DEBORAH VESS
Associate Provost for Undergraduate Studies and Academic Programs
CUNY-College of Staten Island
2800 Victory Blvd. Staten Island (NYC), New York 10314
office: 718-982-2558
e-mail: deborah.vess[REMOVE THIS]@csi.cuny.eduPROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS:
American Historical Association
Medieval Academy of America
American Benedictine Academy
Georgia Association of Historians
National Women's Studies Association
Southeastern World History Association
Association for Integrative Studies
SERVICE TO INSTITUTION AND PROFESSION:
National Service
Chair of the Boyer International Award for Excellence in Teaching and Technology Committee, 2008.
Reviewer for the McGraw Hill SoTL award.
VP Teaching and Learning, H-NET (2010-2012)
Statewide service
Member of the statewide selection committee for the Board of Regents Excellence in Teaching and Scholarship of Teaching and Learning awards, 2002-present.
Outside consultant for Distinguished Teaching Award Committee at Kennesaw State University 2007
University System of Georgia, Core curriculum revision committee 2007-2008Georgia College & State University
Service as chair, program coordinator, program organizer, advisor, or committee officer
Presiding Officer and Chair of the Executive Committee of the University Senate 2008-2009
Chair-Elect, Consortium on Teaching and Learning (administrative committee of the University System of Georgia Board of Regents) 2008-2009
Advisor, Campus Catholics 2008-present
Coordinator, Center for Excellence in Teaching and Learning 2004-present
Facilitator, iPod faculty learning community (iPodders) 2006- present
Chair, General Education Implementation Committee 2007-present, Presidential Appointment
Chair, Curriculum and Assessment Policy Committee (standing committee of the University Senate) 2007-2008
Chair, Web Enabled Resources Director Search 2007
Chair, Arts and Sciences Tenure and Promotion Committee, 2006-2007
Chair, tenure and promotion policy revision committee for the Department of History, Geography, Philosophy 2006-2008
Elected the publicity officer for Phi Kappa Phi 2007
Chair, Early modern European history search, 2004-2005
Organized the Spring 2001 CETL symposium on Technology and Education
International Coordinator for the College of Arts and Sciences 1997-summer 2001
Chair of the Planning Committee for the CETL, summer 2001
Chair, Master of Liberal Arts Committee through 2001
Chair, IDST Art History Search 1999
Chair, Vincent Scholarship through 2001
Chair, Foreign Language Course Substitution Committee (1997- 2001)
Chair, Carnegie Campus Dialog Committee, 2000-2004
Organized the 1998, 1999 and 2000 Liberal Arts Symposia
Organized the Medieval Fest 1999
Organized the A&S International Week Symposia, 1999
Chair, IDST Philosophy, English, and Art History searches Winter/Spring 1998
Co-chair of the Committee on Excellence in Teaching and Learning 1997-1998Service as Committee Member Committee member
Strategic Technology Plan Committee 2007-2008
Instructional Technology Advisory Group 2007 (Presidential Appointment)
Arts and Sciences Tenure and Promotion Committee, 2005-2006
Advisory Board, Women’s Resource Center (2005-2007)
Advisory Board, Women’s Studies Program 2005-present
Library committee, Women’s Studies Program 2005-present
Library and Instructional Technology Center, Strategic Planning Committee (Environmental Scan subcommittee) 2006
General Education Core Revision Committee, 2005-2006
Technology Advisory Committee through 2004
President’s Technology Council through 2004 Core Area B committee (2000-2001)
Senior Capstone Seminar Committee (2000-2001)
Steering Committee, Center for Excellence in Teaching and Learning through summer 2001
Carnegie Campus Dialog Committee 1998-2004
Core Outcomes Committee (1999-2000)
Middle Eastern History Search Committee 1999
Freshmen Circle Leader (1999)
President’s Arts Initiative Task Force 1998-2000
Character Education Committee: Fall Symposium 1998
Georgia First (People Soft implementation) committee 1998
Asian History Search Committee 1998
Human/Cultural Geography Search Committee 1998
International Education Committee 1997-2004
Honors Council 1997-2004
Modern Foreign Languages Search Committee 1997-1998
Connecting Teachers and Technology Committee 1997-present
Faculty Development Workshop Committee 1997-present
DeKalb College:
North Campus representative on the Instructional Technology Policy Committee (1996-1997)
North Campus Technology Focus Committee (1996-1997)
North Campus Academic Exclusion Appeals Committee (1996-1997)
Chair, Search Committee for Dean of Social Science (1994-1995)
Chair, Brown Bag faculty lunch discussions (1994-1995)
Chair, Committee on Interdisciplinary Studies (1993-1997)
Honors Council (1993-1995)
Faculty advisor to the DeKalb Collegian (1993-1995)
Minority Affairs Program Advisor(1993)
Campus Editor for the DeKalb College social science newsletter (1992)
Social Science Faculty Development Committee (1992-1993)