updated: 8/29/2019 Nicholas Vazsonyi curriculum vitae Department of Languages, Literatures & Cultures University of South Carolina Columbia, South Carolina 29208-0001 office: 803.777.9734 / mobile: 803.447.1442
[email protected] https://sc.edu/study/colleges_schools/artsandsciences/dllc/our_people/vazsonyi_nicholas.php CURRENT FACULTY POSITION: 2011 – Current Jesse Chapman Alcorn Memorial Professor of German & Comparative Literature ADMINISTRATIVE EXPERIENCE: 2013 – Current Chair, Department of Languages, Literatures & Cultures University of South Carolina (R1, Flagship State University) RESPONSIBILITIES: 5 budget lines; 69 FTE faculty; 5 full-time staff; 11 language programs; 7 BA, 5 MA/MAT, & 2 PhD programs; T&P Dept. Chair vote; Language Lab oversight; annual faculty & staff performance review; strategic planning; hiring & retention; curriculum development & assessment; alumni & donor newsletter; supporting Development Office; Regular dept, staff, senior staff & “town hall” meetings; managing student complaints and faculty conflict resolution. ACHIEVEMENTS: Led overhaul of basic language courses curriculum to new “flipped/blended” model; managed 10% budget cut while increasing support for faculty and grad student travel; led faculty committee to draft a new departmental strategic plan; successfully lobbied for 9 tenure- track searches over five-year period; improved departmental communication; devised and implemented web-based student-centered class override request system, eliminating student and parent complaints by 100%; increased