Appendix A
Degree Programs
Bachelor’s Degrees
Agroecology
Applied Science
Biology
Business Administration
Communication
Criminal Justice
Elementary Education
English
Family and Consumer Sciences
Humanities and Fine Arts
Journalism
Mathematics and Science
Nursing
Psychology
Master’s Degrees
Adult and Post-Secondary
Education
Curriculum and Instruction
Educational Leadership
English
Executive MBA
Instructional Technology
Kinesiology and Health
Nursing
Public Administration
Social Work
Special Education
Speech-Language Pathology
Doctorate Degree
Educational Administration in
Adult and Postsecondary Ed
K-12 Educational Leadership,
Ph.D.
Nursing Practice
Certificates & Endorsements
Early Childhood Program
Director
Early Childhood Special
Education
Early Childhood Mental Health
Early Childhood, Three to Eight
English as a Second Language
Land Surveying
Literacy
Online Instruction
Principal
School District Superintendent
School Social Work
Special Education
Special Education Director
Teachers of American Indian
Children
Secondary Science Education,
Biology
Social Science
Social Work
Technical Education
Faculty and Staff
UW-Casper has 18.5 FTE on-site faculty, 2 FTE administrators and 15.5 FTE staff. Additional UW staff
from Upward Bound, Student Educational Opportunity, Manufacturing Works and Wyoming Public
Media share the same facilities.
Majors
Majors enrolled through UW-Casper during 2012-13 are as follows: Biology-36; Secondary Science
Education-14; Communication-21; Criminal Justice-20, Technical Education-11; Graduate Education-37,
Elementary Education-61; English-8; Humanities/Fine Arts-3, Journalis-6; Math/Science-5; Principal-8;
Psychology-33; Social Science-12; Social Work-40; Undeclared graduate-28; and other-21.
Research
Kambutu, John
Kambutu, J. & Nganga, L. (2013, Fall). Africa Is a Contenent. International Association of African
Educators Magazine. Fall 2013.
Http://jaaeorg.org/uploads/3/2/4/7/3247767/iaae_newsletter_august__2013.pdf
Kambutu, J. & Veronica, L. (2012). Globalization and internalization efforts in the context of
Multicultural education. Multicultural Perspective, 14, (3), 125-126.
Nganga, L., Kambutu, J. & Russell III, W. B. (2013). Exploring globalization opportunities and challenges in
Social Studies. Effective instructional strategies. New York: Peter Lang.
Kambutu, J. (2013). Globalization: History, consequences and what to do with it. In L. Nganga, J.
Kambutu, & W. Russell III, B. (Eds.) Exploring globalization opportunities and challenges in Social Studies.
Effective instructional strategies (pp. 1-10). New York: Peter Lang.
Kambutu, J. & Nganga, L. (2013). Social Studies Education in a Globalized Era: After-word. In L. Nganga, J.
Kambutu, & W. Russell III, B. (Eds.) Exploring globalization opportunities and challenges in Social Studies.
Effective instructional strategies (pp. 249-252). New York: Peter Lang.
Nganga, L. & Kambutu, J. (2013). Michael Apple: A modern day critical. In J. Kirylo (Ed.) Critical
Pedagogues We Need to Know – ACEI.
Kambutu, J., & Nganga, L. (2012). Preparing Teachers for Multicultural Education in a “Lily” White
Community. In Omiunota N. Ukpokodu (Ed.), Voices From the Margin: Perspectives of African-Born
Teacher Educators on African and American Education”, Information Age Publishing.
Nganga, L. & Kambutu, J. (2012). Perspectives on K-12 Teaching and Teacher Preparation in Kenya: The
Case of Kenyanization. In Omiunota N. Ukpokodu (Ed.), “Voices From the Margin: Perspectives of
African-Born Teacher Educators on African and American Education”, Information Age Publishing.
Nganga, L. & Kambutu, J. (2011-12). Broadening Social Studies Curricula: Integrating global education in
a teacher education program. In Will B. Russell III, Contemporary Social Studies, Series: Teaching and
Learning Social, University of Central Florida College of Education
Kuznetsova, Maria
Kuznetsova, M. I., & Powell, S. (2013). Careers Interests, Preferences, and Strengths Inventory: A review.
In C. Wood (Ed.) A Counselor’s Guide to Career Assessment Instruments (pp. 169-170). Broken Arrow,
OK: National Career Development Association.
Myers, B. J., Mackintosh, V. H., Kuznetsova, M. I., Lotze, G. M., Best, A. M., & Ravindran, N. (2013).
Teasing, Bullying, and Emotion Regulation in Children of Incarcerated Mothers. Monographs of the
Society for Research in Child Development, 78, 26-40.
Tuck, I., Johnson, S. C., Kuznetsova, M. I., McCrocklin, C., Baxter, M. L., & Bennington, L. K. (2012). Sacred
Healing Stories Told at the End of Life. Journal of Holistic Nursing, 30, 69-80.
Li, Li
Li, L., Ziwoya, F., Black, L., & Harz-Karp, J. (2013). Are they doing what they are supposed to do?:
Assessing the facilitating process of the Australian Citizens’ Parliament. In L. Carson, J. Gastil, J. HartzKarp, & R. Lubensky (Eds.), The Australian Citizens’ Parliament and the future of deliberative democracy.
University Park, PA: Pennsylvania State University Press.
Li, Li., Chen, Y. W., & Nakazawa, M. (2013). Voices of Chinese Web-TV audiences: A Case of Applying
Uses and Gratifications Theory to Examine Popularity of Prison Break in China. China Media Research, 9,
63-74.
Nganga, Lydiah
Kambutu, J. & Nganga, L. (2013, Fall). Africa Is a Contenent. International Association of African
Educators Magazine. Fall 2013.
Http://jaaeorg.org/uploads/3/2/4/7/3247767/iaae_newsletter_august__2013.pdf
Nganga, L., Kambutu, J. & Russell III, W. B. (2013). Exploring globalization opportunities and challenges in
Social Studies. Effective instructional strategies. New York: Peter Lang.
Nganga, L. (2013). Preparing teachers for global consciousness in the age of globalization. In Nganga, L.,
Kambutu, J., and Russell III, W. (Eds.) (2013), Exploring Globalization Opportunities and Challenges in
Social Studies: Effective Instructional Approaches (pp. 227-238). New York, NY: Peter Lang Publishing
Nganga, L. & Han, K. T. (2013). Immigration and global economies in the context of globalization (pp. 3750). In Nganga, L., Kambutu, J., and Russell III, W. (Eds.) (2013), Exploring Globalization Opportunities
and Challenges in Social Studies: Effective Instructional Approaches (pp. 227-238). New York, NY: Peter
Lang Publishing
Nganga, L. & Kambutu, J., (2013). Immigration and global economies in the context of globalization (pp.
37-50). In Nganga, L., Kambutu, J., and Russell III, W. (Eds.) (2013), Exploring Globalization Opportunities
and Challenges in Social Studies: Effective Instructional Approaches (pp. 227-238). New York, NY: Peter
Lang publishing.
Nganga, L. & Kambutu, J. (2013). Michael Apple: A Modern Day Critical Pedagogue. In Kirylo, J. (Ed.) A
critical pedagogy of resistance. 34 pedagogues we need to know (pp. 1-3). Rotterdam, The Netherlands;
Senses Publishers
Nganga, L., (2012). Children and cultural socialization in Kenya and the U.S.A. In Omiunota N. Ukpokodu
and Peter Ukpokodu (Eds.), Voices From the Margin: Perspectives of African-Born Teacher Educators on
African and American Education. Information Age Publishing
Nganga, L. & Kambutu, J. (2012) Perspectives on K-12 Teaching and Teacher Preparation in Kenya: The
Case of Kenyanization. In Omiunota N. Ukpokodu and Peter Ukpokodu (Eds.), Voices From the Margin:
Perspectives of African-Born Teacher Educators on African and American Education. Information Age
Publishing
Kambutu, J., & Nganga, L. (2012). Preparing teachers for multicultural education in a “Lily” White
Community. In Omiunota N. Ukpokodu and Peter Ukpokodu (Eds.), Voices From the Margin:
Perspectives of African-Born Teacher Educators on African and American Education. Information Age
Publishing
Pickett, Brent
Pickett, B. L., 2012, “Gay Rights” Encyclopedia of Global Studies, ed. By Helmut K. Anheier and Mark
Juergensmeyer, SAGE Publications
Richardson, Bruce
“Collecting Landscapes” Wyoming Artscapes, Fall, 2012.
“Kennedy and Nixon Create a Big Idea: A National Endowment for the Arts”, Wyoming Artscapes,
Winter, 2013.
“Creativity and Arts in Engaging Cities,” Wyoming Artscapes, Spring, 2013.
Teule, Florence
Menezes, G., Teule, F, Lewis, R., Silva, L., Rech, E. (2013) Noscale investigations of synthetic spider silk
fibers modified by physical and chemical processes. Polymer Journal. Doi:10.1038/pj.2013.21
Adrianos, S.L., Teule, F., Hinman, M.B., Jones, J.A., Weber. W.S., Yarger, J. L., and Lewis, R. V. Nephila
clavipes Flagelliform Silk-Like GGX Motifs Contribute to Extensibility and Spacer Motifs Contribute to
Strength in Synthetic Spider Silk Fibers. Biomacromoleccules, 2013, 14 (6), pp 1751-1760
Teule, F., Miao, Y-G, Sohn, B-H, Kim, Y-S, Hull, J. J., Fraser, M. J., Lewis, R. V., Jarvis, D. L. (2012)
Silkworms transformed with chimeric silkworm/spider silk genes spin composite silk fibers with
improved mechanical properties. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA 109:923-928
Teule, F., Addison, B., Cooper, A. R., Ayon, J., Henning, R. J., Benmore, C. J., Holland, G. P., Yarger, J. L.,
Lewis, R. V. (2012) Combining flagelliform and dragline spider silk motifs to produce tunable synthetic
biopolymer fibers. Biopolymers 97 (6): 418-435.
Seville, Scott
McAllister, C. T., R. S. Seville, and M. B. Connior. A new species of Caryospora (Apicomplexa: Eimeriidae)
from the eastern hognose snake, Heterodon platirhinos (Ophidia: Dipsadidae), from Arkansas.
Comparative Parastiology, accepted in revision.
McAllister, C. T., R. S. Seville, C. R. Bursey, S. E. Trauth, M. B. Connior, and H. W. Robison. A New Species
of Eimeria (Apicomplexa: Eimeriidae) from the Green Frog, Lithobates clamitans (Anura: Ranidae) from
Arkansas, U.S.A. Comparative Parasitology, in press.
McAllister, C. T., R. S. Seville, M. B. Connior, S. E. Trauth, and H. W. Robison. A new eimerian and
isosporan (Apicomlexa: Eimeriidae) from gound skinks, Scincella lateralis (Sauria: Scincidae), from
Arkansas, U.S. A. Journal of Parasitology, accepted in revision.
McAllister, C. T., R. S. Seville, D. W. Duszynski, S. E. Bush, R. N. Fisher, and C. C. Austin. 2013. Two new
species of Eimeria (Apicomplexa:Eimeriidae) from emerald tree skinks, Lamprolepis ssmaragdina
(Sauria: Scincidae) from Papua New Guinea and the Philippines. Systematic Parasitology 86:165-171.
2009-14. Wyoming Idea Networks for Biomedical Research Excellence (INBRE) Program, J. Ren Program
Director/PI, R. S. Seville Program Coordinator, and H. Sawyer Asssociate Program Coordinator (NIH
allows only one investigator in this program, I am co-author and Program Coordinator), National
Institutes for Health/National Institute for General Medical Sciences, $16,900,000.
Inquire-Based Modules for Multi-Modality Science Courses (IM2SC). Jennifer Forrester and Hayley Lanier
Pls. National Science Foundation (NSF) Improving Undergraduate STEM Education (IUSE), $2,354,969.53.
Service
Kambutu, John
Invited guest speaker at Fort Casper Academy, Casper to discuss educational and diversity issues with
school children, faculty, and staff. Casper, WY. December 4
Kambutu, J. Peacemaker. A keynote to Wyoming Early Childhood Education (WECA) Conference. Casper,
WY. October 5
Pepper, W., Victoria, S., Rush, T. & Kambutu, J. Multiculturalism in the classroom, Presentation at
Mathew Shepherd Symposium, University of Wyoming, Laramie. April 4
Kambutu, J. & Nganga, L. (2013). Culturally responsive educators. A presentation to Wyoming Early
Childhood Education (WECA) Conference. Casper, WY. October 5
Kambutu, J., & Nganga, L. (2013). Culturally responsive advocates. A presentation to Court Appointed
Special Advocates (CASA) of Casper. Casper, WY. July 25
Kambutu, J. (2013). Appreciating differences. A panel presentation to Leadership Wyoming. Sheridan,
WY. March 22
Kambutu, J. (2013). UW/CC Hillside water project: Sacrificing self so women and girls can have peace. A
presentation to Leadership Wyoming. Sheridan, WY. March 22
Kambutu, J. & Nganga, L. (2013). UW/CC Hillside water project: Supporting girls and women. A
presentation to First Methodist Church. Casper, WY. March 3
Kambutu, J. (2013). UW/CC Hillside water project: Supporting girls and women. A presentation to Rotary
Club of Casper. Casper, WY. January 7
Kambutu, J. (2012). UW/CC Hillside water project: Supporting women and children. A presentation to
Shekinah Church. Casper, WY. November 18
Kambutu, J. & Nganga, L. (2012). UW/CC Hillside water project: Supporting girls and women. A
presentation to Casper Fundraising Group. Casper, WY. October 6.
Kambutu, J. & Nganga, L. (2012). Chapatis: A Kenyan Cuisine (Recipe for success is focus and
determination). Presentation to Outreach School retreat. Casper, WY. June 7
Kambutu, J. (2012). Racism: Personal stories. A panelist at the Leadership Wyoming Meeting. Casper,
WY. March 30
Kambutu, J. & Nganga, L. (2012). The social and political changes in Kenya since the 2007 general
elections. A keynote speech to Committee on Foreign Relations. Casper, WY. March 22
Kuznetsova, Maria
Supervision of 18 students from adolescent development class who volunteer 20 hours per semester in
local community agencies such as Casper Mountain Science School, Boys and Girls Clubs of Central
Wyoming, Central Wyoming Counseling Center and Mercer Family Resource Center.
Li, Li
Member, Communication Hiring Committee, Casper College, 2013
Nganga, Lydiah
Kambutu, J. & Nganga, L. (2013). Culturally responsive educators. A presentation to Wyoming Early
Childhood Education (WECA) Conference. Casper, WY. October 5
Kambutu, J. & Nganga, L. (2013). Culturally responsive caregiver. Natrona County Social Workers
Workshop. Casper, WY. July 2013
Nganga, L. (2014). World cultures, Sagewood Elementary School, Casper, WY
Patton, Marcia
Conductor, Casper Children’s chorale
Conductor, Alla Breve Community Women’s Chorus
Northwest Regional (6 state) Repertoire and Standards Chairs for Children’s and Community Choirs
Presenter at the 2014 National Conference on Children’s Choirs, Minneapolis, MN
Presenter at the Northwest ACDA convention in Seattle, WA
Governing Board of the Wyoming All State ACDA Children’s Honor Choir
Choral Director, Wyoming Ambassadors of Music European Concert Tour
Pickett, Brent
Casper Area Economic Development Alliance Higher Education Committee
Higher Learning Commission peer reviewer
Natrona County Public Library Foundation Board
Richardson, Bruce
Wyoming Arts Council, Board Member; search committee, grants reviews and other assignments, 2012
State III Community Theatre, Casper, Advisory Committee, 2012 & 2013
Casper Artists’ Guild, planning and grants advisor, 2012 & 2013
Casper Chamber Music Society, grants advisor, 2012
Jackson Hole Public Arts Project, planning and grants advisor, 2012
Wyoming Arts Alliance, advocacy work on behalf of Cultural Trust and adding arts to the Hathaway,
2012
Wyoming Arts Alliance, Conference Presentation, “Deep Impacts: How to Learn What Audiences Get Out
of Arts,” Kemmerer, 2012
Nicolaysen Art Museum, “A Passion for Art,” Talk at Opening, 2012
Wyoming Writing Project, “Thoughts on Shakespeare,” Talk at Conference, 2012
Public Art Committee, Casper College, 2012 & 2013
Citizen of the Year Award, AF&AM, Casper, 2012
Wyoming Public Radio, Citizen Advisory Board, 2013
National Assembly of State Arts Agencies, helped arrange for and plan national meeting in Jackson, 2013
Wyoming Arts Alliance, assistance with advocacy and conference, 2013
Governor’s Arts Award, 2013
Seville, Scott
University of Wyoming-Wind River Reservation Higher Education Task Force
Wyoming INBRE Program Coordinator and Outreach and Education Core Director with responsibility for:
INBRE Community College Research Network, INBRE Transition Course Program, INBRE Transition
Scholars Program, INBRE Community College Videoconference Seminar Series, INBRE Network
Statewide Retreat, Wyoming Undergraduate Research Day Organizing committee
Stone, Shane
Wyoming Statewide Reentry Task Force. Study and problem solve the barriers faced by convicted
offenders upon their re-entry into society. Dealt with investigating and compiling a list of Faith-Based
Organizations and local churches throughout Wyoming that were willing and able to be of service to
recently released offenders. Also helped to conceive, implement and devise a plan to evaluate a new
video visitation pilot program for the Wyoming Department of Corrections.. Study and problem solve
the barriers faced by convicted offenders upon their re-entry into society. Dealt with investigating and
compiling a list of Faith-Based Organizations and local churches throughout Wyoming that were willing
and able to be of service to recently released offenders. Also helped to conceive, implement and devise
a plan to evaluate a new video visitation pilot program for the Wyoming Department of Corrections.
Theobald, Joanne
Theobald, J. (November 2013). Finding Social Work’s Role on a Medical Brigade. Presented at the
Council on Social Work Education Annual Program Meeting, Dallas, Texas
Theobald, J. (April 2013). Trauma, Culture, and Transformation. Presented at the Casper College
Wellness Conference, Casper, Wyoming
Cutts, B. & Theobald, J. (February 2013). The Social Work Profession. Presented at the Wyoming High
School Health Professions Career Fair. Casper, Wyoming
Chair, Honduras Health Care Project
Co-Founder, Casper Charla Spanish Conversation Group
International Travel Grant, International Programs Office (“Oaxaca Service Learning Course”), 2013
Innovative Summer Course Grant, International Programs Office (“SOWK 4980/5975: Service Learning
and Spanish Immersion in Oaxaca, Mexico”), 2013