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Joan Straumanis
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One West Street, #3004
New York, NY 10004 USA
Cell Phone: 202-277-1937
Email: joanstraumanis (at) earthlink (dot) net
Web site: joanstraumanis.com
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EDUCATION
| Bronx High School of Science, New York City |
| Antioch College, Yellow Springs, OH, B.A.
(mathematics, political science) |
| University of Colorado, M.A. equiv. (mathematics) |
| University of Maryland, Ph.D. (philosophy) |
EMPLOYMENT SUMMARY
| Metropolitan College of New York, New York, NY; President, May 15, 2007 – present; Metropolitan College serves working adults by integrating learning and work using a curriculum that emphasizes social justice and personal responsibility for change. |
| Antioch College, Yellow Springs, OH; President,
February 2002 June 2004 (drafted by Board for transition
period); hired all new senior staff, launched capital campaign, renegotiated
longstanding union contract, initiated Eco League environmental consortium,
helped initiate curricular reform and budget stabilization plans. |
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Fund for the Improvement of Post-Secondary Education
(FIPSE), U.S. Department of Education, Washington, DC; Program
Officer, 1992 1995, 1998 2002.
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Lehigh University, Bethlehem, PA; Dean
Emerita and Professor of Philosophy, 1997 2001; Herbert
and Ann Siegel Dean, College of Arts and Sciences, 1995 1997.
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Rollins College, Winter Park, FL; Dean
of the Faculty, 1986 1992; Professor
of Philosophy, 1986 1992.
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Kenyon College, Gambier, OH; Academic
Dean, 1983 1986; Associate Provost,
1982 1983; Professor of Philosophy,
1982 1986.
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Department of Philosophy, Denison University,
Granville, OH; Professor, 1982; Associate Professor,
1976 1982; Assistant Professor, 1971 1976.
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Department of Philosophy, University of Bristol,
England; Visiting Research Professor (sabbatical leave),
1980.
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National Science Foundation (NSF), Washington,
DC; Program Officer (one-year leave), 1977 1978
Local Course Improvement, Instructional Scientific Equipment, Public
Understanding of Science Programs.
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Department of Philosophy, University of MarylandCollege
Park; Teaching Assistant, 1969 1971.
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| Departments of Mathematics; Teaching
positions at: University of Colorado, Ohio University Martins
Ferry, Bethany College (WV), Wilberforce University
(OH), Yellow Springs High School (OH) and American University
(Washington, DC). |
AREAS OF SPECIALIZATION
| Curricular innovation and reform, especially in science,
engineering, medicine and health sciences |
| Academic administration |
| Foundation and grant administration |
| Science policy |
| International education |
| Philosophy of science and mathematics |
| Logic |
| Philosophy of biology |
| Philosophy of language |
| Ethics |
| Womens studies |
BOARD MEMBERSHIPS
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Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education
(the accrediting body for pharmaceutical education in the US and
several other countries); appointed to the non-pharmacist seat through
nomination by American Council on Education, 2004 present.
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| Great Lakes Colleges Association, 2002 2004. |
| National Commission on Cooperative Education,
2002 2004. |
| Ohio Foundation for Independent Colleges, 2002 2004; Finance Committee. |
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INTART Foundation (promoting contemporary
Russian art), 2000 present.
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Museo Fondo Del Sol (art museum), Washington,
DC, 2000 present.
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National Academy of Engineering, Forum
on Diversity in the Engineering Workforce, 2000 2002.
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Association of American Colleges and Universities, Peer
Review (journal), 1999 present. |
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American Civil Liberties Union of the Lehigh
Valley, 1996 1999.
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SMART Discovery Center (science museum),
Bethlehem, PA, 1995 1997.
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Orlando Science Center (science museum),
1991 1992.
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American Civil Liberties Union of Florida
(State and Local), 1986 1991.
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Northwest Area Foundation, Education Advisory
Committee, St. Paul, MN, 1983 1986.
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University of Maryland-College Park, Student-Faculty
Advisory Board (Founding Chair), 1969 1970.
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INSTITUTES & MAJOR WORKSHOPS
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Presenter, How to Fund Your Best
Ideas: A 12-Step Program, a workshop for project managers
and grant proposal writers; numerous venues, including teleconferences,
1992 present.
[See http://www.ed.gov/about/offices/list/ope/fipse/steps.html
for workshop outline.]
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| Participant, Harvard Seminar for New Presidents,
Harvard University, 2002. |
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Invited participant, Leadership Seminars
for Academic Officers, the Educational Leadership Project of
the Christian A. Johnson Endeavor Foundation, 1988 present.
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Panelist, workshop leader, Science
Education Reform, Chautauqua Institute, Chautauqua, NY,
1999.
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Representative, Oberlin Conferences on
Undergraduate Science (formation of the Oberlin Group),
1985, 1986.
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Staff, Lilly Endowment Workshop on the
Liberal Arts, Colorado Springs, CO, 1986; team leader,
Kenyon College delegation, 1984.
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Staff, National Conference on Philosophy
of Biology, Denison University, 1983.
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Participant, Institute on Philosophy of
Biology, Council for Philosophical Studies and National Endowment
for the Humanities (NEH), Cornell University, Summer 1982.
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Staff, National Summer Institutes in Womens
Studies (faculty development), Ann Arbor, MI, 1981, 1982.
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Participant, Training Seminar for Grant
Program Managers, National Science Foundation, Berkeley Springs,
WV, 1977.
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Participant, Institute on Human Nature,
Council for Philosophical Studies and NEH, Colorado Springs, CO,
1977.
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Leader (with A. Fitzgerald), Assertiveness
Training workshops (for faculty, community women and students),
1975, 1976, 1983.
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SELECTED PUBLICATIONS & PRESENTATIONS
| Manual for Center Evaluators, National Science Foundation, Science of Learning Centers program, 2007. |
| Changing Medical Education Forever
(with Sandra P. Levison), Change Magazine, v. 34, n. 5, Sept./Oct.
2002, pp. 18 26. |
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Funding Your Best Ideas: A 12-Step Program,in
Susan Peterson (ed.), The Grantwriters Internet Companion
(Thousand Oaks, CA: Corwin Press, 2001).
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A Deans-Eye View: The Golden Age
of Universities on the Make, review article, Change
magazine, v. 24, n. 6, Nov./Dec. 1992, pp. 62 65.
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Support Issues (summary of presentation)
in Zaven Karian (ed.), The Use of Symbolic Computation
in Undergraduate Mathematics, proceedings of the Denison
Conference, June 25 28, 1992 (Mathematical Association
of America, 1992).
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Citation: R. Edgerton, P. Hutchings, K. Quinlan
(eds.), The Teaching Portfolio: Capturing the Scholarship
in Teaching (AAHE, 1991), Entry I.
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Citation: Sheila Tobias, Theyre
Not Dumb, Theyre Different: Stalking the Second Tier
(Research Corporation, 1990), p. 88.
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Struggles with the Maxwell Demon,
a philosophical essay on entropy and information, Rollins College,
Oct. 1988.
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Explosive Freedom: Impressions of Glasnost,
Rollins Alumni Record, v. 66, n. 1, Spring 1988.
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A Crisis in Science (excerpts
from my Congressional testimony), The Chronicle of Higher
Education, v. 33, n. 29, April 1, 1987, p. 43.
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Citation: Douglas R. Hofstadter, Metamagical
Themas (Basic Books, 1985), p. 156.
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Duties to Oneself: An Ethical Basis for
Self-Liberation?, Journal of Social Philosophy,
v. 15, n. 2, Spring 1984.
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Citation: Jason Kawall, "Self-Regarding Supererogatory Actions," Journal of Social Philosophy, Sept. 2003. |
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Sex Selection: The Public Impact of Private
Choices, invited paper, Rosenstiel International Conference
on Developmental Biology, Gambier, OH, 1983.
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A Laboratory Manual for the Philosophy
of Biology, Philosophy of Biology in the Philosophy
Curriculum (Council for Philosophical Studies, San Francisco
State University, 1983) ch. 7, pp. 72 87.
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Of Sissies and Spinsters: Shifts in Value
of Sex-Marked Terms, American Philosophical Association,
Chicago, 1983.
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The Case Against Human Sociobiology,
American Philosophical Association, Chicago, 1983.
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The Sex/Value Shift: Sex Bias and Linguistic
Change, invited paper, Forum for Interdisciplinary Research
Conference: Language Problems and Public Policy,
Cancun, Mexico, 1981.
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Changing Sex Roles of Men and Women,
two articles in the Steubenville Catholic Register
and an educational program on WTOV-TV, Steubenville, OH, sponsored
by the Ohio Program in the Humanities, June 1981.
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The Call for Feminist Theory: Is There
An Answer? in B. Reed, Toward a Feminist Transformation
of the Academy: II (Ann Arbor: Great Lakes Colleges Association,
1981).
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Citation: D.C. Dennett, Brainstorms
(MIT Press: Bradford Books, 1980), p. 44.
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Computing in Symbolic Logic,
presentation and demonstration, Conference: Logic and
Liberal Learning, Carnegie-Mellon University, 1979.
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A Guide to Undergraduate Science Course and
Laboratory Improvements (with R.F. Watson), resource catalog
(Washington: National Science Foundation, 1979).
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Generic Man and Mortal
Woman, an essay in the philosophy of language in B. Reed, The
Structure of Knowledge A Feminist Perspective
(Ann Arbor: Great Lakes Colleges Association, 1979).
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Logic and Simulation, in E.
Thorson, Simulation in Higher Education (New
York: Exposition Press, 1979). Also ERIC System document #IR 004
951, cited in Resources in Education, November,
1977.
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DEMON, a logic proof-teacher and validity-checker,
and FRAME, a set of tutorials for translation from natural
to symbolic logic languages; instructional computer programs for
symbolic logic; used in the U.S., Canada, Australia and Hong Kong
(Distributor: Denison University Computer Center), 1974.
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Reference and Reification, lecture,
Council for Philosophical Studies Institute on Human Nature, Colorado
Springs, CO, 1977.
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Philosophical Presuppositions of Assertiveness
Training, broadcast on WYEP-FM Radio, Pittsburgh, PA,
Nov. 20, 1975.
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JOB CRUNCH: The Affirmative Action Game,
an educational simulation (with Judith Laird), ERIC System document
#ED 169 819, cited in Resources in Education,
1979. Reviewed by C. S. Greenblat and J. G. Baily in Signs:
Journal of Women in Culture and Society, v. 3, no. 3, Spring
1979.
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Obligations to Persons and Other Living
Things: A Philosopher Looks at Abortion, invited lecture,
University of Notre Dame Conference on Abortion, 1973.
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EXECUTIVE SEARCHES
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As president at Antioch College hired four deans
and vice presidents, several directors, and institutional consultants;
as dean at three institutions, responsible for hiring of faculty,
associate deans, directors and support staff.
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Elected staff representative, search
for FIPSE Director, 1999 2000.
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Manager, FIPSE staff hirings (in response
to special appropriation), 2000.
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Chair, Lehigh University search for dean
of the College of Education, 1995.
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Elected faculty representative, Denison
University presidential search, 1975.
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INTERNATIONAL PROFESSIONAL PROJECTS
China
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(1) Consultant to the team designing a new American-style university for Nanjing; a partnership between American University (Washington DC), the Coordinating Council for International Universities and Jiangsu Province, (two trips, 2005). |
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(2) Invited delegate, professional visit by American philosophers to ten universities in Shanghai, Nanjing, Suzhou, and Beijing, Peoples Republic of China, People to People Ambassadors program, 2000. |
| Bulgaria |
Candidate for president of the American University in Bulgaria, Blagoevgrad (two trips, 2005). |
Egypt
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Invited delegate, Global Peace Initiative, invited by First Lady Suzanne Mubarak; People to People Ambassadors program, 2003. |
| Kenya |
Evaluated NGO service projects (agriculture,
AIDS education); Global Service
Corps, Earth Island Institute, 1999. |
| Greece |
Evaluated archeology project; Fund for
the Improvement of Postsecondary Education, 1998. |
Australia
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Developed, inspected, evaluated study
abroad programs, Sydney and Melbourne; Rollins College, Lehigh University,
Antioch College, 1987 1998. |
USSR/Russia
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Professional meetings about establishing
educational exchanges, Moscow, St. Petersburg; American Association
of Colleges and Universities, 1993.
Arranged reciprocal visit of Russian faculty member to teach at Rollins
College, funded by Rotary Clubs of Central Florida, 1989 1990.
Invited participant in delegation of eight American college
deans. Visited Universities of Leningrad, Moscow and Odessa. Funded
by Corliss Lamont Foundation and participating institutions, 1987.
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Mexico
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Negotiated, established, evaluated study abroad
contracts with Mexican universities, Merida; Rollins College, 1986 1992.
Co-leader, month-long study/travel course (archeology, culture);
Denison University, 1976.
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UK
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Inspected, evaluated study
abroad programs in Scotland, England and Ireland; Kenyon College,
1985.
Sabbatical: Visiting Research Professor of Philosophy,
University of Bristol, England, 1980. |
| Colombia |
Inspected, evaluated study abroad program,
Bogota, Great Lakes Colleges Association, 1984. |
| Turkey |
Leader of 28-person month-long
study travel course (archeology, history); Denison University, 1973. |
PERSONAL INTERNATIONAL TRAVEL
| Eastern Europe |
Travel, tourism, Czech Republic, Serbia, Croatia, Hungary, Austria, 2006. |
| Spain |
Study tour (art and architecture), 2001. |
| Italy |
Study tour (art and architecture), 2000. |
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Kenya &
Tanzania
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Travel, tourism, 1999. |
| Greece |
Study tour (history); lectured on philosophy
to Smithsonian tour group, 1998. |
| Israel & Jordan |
Travel, tourism, 1998. |
| Netherlands |
Travel, tourism, 1996, 2003.
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| Poland |
Genealogy trip, 1996. |
| England |
Canal Boat trip one
week, 1995. |
| France |
Camping one month,
1980. |
| Jamaica, West Indies |
Travel, tourism, 1965. |
CONSULTING
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For consulting activities in China, 2005 – 2006, see §International Professional Projects. |
National Science Foundation
| Author, Manual for Center Evaluators, Science of Learning Centers program, 2007. |
| Consultant, Science of Learning Centers program, 2006. |
| Reviewer, Blue Ribbon panel, Science of Learning Centers program, 2006. |
| Reviewer, Ethics in Graduate Education program, 2005. |
| Reviewer, Teacher Education program, 1992 – 1999. |
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Association of American Colleges and Universities
| Senior Fellow, 2005 – present. |
| Consultant, foundation grants, 2006 – 2007. |
| Judge, Greater Expectations Competition: General Education Programs, 2000. |
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ILO Institute
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Global Service Corps (Earth Island Institute)
| Volunteer consultant and evaluator,
negotiated AIDS education collaboration with Kenyan government,
Nairobi, Kenya, 1999. |
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| SRI International, project evaluator,
1998 1999. |
Scholastic Magazine
| National judge,
Magic School Bus Science Education Award, 1998. |
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W. M. Keck Foundation/Project Kaleidoscope Consultancy
| Bates College, Lewiston, ME, 1997: interdisciplinary
education. |
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University of Northern Colorado, Greeley,
CO
| ChemQuest and IntelliChem
software projects, 1997. |
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University of California, Davis, CA
| Advisory panel, Davis Honors Challenge,
1997 1998. |
| Nature and Culture Program, 1995 1997. |
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Central Missouri State University, Warrensburg,
MO
| Evaluator, Continuous
Process Improvement Project, 1996. |
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Antioch College, Yellow Springs, OH
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Leader, Antioch College Faculty Retreat,
1990.
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| Lilly Curriculum Development Grant, 1989. |
| Ford Foundation Curriculum Evaluation Grant,
1985. |
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Stetson University, Deland, FL
| Leader, Sexual Harassment Policy and
Training Workshops, 1987, 1989. |
| Leader, Grants Workshop for Science
Faculty, 1988. |
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Association of Junior Leagues, New York,
NY
| Campus Alcoholism Project, 1989. |
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| Atlantic Center for the Arts, New Smyrna Beach,
FL, 1988. |
| Ohio Program in the Humanities/Ohio Humanities
Council, 1975 1986. |
Womens Studies Programs
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Sangamon State University, Springfield, IL,
1983.
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| University of Western Ontario, London, Ontario,
1980. |
| Kenyon College, Gambier, OH, 1980. |
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National Science Foundation, Washington,
DC, 1978 1981
| Projects included contractor negotiations,
management of peer review conferences, proposal and program
evaluation, publication management and production. |
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Proposal Reviewing
| Lilly Endowment, NEH, NSF, FIPSE, Knight Foundation. |
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OTHER PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES & SERVICE
Great Lakes Colleges Association
| Board member, 2002 2004. |
| Science Advisory Committee, 1982 1986. |
| Academic Council (elected by Denison
University Faculty), 1978 1982. |
| Organizer (with others), Womens
Studies Consortium and annual conferences, 1975 1986. |
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International Society for the History, Philosophy
and Social Studies of Biology
| Session chair:
Biological Mechanisms, 2001. |
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National Genome Project, National Institutes
of Health
| Representative of the US Department of Education,
Advisory Committee on Diversity, 2001. |
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Project Kaleidoscope
| A national network, funded by NSF, FIPSE and
private foundations, to reform undergraduate science, engineering
and mathematics education. |
| Founder and member of Executive Committee,
1989 1991. |
| National conference organizer (with
others), National Academy of Sciences, February 1991. |
| Co-Author, What Works: Building
Natural Science Communities, v. 1 (STAMATS Publishing,
Cedar Rapids, IA, 1991). |
| Change Agents Roundtable, 1999 2000. |
| Co-leader, organizer, Summer Institute
on Institutional Transformation, Keystone, CO, July 2000. |
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Western Association of Schools and Colleges
| Accreditation team,
1989. |
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Congressional Testimony
| Committee on Science, Space, and Technology,
U.S. House of Representatives: 1988 NSF Budget Authorization,
Feb. 19, 1987 (excerpted in The Chronicle of Higher
Education; see §Publications). |
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American Philosophical Association
| Nominating committee, Central Division,
1985 1986 |
| Selection committee, Mellon Congressional
Fellowships (annually awarded grants to academic philosophers
to serve as Congressional staff members), 1979 1986. |
| Committee on the Status of Women, 1976 1983;
Committee Chair, 1982 1983. |
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Society for Women in Philosophy
| Founder (with
others), Chicago, IL, 1971; Program Chair, 1982. |
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Intergovernmental Task Force on Women, Washington,
DC
| Worked on the Status Report of the
Carter Administration Action on International Womens Year
Resolutions for the Presidents Domestic Policy
Staff (with Jean Lipman-Blumen), 1978. |
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Legislation: State of Ohio
| Led successful campaign by my students to include
sexual assault and rape counselors under confidentiality statutes,
1974 1976; signed into law 1976. |
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MAJOR GRANTS & FUNDRAISING
| 2002 2004 |
Campaign for Antioch College,
$65 million goal ($35 million raised during my presidency). |
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Mellon Foundation: to support
Antioch College curriculum renewal project. |
| 2003 |
Mellon Foundation: to support
Antioch College infrastructure. |
1995 1998
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NEH Challenge Grant: to support
international and intercultural education at Lehigh University; raised
required matching money from individual and corporate donors. |
1995 1998
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Solicited, received and installed
major art acquisitions: permanent installations and outdoor sculpture
at Lehigh University, including $1.5 million Henry Moore bronze. |
1995 1998
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Hewlett Foundation: to add research
experiences to introductory courses across the curriculum, and increase
undergraduate research participation (Lehigh University). |
1989 1992
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FIPSE, U.S. Department of Education:
to support curriculum innovation in science and to develop the SCY
(Science Community Year) program, a supportive learning community
for first-year science students (Rollins College). |
1987 1989
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Jessie Ball duPont Religious, Charitable
& Educational Fund: to establish the Florida Interacademic Consortium,
a school-college partnership for Florida. |
1985 1987
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NEH: to support expansion to rural
and inner-city public high schools of Kenyons School-College
Program. |
1984 1987
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FIPSE: to develop 5-STEP, a new consortial
model and 5-year double degree program for combining liberal arts
and teacher education (Kenyon College; Teachers College, Columbia
University; and Bank Street College of Education, New York).
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1977 1978
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National Science Foundation, Intergovernmental
Personnel Act: to fund one-year leave from Denison University
as NSF Program Officer. |
FELLOWSHIPS & HONORS
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Medal for leadership and achievement, Veteran Feminists
of America, 2001.
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Appreciation Award, Hamilton Holt School (evening
degree programs), Rollins College, 1991.
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Appreciation Award, Graduate Program in Counseling,
Rollins College, 1990.
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First Annual Faculty Leadership Award, Crossed
Keys Honorary, Denison University, 1981.
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Omicron Delta Kappa, National Leadership Honor
Society, 1981.
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Danforth Associate, appointed 1976.
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Award for Excellence in Teaching, University of
Maryland, 1970.
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United States Steel Foundation Graduate Fellowship,
1967 1969.
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University of Colorado Foundation Graduate Fellowship,
1957 1958.
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