Accreditation Committees Accreditation Steering Committee The Steering Committee plans, oversees, guides, and coordinates the self-study process. All five subcommittee chairs are members of the Steering Committee. Éva Pósfay (Chair) Professor of French and Francophone Studies eposfay@carleton.edu Elizabeth Ciner Associate Dean of the College Senior Lecturer in English eciner@carleton.edu Elise Eslinger Special Assistant to the President for Administration and Planning eeslinge@carleton.edu Joe Hargis Associate Vice President for External Relations jhargis@carleton.edu Silvia López Associate Professor of Spanish Director of Latin American Studies slopez@carleton.edu Beverly Nagel Associate Dean of the College Professor of Sociology and Anthropology bnagel@carleton.edu John Ramsay Associate Dean of the College Professor of Educational Studies jramsay@carleton.edu Fred Rogers Vice President and Treasurer frogers@carleton.edu Mary Savina Professor of Geology Director of Archaeology President of the Faculty msavina@carleton.edu Hudlin Wagner Dean of Students hwagner@carleton.edu Katherine Youngblood Trustee kathlar@mn.rr.com Clayton Zimmerman Professor of Classical Languages Chair of Classical Languages Coordinator of the Perlman Center for Learning and Teaching czimmerm@carleton.edu Accreditation Subcommittees One subcommittee is assigned to each of the Higher Learning Commission's five criteria. Each subcommittee chair serves on the Steering Committee. Subcommittee 1 Accreditation Subcommittee for Criterion One: Mission and Integrity John Ramsay (Chair) Associate Dean of the College Professor of Educational Studies jramsay@carleton.edu Joe Baggot Associate Dean of Students jbaggot@carleton.edu Nelson Christensen Associate Professor of Physics Chair of Physics and Astronomy nchriste@carleton.edu Beth Davis Trustee Bethdavis3@comcast.net Mark Gleason Director of Corporate & Foundation Relations mgleason@carleton.edu Susan Jaret McKinstry Professor of English sjaret@carleton.edu Alfred Montero Associate Professor of Political Science Director of Political Economy amontero@carleton.edu Linda Rossi Assistant Professor of Art lrossi@carleton.edu Paul Thiboutot Director of Admissions pthibout@carleton.edu Subcommittee 2 Accreditation Subcommittee for Criterion Two: Preparing for the Future Fred Rogers (Chair) Vice President and Treasurer frogers@carleton.edu Kristine Cecil Vice President for External Relations kcecil@carleton.edu Claudia Carranza Budget Analyst ccarranz@carleton.edu David Davis-Van Atta Director of Institutional Research & Analysis ddavisva@carleton.edu Sam Demas College Librarian Senior Lecturer sdemas@carleton.edu Jennifer Hantho Senior Associate Dean of Admissions jhantho@carleton.edu Mark Kanazawa Professor of Economics mkanazaw@carleton.edu Beverly Nagel Associate Dean of the College Professor of Sociology and Anthropology bnagel@carleton.edu Gail Nelson Professor of Mathematics gnelson@carleton.edu Steve Spehn Director of Facilities and Capital Planning sspehn@carleton.edu Subcommittee 3 Accreditation Subcommittee for Criterion Three: Student Learning and Effective Teaching Clayton Zimmerman (Chair) Professor of Classical Languages Chair of Classical Languages Coordinator of the Perlman Center for Learning and Teaching czimmerm@carleton.edu Cindy Blaha Professor of Physics and Astronomy cblaha@carleton.edu Lawrence Burnett Professor of Music and Choral Director Chair of Music lburnett@carleton.edu Elizabeth Ciner Associate Dean of the College Senior Lecturer in English eciner@carleton.edu Bruce Colwell Senior Associate Dean of Students bcolwell@carleton.edu Joel Cooper Information Technology Services Director jcooper@carleton.edu Nathan Grawe Assistant Professor of Economics ngrawe@carleton.edu Jackie Lauer-Glebov Associate Director of Institutional Research Assistant Coordinator of Assessment for Accreditation & Other Projects jlauergl@carleton.edu Jamie Monson Associate Professor of History Chair of History jmonson@carleton.edu Susan Singer Professor of Biology ssinger@carleton.edu Subcommittee 4 Accreditation Subcommittee for Criterion Four: Acquisition, Discovery, and Application of Knowledge Silvia López (Chair) Associate Professor of Spanish Director of Latin American Studies slopez@carleton.edu Petra Crosby Director of International Student Programs & Administrator of Cross Cultural Studies Lecturer in Cross Cultural Studies pcrosby@carleton.edu Mike Hemesath Professor of Economics Chair of Economics Director of Ethical Inquiry at Carleton (EthIC) mhemesat@carleton.edu Karyn Jeffrey Associate Director of Human Resources kajeffre@carleton.edu Helena Kaufman Director of Off-Campus Studies hkaufman@carleton.edu Joan Ostergren ’81 Alumna ostergr@msn.com Sam Patterson Professor of Mathematics Chair of Mathematics spatters@carleton.edu Kim Smith Associate Professor of Political Science ksmith@carleton.edu Bill Titus Professor of Physics btitus@carleton.edu Hudlin Wagner Dean of Students hwagner@carleton.edu Ann Zawistowski Science Librarian azawisto@carleton.edu Subcommittee 5 Accreditation Subcommittee for Criterion Five: Engagement and Service Mary Savina (Chair) Professor of Geology Director of Archaeology President of the Faculty msavina@carleton.edu Dan Bergeson Director of Auxiliary Services & Special Projects dbergeso@carleton.edu Carolyn Fure-Slocum Chaplain cfureslo@acs.carleton.edu Louise Heffelfinger Trustee lheff@mchsi.com Gayle McJunkin Director of Development gmcjunki@carleton.edu Michael McNally mmcnally@carleton.edu Associate Professor of Religion Laura Riehle-Merrill Director of Acting in the Community Together (ACT) lriehlem@acs.carleton.edu Jill Tollefson Administrative Assistant in Religion & Philosophy jtollefs@carleton.edu Kaaren Williamsen-Garvey Director of Gender & Sexuality Center & Lesbian Gay Bisexual Transgender (LGBT) Advisor kwilliam@carleton.edu Gerald Young gyoung@carleton.edu Professor of Physical Education, Athletics and Recreation Associate Athletic Director Becky Zrimsek Director of Alumni Affairs rzrimsek@acs.carleton.edu Accreditation Planning Group The Planning Group gives ongoing institutional support to the self-study process. Éva Pósfay (Chair) Professor of French and Francophone Studies eposfay@carleton.edu Elizabeth Ciner Associate Dean of the College Senior Lecturer in English eciner@carleton.edu Jackie Lauer-Glebov Associate Director of Institutional Research Assistant Coordinator of Assessment for Accreditation & Other Projects jlauergl@carleton.edu Beverly Nagel Associate Dean of the College Professor of Sociology and Anthropology bnagel@carleton.edu John Ramsay Associate Dean of the College Professor of Educational Studies jramsay@carleton.edu Accreditation Resource Group The Resource Group provides key assistance to the accreditation process from a variety of specialized fields. Kayla Berger Publications and Production Assistant kberger@carleton.edu Carol Eyler Head of Technical Services, Library ceyler@carleton.edu Jackie Lauer-Glebov Associate Director of Institutional Research Assistant Coordinator of Assessment for Accreditation & Other Projects jlauergl@carleton.edu Jaye Lawrence Director of Web Communications and Development jlawrenc@carleton.edu Austin Robinson-Coolidge Administrative Computing Coordinator arobinso@carleton.edu Carol Rutz Director of the College Writing Program Lecturer in English crutz@carleton.edu Christina Sinkler-Miller Periodicals/E-Journals Specialist csmiller@carleton.edu Lew Weinberg Media Technologies Coordinator lweinber@carleton.edu