HISTORY
Department-sponsored services
Area of Service
Served
General
2500
Department-Sponsored Staff Development Activities
Activity Type
Topic
Date
Total
Individual faculty/staff professional activities
First Name
Last Name
Work Type
Aithne
Bialo-Padin
Service to department,
College, University,
community, and/or
professional society
Reference
April 9, 2011, at Carnegie Hall, performance of Morten Lauridsen’s
Lux Aeterna, with the St. Cecilia Chorus and Orchestra, under
guest conductor Mark Shapiro.
May 22, 2011, at the Church of the Heavenly Rest, performance
of Gabriel Fauré’s Cantique de Jean Racine, Pavane, and
Requiem, with the St. Cecilia Chorus and organist Christopher
Creaghan, under guest conductor Gerald Greland.
December 9, 2011, at Carnegie Hall, performance of Georg
Friedrich Handel’s Messiah, with the St. Cecilia Chorus and
Orchestra, under newly-appointed conductor Mark Shapiro.
Edmund
Clingan
Works
submitted/accepted/in
press or in progress;
works
reprinted/republished
v) Works submitted/accepted/in press or in progress; works
reprinted/republished
Book: Twilight’s Last Gleaming: A Historical and Quantitative
Approach to Dominance and Hegemony in the Modern World.
Lexington Books, expected publication date February 1, 2013.
Edmund
Clingan
Service to department,
College, University,
community, and/or
professional society
y) Service to department, College, University, community, and/or
professional society
QCC Senate Admissions Committee, July 2011-Present; Secretary
September 2011-Present.
Individual faculty/staff professional activities
First Name
Last Name
Work Type
Helmut
Loeffler
Works
submitted/accepted/in
press or in progress;
works
reprinted/republished
Reference
Book in print: Ulrich von Wilamowitz-Moellendorff Bibliography
1867-2010 (with William M. Calder III, Michael Armstrong,
Wolfgang Buchwald (†)) Hildesheim/Muenchen/Zuerich 2012
Submitted a proposal for a grant to NEH in their "Enduring
Questions" program. Title: "What is a hero?"
Helmut
Loeffler
Service to department,
College, University,
community, and/or
professional society
Co-chair of the committee for ceremonial occasions
Megan
Moran
Works
submitted/accepted/in
press or in progress;
works
reprinted/republished
Invited Lecture to be given at the University of Warwick’s Center
for the Study of the Renaissance, Warwick, England, January
2012. “Parents and their Children: Navigating Family Ties,
Gender Dynamics, and Domesticity in Early Modern Venice”
“Brother-Sister Correspondence in the Spinelli Family and the
Forming of Family Networks in Sixteenth Century Italy.” Article
accepted for publication in The Sixteenth Century Journal.
Megan
Moran
Grants awarded (title,
awarding agency,
amount and period of
award)
Faculty Fellowship Publication Program, City University of New
York (CUNY), Spring 2012.
Mellon Visiting Research Fellowship in Renaissance and Early
Modern Studies, at the University of
Warwick-in-Venice. Project title: “Female Friendships, Family
Ties, and Community Networks
in Early Modern Italy,” 2011- 2012.
PSC-CUNY Research Award, City University of New York Research
Foundation, 2011-2012.
Research conducted in the State Archives in Florence, Italy,
June-July, 2011.
Summer Scholar, Mellon Summer Institute on Italian Paleography,
Newberry Library, Chicago IL,
July-August, 2011.
Individual faculty/staff professional activities
First Name
Last Name
Work Type
Reference
Megan
Moran
Service to department,
College, University,
community, and/or
professional society
Assessment Coordinator for the History Department,
Queensborough College, CUNY, 2011-2012.
Participant in the Writing in the Disciplines/Writing Across the
Curriculum Program, Queensborough
Community College, CUNY, Fall 2011.
Chairman for History Awards Committee, Queensborough
Community College, CUNY, Spring 2011.
Organizer of a panel entitled, “Influences on Family Relationships:
Gender, Kinship, and Community Networks in the Early Modern
World (England, Italy, and America)” at the Attending to Early
Modern Women Conference, June 2012.
Emily
Tai
Conference
Presentation, other
Panelist, “General Education and Faculty Authority: CUNY’s
Future,” CUNY UFS Conference, John Jay College, April 29, 2011
Emily
Tai
Service to department,
College, University,
community, and/or
professional society
Organizer, UFS Conference on Higher Education in the Prisons,
February 4, 2011
Editor, CUNY University Faculty Senate "Senate Digest" 20102011
Contributing Editor, Community College Humanist,
Newsletter/Magazine of Community College Humanities
Association, 2002-Present
Editorial Board Member, American Historical Association
"Perspectives," 2005-present
Mark
Van Ells
Works
submitted/accepted/in
press or in progress;
works
reprinted/republished
"War Crossings: The American GI as Transatlantic Traveler during
World War II, in Claudia Mueller and Birgit Braasch, editors, THE
ATLANTIC: TOURISTS' EXPERIENCES IN THE 20th CENTURY,
Berlin: Lit Verlag, forthcoming in 2012 or 2013.
Curricular Changes - Course
Program Change
Course Number
Course Title
Semester
HIS165
History of the
Renaissance
History of the
Renaissance
New Course
Comments
Personnel or organizational structure changes, newly developed projects
Changes
Megan Moran - Resignation;
Emily O'Dell - non-reappointment;
James Nichols - hired.
Equipment changes
Equipment Changes
Purpose
Semester
Evaluation
iPads were acquired to replace aging
laptop computers.
To replace outdated equipment .
Spring 2012 Instructors satisfied with
performance of equipment.
Resource changes
Other Resources Purpose
Semester
Resource Evaluation
Other changes affecting department
Departmental procedures for conducting assessment
The basic courses 110, 111, 112, 127 and 128 are being assessed on a rotational basis. This is a part of a long term
assessment process.
Departmental participation in self-study/program review
Program(s): Reviewed
Program Review Follow-up
Action Item
Timeline
Accomplishements
Course Objectives and Course Assessment
Results of certification exams, employer and alumni surveys, student surveys, advisory board
recommendations
Data Source
Results
Action Plan
Goals/objectives for year just completed
Goals
Strategic
Plan
Evaluation of achievement
Action Plan
Hiring search completed
Faculty will start in September
False
To hire a new faculty member
to teach American History
Goals/objectives for year just completed
Goals
Strategic
Plan
A new course on Renaissance
History was developed and
presented to the Faculty
Senate for approval
Evaluation of achievement
Action Plan
Course was approved by Curriculum
Committee and Faculty Senate.
Course will be offered on a yearly
basis.
Goals/objectives for coming year
Upcoming Goals
Related Strategic Plan
Objective
Planned Method of Evaluation
To hire a replacement for the
position lost due to resignation
(Medieval History)
To hire a person for a new line on
World History.
The hiring of qualified personnel.
Hiring process will be completed.
Development of new elective
courses.
The widening of academic offerings for Courses will be approved by Curriculum
students
Committee and Faculty Senate.