Faculty Data Summary Sheet – Ken Mulliken
Name:
Ken R. Mulliken, Ph.D.
Current Rank: Associate Professor
Graduate and Undergraduate Faculty:
Appointed:
2003
Tenured:
2009
Undergraduate Faculty
1. Academic Degrees (degrees, institutions, dates, field of specialty)
 Interdisciplinary Ph.D. (History / Social Science Consortium) – University of Missouri –
Kansas City, 2011
 Master’s of Arts (History) – University of Missouri – Columbia, 1990
 Bachelor’s of Arts (History) – University of Missouri – Kansas City, 1988
2. Certification or Licensure
3. Professional Experience (list last first, include elementary and secondary teaching and school
support service experience)
4. Faculty and Administrative Responsibilities
 As Chair of the Department of History, Political Science, and Global Studies, I am
responsible for faculty evaluations and annual department evaluation reports, control and
direction of department budget, responsible for writing annual university catalog updates,
responsible for writing KSDE program reviews, supervision of technology in the
department, supervision of adjunct instructors, graduate assistant and student worker
supervision, curriculum development and delivery, coursework and exam
implementation, student advisement (10-20 students each semester), student teacher
observations and evaluations, Service-Learning initiatives, development and supervision
of individual education plans (IEPs) for students on academic probation or with special
needs, and grade assignments for upper and lower level history courses, at both the
Leavenworth and Overland Park Campuses.
 As Director of the Lawrence D. Starr Global Studies Institute, I manage the institute’s
annual budget, organize and direct the nineteen-member Global Studies Advisory Board,
supervise Graduate Assistants and work-study students, and write the Starr Report, the
annual publication of the Lawrence D. Starr Global Studies Institute:
(http://www.yudu.com/item/details/362513/2011-Starr-Report?refid=88350). I am
responsible for developing the GSI Events Calendar and organizing on-campus events
such as Quiz Bash, High School Global Human Rights Conference, and Brownbag
Presentations featuring various expert speakers. I oversee the content of the GSI website,
GSI Facebook page, and the GSI Blog. I organize USM student involvement in
International Relations Council events, and assist USM students in coordinating their
study-abroad programs.
Other Collegiate Assignments
 Academic Leadership Council (Department Chairs).
 Campus Sponsor/Director of Phi Alpha Theta (National History Honor Society).
 Lawrence D. Starr Global Studies Institute Advisory Board.
 Lincoln Lecture Committee – Organizer of the annual Lincoln-Douglas Debates.
 Teacher Education Committee.
 University Mission Council.
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Served on three search committees – one for Academic Vice president, and two in
Chemistry.
Ancilla Student Service Award Committee.
Service Learning Advisory Board.
Academic Freedom Committee (Chairman).
Sullivan Award Committee for Teaching Excellence.
Freshman Orientation Committee.
Christmas Play Committee.
5. Current Professional and Academic Association Memberships (asterisk conferences attended)
 American Historical Association
 International Studies Association*
 Mormon History Association*
 John Whitmer Historical Association*
 Phi Alpha Theta*
6. Current Professional Activities (non-teaching) (include consultant, evaluation teams, or
committee work outside of college)
 Established and supervised service-learning partnership with Lansing Historical Museum.
 Selected as the Teacher Escort for the Independence-Higashimurayama Sister-City
Exchange, directing ten students to Japan in July 2012.
 Served as a “Reader at the College Board’s 2010 and 2011 AP U.S. History Readings”
for the Educational Testing Service in Louisville, KY.
 Served as a “Program Reviewer for History and Government” for the Kansas State
Department of Education in 2007, 2009, and 2010.
 Participated as the Kansas State Department of Education Official Observer for the
National Council for Accreditation of Teacher Education (NCATE) accreditation review
of Tabor College (2011) and Central Christian College (2011).
 Directed student delegations and served as session chair for the 2007, 2008, 2009, and
2010 Midwest Regional Phi Alpha Theta Conferences.
 Served as department liaison for dual-credit & AP courses with 4 high schools.
7. Publications and Presentations
 “Ad Astra Per Aspera: A Personal Reflection of 150 Years of Kansas History,”
presentation at the Lansing Kansas Historical Museum, January 2011.
 “Unity Out Of Division,” presentation for the Sons of the American Revolution, June
2009.
 Served as the Humanities Research and Script Consultant and Panel Discussion
Facilitator for production and public presentation of the documentary “The Kansas State
Penitentiary: An Institution and A Neighbor,” (November 2008). This documentary and
the corresponding panel discussion were made possible by a grant from the Kansas
Humanities Council, in cooperation with the Lansing Kansas Historical Museum. The
documentary is online in two parts (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9yWJuShYbws /
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dj1SKYuPuGU)
 Reviewed Gary Clayton Anderson’s updated The Changing West in the History of
America for Pearson Longman Press prior to publication, October 2006.
 Paper presentation (Collective Religious Identity) at the John Whitmer Historical
Association Conference, Springfield, Illinois, October 2005.
 Discussion Facilitator for the six-film series titled “World War I: America Becomes a
World Power.” This series, hosted by Delta Epsilon Sigma, was made possible by being
awarded a grant from the National Video Resources and the National Endowment for the
Humanities in collaboration with the American Library Association. Held at the DePaul
Library, University of Saint Mary, Leavenworth, Kansas, September to May, 2005.
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Paper presentation (A Question of History, Identity, and Mission: The Struggle for
Historic Site Preservation in the Community of Christ) at the Mormon History
Association Conference in Provo, Utah in May 2004.
Paper presentation at the Mormon History Association Conference in Kirtland, Ohio in
May 2003.
Commentator for a concurrent session of the John Whitmer Historical Association annual
conference in Nauvoo, Illinois, in September 2002.
McGill’s Ready Reference Encyclopedia of Native Americans, by Salem Press: two
entries, “Yana,” and “Makah & Ozette,” 1994.
Let Contention Cease: The Dynamics of Dissent, edited by Roger Launius and W.B.
Spillman: the chapter titled, “Supreme Directional Control: Theocracy Versus
Democracy in the Reorganized Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints, 1915 to
1925,” Graceland Park Press, 1991.
The Nevada State Comprehensive Preservation Plan, edited by William White and
Ronald James: the chapter titled, “History of the Irrigation and Reclamation Projects in
the State of Nevada,” 1991.
The SDC Controversies of the 1920s in the RLDS Church, a paper given at the Phi Alpha
Theta Regional Conference - William Woods College, 1988.
A Centennial Tribute to Harry S. Truman, edited by Mark Scherer: the chapter titled,
“Captain Harry’s Battery D,” 1984.
8. Research and Grants
 Co-Directed the WaterLink / Environmental Protection Agency Bioretention Cell Service
Learning Project, after securing a grant for $6,200.00 for this project from the
Environmental Protection Agency and directed through Kansas State University in 2005.
 Directed the Kansas Day: 150 Years of Kansas History Project, in coordination with the
Lansing Kansas Historical Museum, after securing a $500 grant from the Kansas Campus
Compact in 2010.
9. Honors and Recognition
 Awarded the “Sullivan Award for Teaching Excellence” in 2006. This is the University
of Saint Mary’s Outstanding Teacher of the Year Award as chosen by the faculty, staff,
administration, and students.
 Selected for “University Mission-in-Action Award,” in 2004.
10. Community Service
 Active in the Independence, Missouri – Higashimurayama, Japan Sister City Committee.
 Active as a Sunday School Teacher for the Pleasant Heights Community of Christ
Church.