2014 – 2015 WILKINSON COLLEGE of Arts, Humanities, and Social Sciences ANNUAL REPORT 2 Table of Contents Opening Statement ..........................................................................................................................................2-3 International Reach ........................................................................................................................................ 4-5 CRASsH and BURN .......................................................................................................................................6-7 Collections in Wilkinson ..................................................................................................................................8 Creative Industries .............................................................................................................................................9 Arts and Humanities................ ...................................................................................................................10-25 Art ....................................................................................................................................................10-11 English .............................................................................................................................................12-13 World Languages & Cultures .......................................................................................................14-15 Religious Studies ............................................................................................................................16-17 Philosophy .......................................................................................................................................18-19 Social Sciences ............................................................................................................................................ 20-29 Peace Studies .................................................................................................................................. 20-21 Communication Studies ............................................................................................................... 22-23 History ............................................................................................................................................ 24-25 Political Science ............................................................................................................................. 26-27 1 Sociology ........................................................................................................................................ 28-29 Interdisciplinary Minors/Programs...............................................................................................................30 Student Research .............................................................................................................................................. 31 Graduate Programs .....................................................................................................................................32-35 Research Centers ........................................................................................................................................36-44 Earl Babbie Research Center ..............................................................................................................36 Center for Demographics and Policy ...............................................................................................37 Henley Research Lab...........................................................................................................................38 Ideation Lab .........................................................................................................................................39 Schweitzer Institute ....................................................................................................................... 40-41 Rodgers Center for Holocaust Education...................................................................................42-43 Tabula Poetica/John Fowles Center ..................................................................................................44 Community Engagement ..........................................................................................................................45-49 Community Soccer Game ..................................................................................................................45 Legacy/Impact/Illuminacion .......................................................................................................46-47 Intersticies ......................................................................................................................................48-49 Faculty Organizational Chart .........................................................................................................................50 Acknowledgments ............................................................................................................................................ 51 Cheers ast year’s annual report began 2. Developing a truly innovative Lwith a mix of quotes from Milne PhD system that will enable us to and Einstein. Tese words felt like a further the excellence in scholar/ perfect blend of creativity and intellect; teacher work we are doing. If we of time passing and measuring our can successfully manage this I achievements. It was a beginning of an believe we will have something annual report that was refecting on unique and worthwhile some truly remarkable achievements by 3. Set ourselves the challenge to the faculty, staf, and students. It is true develop a coherent set of initiatives to say that what we have seen again this that will build on our strengths year is more of the same – remarkable in diversity and inclusivity. Tis successes, stronger outputs, measurable requires us to acknowledge that we achievements that refect a College that still have some way to go in devising is going from strength to strength. But an environment that is open and what I would like to focus on here is supportive of both the practical how these changes, and the substantive and intellectual issues of diversity growth across all of our disciplines, and inclusivity. are providing an exciting set of new directions for the future. Tese three are complex topics, but they have the potential to redefne our I am looking forward to what we will do College and allow the extraordinary 2 over the next few years. Te discussions work to continue. In the spirit of what we are beginning to undertake suggest I see as one of our greatest strengths – an openness to change. No matter how the diversity held together within our these ideas turn out, simply by having College by relations – I am reminded the conversations we are showing a of the way Bateson encourages to desire and willingness to embrace a new look at familiar things diferently: future. It is important to acknowledge “You have probably been taught that that these discussions come in part you have fve fngers. Tat is, on the from an intellectual curiosity (so vital whole, incorrect. It is the way language in academe), and in part from the subdivides things into things. Probably external ‘pressures’ we fnd ourselves the biological truth is that in the growth facing. I believe it is essential that we of this thing – in your embryology, be a part of making the changes for which you scarcely remember – what ourselves. was important was not fve, but four Te three topics that sit before us are: relations between pairs of fngers.” It is 1. Restructuring the College by these relations that defne us and how engaging in the core issues of we can move forward. intellectual identity and ensuring that we are at the fore-front of our Patrick Fuery, Ph. D disciplines. What this new structure Dean of Wilkinson College can look like is open – which is part of the curiosity and excitement of the project. MAJORS/MINORS Minors Arts 292 69 Arts FULL TIME 104 69 Faculty Humanities 190 MAJORS/MINORS ADJUNCT 439 Faculty Minors191 Arts 292 Social 69 MAJORS/MINORS Sciences Arts FULL TIME Humanities ADMIN Faculty MAJORS/MINORS104 Minors MAJORS/MINORS 1,0 43 Staff 20 403 Minors Arts 439 69 Minors Humanities Arts 292 Arts 190 292 69 292 TOTAL ADJUNCT Arts FULL TIME 439 191 104 Faculty 69 FULL TIME 69Faculty FULL TIME Arts Arts TOTAL Faculty 104 69 Faculty 104 295 Humanities Social 69 69 Social Sciences Humanities 190 Humanities ADJUNCTSciences 2,434 Humanities ADMIN 1,0 43 Staff 20190 439 190Faculty 191 MAJORS 1,523 ADJUNCT ADJUNCT 403 439 Faculty 191 439 403 Faculty MINORS191 911 439 Social #7 Sciences University-wide OverviewTOTAL Social U.S. NEWS & Humanities SocialADMIN World Report Sciences 1,0 43 SciencesStaff 20 Humanities ADMIN Humanities ADMIN in Western TOTAL 1,0 43 403 1,0 43 295 Staff 20 439 Staff 20 Region 403 258 UNDE Social 439 439 403 2,434 TOTAL Sciences1528 445 WCAHSS 5,165 #2 International444 CES MAJORS 1,523 TOTAL Majors TOTAL Selectivity in Students #8 403 MINORSTotal 911 TOTAL Academic Enrolled Majors 91% Western295 at Chapman TOTAL Freshmen TOTAL Reputation at Chapman 295 Social Retention Rate Region 295 #7 488 COPA Social U.S. NEWS & Sciences Social 2,434 World Report Sciences 2,434 SciencesMAJORS 1,5232,434 in Western 403 MINORS 911 MAJORSRegion 1,523 MAJORS 1,523 403 MINORS 911 403 MINORS 911 #7 U.S. NEWS & 445 #7 World Report #7 #2 International