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First Contact List for Liberal Arts

To assist you in knowing who to contact in the College of Liberal Arts dean’s office for questions you might have, please see the information below for a list of dean’s office staff and the areas for which each is responsible:

Joel Ebarb, Interim Dean and Executive Associate Dean Undergraduate Education:

  • Academic Program Development (with Assoc. Dean for Graduate Education)
  • CLA Curriculum committee liaison
  • Procedures for processing curriculum changes
  • CLA Undergraduate Catalog
  • Tracking credit hours & majors (with Data Manager)
  • Course equivalencies, substitutions
  • Course cancellations
  • Center for Instructional Excellence liaison
  • Student retention programs
  • Teaching Excellence Awards
  • Student awards (Mortar Board, commencement responder, etc.)
  • Exploratory Studies program liaison
  • Thayer Scholars Coordinator
  • Commencement
  • Senate & Senate committees (CLA)
  • Student Services
  • Academic advising
  • Undergraduate student recruitment
  • Vice Provost for Enrollment Management, liaison
  • Enrollment, student characteristics (with A.D. for Undergraduate Education)
  • Scholarships, departmental & college
  • Dean’s Scholars Program
  • Sponsorship requests
  • Banner-student registration system
  • Outstanding Senior Awards
  • Honorary Degree nominations (procedures)

 Kristen Hunt, Director of Operations:

  • Dean’s calendar
  • Promotion & tenure (schedule; procedures; form 36, Area Committee Faculty Representatives)
  • Department head meetings (schedule; minutes; agenda)
  • Honorary Degree nominations (procedures)
  • Distinguished Professor (procedures)
  • Emeritus Professor (procedures)
  • Interview schedules between candidates & dean & his senior staff
  • Search coordination for dean’s senior staff
  • Data resources (e.g. Data Digest, Metrics, including metric support for CLA units)

Will Sartore, Interim Assistant Dean:

  • International programs (study abroad initiatives; international students & faculty, SAIL grants, exchange programs, etc.)
  • Liaison to the Vice Provost for Teaching & Learning/Undergraduate Educational Affairs Council
  • Teaching needs/course availability
  • Minimum course enrollment policies & management
  • Grade appeals
  • Student/parent complaints or questions
  • Honors College liaison
  • Office of Engagement liaison
  • Wilke Undergraduate Research Internship Coordinator
  • Service Learning/Experimental Learning

 *Carmen Morrow, Lead Administrative Assistant to Interim Assistant Dean

  • Undergraduate Curriculum/ Plan of Study updates
  • Undergraduate Research (Dammon Dean’s & Wilke programs, OUR liaison)

Vacant, Associate Dean for Faculty Affairs:

  • College & University academic policies & procedures
  • Promotion & tenure policies & procedures
  • Emeriti faculty nominations
  • New faculty & new department head orientations
  • CLA department head handbook
  • Visiting Scholar Appointments
  • External academic program reviews (department & programs)
  • Equity & affirmative action (liaison with Office for Civil Rights)
  • CLA Senate Committees liaison (except for Curriculum Committee, Educational Policy Committee, & Grade Appeals Committee)
  • Teacher Education Council (Oversees CLA member selection)
  • Provide & analyze Academic Program Assessment Data
  • Member, Academic Programs Assessment
  • Emergency procedures & BRNG safety committee (with Dir. Financial Affairs)
  • Coordinate/manage faculty retention requests & faculty hiring process
  • Coordinate/manage sabbatical leave requests & other paid & unpaid faculty leave requests
  • University Faculty Scholars
  • Coordinate faculty VEPR requests
  • Liaison to the Vice Provost Office for Faculty Affairs & campus Associate Deans for Faculty Affairs Council

 *Michelle Scott, Lead Administrative Assistant to Associate Dean for Faculty Affairs

  • Associate Dean for Faculty Affair’s calendar
  • Faculty Hiring
  • Faculty Support Programs
  • Faculty Promotion and Tenure
  • External academic program reviews
  • Safety committee
  • United Way Team Captain
  • Annual New Faculty Welcome Breakfast
  • CLA Books and Awards Program coordinator

Sorin Matei, Associate Dean for Research & Graduate Education:

  • CLA Faculty Development Centers administration, Artistic Endeavors, Social Sciences, Undergraduate Instructional Excellence, Humanistic Studies
  • Research grant programs administration (including PRF, EVPRP/CLA internal programs, ASPIRE, & PROMISE)
  • External grant processing, including cost sharing, monitoring
  • Sponsored Program Services liaison
  • Development of resources for promoting external research funding
  • Cluster initiative in Advanced Social Science Methods (AMAP) w/Jay McCann
  • Further CLA research networks & collaborations
  • Communicating CLA research to various audiences
  • Office of the Vice President for Research, & Associate Deans for Research Council liaison
  • Limited-submission grant competitions
  • Graduate education, awards, & fellowships (Ross, Andrews, Bilsland, Purdue Doctorial Fellowship)
  • Graduate School liaison & Associate Deans for Graduate Education Council
  • Further CLA Graduate student professional development opportunities
  • Federal relations
  • Faculty & Student Research Awards
  • Office of Interdisciplinary Graduate Programs liaison, the Graduate School
  • Academic Program Development (with Associate Dean for Undergraduate Education)
  • Fulbright Scholars

 *Michael Hicks, Grants Coordinator & Assistant to Associate Dean of Research & Graduate Education

  • Associate Dean for Research & Graduate Education calendar
  • Grant & Fellowship Competitions
  • Graduate Awards
  • Graduate Education Inquiries
  • Research Opportunities
  • PROMISE Grant Application Review

 Leslie Burns, Director of Financial Affairs / Administration:

  • Business office operations (College Level)
  • University expenditure policies
  • Proposal review & approval
  • Budgets & account management (College & Departmental)
  • Business office operations (departmental)
  • Business policies & procedures (department, CLA, & University)
  • Employee pay & benefits, including job classification & leave policies
  • Faculty searches
  • Proposal review & approval
  • University expenditure policies
  • Faculty searches & new hire questions

Drew DaPuzzo, HR Business Partner:

  • Administrative/Professional staff liaison
  • A/P staff development fund competition
  • A/P staff networking program
  • CLA Staff Evaluation Procedures
  • Personnel issues, harassment, & other complaints
  • Staff searches
  • Human Resources Liaison
  • Staff Employee Relations/Human Resources
  • Coordinate staff VEPR requests

Aaron Kosdrosky, Chief Development Officer:

  • Alumni contacts/participation/engagement visits
  • Fundraising
  • Corporate & foundation funding proposals
  • Purdue for Life (University Development Office) liaison
  • Major gifts/planned gifts/annual gifts
  • Direct mail & solicitations

Kristy Foster, Director of College Outreach

  • Direct mail and solicitations
  • Donor/alumni stewardship/gift acknowledgment
  • Alumni updates (addresses, e-mail, job information, business cards)
  • Mailing lists for all Alumni, Donor, Friends mailings
  • News service/Media requests/Crisis communication
  • Marketing & Communications
  • Career advancement, internships, jobs
  • LA Influentials-SCLA300 class & visiting alumni logistics
  • Alumni award nominations (Emerging Voice/Distinguished Alumni)

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Renee Gaarder, Academic Program Manager

  • Academic Program Development (with Assoc. Dean for Undergraduate Education)
  • CLA Curriculum Committee liaison
  • Procedures for processing curriculum changes
  • CLA Undergraduate Catalog
  • Teaching Excellence Awards
  • CLA Scholarship Administrator
  • Schedule Deputy for Cornerstone
  • Mentoring and professional development support for unit-level Academic Program Managers
  • Manager, Purdue Indianapolis

Erin VanEmon, Director of Projects

  • Facility administration/renovations/space requests
  • College events
  • Dean’s Advisory Council (with Constituent Relations Specialist)