Leader in Reappointment, Tenure and Promotion review at the departmental, college, and university levels.Leader in Curricular change initiatives, including rolling out the new First-Year Seminar, at the departmental, college, and university levels.Mentor undergraduates, graduates, and faculty colleagues.Chair of Ph.D. in English Proposal Committee.Leader in regional, national, and international organizations

As Dean of the Outreach School at the University of Wyoming, I lived to fulfill our mission: To extend the education of the University of Wyoming to the people of Wyoming and the world, and to bring the world to Wyoming. Outreach accomplished our mission to bring excellent, accessible, and affordable education by dividing its efforts into 5 divisions: (1) The University of Wyoming at Casper, UW's only branch campus, headed by Associate Dean and Director Brent Pickett.(2) Outreach Credit Programs, which offers more than 8,000 credit hours of coursework each semester through online, audio, video, and blended formats, headed by Associate Dean Reed Scull.(3) Outreach Technology Services, which supplies the technical support necessary for distance education and Outreach's other state communications, headed by Director Tony Pederson, also Director of UW-TV.(4) International Programs Office, which brings and supports international students and faculty to Wyoming, and offers a variety of international opportunities for our students and the general public, headed by Associate Dean Anne Alexander.(5) Wyoming Pubic Media, which consists of both the 28 NPR radio stations criss-crossing Wyoming (the 3rd largest radio network in the country) and its highly acclaimed website at http://wyomingpublicmedia.org/, headed by Director Christina Kuzmych.Associate Dean Scott Seville heads up INBRE, Outreach's ongoing assessment, directs Outreach's Academic Coordinators across the state who recruit and advise distance learners, and heads up our brick and mortar connections across the state.All of us at Outreach worked closely with Wyoming's 7 Community Colleges and the leaders of the Wind River Reservation.

As a professor, I taught at all levels, first years to graduate students. During my career at the University of Wyoming, I was awarded 8 teaching awards, from "Top Prof" awards and awards for freshman and lower-division teaching through the university's highest teaching award, the Ellbogen Award for Meritorious Teaching.As M.A. Director, I coordinated the graduate curriculum, recruited students, helped 100% complete their graduate degrees through mentoring, developed professionalization curriculum, support of research and travel to conferences.I also created a graduate student success program to increase on-time completion, including piloting a course on how to write the M.A. thesis.I also created a distance M.A. in English program now in its second cohort.

AS HEAD OF THE UNIVERSITY OF WYOMING ENGLISH DEPARTMENT, I worked collaboratively to accomplish the following: ♣ Started the M.F.A. program in Creative Writing that in 7 years became ranked 30th in the nation. ♣ Balanced the budget. Successfully argued for a Legislative Excellence Professorship that brings $200,000 to the department annually. Secured a gift to our endowment that so far totals $1,200,000. ♣ Increased tenure-track faculty by 26%, lecturers (who have job security and full benefits) by 30%, and staff by 25%. ♣ Negotiated Memoranda of Agreement with Latino/a Studies, American Indian Studies, African-American and Diaspora Studies, Gender and Women’s Studies, and Religious Studies. ♣ Supported creation of graduate certificates in American Indian Studies, African-American and Diaspora Studies, Gender and Women’s Studies.♣ Underwrote the “Synergy Program” for at-risk first-years, which won the TIAA Hesburgh Award for Leadership Excellence (2007) and became the pilot for a campus-wide first-year success initiative. ♣ Created an English/English Education major working with the College of Education that reduced graduation time from 5 to 4 years while meeting National Accreditation Criteria. ♣ Partnered with state’s 7 community colleges to complete articulation agreements; met regularly with community college teachers and administrators. ♣ Engaged faculty in first round of curriculum assessment funded by internal grants. Began move to outcomes-based assessment.♣ Funded undergraduate and graduate travel for students to present research and creative writing. Held seminars for graduate students on grant writing.♣ Encouraged faculty grant writing, research, and publication: in 3 years, from 18 researchers and creative writers, 14 books published; $80,000 in grants.

AS CHAIR OF THE FACULTY SENATE, I worked collaboratively to accomplish the following: • Organized the writing and passage in the Senate of Unireg 808, the Post-Tenure Review Policy; negotiated its acceptance by the Board of Trustees. • Organized the passage of Unireg 35, the Faculty Dispute Resolution. • Represented the faculty at monthly Board of Trustee Meetings, working closely with the Provost, President of the Board of Trustees, BOT members, and University President. • Chaired weekly Executive Council meetings of the Faculty Senate and monthly meetings of the full Senate.• Coordinated the activities of the Provost and standing Faculty Senate committees.Partnered with Student and Staff Senates on diversity, health care, and grading issues.

I was a member of the 2012-13 A.C.E. Fellows class. My host institution was Claremont McKenna College, where I shadowed President Pamela Gann and Dean of the Faculty Greg Hess (who is now President of Wabash College).I focused on leadership styles and philosophies, strategic planning, building effective teams, ensuring transparency, building strong communications as a leader, creating a safe, inclusive environment, crisis management.The issues I focused on included diversity, internationalization/globalization in higher ed, board relations, campus building projects, educational consortia and partnerships, information/classroom technology, and institutional advancement.