Table of Contents Executive Summary 2 Curriculum Changes 3 African and African American Studies 8 Anthropology 16 Art 24 Biology 38 CASEP—College of Arts and Sciences Education Program 54 Chemistry 59 Communication, Media, and Theatre 72 Computer Science 87 Earth Science 92 Economics 96 English 98 Foreign Languages and Literatures 110 Geography and Environmental Studies 115 History 119 Justice Studies 129 Latino and Latin-American Studies 138 Linguistics 148 Mathematics 162 Music and Dance Program 170 Office of Cultural Events 186 Philosophy 188 Physics 197 Political Science 202 Psychology and Gerontology MA Program 217 Social Work 243 Sociology 257 Teaching English as a Second/Foreign Language 281 Women‘s Studies 291 1 COLLEGE OF ARTS AND SCIENCES ANNUAL REPORT Executive Summary The College of Arts and Sciences (College) has just completed a superb academic year. Student demand for our courses remained strong and CAS departments worked hard to strengthen curricular offerings. For example, the Departments of Art and Music were accredited by their national professional organizations. The Department of Foreign Languages and Literatures revamped its curriculum and changed its name to World Languages and Cultures to reflect trends in the discipline. Several departments launched creative projects to engage students in the learning process. As you will find in this annual report, departments have hosted career fairs, alumni events, student awards ceremonies, café societies, brown bag seminars, speaker series and established scholarships for their students. College students conducted community research and service learning projects in their neighborhoods, tackled internships at Chicago museums, zoos, government agencies and non-profits, and participated in professional meetings and simulation activities such as the Model UN. Many of our students presented their research and creative projects at various conferences including the Annual Student Research and Creative Activities Symposium, SACNAS, and local, regional, national and international conferences. These and other applied learning activities provide superb opportunities for professional development, giving our students an edge for career preparation and moving on to graduate school. The College welcomed nine tenure-track faculty members to campus. Wilfredo Alvarez (CMT), Jacqueline Anderson (Social Work), Sara Cordell (Math), Genet Duke (Earth Science), Mateo Farzaneh (History), Emily Garcia (English), Jin Kim (Social Work), Christopher Merchant (Psychology) and Vida Sacic (Art) will add to the intellectual vitality of the College. Our faculty members continued to excel in various ways. In the past year, seven faculty members were awarded tenure, eight were promoted to the rank of associate professor, and four to full professor. Laura Saunders, Professor, Earth Science, was named a United States of Agriculture E. (Kika) de la Garza Science Fellow for 2010. The 2 fellowship gives faculty and staff from Hispanic Serving Institutions the opportunity to collaborate with the USDA on scientific research and initiatives to address the challenges faced in the development of well prepared Hispanic workforce. Marcelo Sztainberg, Associate Professor, Computer Science was named the 2010-2011 NEIU presidential intern. Dr. Sztainberg is the third CAS faculty to serve in this capacity. The Audrey Reynolds Distinguished Teaching Award had three CAS Nominees: Shelley Bannister, Justice Studies & Women‘s Studies, Ellen Cannon, Political Science & Women‘s Studies and Denise Coonan-Cortez, Foreign Languages & Literatures. The recipient of the award was Dr. Denise Coonan-Cortez. The Bernard J. Brommel Distinguished Research Professor Award was awarded to Zhonggang Zeng for his highly acclaimed research in computational mathematics. As a community we continue to improve and serve our students, embracing our wonderful diversity, in the spirit of our values of integrity, excellence, access to opportunity, and empowerment through learning. Wamucii Njogu Faculty Council on Academic Affairs Approved Curricular Changes 2009-2010 Approval Course prefix & no. Title Type date ANTHRO 355 History of Anthropology WIP 4/6/2010 ART 292 Professional practices WIP 12/2/2009 ART 305 Ancient Art Streamline 1/20/2010 ART 306 Art & Architecture New Course 2/1/2010 ART 307 Art & Latin America New Course 2/1/2010 ART 308 African & Ocean Art Streamline 1/20/2010 ART 309 Asian Art Streamline 1/20/2010 ART 385 Web Design Streamline 1/20/2010 ART 386 Multimedia Design Streamline 1/20/2010 BIO 411 Ecology & Evolution Streamline 1/25/2010 BIO 412 Chronobiology Streamline 1/21/2010 BIO 413 Evolutionary Biology Streamline 1/21/2010 BIO 414 Comparative Bio of Aging Streamline 1/25/2010 BIO 415 Animal Behavior Streamline 1/25/2010 BIO 425 Current topics in Genetics Streamline 1/21/2010 BIO 428 Current topics in Genetics Streamline 1/21/2010 BIO 441 Biology of Viruses Streamline 1/21/2010 BIO 447 Current topics in Cell Bio Streamline 1/21/2010 BIO 450 Foundations of Ecology Streamline 1/21/2010 BIO 453 Conservation Biology Streamline 1/21/2010 BIO 454 Conservation Genetics Streamline 1/21/2010 BIO 455 Restoration Ecology Streamline 1/21/2010 3 CMTC 200 Theories of Media & Theatre WIP 3/3/2010 CMTT 338 Melodrama Streamline 10/26/2009 COUN 405 Individual Counseling skills Prerequisite change 2/15/2010 COUN 420 Intro to Family Counseling Prerequisite change 2/15/2010 COUN 422 Grief Counseling Prerequisite change 2/15/2010 COUN 424 Stress Management Prerequisite change 2/15/2010 COUN 425 Addictions Counseling Prerequisite change 2/15/2010 COUN 431 Couple & Family Counseling Prerequisite change 2/15/2010 CS 338 Science, Women & Technology Streamline 1/20/2010 CS 418 Research topics in Artificial Intl. Streamline 3/3/2010 ECON 321 International Monetary Theory Streamline 3/1/2010 ECON 324 Economics of European Union Streamline 10/20/2009 ECON 336 Health Economics Streamline 10/20/2009 ECON 337 Environmental Economics Streamline 10/20/2009 MA in ENG Composition Track Program Modification 4/6/2010 ENG 210 Methods for English Majors WIP 1/19/2010 ENG 326 Reading in World Literature Streamline 2/3/2010 ENG 362 Classic American Fiction Streamline 10/9/2009 ENG 370 America Women Writers Streamline 10/9/2009 ENG 415 Medieval Literature Streamline 10/9/2009 ENG 418 Studies in Shakespeare Streamline 10/9/2009 ENG 419 Elizabethan & Jacobean Drama Streamline 10/9/2009 ENG 422 Milton Streamline 10/9/2009 ENG 426 Seminar in Romantic Literature Streamline 9/18/2009 ENG 428 The English Novel Streamline 10/9/2009 ENG 431 Writing Across the Curriculum Streamline 10/9/2009 ENG 432 Alternative Literature Streamline 10/9/2009 ENG 437 English Studies & Technology Streamline 10/9/2009 ENG 466 America Renaissance Revisited Streamline 10/9/2009 ENG 467 Age of Literary Realism in US Streamline 10/14/2009 ENG 468 US Literary Modernism Streamline 10/14/2009 ENG 471 Studies in the America Novel Streamline 10/14/2009 ENG 480 Ethnic Literatures Streamline 10/14/2009 ENG 481 Latin American Literature Streamline 10/9/2009 ENG 482 Contemporary Poetic Forms Streamline 10/9/2009 ENG 484 Contem. US Lit since Cold War Streamline 10/9/2009 ENG 485 Contem. European Literature Streamline 10/9/2009 ESCI 329 Soil Science Course Description Change 6/11/2010 GES MA Program Modification 3/3/2010 GES 302 Regional Geography Streamline 1/20/2010 GES 319 Environmental/Natural Resource Prerequisite change 10/20/2009 GES 346 Global Chicago Course title change 10/20/2009 GES 387 Interactive Cartography Prerequisite change 5/6/2010 GES 435 Seminar in Physical Geography New Course 2/10/2010 GES 437 Global Wildlife Issues Streamline 1/20/2010 GES 450 Seminar in Urban Planning Course title change 2/15/2010 GES 453 Sustainable Development Streamline 1/20/2010 GES 454 Population & Environment Streamline 1/20/2010 GES 456 U.S Environmental Policy Streamline 10/1/2009 GES 461 Independent Studies Prerequisite change 3/3/2010 4 GES 472 Seminar in Third World Issues Streamline 1/20/2010 GES 483 Internship New Course 2/15/2010 JUST 317 White collar crime/elite deviance Streamline 3/3/2010 JUST 318 Gangs in Chicago Streamline 6/11/2010 JUST 319 Latinos and the Criminal Justice System Streamline 6/11/2010 JUST 332 Race and Ethnic Relations Streamline 6/11/2010 JUST 340 Sociology of Law Streamline 6/11/2010 JUST 363 Globalization & pursuit of Justice Streamline 3/3/2010 JUST 361 Five Hundred Years of Resistance Streamline 6/11/2010 LING 362 Linguistics and Literature Streamline 2/3/2010 JUST 364 Terrorism in Media and Law Streamline 6/11/2010 LING 430 Structure of Language Streamline 2/3/2010 LING 430c Structure of Language Streamline 1/19/2010 LING 482 Stylistics Streamline 2/3/2010 LING 483 Field Methods in Linguistics Streamline 5/6/2010 LING 488 Languages and Cultures of Iran Streamline 5/6/2010 LING 489 Linguistics in the Professions Streamline 2/3/2010 LING 491F Mandan Streamline 5/6/2010 LING 491N Biloxi Streamline 5/6/2010 MATH 173 College Algebra Description & Number change 2/15/2010 MATH 175 Trigonometry Course Number Change 2/15/2010 MATH 185 Pre-calculus Prerequisite change 2/15/2010 MATH 251 WIP 1/20/2010 MUS 321E Music History: Bach Streamline 2/8/2010 MUS 321F Music History: Jazz Streamline 2/8/2010 MUS 398B Practicum: Computer Mus Studio Streamline 5/24/2010 MUS 398C Practicum: Computer Notation Streamline 5/24/2010 MUS DANCE 390E Seminar in Dance Performance Streamline 4/6/2010 MUS 394E Music Ed: Creative approaches Streamline 2/8/2010 PHIL 210 Arguing Philosophically WIP 3/3/2010