PROCEDURE FOR FLOOR NOMINATIONS OF FACULTY SENATE OFFICERS Nominations will be accepted from the floor at the meeting on January 27, 2014. If you wish to nominate yourself or someone for office, please Confirm beforehand that the person accepts the nomination; Advise the nominee that he or she must make a brief (3-5 minute) stump speech at the January 27 th meeting; Ask the nominee to provide for distribution at the January 27 th meeting 65 copies of his or her one-page vitae that contains a statement explaining why he or she is interested in serving; Nominate the candidate from the floor during the nomination period on January 27 th. Elections will take place at the meeting on February 24, 2014. FACULTY SENATE NOMINATING COMMITTEE CANDIDATES FOR OFFICE 2014-15 Chair-Elect Tucker Readdy, Assistant Professor Division of Kinesiology and Health College of Health Sciences Secretary Jeff Means, Associate Professor Department of History College of Arts & Sciences Member-at-Large (2 seats open) Ken Chestek, Assistant Professor College of Law Janet Dewey, Assistant Research Scientist Department of Geology & Geophysics College of Arts & Sciences Donal O Toole, Professor Department of Veterinary Sciences College of Agriculture & Natural Resources Jennifer Petrie, Clinical Associate Professor School of Pharmacy College of Health Sciences
Tucker Readdy, Candidate for Faculty Senate Chair-Elect Ryan Tucker Readdy, Ph.D. Assistant Professor Division of Kinesiology & Health, College of Health Sciences Education & Professional Experience 2010-Preseent: Assistant Professor, Kinesiology & Health; Adjunct Faculty, Gender & Women Studies Program; University of Wyoming 2009-2010: Instructor, Exercise & Sport Sciences, Oregon State University 2009: Ph.D., Oregon State University 2004: M.A., San Diego State University 2000: B.A., University of California, Berkeley Honors & Awards 2011 Mortar Board Top Prof, University of Wyoming 2007 Herbert Frolander Outstanding Graduate Teaching Assistant Award, Oregon State University University of Wyoming Teaching Sport Psychology (undergraduate & graduate), Exercise Psychology (undergraduate and graduate), Critical Issues in North American Sport (undergraduate and graduate), Research Methods (graduate) University of Wyoming Service University Committees: Faculty Senate (2011-Present), USP Task Force 2 (2011-2013), USP Task Force 3, focus on First Year Seminar (2013-present) College & Division Committees: College of Health Sciences Diversity & Inclusion Committee (2013-Present), K&H Faculty Search Committees (2010, 2011, 2014), K&H Sub-committee on Student and Faculty Successes (2011-Present) Sport Psychology Consulting Services: UW Football (2010-2012), UW Tennis (2010-present), UW Golf (2011-2013), UW Cross Country (2010), UW Men s Basketball (2013-present) Philosophy In serving as the Secretary of the Faculty Senate for 2012-2013 and as a current Member-At-Large of the Executive Committee, I continue to be impressed by the Senate s collective ability to be highly competent, in both words and actions, regarding relevant university issues. Through visionary and practical leadership that has been responsive to meaningful member involvement, the Faculty Senate continues to play a vital role in upholding the mission of the University of Wyoming. If elected to serve as Chair, I will endeavor to continue this success by 1) encouraging passionate, intrinsic involvement from all Senators in Senate issues, 2) acting proactively and skillfully in all matters germane to faculty, 3) strongly supporting the goals of other university governance groups when possible and 4) fostering deeper professional and personal relationships to further enhance our ability to work together as Senators and people. If we all pursue these goals in a cohesive and purposeful manner, the Faculty Senate will not only achieve the objectives set before it but enjoy the process as well.
Jeffrey D. Means, Candidate for Secretary EDUCATION University of Wyoming, History Ph.D. American History, University of Oklahoma, 2007 Room 158 History Building M.A. in History, University of Montana, 2001 1000 E. University Ave. B.A. in History, Summa Cum Laude, Grand Canyon University, 1995 Laramie, Wyoming 82071 (307) 766-3198 jmeans4@uwyo.edu CURRENT EMPLOYMENT AND TEACHING EXPERIENCE Associate Professor, Department of History University of Wyoming, 2007-Present Associate Professor, American Indian Studies, University of Wyoming, 2007-Present SELECTED PUBLICATIONS From Buffalo to Beeves: Cattle and the Evolution of Oglala Lakota Culture, 1750-1920, Book manuscript under contract with University of Oklahoma Press Indians shall do things in common : Oglala Lakota Identity and Cattle-Raising on the Pine Ridge Reservation. Montana: The Magazine of Western History, Volume 60, No. 3, 3-21 Oglala Paths, Oglala Choices: A Turning Point in Oglala Lakota Culture, The Sioux Bill of 1889, in, A Parallel History: Stories From Indian America, anthology, edited by Julie Cajune, UCLA Press, 2014-15, Submitted The Loss of Paha Sapa: The Lakota Relationship with the Black Hills, in, A Parallel History: Stories From Indian America, anthology, edited by Julie Cajune, UCLA Press, 2014-15, Submitted 2002, Deconstructing Dependency: Osage Subsistence and United States Indian Policy, 1800-1830. Heritage of the Great Plains Journal, Volume XXXV, No. 1, 23-38 SELECTED CONTRACTS & GRANTS 2011 Contract with Heartlines Tribal History Project to author two chapters in, A Parallel History: Stories From Indian America, anthology textbook 2010 Contract with State Museum Volunteers as Narrative Author, Wyoming State Museum Native American Traveling Exhibit, 2012 2007 Basic Research Grant, College of Arts & Sciences, University of Wyoming 2006 Bea Mantooth Estep Grant, Department of History, University of Oklahoma SELECTED HONORS AND AWARDS 2012 Nominee and 1 st Runner Up, Vivian Paladin Award for Best Article in Montana: The Magazine of Western History 2009/2010 Newberry Consortium in American Indian Studies Faculty Fellowship, D Arcy McNickle Center for American Indian Studies, The Newberry Library SELECTED CONFERENCE/INVITED PRESENTATIONS Conference Presentations: 2013, Native Americans and the Concept of American Citizenship, Newberry Colloquium Why You Can t Teach U.S. History without American Indians, Newberry Consortium in American Indian Studies, Chicago, Illinois 2012, Oglala Identity, Oglala Citizenship: Shifting Concepts of American and Oglala Lakota Identity and Citizenship, 1848-1934, American Society of Ethnohistory Conference, Springfield, Missouri 2012, Building Indigenous Curriculum for High School and Lower-Division Undergraduate Education, 4 th Annual Native American & Indigenous Studies Association Conference, Mohegan Sun Conference Center, Uncasville, CT Invited Presentations: 2013, Thanksgiving s History: The Untold Story from a Native American Perspective, Multicultural Affairs Speaker Series, University of Wyoming 2013, Applying to Graduate School, The History Profession: Brownbag Series, UW Department of History 2013, Native American Foodways: Yesterday & Today, Native American Symposium, Carbon County Museum, Rawlins, Wyoming Symposium Moderator 2012, From Buffalo to Beeves, Cattle and Cultural Evolution of the Oglala Lakota, 1750-1920, Wyoming State Museum, Thursday Night Lecture Series, Nov. 8 th PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS: Memberships in Professional Societies Organization of American Historians; American Historical Association; American Society for Ethnohistory; Western History Association; Native American & Indigenous Studies Association; Phi Alpha Theta, History Honors Society I wish to serve on the Executive Committee for several reasons. First, I want to more fully serve UW, which I view is my professional home and community. Moreover, I see this as an opportunity to help facilitate positive change here at UW, such as possibly getting a member of Faculty Senate as a member of the Board of Trustees. Finally, I want to learn more how UW operates as a corporate body, so that I might more effectively serve UW as both a faculty member, department member, and Senator.
Kenneth D. Chestek Candidate for Faculty Senate Executive Committee Member at Large Education J.D. (cum laude), University of Pittsburgh School of Law 1979 B.A. (English, writing option) The Pennsylvania State University 1975 Academic Employment University of Wyoming College of Law, Laramie, Wyoming 2012-present Assistant Professor, Assistant Director of Legal Writing and Assistant Director of the Center for the Study of Written Advocacy. Indiana University School of Law, Indianapolis, Indiana 2003-2012 Clinical Professor of Law. University of Denver, Sturm College of Law, Denver, CO Fall 2010 Visiting Professor of Law. Lewis and Clark School of Law, Portland, Oregon Spring 2009 Distinguished Visiting Professor of Law University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan 2000-2003 Clinical Assistant Professor of Law, Legal Practice Program Professional Memberships (selected) Member, Legal Writing Institute Board of Directors, 2008-present (President 2010-2012) Member, Editorial Board, Legal Writing: The Journal of LWI (2004-2008) Publications (selected) Book Your Client s Story: Persuasive Legal Writing (co-author with Profs. Ruth Anne Robbins and Steve Johansen) (December 2013) Articles (all sole author in peer-reviewed journals with blind selection processes) Competing Stories: A Case Study of the Role of Narrative Reasoning in Judicial Decisions, 9 Legal Communication and Rhetoric: JALWD 99 (2012) Judging By the Numbers: An Empirical Study of the Power of Story, 7 J. Association of Leg. Writing Directors 1 (July 2010) The Plot Thickens: The Appellate Brief as Story, 14 J. Leg. Writing 127 (2008) Professional and Community service Member, site inspection teams for American Bar Association accreditation committee (providing sitespecific reports for re-accreditation or initial accreditation for six different law schools, 2007-2013) Senator, University of Wyoming Faculty Senate, 2012-present Statement Although I am relatively new to Wyoming, I would bring a wealth of relevant experience to the Faculty Senate Executive Committee. After a successful 21-year career practicing law, I entered academia 14 years ago as a short-term-contract instructor at the University of Michigan. I have held several full-time but nontenure track faculty appointments since then. Last year I accepted employment as a tenure-track professor at the University of Wyoming College of Law. I have been very active in my profession, serving a two-year term as President of the Legal Writing Institute and serving on six different law school accreditation teams for the American Bar Association. I am very interested in faculty governance issues (having spent a good part of my teaching career in non-tenure-track positions) and now look forward to helping to advocate for greater faculty involvement in all matters affecting the University.
Janet Dewey Candidate for Faculty Senate Executive Committee Member at Large EDUCATION 1993 M.S., Geology, Auburn University, Auburn, AL. 1990 B.S., Mississippi State University, Mississippi State, MS. ACADEMIC POSITIONS 2011-present University of Wyoming, Academic Professional Research Scientist, Geology and Geophysics 1994-2011 Mississippi State University, Senior Research Associate, Department of Forestry 1993-1997 Mississippi Univ. for Women, Instructor, Department of Science and Mathematics 1993-1994 Mississippi State University, Instructor, Department of Geology and Geography 1993 Auburn University, Graduate Student Instructor, Department of Geology 1990-1993 Auburn University, Graduate Teaching Assistant, Department of Geology SELECTED PUBLICATIONS Choi, B., J.A. Hatten, J.C. Dewey, K. Otsuki and D. Cha. 2013. Effect of Timber Harvesting on Stormflow Characteristics in Headwater Streams of Managed, Forested Watersheds in the Upper Gulf Coastal Plain of Mississippi. J.Faculty Agriculture, Kyushu Univ., 58, 395-402. Choi, B., J.C. Dewey, J.A. Hatten, A.W. Ezell, and Z. Fan, 2012, Changes in vegetative communities and water table dynamics following timber harvesting in headwater streams, For. Ecol. Manage. 281, pp. 1-11. Grebner, D.L., Londo, A.J., Sun, C., Grado, S.C. Sumerall, D.C., Dewey, J.C., Nero, B.G., and R.P. Maiers, 2010, Potential carbon sequestration opportunities and issues for bottomland hardwood afforestation in the Lower Mississippi Alluvial Valley. In: Climate Change and Sustainable Growth. (Reck, R.A. (Editor)), Linton Atlantic Books, Ltd. pp 305-312. Manley, S.W., Kaminski, R.M., Schoenholtz, S.H. and Dewey, J.C., 2009, Soil and nutrient retention in winter managed rice fields and implications for watershed management, J. Soil Water Conserv. 64(3), pp. 173-182. Dewey, J.C., S.H. Schoenholtz, J.P. Shepard, and M.G. Messina, 2006, Issues related to wetland delineation of a Texas bottomland hardwood forest, Wetlands 26(2), pp. 410-429. Dewey, J., Roberts, S. and I. Hartley, 2006, A comparison of tool for remotely estimating leaf area index in loblolly pine plantations, p. 71-75 In: K. Conner (ed.), USDA Forest Service Gen. Tech. Rep. SRS-92. SELECTED ACCOMPLISHEMNTS, HONORS, AWARDS 2012, Major Geochemical Analytical Facility Upgrade, University of Wyoming 2010, 2004, 2000: Outstanding Research Support Awards, Mississippi State University 1993, Most Outstanding Graduate Student, Auburn University SELECTED COMMITTEE SERVICE (last 5 years) UW Environmental Health and Safety Policy Taskforce 2013-2014 UW College of A&S Ad-hoc committee for academic grievances and academic dishonesty 2012-2013 Geology and Geophysics Search Committee, Museum Collections Manager 2012-2013 Geology and Geophysics Safety Officer, 2011-2014 Facilities Management Committee (MSU College of Forest Resources), 2006-2011 Laboratory Safety Committee (MSU College of Forest Resources), 2007-2011 Search and Screening Committee, Head of Department of Forestry (MSU), 2009 Search and Screening Committee, Assistant Professor of Forest Soils and Hydrology (MSU), 2009 STATEMENT I have served on the UW Faculty Senate since Sept. 2012 and am currently serving as the Faculty Senate Representative to the UW Environmental Health and Safety Policy Taskforce. While I have only been on the Senate for a little over a year, it has been a banner year in which we have had to tackle a number of critical and contentious issues as a faculty body. I have been privileged to witness the professionalism and mutual respect shown throughout these proceedings and the genuine desire on behalf of the faculty to make UW the best it can be regardless of personal considerations. I would like to serve on the Faculty Senate Executive Committee in order to gain a broader perspective on faculty governance, differences in how individual entities within the university perceive issues that we face, and overall university dynamics. I feel strongly that there is potential for synergistic solutions within most scenarios and am committed to seeking such. I seek to increase my commitment through a more involved and longer term role as a member of the Faculty Senate Executive Committee and value your input and support.
Donal O Toole Candidate for Faculty Senate Executive Committee Member at Large EDUCATION/PROFESSIONAL CERTIFICATION 1977 Doctor of Veterinary Medicine, Trinity College, Dublin, Ireland. 1982 PhD in veterinary pathology, Colorado State University, USA 1986 Membership by examination, Royal College of Pathologists, UK 1996 Membership by publication, European College of Veterinary Pathologists, EU SELECTED ACADEMIC POSITIONS 2005 Present Professor 1994-1998 Associate Professor 1990-1994 Assistant Professor, University of Wyoming 1978-1982 Pathology trainee, Colorado State University SELECTED PUBLICATIONS (97 papers; 126 professional presentations; 7 book chapters) O'Toole D, Young S, Severin GA, Neumann S: 1983, Retinal dysplasia of English springer spaniel dogs. Light microscopy of the postnatal lesions. Vet Pathol 20:298-311. O'Toole D, Brown I, Bridges A, Cartwright SF: 1989, Pathogenicity of experimental infection with pneumotropic porcine coronavirus. Res Vet Sci 47:23-29. O'Toole, D, Raisbeck, MF, Case JC, Whitson TD: 1996. Selenium-induced blind staggers and related myths. A commentary on extent of historical livestock losses attributed to selenosis on Western U.S. rangelands. Vet Pathol 33:104-116. O Toole D, Li H: 2014, The pathology of malignant catarrhal fever, with emphasis on ovine herpesvirus 2. Vet Pathol. Accepted HONORS AND AWARDS President, American Association of Veterinary Laboratory Diagnosticians 2005 6 Distinguished Career Service Award, American Association of Veterinary Laboratory Diagnosticians, 2012 STATEMENT I wish to serve as a member-at-large on the faculty senate executive for the next two years. As a collective, the faculty senate is not a powerful force at the university. It would be healthier in my opinion if faculty and staff were represented by an association or union. But that s unlikely, given Wyoming realities and its ban on collective bargaining by state employees. That leaves us with the faculty senate, which tries to fulfill two roles: defend the interests of faculty, and help establish educational and academic policies that strengthen our public institution. The past few years has seen instances where senate intervention played a useful role. The guns-oncampus issue is a one example of a difference made by a nimble, articulate executive. More interventions like that will enhance the visibility of faculty senate. Perhaps they will encourage more faculty to engage in (oh, that awful phrase!) faculty governance. I would try my best to ensure that the interests of the faculty are taken into consideration by university administrators and Trustees when issues of academic freedom and independence from external pressure are concerned. I have a particular concern about the institution s dependence on taxes from the minerals industry. As long as that exists, there will be a temptation to ensure that UW s align itself with the views and values of one industry. Faculty senate can help ensure that UW s larger role of serving the entire state remains intact.
Jennifer Petrie, Candidate for Member-at-Large Jennifer Petrie, Pharm.D., BCPS Clinical Associate Professor of Pharmacy Practice School of Pharmacy, College of Health Sciences Education & Professional Experience 2010-Present: Clinical Associate Professor of Pharmacy Practice, UWYO SOP 2004-2010: Clinical Assistant Professor of Pharmacy Practice, UWYO SOP 2003-2004: Pharmacy Practice Resident, University of New Mexico Health Sciences Center 2003: Pharm.D., University of New Mexico, College of Pharmacy Honors & Awards 2013: Meritorious Service Award College of Health Sciences, UWYO 2010: Pharmacy Practice Faculty of the Year Award School of Pharmacy, UWYO 2008: Faculty Preceptor of the Year Award School of Pharmacy, UWYO 2008: Inducted Faculty Member Phi Lambda Sigma National Pharmacy Leadership Society 2006: Innovations in Teaching Award College of Health Sciences, UWYO University of Wyoming Teaching School of Pharmacy: Clinical Pharmacokinetics, Therapeutics I-IV, Medication Errors, Internal Medicine I-II (experiential rotations), Trauma/Critical Care (experiential rotation) University of Wyoming Service University Committees: Faculty Development Committee (2008-Present; Chair 2012-2013), Faculty Senate (2013-Present; Secretary 2013-2014 (Faculty Senate Executive Committee)) Division Committees: School of Pharmacy Self-Study Committee (2013-Present; Chair 2013-Present), Admissions Committee (2010-Present; Chair 2010-2013), Assessment Committee (2005-Present), Student Affairs Committee (2005-2010; Chair 2008-2010), Student Learning Outcomes Task Force (2013-Present), Recruitment Task Force (2013-Present), Rose Medical Center Faculty Search Committee (2011-2012; Chair), Swedish Medical Center Faculty Search Committee (2011-2012; Chair), Wyoming Medical Center Faculty Search Committee (2010-2011; Chair), Faculty Search Committee member (2013, 2012, 2009, 2008, 2007, 2005, 2004) Other: Poudre Valley Hospital Pharmacy Residency Committee (2009-Present), Colorado State Board of Pharmacy, Pharmacy Intern Task Force (2012), American Association of Colleges of Pharmacy Council of Faculties Standing Rules and Resolutions Committee (2010-2011) Philosophy I continue to feel that service is a component of my position within the University that is highly rewarding. I believe productive service is attained when the following attributes are applied: constructive communication, transparency, and integrity. There are many opportunities for positive change and continuing contributions, within our University community, when these qualities are upheld. I also believe to effectively represent faculty, it is equally important to listen impartially and then clearly communicate these thoughts, comments, concerns, and/or requests to those who are also in a position to facilitate change. I believe I can continue to make a positive contribution toward our University community within the Faculty Senate.