Faculty Meeting Notes – 05/08/15
Attendees: Nicole Duplaix, Taal Levi, David Noakes, Bruce Dugger, Scott Heppell, Katie Dugger, Nicole
Duplaix, Danielle Jarkowsky, Courtney Danley, Corinne Morozumi, Cynthia Sellinger, Brian Sidlauskas,
Grant Thomas, Bob Lackey, Dana Sanchez, Dana Warren, Steven Brandt, Clint Epps, Jim Hall, Lindsay
Arnold, Nancy Allen, Carl Schreck, Selina Heppell, Luke Painter, Doug Robinson, Dan Roby, Lisa Ellsworth,
Peter Kappes, Judy Li, Liz Kelly, Guillermo Giannico, Ann Leen, Search Committee Members – Troy,
Tommy, HMSC – Kathleen , Dave Sampson
Announcents:
1. Graduation Celebration – Friday June 12th at Willamette Park
2. Graduation Ceremony – Saturday June 13th
3. Grad Program Advising – Susie Dunham is head advisor; use grad.advising@oregonstate.edu for
questions
4. 1 remaining grad recruitment bonus available to be awarded
5. Jonny Armstrong has been given an offer letter; Jan 1 start date; letter in approval process. He
does have another offer from elsewhere.
HD Candidates: 56 applicants, several screening stages
(Committee) All 4 candidates are acceptable
Biedenweg
(Committee) Successful funding, strongest candidate.
(Group) Undergrads liked her, but second choice because they wanted something different. Better
job at quantification work. Research generates most money. Bilingual, cultural understanding,
lived in Central and South America. No evidence of Difference Power & Discrimination concepts.
Offended by teaching seminar (middle school level). Integrated with agencies. Grads thought she
was most well-rounded. Worked with minority groups. Actually interdisciplinary, great at getting
funding, strongest candidate.
Breswell
(Committee) Qualitative approaches; less funding; but maybe related to current job
(Group) Read play in teaching seminar, hard time to see how she would teach. Grad students liked
teaching seminar “made all opinions feel safe” and liked her approachability. Would bring
something new. Good group on power dynamics. Lots of NSF funding, thought provoking. Didn’t
talk about post-doc research, lacking collaborations. Looking for someone who is different from
us. Concern with engaging FW scientist. IGERT program –integrating social scientist and scientist.
Strong NSF asset.
May
(Committee) Could develop into strong candidate; need to provide adequate mentoring
(Group) Social science language which would not need to be translated; most versed in Difference,
Power and Discrimination – has research in this area; would need mentoring; “PROMISE;”
interesting research; not many comments from undergrads, grad students liked her. Personally
emailed all grad students she worked with here. Strong diversity candidate. Trouble
understanding her use of words  weak teaching, diversity statement weak. Would require
mentoring.
Rodriguez
(Committee) Concerns on research. Lower rank with students
(Group) Undergrads didn’t like her, refused conversation. Grad students- not showing mentorship
skills; liked teaching seminar – actually taught something. Will easily fit in; very interested in
undergrad research, productive, “successful and happy,” comfortable in person. Nothing negative
in her interaction. Fearless in what she would take on; energetic. Grounded on social sciences
theory work. Wildlife biologist  a weakness.
(Committee) All must be actively engaged in the department. Position – P&T will have social scientist on
this persons committee, also an additional mentor from another department
Next faculty meeting 06/05/15