Joan Straumanis

 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

National Science Foundation, Arlington, VA, Science of Learning Centers Program; Program Director,  May, 2008 – Dec. 2010; managed a program that supports interdisciplinary multi-university centers for basic research in the learning sciences, including neuroscience, psychology, computer science, engineering and education.

Metropolitan College of New York, New York, NY; President, May 2007 – May, 2008 (emergency interim appointment through the Registry for Retired College Presidents); revitalized the college, increased enrollment, balanced the budget, recruited a permanent president. Metropolitan College serves working adults by integrating learning and employment through 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.

Fund for the Improvement of Post-Secondary Education (FIPSE), U.S. Department of Education, Washington, DC; Program Officer, 1992 – 1995, 1998 – 2002.

Lehigh University, Bethlehem, PA; Dean Emerita and Professor of Philosophy, 1997 – 2001; Herbert and Ann Siegel Dean, College of Arts and Sciences, 1995 – 1997.

Rollins College, Winter Park, FL; Dean of the Faculty, 1986 – 1992; Professor of Philosophy, 1986 – 1992.

Kenyon College, Gambier, OH; Academic Dean, 1983 – 1986; Associate Provost, 1982 – 1983; Professor of Philosophy, 1982 – 1986.

Department of Philosophy, Denison University, Granville, OH; Professor, 1982; Associate Professor, 1976 – 1982;  Assistant Professor, 1971 – 1976.

Department of Philosophy, University of Bristol, England;  Visiting Research Professor (sabbatical leave), 1980.

National Science Foundation (NSF), Washington, DC; Program Officer (one-year leave), 1977 – 1978 Local Course Improvement, Instructional Scientific Equipment, Public Understanding of Science Programs.

Department of Philosophy, University of Maryland–College Park; Teaching Assistant, 1969 – 1971.

Departments of Mathematics; Teaching positions at: University of Colorado, Ohio University – Martin’s 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

Women’s studies

 BOARD MEMBERSHIPS

Biodiversity Project (an environmental information and communication organization focused on waterways and watersheds), Chicago, IL 2007 – present.

Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education, the accrediting body for pharmaceutical education in the US; public member (non-pharmacist) appointed through nomination by American Council on Education, 2004 – present.

Great Lakes Colleges Association, 2002 – 2004.

National Commission on Cooperative Education, 2002 – 2004.

Ohio Foundation for Independent Colleges, 2002 – 2004; Finance Committee.

INTART Foundation (promoting contemporary Russian art), 2000 – 2002.

Museo Fondo Del Sol (art museum), Washington, DC, 2000 – 2002.

National Academy of Engineering, Forum on Diversity in the Engineering Workforce, 2000 – 2002.

Association of American Colleges and Universities, Peer Review (journal), 1999 – present.

American Civil Liberties Union of the Lehigh Valley, 1996 – 1999.

SMART Discovery Center (science museum), Bethlehem, PA, 1995 – 1997.

Orlando Science Center (science museum), 1991 – 1992.

American Civil Liberties Union of Florida (State and Local), 1986 – 1991.

Northwest Area Foundation, Education Advisory Committee, St. Paul, MN, 1983 – 1986.

University of Maryland-College Park, Student-Faculty Advisory Board (Founding Chair), 1969 – 1970.

 INSTITUTES & MAJOR WORKSHOPS

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.]

Participant, Harvard Seminar for New Presidents, Harvard University, 2002.

Invited participant, Leadership Seminars for Academic Officers, the Educational Leadership Project of the Christian A. Johnson Endeavor Foundation, 1988 – present.

Panelist, workshop leader, “Science Education Reform,” Chautauqua Institute, Chautauqua, NY, 1999.

Representative, Oberlin Conferences on Undergraduate Science (formation of the “Oberlin Group”), 1985, 1986.

Staff, Lilly Endowment Workshop on the Liberal Arts, Colorado Springs, CO, 1986; team leader, Kenyon College delegation, 1984.

Staff, National Conference on Philosophy of Biology, Denison University, 1983.

Participant, Institute on Philosophy of Biology, Council for Philosophical Studies and National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH), Cornell University, Summer 1982.

Staff, National Summer Institutes in Women’s Studies (faculty development), Ann Arbor, MI, 1981, 1982.

Participant, Training Seminar for Grant Program Managers, National Science Foundation, Berkeley Springs, WV, 1977.

Participant, Institute on Human Nature, Council for Philosophical Studies and NEH, Colorado Springs, CO, 1977.

Leader (with A. Fitzgerald), Assertiveness Training workshops (for faculty, community women and students), 1975, 1976, 1983.

 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.

“Funding Your Best Ideas: A 12-Step Program,”in Susan Peterson (ed.), The Grantwriters Internet Companion (Thousand Oaks, CA: Corwin Press, 2001).

“A Dean’s-Eye View: The Golden Age of Universities on the Make,” review article, Change magazine, v. 24, n. 6, Nov./Dec. 1992, pp. 62 – 65.

“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).

Citation: R. Edgerton, P. Hutchings, K. Quinlan (eds.),  The Teaching Portfolio: Capturing the Scholarship in Teaching (AAHE, 1991), Entry I.

Citation: Sheila Tobias, They’re Not Dumb, They’re Different: Stalking the Second Tier (Research Corporation, 1990), p. 88.

“Struggles with the Maxwell Demon,” a philosophical essay on entropy and information, Rollins College, Oct. 1988.

“Explosive Freedom: Impressions of Glasnost,”  Rollins Alumni Record, v. 66, n. 1, Spring 1988.

“A Crisis in Science” (excerpts from my Congressional testimony),  The Chronicle of Higher Education, v. 33, n. 29, April 1, 1987, p. 43.

Citation: Douglas R. Hofstadter, Metamagical Themas (Basic Books, 1985), p. 156.

“Duties to Oneself: An Ethical Basis for Self-Liberation?,”  Journal of Social Philosophy, v. 15, n. 2, Spring 1984.

Citation: Jason Kawall, "Self-Regarding Supererogatory Actions," Journal of Social Philosophy, Sept. 2003.

“Sex Selection: The Public Impact of Private Choices,” invited paper, Rosenstiel International Conference on Developmental Biology, Gambier, OH, 1983.

“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.

“Of Sissies and Spinsters: Shifts in Value of Sex-Marked Terms,” American Philosophical Association, Chicago, 1983.

“The Case Against Human Sociobiology,” American Philosophical Association, Chicago, 1983.

“The Sex/Value Shift: Sex Bias and Linguistic Change,” invited paper, Forum for Interdisciplinary Research Conference:  Language Problems and Public Policy, Cancun, Mexico, 1981.

“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.

“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).

Citation: D.C. Dennett, Brainstorms (MIT Press: Bradford Books, 1980), p. 44.

“Computing in Symbolic Logic,” presentation and demonstration, Conference: Logic and Liberal Learning, Carnegie-Mellon University, 1979.

A Guide to Undergraduate Science Course and Laboratory Improvements (with R.F. Watson), resource catalog (Washington: National Science Foundation, 1979).

“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).

“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.

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.

“Reference and Reification,” lecture, Council for Philosophical Studies Institute on Human Nature, Colorado Springs, CO, 1977.

“Philosophical Presuppositions of Assertiveness Training,” broadcast on WYEP-FM Radio, Pittsburgh, PA, Nov. 20, 1975.

“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.

“Obligations to Persons and Other Living Things: A Philosopher Looks at Abortion,” invited lecture, University of Notre Dame Conference on Abortion, 1973.

 EXECUTIVE SEARCHES

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.

Elected staff representative, search for FIPSE Director, 1999 – 2000.

Manager, FIPSE staff hirings (in response to special appropriation), 2000.

Chair, Lehigh University search for dean of the College of Education, 1995.

Elected faculty representative, Denison University presidential search, 1975.

 INTERNATIONAL PROFESSIONAL PROJECTS

China	(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).
	(2) Invited delegate, professional visit by American philosophers to ten universities in Shanghai, Nanjing, Suzhou, and Beijing, People’s Republic of China, People to People Ambassadors program, 2000.
Bulgaria	Candidate for president of the American University in Bulgaria, Blagoevgrad (two trips, 2005).
Egypt	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	Developed, inspected, evaluated study abroad programs, Sydney and Melbourne; Rollins College, Lehigh University, Antioch College, 1987 – 1998.
USSR/Russia	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.
Mexico	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.
UK	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.
Kenya & Tanzania	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.
Poland	Genealogy trip, 1996.
England	Canal Boat trip – one week, 1995.
France	Camping – one month, 1980.
Jamaica, West Indies	Travel, tourism, 1965.

 CONSULTING

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.

Association of American Colleges and Universities Senior Fellow, 2005 – present. Consultant, foundation grants, 2006 – 2007. Judge, Greater Expectations Competition: General Education Programs, 2000.

ILO Institute Fellow, 2005 – present.

Global Service Corps (Earth Island Institute) Volunteer consultant and evaluator, negotiated AIDS education collaboration with Kenyan government, Nairobi, Kenya, 1999.

SRI International, project evaluator, 1998 – 1999.

Scholastic Magazine National judge, Magic School Bus Science Education Award, 1998.

W. M. Keck Foundation/Project Kaleidoscope Consultancy Bates College, Lewiston, ME, 1997: interdisciplinary education.

University of Northern Colorado, Greeley, CO ChemQuest and IntelliChem software projects, 1997.

University of California, Davis, CA Advisory panel, Davis Honors Challenge, 1997 – 1998. Nature and Culture Program, 1995 – 1997.

Central Missouri State University, Warrensburg, MO Evaluator, Continuous Process Improvement Project, 1996.

Antioch College, Yellow Springs, OH Leader, Antioch College Faculty Retreat, 1990. Lilly Curriculum Development Grant, 1989. Ford Foundation Curriculum Evaluation Grant, 1985.

Stetson University, Deland, FL Leader, Sexual Harassment Policy and Training Workshops, 1987, 1989. Leader, Grants Workshop for Science Faculty, 1988.

Association of Junior Leagues, New York, NY Campus Alcoholism Project, 1989.

Atlantic Center for the Arts, New Smyrna Beach, FL, 1988.

Ohio Program in the Humanities/Ohio Humanities Council, 1975 – 1986.

Women’s Studies Programs Sangamon State University, Springfield, IL, 1983. University of Western Ontario, London, Ontario, 1980. Kenyon College, Gambier, OH, 1980.

National Science Foundation, Washington, DC, 1978 – 1981 Projects included contractor negotiations, management of peer review conferences, proposal and program evaluation, publication management and production.

Proposal Reviewing Lilly Endowment, NEH, NSF, FIPSE, Knight Foundation.

 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), Women’s Studies Consortium and annual conferences, 1975 – 1986.

International Society for the History, Philosophy and Social Studies of Biology Session chair: “Biological Mechanisms”, 2001.

National Genome Project, National Institutes of Health Representative of the US Department of Education, Advisory Committee on Diversity, 2001.

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.

Western Association of Schools and Colleges Accreditation team, 1989.

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).

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.

Society for Women in Philosophy Founder (with others), Chicago, IL, 1971; Program Chair, 1982.

Intergovernmental Task Force on Women, Washington, DC Worked on the Status Report of the Carter Administration Action on International Women’s Year Resolutions for the President’s Domestic Policy Staff (with Jean Lipman-Blumen), 1978.

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.

 MAJOR GRANTS & FUNDRAISING

2002 – 2004	Campaign for Antioch College, $65 million goal ($35 million raised during my presidency).
2004	Mellon Foundation: to support Antioch College curriculum renewal project.
2003	Mellon Foundation: to support Antioch College infrastructure.
1995 – 1998	NEH Challenge Grant: to support international and intercultural education at Lehigh University; raised required matching money from individual and corporate donors.
1995 – 1998	Solicited, received and installed major art acquisitions: permanent installations and outdoor sculpture at Lehigh University, including $1.5 million Henry Moore bronze.
1995 – 1998	Hewlett Foundation: to add research experiences to introductory courses across the curriculum, and increase undergraduate research participation (Lehigh University).
1989 – 1992	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	Jessie Ball duPont Religious, Charitable & Educational Fund: to establish the Florida Interacademic Consortium, a school-college partnership for Florida.
1985 – 1987	NEH: to support expansion to rural and inner-city public high schools of Kenyon’s School-College Program.
1984 – 1987	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).
1977 – 1978	National Science Foundation, Intergovernmental Personnel Act: to fund one-year leave from Denison University as NSF Program Officer.

 FELLOWSHIPS & HONORS

Medal for leadership and achievement, Veteran Feminists of America, 2001.

Appreciation Award, Hamilton Holt School (evening degree programs), Rollins College, 1991.

Appreciation Award, Graduate Program in Counseling, Rollins College, 1990.

First Annual Faculty Leadership Award, Crossed Keys Honorary, Denison University, 1981.

Omicron Delta Kappa, National Leadership Honor Society, 1981.

Danforth Associate, appointed 1976.

Award for Excellence in Teaching, University of Maryland, 1970.

United States Steel Foundation Graduate Fellowship, 1967 – 1969.

University of Colorado Foundation Graduate Fellowship, 1957 – 1958.