The committees listed below have expected vacancies for 2020-2021.  Before the Committee on Committees makes recommendations to fill the vacancies, you are invited to indicate your interest. Faculty must have continuing faculty status to be eligible.

Please respond to Jennifer Cradduck by email (cradduj@miamioh.edu) if you are interested in serving on any of the committees listed below, and specify which committee(s) you are interested in. Please e-mail your response no later than Monday, December 2, 2019.

Committee of Advisors: 4-year term.  Reviews petitions from undergraduate students regarding exceptions to academic requirements of the CAS and University.  Meets every other week, until the 9th week of the term when it becomes weekly; occasional (but not required) meetings during the summer and winter terms.  Advising experience such as being CDA is helpful but not required. Eligibility: all continuing faculty.

Committee on Promotion of Teaching/Clinical Professors and Lecturers (TCPL): 2-year term. Advises the Dean on recommendations for promotion of TCPL faculty. Meets several times in the spring semester, including one long meeting. Eligibility: faculty holding a tenure-track or tenured position and faculty holding the third rank of Teaching/Clinical (full) Professor or Senior Lecturer or Senior Clinical Lecturer.

Curriculum Committee: 3-year term. Reviews all new or changed courses and programs (majors, minors etc) in the CAS.  Meets every two weeks during the fall and spring semester.  Eligibility: all continuing faculty.

Governance Committee:  2-year term.  Meets as needed to discuss revisions to the CAS Manual of Operations and other governance docs. Eligibility: all continuing faculty.

Tenure and Promotion Committee: 2-year term.  Advises the Dean on recommendations for tenure and promotion of tenure-line faculty. Meets several times in the fall semester, including one long meeting.  Eligibility: tenured full professors.

Pre-health Advisory Committee AND Ecology Research Center Policy Committee

These two committees generally comprise faculty whose professional interests lie in these areas.  Coordinate and set goals and policy for these programs.  Eligibility: all continuing faculty.

From time to time there are also vacancies in the advisory committees for interdisciplinary programs.  If you have a professional interest in any of these areas and would be interested in serving on the committee should a vacancy occur, please let us know.  We will inform the appropriate chair(s) of your interest.            

East Asian Studies Committee

European Studies Committee

Middle East, Jewish and Islamic Studies

The College of Arts and Science is once again looking for CAS students who might serve as College Ambassadors and represent CAS at various events on campus. CAS Ambassadors are important representatives, especially during our Admission recruitment and yield events. Without them, much of what we do during the Make It Miami events would be lackluster.

Faculty may nominate undergraduates for consideration as CAS Ambassadors. Please submit nominations before Friday, October 11^th using this Ambassador Nomination Form.

Characteristics of ideal CAS Ambassador candidates include:

• Articulate/comfortable with public speaking
• Intellectually engaged
• Average to strong academic record (we do not want only honors students)
• Interact well with peers

To save on duplicating nominations for students who helped out with the program last year, we have included a link to the list of College Ambassadors found on the CAS website.

As I mentioned at our Department Meeting, PSS on the regionals will have two searches this year, one in experimental/i-o psychology and the other in clinical psychology. Barb Oswald asked if we could have one Oxford campus faculty member serve on each committee (in part because she’s the only psychologist who can serve on the committee because of leaves). Fortunately, Jay Smart agreed to serve on the experimental/i-o search committee (thanks Jay!), but Barb still needs someone to serve on the clinical search committee. Having Oxford faculty on this committee is important not only to help out our regional campus colleagues, but also because regional campuses offer PSY courses (and some of their students transfer to the Oxford campus), so having some voice in how PSY courses is taught is important. Below is an excerpt from the clinical ad, and she is willing to work with our faculty to schedule many meetings in Oxford rather than Hamilton. Can you reach out to Barb to let her know if you’re willing to serve in this capacity?

The Social and Behavioral Science Department at Miami University’s Regional Campuses seeks outstanding candidates for a tenure-track assistant professor in Psychological Science with a focus on Clinical Psychology to begin in August of 2020. Primary responsibilities of the position include teaching undergraduate courses on the regional campus; advising and mentoring undergraduate students; providing meaningful campus, discipline, and community service; and establishing a program of scholarly activity. Faculty in the department teach courses such as introductory psychology, abnormal psychology, personality psychology, counseling, and research methods & statistics, with opportunities to teach other courses in area of specialization.

Require: Applicants are required to have a Ph.D. in clinical psychology or closely related field by time of appointment.

Consideration may be given to candidates that have demonstrated experience and excellence in college teaching, especially in introductory, abnormal, research methods, and statistics; a well-documented service and scholarly record or articulated agendas for both active community service and continued scholarship; experience with non-traditional students; experience with online learning; advising experience; and strong skills in interacting and collaborating with students, faculty, and staff from diverse backgrounds and disciplines. The campus is especially interested in candidates who can contribute to the diversity and excellence of the Miami community through synthesis among their teaching, service, and scholarship.

Submit: Cover letter, curriculum vitae, teaching philosophy (with evidence of teaching effectiveness, such as course evaluations or peer review), and upload statement of service and scholarly agenda under “Other” and 2-3 representative reprints/preprints under “Writing Sample” to (add PageUp link here). Ensure email contact information is provided in the application system for three professional references. Letters of reference will be requested upon receipt of application.

Inquiries about the position can be directed to Dr. Barbara Oswald at oswaldbb@miamioh.edu.
Review of applications will begin on December 1, 2019 and continues until position is filled.

Anybody who is interested in Open Educational Resources and willing to serve on the university committee, please let me know. Carolyn Haynes has requested volunteers and would love to target larger departments such as ours in particular.