Faculty Meeting Minutes
College of Forest Resources
Anderson Hall Room 22
Monday November 26, 2007, 10:30 p.m.
CALL TO ORDER
The meeting was called to order at 10:30 a.m. by Gordon Bradley, College of Forest Resources Faculty
Chair. Dr. Bradley called for a motion to approve previously distributed minutes of the October 29,
2007 Faculty Meeting. Graham Allan moved and Rick Gustafson seconded the motion that the minutes
be approved. The minutes were approved by a unanimous show of hands.
ATTENDANCE
PRESENT
Allan, G. Graham
Bolton, Susan
Bradley, Gordon
Briggs, David
Doty, Sharon
Eastin, Ivan
Edmonds, Robert
Ettl, Gregory
Fridley, James
Gustafson, Richard
Halpern, Charles
Harrison, Robert
Lawler, Joshua
Lippke, Bruce
Manuwal, David
Marzluff, John
Perez-Garcia, John
Rabotyagov, Sergey
Ryan, Clare
Schiess, Peter
Sprugel, Douglas
Strand, Stuart
Toth, Sandor
Vogt, Dan
Vogt, Kristiina
West, Stephen
Zabowski, Darlene
ABSENT
Agee, James
Bakker, Jonathan
Bare, Bruce
Brown, Sally
Bura, Renata
Ewing, Kern
Ford, E. David
Franklin, Jerry
Gara, Robert
Glawe, Dean
Greulich, Frank
Hanley, Donald
Hinckley, Thomas
Hodgson, Kevin
Johnson, Jay
Kim, Soo-Hyung
Lee, Robert
Mabberley, David
McKean, William
Moskal, Monika
Paun, Dorothy
Peterson, David
Reichard, Sarah
Schreuder, Gerard
Torgersen, Christian
Turnblom, Eric
Wott, John
ALSO IN ATTENDANCE
Fink, Lois
Smith, Nevada
Wagar, Al
The names that are grayed out are not eligible to vote.
ANNOUNCEMENTS
• The last Faculty Meeting of Autumn 2007 is on December 10th. This will be the Dean’s meeting. If
you have any items for discussion please let Gordon know. Part of the meeting will be devoted to an
update on the College of the Environment process. Faculty are invited to provide comments.
• Requests for 2008-2009 Sabbaticals are due on Friday, November 30th. Send Gordon your
completed form which includes a statement of what you propose to do and how many quarters you
are requesting. We have seven quarters to offer, which is the same as last year.
• The Christmas Party is on Thursday December 6th at 4:00 p.m. Volunteers are needed.
• Clare Ryan, Chair of Curriculum Committee, said the Committee met this morning. She reminds the
faculty leaders for the curriculum Options to revise the 2 page summaries of their options and she
asks that revisions be provided to the Committee by the end of the year. These 2 pagers are to be
used in recruiting early next year. We also need to think about how to conduct assessments of
undergraduate curriculum options.
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Gordon introduced Lois Fink, the new Administrative Assistant in the Faculty Chair’s office.
PRESENTATIONS
• ESRM 201 is one of two Core courses that have replaced ESRM 301, 302, and 303. The other
course is ESRM 200 which will be taught by Gordon and Clare in the Spring. ESRM 201 is called
Sustainable Pacific Northwest Ecosystems. There are 43 students enrolled, the majority of whom
are ESRM majors though the course is not restricted to ESRM majors. There are a few from outside
the College. Bob indicated that the course syllabus was drawn considerably from the old 322 class,
but has additional material. The focus is on the I-90 Corridor with respect to the urban rural
gradient. The course website URL is: courses.washington.edu/esrm201/index_files/schedule.html
The detailed schedule can be linked to from this website.
Susan Bolton, Rob Harrison, Greg Ettl, Steve West, Kern Ewing, Monika Moskal, and Kevan
Cedar have given presentations. Faculty were concerned about overlap with individual courses such
as Soils or Hydrology. Dr. Edmonds does not believe there is much overlap with other courses and
that the information will feed into required courses and options. The purpose of the course is to
paint the big picture and provide an introduction to principles. ESRM students are introduced to lots
of areas and this helps to assist students to clarify what they want to major in.
The course uses the Forest Ecology textbook and there are readings every week from Ecological
Society of America and Frontiers in Ecology. Students read and write a report every week. The
students work individually and in teams on plant ecology and plant identification. They have taken
the Campus Tree Tour and used the CFR courtyard understory. There have been three field trips.
Bob has found it easy to teach along the corridor. The tests have been open book. The students will
make presentations the last week of the quarter.
This is the first year the 200 level courses have been taught. Bob took on the responsibility
initially because of interest, but he may not continue for long. If people are interested in being the
lead faculty for this course, please let Gordon know. Dr. Edmonds is considering teaching the
course one more year, but someone is needed to take over the responsibility. Dr. Edmonds has
found this course interesting to teach and all the comments from students so far have been positive.
Gordon Bradley and Bob Edmonds have worked together so the ESRM 200 and ESRM 201
complement each other. The field trip sites for the two courses were chosen together and are similar
or the same for both courses. ESRM 200 will provide a sociological viewpoint.
• Promotion, Merit, and Tenure Committee Chair David Briggs stated three or four faculty are
being evaluated for promotions. With respect to merit, in order to streamline the database
functionality Jon Diemer is working to clarify some adjustment to the screens so that each individual
should be able to view online database material. If faculty discuss their leadership roles in their
personal statement that would highlight for the Committee any leadership roles that are unusual or
extraordinary. If you have any feedback and comments please provide them to the PMT Committee.
Let David Briggs know if there should be any changes to the procedure adopted last year so that they
can be brought forward to the faculty for discussion.
Kristiina Vogt told the faculty about a faculty productivity index that was published in the
Chronicle of Higher Education. The University of Washington College of Forest Resources was
ranked 9th. She suggested that we might want to find out how they collected the information and
how they used it. She forwarded these URLs:
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How the faculty productivity index works:
http://chronicle.com/stats/productivity/
Chronicles productivity index of faculty in forestry in Universities
http://chronicle.com/stats/productivity/page.php?year=2007&primary=11&secondary=167&byc
at=Go
Faculty ranking in Natural Resources and Conservation
http://chronicle.com/stats/productivity/page.php?year=2007&primary=11&secondary=233&byc
at=Go
Dr. Bradley acknowledged the work of the Committee and of Dr. Briggs and Jon Diemer. A lot of work
has been put into making the database web-based.
FACULTY ACTIONS
1. Proposed Emeritus Faculty Appointment
• Robert Lee, Ph.D. is proposed for Emeritus Professor. Dr. Lee will retire on December 15, 2007,
and the emeritus appointment will take effect on December 16, 2007.
• Dr. Lee’s statement for emeritus status appears below:
Emeritus Statement for Robert G. Lee
Professor, 1978-2007
Dr. Lee began his career as a field forester in the Redwood Region of Northern California. Conflict over
the establishment of the Redwood National Park sparked his interest in the social and political dynamics
affecting forestry. He pursued these interests for a master’s degree at Yale School of Forestry and
Environmental Studies and a Ph.D. at the University of California at Berkeley. He worked as a
sociologist for the National Park Service while completing doctoral studies, and then taught recreation
and leisure for several years at Berkeley before joining the University of Washington faculty in July of
1978 to focus on forest-based communities. His teaching focused on research methods, environmental
sociology, and the theory and practice of conservation and sustainability.
He was promoted to Professor in 1983, and has served as chair for the Division of Forest Resources
Management and Associate Dean for the College of Forest Resources. Extensive University service has
included membership on the task force that formed the Program on the Environment, Task Force on
Accountability, Task Force on Quantitative and Symbolic Reasoning, several departmental reviews for
The Graduate School, and service on dean search committees and interdisciplinary program governance
for the Program on the Environment, PRISM, and the Interdisciplinary Program in Urban Design and
Planning.
His scholarly career is recognized by membership in Phi Beta Kappa and Sigma Xi, including a term as
a Sigma Xi National Lecturer. He has published three books and over one hundred articles, and been
sought after as a speaker in both academic and professional settings. His research on forest-based
communities was recognized by membership on a scientific panel that provided testimony to President
Clinton’s Forest Conference, as well as by invitations to speak and consult in Asia, British Columbia,
and Europe. He has served on National Academy of Science committees and been invited to give
testimony to several U.S. House of Representative and Senate committees. He was active in the U.S.
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Man and the Biosphere Program (MAB), first as chair for the Temperate Forest Directorate and
subsequently as chair for the expanded Temperate Ecosystem Directorate. His affiliation with MAB
continued through EUROMAB after the closure of the U.S. MAB program. Most recently, consultation
on geo-mapping of social values contributed to the establishment of the Great Bear Rainforest on the
central coast of British Columbia.
After retirement in December 2007, Dr. Lee will continue to lead and seek grants to support a highly
successful program to enhance the teaching of mathematics by K-12 teachers in rural Washington school
districts. He still chairs the committee for one doctoral student. Scholarly research will include
completion of writing on two books.
• Doug Sprugel moved and Stuart Strand seconded the motion that the faculty should consider this
emeritus appointment. The vote was solicited electronically to CFR Faculty to ensure a voting
majority was obtained. The faculty approved this appointment. The results of the vote are
recorded in the Faculty Office.
2. Proposed Graduate Faculty Appointments
• Joshua Lawler, Assistant Professor in the College of Forest Resources, is proposed to be a
member of the Graduate Faculty of the College of Forest Resources with endorsement to chair
committees. David Briggs moved and Douglas Sprugel seconded the motion that this
appointment should be considered. The vote was solicited electronically to CFR Graduate
Faculty to ensure a quorum majority was obtained. The faculty approved this appointment. The
results of the vote are recorded in the Faculty Office.
• Sergey Rabotyagov, Assistant Professor in the College of Forest Resources, is proposed to be a
member of the Graduate Faculty of the College of Forest Resources with endorsement to chair
committees. Ivan Eastin moved and Clare Ryan seconded the motion that this appointment
should be considered. The vote was solicited electronically to CFR Graduate Faculty to ensure a
quorum majority was obtained. The faculty approved this appointment. The results of the vote
are recorded in the Faculty Office.
• Sandor Toth, Assistant Professor in the College of Forest Resources, is proposed to be a member
of the Graduate Faculty of the College of Forest Resources with endorsement to chair
committees. David Briggs moved and Peter Schiess seconded the motion that this appointment
should be considered. The vote was solicited electronically to CFR Graduate Faculty to ensure a
quorum majority was obtained. The faculty approved this appointment. The results of the vote
are recorded in the Faculty Office.
3. Proposed Graduate Faculty Appointment
• Peter Kiffney, Affiliate Associate Professor in the College of Forest Resources, is proposed to
have membership in the Graduate Faculty of the College of Forest Resources. Bob Edmonds
sponsors Dr. Kiffney’s affiliate appointment. Graham Allan moved and Susan Bolton seconded
the motion that this appointment should be considered. The vote was solicited electronically to
CFR Graduate Faculty to ensure a quorum majority was obtained. The faculty approved this
appointment. The results of the vote are recorded in the Faculty Office.
4. Proposed Affiliate Faculty Promotions
• The College of Forest Resources Promotion, Merit, and Tenure Committee propose Affiliate
Associate Professor Martin Raphael to be promoted to Affiliate Professor. Bruce Lippke moved
and John Marzluff seconded the motion that this promotion should be considered. The vote was
solicited electronically to CFR Faculty to ensure a voting majority was obtained. The faculty
approved this promotion. The results of the vote are recorded in the Faculty Office.
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The College of Forest Resources Promotion, Merit, and Tenure Committee propose Affiliate
Associate Professor Keith Aubrey to be promoted to Affiliate Professor. Susan Bolton moved
and Charles Halpern seconded the motion that this promotion should be considered. The vote
was solicited electronically to CFR Faculty to ensure a voting majority was obtained. The
faculty approved this promotion. The results of the vote are recorded in the Faculty Office.
5. Proposed Changes to the College of Forest Resources Bylaws
The Dan Vogt, Chair of the Elected Faculty Council brought forward proposed changes to the
College of Forest Resources By-Laws on behalf of the Council.
• ‘Section 4 Curriculum Committee’ of the By-Laws: Some options the faculty should consider
are four options embedded in this section of the attached By-Laws using MSWord tracker.
• Options 1 and 2 relate to the process of selecting the members of the Curriculum Committee.
• Option 3 relates to describing faculty areas of interest that should be considered when selecting
Curriculum Committee members.
• Option 4 relates to changing the term of membership from two to three years.
This proposal was tabled for further clarification and discussion.
DISCUSSION
No discussions were planned.
UPCOMING EVENTS
Next Faculty Meeting: Monday, December 10, 2007, 10:30 to 12:30 a.m. in Anderson Room 22.
This is the Dean’s meeting.
ADJOURNMENT
The meeting was adjourned at 11:30 a.m.
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