EDUCATION: University of Nebraska, Lincoln, Nebraska
Master of Fine Arts, Printmaking and Drawing, 1980 Colorado State University, Fort Collins, Colorado Bachelor of Fine Arts, Printmaking and Drawing, 1975
ADMINISTRATIVE EXPERIENCE: Illinois State University, 2007-2014
Director, School of Art, 2007-2014
• Department of 350+ majors in fourteen areas offering BS, BA, BFA, MA, MS, MFA
• Oversight of general, personnel, and endowed funds of $3.5 million
• Positively resolved a long-standing issue with the National Association of Schools of Art and Design, a discipline-specific accreditation organization, in 2007
• Successfully completed accreditation review with NASAD in 2014
• Coordinated, completed, and authored an internal program review/report in 2008 • Secured approval for three new degree programs from the University and
NASAD: Visual Culture, Expanded Media (2D and 3D digital imaging), Wood and Metal Arts
• Conducted ten successful tenure-track searches in the School
• Worked in concert with the College of Fine Arts development officer on fund raising priorities and plans for the School including Endowed Chairs/Professors, funds to support faculty and student research and travel, unrestricted operational support, and a center for the study of the creative process
• Endowed a fund to support professional development projects for faculty and staff • Completed a comprehensive revision of guidelines for the School Faculty Status
Committee (promotion, tenure, salary) that served as a model for the Schools of Music and Theater & Dance and the College’s program in Arts Technology • Completed a comprehensive revision of School of Art By Laws
• Developed a new annual review dossier and introduced more balanced, informative and useful faculty evaluation letters and helped make the tenure/promotion process within the School more transparent and effective
Wayne State University, 2003-07
Chair, Department of Art and Art History, 2003-07
• Department of 900 majors in twelve areas offering BS, BA, BFA, MFA • Oversight of general, personnel, and endowed funds of $4.2 million
• Secured internal funds for and coordinated $600,000 ventilation improvement project
• Revised the departmental strategic plan and coordinated external program evaluation
• Completed initiatives include the development of an honors program for undergraduates; revisions of departmental mission statement, by-laws, faculty organization, committees and committee membership; institution of hazardous waste disposal system
• Collaborated with donors and development personnel in the realization of four new endowed scholarships for the department and the final stages of a gift that endowed the department ($5M)
• Contributed to realizing a gift-in-kind to the institution of a significant personal book and slide library on Asian art
• Conducted tenure/promotion reviews for faculty and general reviews for staff and adjunct faculty
• Conducted eight successful full-time, tenure-track faculty searches in four years General
• Service on the advisory board of the university honors program • Service on college and university committees that developed learning
communities at the undergraduate level Grinnell College, 1989-2003
Chair, Department of Art, 1996-98, 2002-03
• Wrote the department’s case statement for the new Bucksbaum Center for the Arts (BCA)
• Instrumental in securing gift of $100,000 for the new printmaking facility in BCA • Managed budget of $330,000 for fixtures, furniture and equipment in the new
structure (all art spaces, public spaces and building signage) • Developed the department’s assessment plan
• Served two terms as chair
• Conducted annual reviews of faculty • Conducted tenure/promotion reviews • Wrote department’s mission statement
• Led major revision of curriculum 91-92, minor revision 96-97 • Organized and coordinated three-day retreats for department faculty
Center for Prairie Studies
• Served on the founding committee and the subcommittee that developed the budget
• Served on the executive committee which made policy decisions and managed budget
• Wrote the Center’s mission statement
• Coordinated the development of a logo/identity for the Center • Coordinated significant art acquisition projects for the Center General
• Served on committees reviewing and disbursing funds for the Senior Faculty Research Leave proposals, Mellon grant proposals, sabbatical proposals, materials grants, and travel grants
• Served on divisional and college-wide promotion/tenure review boards • Evaluated off-campus study proposals, awarded supporting funds Tarkio College, 1980-89
Director of the Art Program
• Completed a major revision of curriculum
• Hired and evaluated faculty in studio art and art education
• Developed and implemented visiting artists program and exhibition series • Developed the Tarkio Invitational, an exhibit that evolved into an international
show Faculty President
• Developed and implemented the institution’s first college-wide teaching evaluation system which included the evaluation instrument, the schedule and method for administering evaluation, and divisional committees to summarize the results and assist professors with the use of the evaluations for teaching
development
• Worked with faculty on the resolution of conflicts over space, schedules, etc. • Wrote the revision of the College’s mission statement
TEACHING EXPERIENCE:
Illinois State University, Professor, 2007-present: drawing, printmaking, general education, special topics.
Wayne State University, Professor, 2003-2007: printmaking, drawing, special topics. Grinnell College: Professor, 2000-2003, Associate Professor, 1994-2000, Assistant Professor, 1989-94: printmaking, drawing, special topic and prairie-studies courses. Tarkio College: Associate Professor, Assistant Professor, 1980-89: Printmaking, Painting, Drawing, Design, Art History.
RELATED EXPERIENCE:
Advisory Board, Normal Editions Workshop, Illinois State University, 2014-present Dean’s Advisory Group, Illinois State University, 2007-14
Directors’ and Chairs’ Council, Illinois State University, 2007-14 Friends of the Arts Board of Directors, Illinois State University, 2007-11
College of Fine, Performing, and Communication Arts Administrative Council, 2003-07, Honors Program Advisory Board, Wayne State University, 2003-07
Faculty Adviser: Fine, Performing, and Communication Arts Learning Community, Wayne State University, 2003-05
Campus Adviser for Grinnell College, Chicago Arts Program, Associated Colleges of the Midwest, 1993-98
Coordinator, Summer Writing Seminar: Developing Effective Writing Projects, Grinnell College, 1998
Coordinator, Summer Writing Seminar: Curriculum Innovation, Grinnell College, 1996 Department Coordinator of Exhibitions, Grinnell College, 1989-93, 1996-97, 1999-2001 Faculty President, Tarkio College, 1984-88
SELECTED COMMITTEE SERVICE:
State of Illinois Articulation Initiative, Standards Panel on Art Fundamentals, 2012-present
Curriculum Committee, School of Art, Illinois State University, 2014-present College of Fine Arts New Building Committee, Public Spaces Subcommittee Chair,
Illinois State University, 2012-14
College of Fine Arts Director of Development Search Committee, Illinois State University, 2009-10, 2013-14
Chair, Director of the School of Theater Search Committee, Illinois State University, 2010-11
Faculty Status Committee Chair (tenure/promotion/salary), Illinois State University, 2007-2014
Diversity Policy Revision Committee, Illinois State University, 2007-08 Sesquicentennial Advisory Committee, Detroit Institute of Art, 2006-07 Contemporary Arts Council, Detroit Metropolitan Area, 2005-07
Game Technology Working Group, Wayne State University, 2006
Rosa Parks Memorial Book Project Working Group, Wayne State University, 2006 Learning Communities Steering Committee, Wayne State University, 2003-07 Advisory Committee, Interstate 94 Corridor Project, Detroit, MI, 2004-2006 Undergraduate Research Committee, Wayne State University, 2003-2006 CFPCA Honors Committee, Wayne State University, 2003-07
Art and Art History Scholarship Committee, Wayne State University, 2003-2004 Executive Committee, Center for Prairie Studies, Grinnell College, 1998-2002
Ad hoc committee for the evaluation and awarding of Senior Faculty Research Grants and Mellon Foundation Project Grants, Grinnell College, 2002
Humanities Division Personnel Review Board, 1995-98, 2002-03 Curriculum Committee, Grinnell College, 1996-98
Art Acquisitions Committee, Grinnell College, 1992-98, Chair, 1996-98 College Personnel Committee, Grinnell College, 1995-96
Executive Committee, ACM Chicago Arts Program, 1993-96 Off-campus Study Board, Grinnell College, 1990-95
SELECTED PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES:
Lecture, “L’Allegro and Il Penseroso: Resonance in Milton’s Poems, Handel’s Oratorio, and Syncrisis: Comparing Notes” [suite of 14 engravings I created], University of Nebraska-Omaha, Omaha, NE, June, 2015
Featured Artist, Rootstalk, online publication, Center for Prairie Studies, Grinnell, IA, May, 2015
University Representative, Illinois Higher Education Art Association, 2010-present Lecture, “Prairie, Poetry, and Printmaking,” Kansas State University, Manhattan, KS,
April, 2015
Consultant, Print studio renovation and ventilation project, St. Johns University, Collegeville, MN, 2014
Lecture, “Finding Form in the Poetry of John Milton”, Austin College, Sherman, TX, 2013
Artist-in-Residence, Blanden Memorial Art Museum, Fort Dodge, IA, May 2013 External Reviewer, Programs in Art and Art History, College of Saint Benedict/Saint
John’s University, Collegeville/St. Joseph, MN, Spring, 2013
Participant, Provost’s Leadership Initiative, Illinois State University, 2012-13 Panelist, “Five Types of Criticism,” conference of the Mid-America Print Council,
Fargo, North Dakota, 2009
Lecture, “Teaching Critical Thinking,” conference of the Illinois Higher Education Art Association, 2009
Catalog Essay, “Transforming the Ordinary,” for Sara Tabbert’s solo exhibition, Near Water, Anchorage Museum, Anchorage, Alaska, 2009
Catalog Essay, “Steadfastness of Vision,” for James von Minor’s solo exhibition, The Mechanics of My Existence, Stephenson University, Maryland, 2008
Juror 2nd National Competitive Exhibition in Printmaking, Foundry Art Center, St. Charles, MO, 2008
Guest scholar/faculty workshop leader, Teaching Writing to Students in Art and Science, Willamette University, Salem, OR, 2006
Visiting Artist, University of Kansas, Lawrence, KS, 2006
Juror, Fiber Arts and Surface Design Competition, Grosse Pointe Art Center, Grosse Pointe, MI, 2006
Visiting Artist, College of Santa Fe, Santa Fe, NM, 2005
Juror, Midwest Juried Printmaking Exhibition, Jacob Gallery, Detroit, MI, 2005
Lecture, “Finding Form in the Poetry of John Milton”, Humanities Center, Wayne State University, Detroit, MI, 2005
Juror, Alice T. Walsh Juried Exhibition, Burlington, IA, 2004
Symposium Panelist, Sustaining Beauty in Iowa: Art, Farmland, and Prairie, Cedar Rapids Museum of Art, Cedar Rapids, IA, 2002
Gallery Lecture, “John Milton’s L’Allegro and Il Penseroso as Sources for Non-Objective Imagery”, Cedar Rapids Museum of Art, Cedar Rapids, IA, 2002 Panelist, “Developing Interdisciplinary Approaches in Studio Courses”, Conference of
the Mid-America Print Council, St. Cloud, MN, 2000
Symposium Panelist, The Printmaking Workshop Continuum, University of Nebraska, Lincoln, NE, 2000
SELECTED PERMANENT COLLECTIONS: Archives of the Mid-America Print Council
Kohler Art Library, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI Academy of Art Museum, Easton, MD
Ohio University, Athens, OH
Association Mouvement Art Contemporain, Chemalieres, France Cedar Rapids Art Museum, Cedar Rapids, IA
Blanden Memorial Art Museum, Fort Dodge, IA The Maytag Foundation, Newton, IA
Pioneer Seed Corporation, Des Moines, IA The Farm Bureau, Des Moines, IA
Grandy, Pratt, McCoy, and Rosenberg Insurance Corporation, West Des Moines, IA Grinnell Regional Medical Center, Grinnell, IA
Grinnell College, Grinnell, IA
Arkansas State University, Jonesboro, AR Colorado College, Colorado Springs, CO Harper College, Palatine, IL
Galesburg Civic Art Center, Galesburg, IL The Kemper Group, Long Grove, IL The Butler Company, Chicago, IL
New Orleans Museum of Art, New Orleans, LA Harwell Art Museum, Poplar Bluff, MO
The Print Consortium, Kansas City, MO
Gould, Evans, Goodman Associates, Architects, Kansas City, MO Northwest Missouri State University, Maryville, MO
Missouri Western State College, Saint Joseph, MO The Sheldon Memorial Art Gallery, Lincoln, NE The University of Nebraska, Lincoln, NE
The University of Nebraska, Omaha, NE
SELECTED EXHIBITIONS:
Perception, Place, Time, Jan Brandt Gallery, Bloomington, IL, group invitational exhibition, Summer 2016
Selections from the Delta National, Bradbury Gallery, Jonesboro, AR, group invitational exhibition, 2014
Highlights of the Permanent Collection, Blanden Memorial Art Museum, Fort Dodge, IA, curated group exhibition, 2014
Compassion, Hoop Gallery, Bloomington, IL, group invitational, 2013
The Second Penang International Print Exhibition, Penang State Art Gallery, Penang, Malaysia, group invitational exhibition, 2010
New Work, ComArts Gallery, Detroit, MI, group invitational exhibition, 2007 Germination, University of Miami (FL), University of Hawaii-Hilo, University of
Wisconsin-Madison, traveling group invitational exhibition, 2006-2007
Unexpected Drawing, Birmingham Bloomfield Center for the Arts, Bloomfield Hills, MI, group invitational exhibition, 2006
All Media Show, Center for the Arts Gallery, Towson University, Baltimore, MD, group invitational exhibition, 2005
Roots and Crown, Great Plains Art Collection Gallery, Linclon, NE, group invitational exhibition, 2004
Delta National Small Prints, Bradbury Gallery, Jonesboro, AR, national peer-reviewed competitive exhibition, 2004
Parkside National Print Exhibition, Kenosha, WI, national peer-reviewed competitive exhibition, 2004
Syncrisis and Resonance, Faulconer Gallery, Grinnell College, Grinnell, IA, solo exhibition, 2003
6th Trienniale Mondiale D’Estampes Petit Format, Chamalieres, France, group invitational exhibition, 2003
Iowa 2002: New Art, Cedar Rapids Museum of Art, Cedar Rapids, IA, group invitational exhibition, 2002
Fred Wells 25th National Juried Exhibition, Elder Gallery, Lincoln, NE, national peer-reviewed competitive exhibition, 2002
New Prints and Paintings, Culver Stockton College, Canton, MO, solo exhibition, 2001 Polychromatic Etchings, Gould, Evans, Goodman Associates, Kansas City, MO, solo
exhibition, 2001
Bi-State Biennial, Davenport Museum of Art, Davenport, IA, regional peer-reviewed competitive exhibition, 2001
The Prairie Monoprints, Olson-Larsen Galleries, Des Moines, IA, solo exhibition, 2000 Print and Process, Albrecht-Kemper Museum, St. Joseph, MO, group invitational
exhibition, 2000
Heartland Prints, Defiance College, Defiance, OH, invitational group exhibition, 2000 Impressions, Blanden Art Museum, Fort Dodge, IA, national peer-reviewed exhibition,
2000
The National Printmaking Invitational, University of Dayton, Dayton, OH, group invitational exhibition, 2000
The Printmaking Workshop Continuum Suite, Sheldon Gallery, Lincoln, NE, group invitational exhibition, 2000
