Dr. Kellie Bean, Assistant Provost for Academic Affairs Hartwick College ______
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Dr. Kellie Bean, Assistant Provost for Academic Affairs Hartwick College ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Faculty and Administrative Appointments September 2019- present Assistant Provost for Academic Affairs, Hartwick College Reporting to the Vice President for Academic Affairs and Provost, manage $18m operating and $730k adjunct budgets; oversee faculty affairs/development; curricular development; academic policy; oversee library and museum operations; sole responsibility for online programming and external relations. Co-directing development of first graduate program. Assist with college-wide strategic planning and perform special projects for Provost and President. Leading textbook cost reduction initiative Overseeing creation of no-cost Learning Commons configuration on first floor library Designing Summer Bridge Program for Math and Writing with local high schools Executed internal audit of academic standards/progression policies Managing external relations initiative, focused on growing internship opportunities, dual enrollment, workforce development October 2015-September 2019 Dean, Academic Affairs, Hartwick College Reporting to the Vice President for Academic Affairs and Provost, manage day-to-day operations within OAA, including $18m operating budget; curricular development, course schedule, faculty load, academic standards and policy; oversee library and museum operations; sole responsibility for online program development. Provide all associated reporting. Perform special projects for President and/or VPAA and Provost. Doubled summer online revenue from 2016 to 2018 Established first certificate program in Occupational Safety Reined in adjunct faculty spend by nearly 25%, without sacrificing course offerings Successfully completed MSCHE Monitoring Report (accepted June 2016) Transformed academic probation/dismissal process to align with intrusive advising strategy, resulting in 71% decline in dismissal of first-year students Completed MSCHE College Wide Assessment Plan, as interim Chair of College Wide Assessment Committee and Director of Assessment Improved new faculty onboarding and leadership training with fully re-visioned (and assessable) Faculty Mentor Program, New Faculty orientation, and New Chairs training Grew efficiencies and programming as Interim Director of Career Services (2018- present) with increasing student advising appointments by 55% and internship registration by 44% As member of three-person team, designed new Division for Strategic Innovation and Planning (Received Board approval Spring 2019) Program Owner leading campus-wide EAB Navigate implementation Completed review of all instructional spaces on campus with recommendations for classroom improvements, technology upgrades, and scheduling efficiencies June 2013-December 2014 Provost, Lyndon State College Reporting to the President, responsible for Academic Affairs budget, faculty recruitment and hiring; oversight of Leahy Center for Rural Students, the Center for Rural Entrepreneurship, Library operations, Registrar, Student support programs; strategic oversight of Academic Affairs, including co-curricular activity, program review; member of President Leadership Team and Cabinet; represent President in his absence. Launched Hospitality Sciences Program, Fall 2014 With Director of Center for Rural Entrepreneurship, secured nearly $500,000 in grant funding Received $239,000 federal workforce grant to support new Hospitality Program Brought instructional budget in more than $100,000 under projections Established Associate Provost for Faculty position to enhance faculty support and development Leveraged 1% tuition increase into Vermont State Student Initiative (aid program) Created a Learning Commons on main floor of library with expanded hours, increased academic and IT support Lead project to establish first satellite campus and 2+2 program with Northern Essex Community College May 2010- June 2013 Associate Dean, College of Liberal Arts, Marshall University Reporting to the Dean, managed day-to-day operations of Office of the College of Liberal Arts, including front office personnel, advisors, and scheduling officer; oversaw college degree audits, interventions for at-risk students, as well as other student support programs; responsible for all on- campus College recruitment events and three CoLA new student orientations each summer. Improved the quality of advising within the office and throughout the college through revision of advising instruments and targeted faculty training Managed CoLA Summer Orientation events, running programming for over 500 new students for each of three summer sessions Revised fall semester scheduling to increase academic success and satisfaction in first- year students by tailoring first-semester schedules to student strengths and interests Through intrusive and consistent interventions, reduced rates of probation among undergraduates by more than 30% In collaboration with IT, designed holistic student dashboards (including academic, financial, judicial, athletic, data) to inform College’s advising program Lead training across College of Liberal Arts in new University Core Curriculum in AY2010 Improved communication between CoLA and department heads, advisors, key staff offices and faculty August 1994- June 2013 Professor, English, Marshall University (selected) Interim Director, Writing Center Chair, Hiring Committee, 1996-2010 Chair, Faculty Concerns Committee (tenure and promotion committee) Chair, College Research Committee Co-chair, University Undergraduate Research and Creativity Conference Faculty Senator and Member, University Curriculum Committee Administrative Service (selected) Hartwick College President’s Cabinet Provost Leadership Team Board of Trustees Office of Academic Affairs Subcommittee College-wide Budget Committee College-wide Assessment Committee Director, Online Learning Committee on Academic Standards, ex officio Director, Faculty Orientation and Mentors Program H225: Students First, Strategic Planning Task Force Sub-committee on Strategic Innovation; Sub-committee on Academic Programs Co-chair, Library Task Force Writing Program Task Force, ex officio Chair, College-Wide Assessment Committee Interim Director, Career Service Office (Fall 2018-Fall 2019) Lyndon State College President’s Cabinet President’s Leadership Team Facilities Planning Committee Chair, Provost Leadership Team Vermont State Colleges (Lyndon State representative) Full-time Faculty Negotiations Committee Academic Deans Council Marshall University Associate Deans Council Associate Deans Council subcommittees on Summer School and Strategic Enrollment Planning Council, subcommittee on Student Success Professional Service Director, Catskill Symphony Orchestra Governing Board. (October 2019- present) Member, Development Committee Member, Finance Committee Director, Family Planning of South Central New York Board of Directors. (January 2018-present) Chair, Strategic Planning Committee Chair, Audit Committee Member, Finance Committee Member, Public Affairs Committee Director, Otsego County Chamber of Commerce Board of Directors. (Oct 2016-April 2019) Reviewer, Feminist Media Studies. 2011-2016. Reviewer, Race/Ethnicity: Multidisciplinary Global Context. 2009-2010. Founding Board Member, The Lunar Stratagem. An international theatre company, based in Hudson, NY. 2012-present. Touring original theatre pieces internationally. Director and Playwright, Marshall University New Works Festival. Spring 2010-2013. Featured Playwright. “How OKCupid Made me a Better Feminist.” An evening of one-acts curated and produced by Dark Matter Productions NYC. The Tank. February 5-7, 2016. Moment Work Workshop, Tectonic Theater Project. New York, NY. April 26-29, 2016. Dramaturge, Marshall University Forensics Team, 2015-2017. Author one-act performance pieces for regional and national competitions. International Center for Women Playwrights Workshop, 16-23 August 2009. The Ohio State University. Drafted and work shopped two plays, a full-length, The Outside Reader, and a short, Evening. Professional Activity NYS ACE Women’s Network 2019 Conference. Cooperstown, NY. April 4-5, 2019. NYS ACE Women’s Network 2018 Conference. Cooperstown, NY. April 7-8, 2018. NYS ACE Women’s Network 2017 Conference. Cooperstown, NY. April 6-7, 2017. “Administrators Are People, Too.” InsideHigherEd.com. August, 2015. https://www.insidehighered.com/views/2015/08/25/why-professors-shouldnt-view- administrators-such-disdain-essay ACE Institute for New Chief Academic Officers, 2014-15. AASCU Academic Affairs Winter Meeting, Coronado, California. February 2014. AASCU 2014: General Education and Assessment. Portland, Oregon. February 2014. NEASC Annual Meeting, Portland, Oregon. December 2014. Education Ph.D., English University of Delaware August, 1994 Vision and Gender: Looking Relationships in Plays and Teleplays of Harold Pinter Dr. Judith Roof, director M.A., English The Ohio State University March, 1988 Thesis: The Gender of Sex: Language in The Country Wife B.A., English The Ohio State University August, 1986 Thesis: A Study of Sir Gawain and the Green Knight Scholarship Book Post-Backlash Feminism: Women and the Media Since Reagan/Bush (McFarland & Company, 2007; second edition forthcoming Fall 2020) In progress “The Lies We Don’t Tell” (Full-length play script) Entry “Backlash.” In The Wiley-Blackwell Encyclopedia of Gender and Sexuality