Disability Studies Faculty & Affiliates Meeting Agenda

February 28, 2024

9 – 10:30am

 

Zoom Connection Information

Meeting URL

Meeting ID: 952 8011 1962

Call in by phone: 206 337 9723 US (Seattle)

Find your local number: https://washington.zoom.us/u/abQrTrSsvl

 

Announcements

  1. Please respond to Joanne with your Spring schedules to pick SP 2024 Faculty Meetings
    1. Reflection: Memorial for Vanessa Link: Feb 26th at 4pm in the School of Social Work
  2. Request coming for podcast participants remembering Dennis Lang
  3. Other announcements?

 

Upcoming Events

  1. May 31, 2-4  DSP Convocation

Administrative Updates

  1. New Provost Walking Tour 2/21 (H Evans)
  2. Updates on November asks from the Dean (H Evans):
    1. Memo to Dean outlining space and technology needs of the program – 2/26 met with Helen Oland, Director of Computing, CAS
    2. Joanne to share last few years of enrollment data with HEvans, to be shared with Dean
    3. Proposed revisions to  MOU between DSP & LSJ: meeting scheduled 2/28
  3. Preparation for 2023-24 program review
    1. Submit DSP core faculty and affiliate reports
      1. May use report submitted to home depts or may use DSP template
      2. Provide info for 2021-2022, 202 AY and 2023-2024 AY
      3. Submit via this google form (link in email)
      4. Please submit by midnight March 4th

Award Committees

  1. Awards must be determined by May 10th
  2. Updates/challenges/concerns
    1. Dennis Lang Award Committee – call for nominations went out Feb. 8th  (Chair: Sushi Oswal)
    2. Greenburg Scholarship Committee – call for applications (Chair: Mark Harniss)
    3. Harlan Hahn Committee – call for proposals went out Feb 8th (Chair: Ronnie Thibault)

 

Non Award Service Committees

  1. Committee Updates/Challenges/Concerns  (See Committee expectations and 2023-2024 member information) (attached separately)
  2. Committee Chairs
    1. Graduation Committee Chair: Joanne Woiak
    2. Curriculum Committee Chair: Joanne Woiak
    3. DS Graduate Certificate Committee Chair: Heather Evans
    4. Undergrad Outreach Committee Chair: Stephen Meyer
    5. Alumni Outreach Committee Chair: Christine Lew
    6. Research and Capstone Presentation Series: Jose Alaniz

 

Executive Session: 2024-2025 Course Proposal Review

  1. Course Proposal Review – ALL CORE FACULTY  (link sent in separate email)
    1. Discuss priorities for DSP course proposals
    2. Discuss 6 course proposals (proposals A-F)
    3. Proposition: hold Exec Faculty session last 45 mins of Feb 28th or Mar 11th meeting to vote on proposed courses

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