           

 

February 27, 2012

 

New Applications

 

1.      Barber, Amy                                 Lit. & Lang.                            Affiliate

2.      Bennett, Loren W.                        Audio & Spch Path                 Member

3.      Foster, Cerrone                             BIOL                                      Affiliate

4.      Hall, Courtney                              Phys. Therapy                         Member

5.      Isham, D. Dean                             ENTC                                      Member

6.      Longo, Stefano                             SOCI                                       Member

7.      Loury, Sharon                               NURS                                     Member

8.      Pickel, Courtney                           Phys. Therapy                         Affiliate

 

Reappointments

 

 1.  Alexander, Curt                 Accountancy              Affiliate

2.      Blackman, Mary Dave      Music                          Affiliate

3.      Dotson, Deborah               AHSC                         Member

4.      Funk, Bobby                     COMM                       Member

5.      Keup, Jessica                    CSCI                           Affiliate

6.      Laughlin, Thomas             BIOL                          Member

7.      Li, Chuang                        Surgery.                       Senior

8.      Liu, Yusheng                    BIOL                           Senior

9.      Ordway, Gregory              PHARM                      Senior

10.  Owens, Beatrice                Phys. Therapy             Member

11.  Shafer, Melissa                  COMM                       Member

12.  Smith, Sherri                     Audio & Spch Path     Member

13.  Speropolus, Karen             Phys. Therapy            Affiliate

14.  Wild, Stacy                       BIOL                                      Affiliate

15.  Wronicki, James                ENTC                         Affiliate

16.  Zhang, Chunhua               Geosciences                Return for dean’s rec.

 

March 26, 2012

 

New Applications

 

1.    Hall, Jennifer                              Biomedical Sci.                    Return for dean’s signature

2.    Kortum, Richard                         PHIL                                     Member

 

Reappointments

 

1.    Ramsauer, Victoria            PHARM                      Member

2.    Zhang, Chunhua                Geosciences                Member

 

April 30, 2012

 

New Applications

 

1.      Hall, Jennifer                    Biomedical Sci.                    Affiliate

 

Reappointments

 

  1. Boyd, John                  ELPA                         Affiliate
  2. Fitzgerald, Marty        Eng. Tech                    Returned for completion of form.
  3. Flora, William             ELPA                          Member
  4. Good, Donald             ELPA                          Member
  5. Gregory, Richard        Econ. & Finance         Returned for completion of form.
  6. Hales, Cynthia            HDAL                         Affiliate
  7. Kumar, Dhirenda        BIOL                           Member
  8. Levy, Foster                BIOL                           Member
  9. Meier, Lori Turner       CUAI                         Member
  10. Melendez, Jane           CUAI                          Affiliate
  11. Nivens, Ryan              CUAI                           Member
  12. Smith, Cynthia            ELPA                           Affiliate
  13. Trumbley, Sharon        NURS                         Affiliate
  14. Yavas, Ugar                MGMT/MKGT            Senior

 

June 25, 2012

 

New Applications

 

1. Kelly, Edward                          Office of Univ. Counsel         Affiliate

2. Noland, Brian                           Office of President                 Member

3. Perdue, Troy                             Office of Univ. Counsel         Affiliate

4. Sayers, Adam                            Athletics.                                 Return

5. Stevenson, Taylor                     Econ. & Finance                     Member

 

Reappointments

 

1.                  Barton, Alison                         HDAL                                                             Member

2.      Davenport, Mary                           Physical Therapy                                             Member

3.      Dotterweich, Andy                       KLSS                          Member

4.      Duncan, Joyce                               HDAL                         Affiliate

5.      Dwyer, Edward                            CUAI                          Member

6.      Fitzgerald, Marty                          Engr. Tech.                  Affiliate

7.      Foster, Levy                                  BIOL                          Senior

8.      Glasscock, Catherine                    ELPA                          Member

9.      Gloeckler, Phyllis                          HDAL                         Member

10.  Gregory, Richard                          Econ. & Finance         Member

11.  Gunter, Charles                             Geosciences                Affiliate

12.  Harley-McClaskey, Deborah        HDAL                         Member

13.  Hemphill, William             Engr. Tech.                  Return

14.  Hurwitz, Rhona                            CUAI                          Member

15.  Langenbrunner, Mary                   HDAL                         Member

16.  Lhotsky, Gary                               KLSS                          Member

17.  Mozen, Diane                                KLSS                          Member

18.  Pfeiffer, Phillip                             CSCI                           Member

19.  Rice, Judy                                     Nursing                       Affiliate

20.  Stewart-Glenn, Jennifer                Nursing                       Affiliate

21.  Stidham, April                              Nursing                       Affiliate

22.  Vanhook, Patricia                         Nursing                       Member

23.  Wallace, Christopher                     CSCI                           Member          

 

Section 2: New Courses Approved

 

August 29, 2011

 

·         CUAI 5601, ESL, History, Practice and Assessment

·         CUAI 5602, ESL, Literacy Development and Methods of Instruction

·         CUAI 5603, Oral Language Development and Curriculum Design in ESL

·         CUAI 5604, Internship in ESL

 

September 26, 2011

 

·         CUAI 5102/6102, Teaching for Understanding

·         READ 5105/6105, Leading Literacy in the 21st Century

·         ELPA 5106/6106, Instructional Leadership through Coaching and Mentoring

·         ELPA 5107, Leadership for Differentiating Classrooms

·         EDFN 5204/6204, Brain, Mind, Experience, and School

·         ELPA 5820, Introduction to Higher Education in America

·         ELPA 5822, Legal Issues in Student Personnel

·         ELPA 5823, Program Planning and Budgeting in Higher Education

·         ELPA 6454, Policy, Power, and Politics in Education

 

October 31, 2011

·         SPAN 4747/5747, Historical Reflections in Contemporary Spain

·         CUAI 5102/6102, Teaching for Understanding

·         CUAI 5103/6103, Assessing for Understanding

·         EDFN 5104/6104, Philosophy and Psychological Theories of Learning: Past, Present, and Future

·         READ 5105/6105, Leading Literacy in the 21st Century

·         ELPA 5106/6106, Instructional Leadership through Coaching and Mentoring

·         ELPA 5108/610, Leadership for Differentiating Classrooms

·         EDFN 5204/6204, Brain, Mind, Experience, and School

·         ELPA 5820, Introduction to Higher Education in America

·         ELPA 5822, Legal Issues in Student Personnel

·         ELPA 5823, Program Planning and Budgeting in Higher Education

·         HIST 4257/5257, History of Women in Appalachia.

·         HDAL 4017/5017, Homelessness, Hunger, Poverty, & Politics

·         ECED 5650, Language and Literacy from an Emergent Inquiry Perspective

·         ECED 5640, Designing Physical Environments from an Emergent Inquiry Perspective

·         ECED 5620, History and Philosophy from an Emergent Inquiry Perspective

·         ECED 5610, Family Community Relations from an Emergent Inquiry Perspective

·         ECED 5600, Social Moral Development from a Constructivist Perspective

 

November 29, 2011

·         STOR 5190 Linguistics of Storytelling

·         STOR 5820, Voice Training for Professionals

·         MALS 5300, Gender, Diversity, and Social Justice

·         PSYC 5000, Broad and General Foundations in Psychology

·         PSYC 5801, Teaching Practicum in Psychology I

·         PSYC 6801, Teaching Practicum in Psychology II

·         PSYC 6660, Grant Writing for the Psychological Sciences

·         PSYC 7770, Diversity in the Psychological Sciences

 

January 30, 2012

·         NURS 5505 Advanced Adult Health Nursing 

·         NURS 5205 Evaluation Methods of Nursing Education 

·         NURS 5545 Advanced Women’s Health and Prenatal Nursing 

·         NURS 5515 Advanced Psychiatric/Mental Health Nursing 

·         NURS 5204 Curriculum Design and Educational Theory

·         NURS 5525 Advanced Critical Care Nursing.

·         NURSE 5635 Advanced Pediatric Nursing

 

February 27, 2012

·         ANTH 5057, Paleolithic Archaeology in France

·         NTFD 5517, Nutrition Education and Counseling

·         DIGM 5917, Digital Media Production

·         ACCT 5630, Auditing Risk and Assurance

·         ACCT 5640, Internal Auditing

·         ACCT 5430, Taxation of Flow-Through Entities

·         ACCT 5440, Estate and Gift Taxation

 

March 26, 2012

·         DIGM 5917, Digital Media Production

·         SPAN 5377, Language and Culture in Ecuador

·         PSYC 5077, Psychological Aspects of Humanitarian Aid

 

April 30, 2012

·         SOCI 5640, Collective Behavior and Social Movements

·         CUAI 5858, Supervised Field Mentoring 

 

June 25, 2012

None

Section 3: Courses Deleted

None

Section 4: Course Changes

August 29, 2011

None

September 26, 2011

None

October 31, 2011

None

November 29, 2011

None

January 30, 2012

None

February 27, 2012

None

March 26, 2012

None

April 30, 2012

None

June 25, 2012

·         SURV 5517, Photogrammetry

·         SURV 4617/5617, Digital Imagery Processing

·         SURV 4567/5567, Positioning with GPS

 

Section 5: Curriculum Changes

August 29, 2011

None

September 26, 2011

None

October 31, 2011

·         Revise Degree and Establish Concentrations in the Master of Education in Educational Leadership

·         Establish a New Concentration in the Master of Arts in Liberal Studies

·         Non-Substantive Curriculum Change, Master of Arts in Sociology with a Concentration in General

·         New Graduate Certificate Program, Early Childhood Education Emergent Inquiry Certificate Program

November 29, 2011

·         Non-Substantive Curriculum Change proposal, change in core course for M.A. Reading concentration in Storytelling

·         Non Substantive Change proposal, M.A.T. program

·         TBR proposal, New Graduate Certificate in Storytelling

·         TBR proposal, New concentration in MALS program – Gender and Diversity Studies

·         TBR proposal, Ph.D. in Psychology

 

January 30, 2012

·         Conversion to online delivery of Graduate Certificate in Health Care Translation and Interpreting

·          Revise the curriculum for the RODP MSN Nursing Education Concentration

·         Revision of the Post-Master’s Certificate in Nursing Education (RODP)

 

February 27, 2012

·         Non-Substantive Curriculum Change, Master of Science in Social Work

·         Articulated Doctor of Pharmacy and Master of Public Health degrees 

·         Revision of the Master of Accountancy degree

 

March 26, 2012

None

April 30, 2012

·         Non-Substantive Curriculum Change, Educational Communication and Technology concentration of the M.Ed.

·         Substantial Curriculum Modification, Master of Arts in Kinesiology and Sport Studies with concentrations in Sport Management and in Exercise Physiology and Performance

 

June 25, 2012

·         Revision of the M.Ed. in Secondary Education

 

Section 6: Editorial Changes

Current revisions to the Graduate Faculty Appointment/Reappointment form.  These current revisions consist of the enlarged explanatory boxes, added review period to VII, VIII, IX, X, and XI.  The section XII added “Attach current Curriculum Vitae with all Scholarly Research, Publication, Grants, or Creative Activities in the last review period, highlighted with dates.” Sections A, B, C, and D added or attach an explanatory memo.  Sections A and D added or Expected Role in Graduate Education and Scholarship.  Furthermore, the instruction section, page 1 will be revised. In addition, other revisions were discussed by the council members.

At the request of the Council, Dr. McIntosh presented draft language to appear in the FAQ section on the Graduate School website regarding interpretation of policy regarding terms of GA/TS eligibility for students pursuing second master’s degrees.  The following was approved by the Council for posting:

 

                  “The number of terms/years of eligibility for students pursuing master’s and doctoral degrees can be found in the GA/TS handbook.  Students pursuing dual master’s degree programs or second master’s degree programs may be considered for a third year of support (one additional year); approval is considered by the Dean or Associate Dean of the School of Graduate Studies in response from a request from the student’s current Graduate Program Coordinator and by the GA/TS contracting unit.  All other requirements of eligibility must be met.”

 

Section 7: Miscellaneous Actions

Recently, the School of Graduate Studies added a new paid internship position to assist graduate students. Ms. Laura Pepper-Weiler is the Graduate Student Success Specialist and a Social Work graduate student.   There are circumstances that occur during the academic career of students and this is a win-win situation to find resources for the graduate student to be successful at ETSU. Dr. Karin Bartoszuk is the task supervisor.  The information has been posted to the Graduate Studies website with name, email, and contract phone number.  Also, the information was mentioned at the academic council, the Graduate Studies orientation, and emailed to all graduate students.           

 

Dr. McIntosh requested the policy interpretation of terms of GA/TS eligibility for students pursuing second master’s degrees from council members.  The council recommended limiting to one year.  Also, dual degree graduate students must complete the first masters before applying for the second master’s degree.  This will encourage finishing one before beginning the next degree.  The Council concurred that there would be no rewording of policy, rather a clarification about administration of the policy. Dr. McIntosh will draft wording that could be included in the FAQ section of the GA website and will present it at the next meeting.

 

Dr. Bartoszuk stated the latest revised draft regarding the application for the thesis/dissertation scholarships was sent to the council members for feedback.  During the council meeting the draft was distributed for review and recommendations.  The recommendations consisted of editorial corrections and clarification of who to report to, where to send, and the official email address.  The application and other information will be posted to the Graduate School web site by April 1, 2012.

Dr. Bartoszuk and Dr. Beck are collaborating to bring a GRE preparation program to ETSU.  The GRE program will be a course on campus and will be handled by Professional Development under Ms. Darla Dye with Dr. Bob Price providing the room.  The announcement will be sent in July for a GRE program offered in October and April.  This will be an all-day course that includes verbal, quantitative, and writing with three practice tests and lunch.  The service/program is offered to both undergraduates and graduates students.  The GRE preparation program will be able to offer assistance to approximately forty students per session.

 

ETSU rating:

Level: 4 years

Control: Public

Total Enrollment: 15,536

Classification Category:

Undergraduate Bal/HGC: balanced arts & sciences/professions

Programs: 10 Doc/Ed: Single Doctoral (education)

Enrollment Profile:  HU:  High undergraduate

Undergraduate Profile:  FT4/S/HTI:  Full time four-year, selective, higher

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