East Tennessee State University
Graduate Council
Annual Report
2007-2008

 

Graduate Council Membership

 

Voting Members:

 

David Arnall, Ph.D, Member-at-Large
LaKeisha Brown, Graduate Student, Member-at-Large
William Scott Champney, Ph.D. College of Medicine
Wallace Dixon, Ph.D. Member at Large
Mark Ellis, M.S.L.S. Library
Helene Halvorson, M.S.W. Member at Large
Don Hoover, Ph.D. College of Medicine
Jo-Ann Marrs, Ed.D. College of Nursing
Martha Pointer, Ph.D., College of Business and Technology
Jasmine Renner, Ph.D., College of Education
Ben Rhoda, Graduate Student, Member-at-Large
Robert Sawyer, Ph.D., Arts and Sciences
Phillip Scheuerman, Ph.D., College of Public and Allied Health
Marie Tedesco, Ph.D. School of Continuing Studies
Paul Trogen, Ph.D., Faculty Senate

 

 

Non-voting Members

 

Cecilia McIntosh, Ph.D. Dean of the School of Graduate Studies
Maria Costa, International Programs
Wayne Gillespie., Assistant Dean of the School of Graduate Studies
LaDonna Hutchins, Office of the Registrar
Mary Ellen Musick, Office of Planning and Analysis, Data Management
Jeffrey Powers-Beck, Ph.D., Associate Dean of the School of Graduate Studies
Michael Woodruff, Ph.D. Vice Provost for Research and Sponsored Programs

Meeting Dates

Meetings were held at Burgin Dossett Hall, President Conference Room at 1:15 p.m.

 

Summary of Actions Taken

 

The Graduate Council took the following actions:

 

42 New Graduate Faculty Appointments

 

99 Graduate Faculty Re-appointments

 

43 New Courses Approved

 

0 Courses Deleted

 

2 Course Changes

 

8 Curriculum Changes

 

00 Editorial Changes

 

00 Miscellaneous Graduate Council Actions

Section 1: Graduate Faculty Appointments/Reappointments approved

 

September 24, 2007

 

New Appointments to Graduate Faculty:

  • Baylor, Tim, Interim
  • Beeler, Robert, Associate
  • Burrow, Troy, Interim
  • Epps, Susan, Associate
  • Foley, Virginia, Associate
  • Han, Keunsu, Associate
  • Oliveira, Carrie, Associate
  • Onyango, Edward, Associate
  • Pittarese, Anthony, Associate
  • Slawson, Deborah, Associate
  • White, Larry, Full
  • Wycoff, Randy, Full
  • Zhang, Chunhua, Associate
  • Zucker, Ronald, Associate

Re-appointments to Graduate Faculty:

 

  • Argrawal, Alok, Associate
  • Anderson, James, Associate
  • Behringer, Bruce, Interim
  • Bettis, Glenn, Associate
  • Burnley, Cynthia, Associate
  • Countermine, Terry, Associate
  • Gann, Rosalind, Associate
  • Godbole, Anant, Full
  • Hancock, John , Full
  • Hayman, J. Russell, Full
  • Holland, Mark, Associate
  • King, Lindsay, Associate
  • Littleton, Mary Ann, Full
  • Luttermoser, Donald, Associate
  • Miller, Barney, Full
  • Miller, Merry, Full
  • Miller, Phillip, Associate
  • Monaco, Paul, Associate
  • Nelson, Ardis, Full
  • O’Donnell, Kevin, Full
  • Poole, George, Full
  • Rasch, Ellen, Full
  • Snider, J. Blake, Full

 

 

 

October 29, 2007

 

New appointments to Graduate Faculty:

 

  • Chambers, Cynthia, Assistant Associate
  • Lhotsky, Gary J., Assistant Associate
  • Owens, Beatrice H., Assistant Associate
  • Owens, Daniel K, Post-Doc Asst. Interim

Re-appointments to Graduate Faculty:

 

  • Blaustein, Richard, Full
  • Burkette, Gary D., Associate
  • Cantrell, Peggy J., Full
  • Gerding, Abigail A., Associate
  • Grover, Susan, Full
  • Hillhouse, Joes, Full
  • Kady, Ismail O., Associate
  • Miller, Larry S., Full
  • Nehring, Nancy G., Associate
  • Slatton, Ralph, CV
  • Smith, Patricia L., Full
  • Wachs, Joy E., Associate

 

 

November 26, 2007

(No graduate faculty reviewed)

 

 

December 2007

(No Meeting)

 

 

January 28, 2008

 

New appointments to Graduate Faculty:

 

  • Dalton, William, II, Full
  • Heil, Katrina, Associate
  • Khoury, Amal, Full
  • Liang, Beichan, Associate
  • Moore, Tom, Associate
  • Tampas, Joanna W., Full

Re-appointments to Graduate Faculty:

 

  • Allen, Nancy, Full
  • Braswell, Michael, Full
  • Brown, Stephen, Full
  • Dorgan, Kelly, Full
  • Funk, Robert, Associate
  • Garrett, Linda, Associate
  • Gerard, Mira, Full
  • Kamolnick, Paul, Full
  • Laughlin, Thomas, Associate
  • Phillips, Laurelle, Full
  • Reed, Delanna K., Interim
  • Roberts, Charles, Full
  • Smith, Jon, Associate

 

February 25, 2008

 

New appointments to Graduate Faculty:

 

  • Dyer, Susan, Interim
  • Gregg, Chris E., Full
  • Hagelberg, Frank, Full
  • Hale, Kimberly D., Associate
  • Morefield, John, Interim

Re-appointments to Graduate Faculty:

  • Al-Imad, Leila, Associate
  • Davis, Thomas Jason, Associate
  • Fethke, Nathan, Associate
  • Grissett, Barbara, Associate
  • Green, Joe Keith, Full
  • Mink, Patricia, Full
  • Pyles, Rebecca, Full
  • Renner, Jasmine, Full
  • Slatton, Ralph, Full
  • Stanley, Isabel, Associate

 

 

March 31, 2008

 

New appointments to Graduate Faculty:

  • Campbell, Sharon E., Associate
  • Gloeckler, Lissy, Associate
  • Hayes, Tammy, Interim
  • Silver, Ken, Full
  • Stewart-Glenn, Jennifer, Interim
  • Vanhook, Patricia, Associate
  • Zhu, Meng-Yang, Full

 

Re-appointments to Graduate Faculty:

 

  • Alsop, Fred, Full
  • Halvorson, Helene, Associate
  • Hamdy, Ronald, Full
  • Henson, Gary, Associate
  • Hipple, Steb, Associate
  • Ho, Chu-Ngi, Associate
  • Hurwitz, Rhona, Associate
  • Kelly, Edward, Associate
  • Langenbrunner, Mary, Associate
  • Melendez, Eliz, Jane, Associate
  • Miller, Hugh, Associate
  • Mozen, Diane, Associate
  • Shafer, Melissa, Associate
  • Sobel, Joseph, Full
  • Roh, Chul-Young, Full
  • Shemwell, Don, Full
  • Swinehart, Kerry, Associate
  • Tarnoff, Karen, Associate
  • Ume-Nwagbo, Pearl, Interim
  • Whitson, Marian, Associate

April 28, 2008

 

New appointments to Graduate Faculty:

 

  • Hemphill, William K, Associate
  • Irwin, Ned, Associate

Re-appointments to Graduate Faculty:

 

  • Baisden, Ronald, Associate
  • Fitzgerald, Marty, Associate
  • Knisley, Jeff, A, Full
  • Maas-Brady, Janet, Associate
  • Ralston, Elizabeth, Associate
  • Youngberg, George, Full

 

May 2008

 

(No graduate faculty reviewed)

August 25, 2008

 

New appointments to Graduate Faculty:

 

  • Basham, Pepper, Temporary
  • Blowers, Sally, Associate
  • Kornweibel, Karen, Associate
  • McLain, Raymond, Pending

 

Re-appointments to Graduate Faculty:

 

  • Al-Imad, Leila, Associate
  • Baggett, Paul, Associate
  • Bitter, James, Full
  • Brown, Amelia, Associate
  • Day, Ronnie, Associate
  • Deadman, Alison, Associate
  • Isbell, Rebecca, Full
  • Johnson, Keith, Associate
  • Kelly, Edward, tabled until next meeting
  • Moorman, Jonathan, Full
  • Niedeberger, Maria, Associate
  • Osborn, Richard, Associate
  • Roberts, Anna, Associate
  • Tillman, Primus, Associate
  • Williams, Lynn, Full

 

 

Section 2: New Course Approvals

 

September 24, 2007

 

    1. APST 5690, Documenting Community Traditions – New Course Proposal
    2. SPCH 5380, Sexual Health Communication – New course proposal
    3. ECED 5325, Constructivist Programs for Young Children – New Course Proposal

4. ECED 5417, Curriculum Development for Young Children – New Course Proposal

5. ECED 5167, Constructivist Approach to Science and Math for Young Children – New Course Proposal

6. AMBA 5141, Data Analysis and Modeling – New Course Proposal

7. AMBA 5151, Accounting Information for Decision Making – New Course Proposal

8. AMBA 5181, Economics for Managers – New Course Proposal

9. AMBA 5211, Operations and Technologies Strategies – New Course Proposal

10. AMBA 5221, Global Business – New Course Proposal

11. AMBA 5231, Strategic Leadership – New Course Proposal

12. AMBA 5401, Market Strategy – New Course Proposal

13. AMBA 5431, Applied Corporate Finance – New Course Proposal

14. AMBA 5501, Strategic Management Process – New Course Proposal

15. AMBA 5801, Strategic Experience – New Course Proposal

 

 

November 26, 2007

  • ELPA 7814, Advanced Qualitative Research – New Course Proposal

December 2007

(No Meeting)

January 28, 2008

 

 

  1. HDAL 5825 Developmental Psychopathology (for Counselors).
  2. HDAL 5825 Developmental Psychopathology (for Counselors).
  3. APST/ARTH 4177/5177 Art and Appalachia
  4. CUAI 5430 Secondary Curriculum – Development, Practice, and Assessment
  5. CUAI 5438 Secondary Clinical Field Experience II.
  6. CUAI 5443 Reasoning Block II K-6.
  7. CUAI 5444 Reasoning Block Clinical Field Experience K-6.
  8. CUAI 5450 Middle School Curriculum and Assessment.
  9. CUAI 5454 Teaching Middle Grades (4-8) Mathematics.
  10. CUAI 5455 Social Studies Methods for the Middle Grades.
  11. CUAI 5458 Guided Middle Grades Field Experience II.
  12. CUAI 5426 Guided Secondary School Clinical Field Experience I.
  13. EDFN 5420 Foundations in Education: Building a Community of Learners.
  14. READ 5441 Reading/Communications: Block 1 K-6.
  15. READ 5442 Reading & Communication Clinical Field Experience K-6.
  16. READ 5452 Guided Middle Grades Clinical Field Experience I 4-8.
  17. READ 5453 Advanced Middle Grades English Language Arts (4-8) – Site Based Methods.
  18. SCED 5454 Science for Middle Grades 4-8.

February 25, 2008

 

  1. ARTH 5950, Research Methods for Art History
  2. CUAI 5400, Seminar in Classroom Management.

 

March 31, 2008

 

None

April 28, 2008

 

  1. PEXS 5657, Sports Nutrition and Ergogenic Aids
  2. GRAD 7820, Research Grant Development I
  3. GRAD 7830, Research Grant Development II

May 2008

 

  1. GRAD 7800, Faculty Technology Leadership I
  2. GRAD 7810, Faculty Technology Leadership II
  3. Forensic Document Examination – Establish a New Certificate Program

Section 3: Courses Deleted

 

  • None

Section 4: Course Changes

 

September 25, 2007

 

  1. CDIS 5017, Speech and Hearing Science I – Substantial Course Modification
  2. ECED 5580, Student Teaching and Seminar in Early Childhood Education – Substantial Course Modification

 

October 29, 2007

(None)

 

November 26, 2007

(None)

 

December 2007

(No Meeting)

 

January 28, 2008

(None)

 

February 25, 2008

(None)

 

March 31, 2008

(None)

 

April 28, 2008

(None)

 

May 2008

(None)

 

August 25, 2008

(None)

 

Section 5: Curriculum Changes

 

September 24, 2007

 

1. Non-Substantive Curriculum Change in Educational Leadership (Two proposals)

2. TBR proposal: Consolidation of MA (with one concentration) and the MEd (with two concentrations) into the MA with three concentrations (with 3 new course proposals and one course modification)

 

October 29, 2007

None

 

November 26. 2007

 

  1. Non-Substantive Curriculum Change in Educational Leadership, Postsecondary and Private Sector Leadership
  2. Non-Substantive Curriculum Change in Educational Leadership, Administrative Endorsement.
  3. Non-Substantive Curriculum Change in Educational Leadership, School Leadership.

December 2006

(No graduate council meeting)

 

January 28, 2008

 

  1. Non-Substantive Curriculum Change: Kinesiology, Leisure and Sport Science. Proposal is to delete PEXS 4467/5467 from the curriculum.
  2. TBR Substantive Curriculum Change: MAT program change plus 15 new course proposals.

February 25, 2008

1. Non-Substantive Curriculum Change for the Master of Arts in Art History.

 

March 31, 2008

 

None

April 28, 2008

None

 

May 2008

None

 

August 25, 2008

None

 

Section 6: Editorial Changes

No editorial changes

Section 7: Miscellaneous Actions

None

ETSU rating:

Level: 4 year

Control: Public

Total Enrollment: 11, 869

 

ClassificationsCategory

Undergraduate Bal/HGC: balanced arts & sciences/professions,

Instructional Programs: high graduate coexistence

Graduate Instructional

Programs: 5-Doc/Ed: Single doctoral (education)

Enrollment Profile: HU: High undergraduate

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

Transfer-in

Size and Setting: L4/NR: Large four-year, primarily nonresidential

 

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