College of Arts & Media, University of Colorado Denver

August 2005-August 2009

As the Department Chair, I provided leadership focused on advancing the success of the department’s students, programs, faculty and staff, and served as a link between College administration and the department. In this role, I was responsible for guiding the development of program and learning outcomes and assessment processes, department’s budget, our partnership with the courtyard by Marriott with oversight of exhibitions in our Marriott gallery, BFA thesis exhibitions which took place in St. Cajetan’s and the Emmanuel Gallery, course schedule, recruiting, selecting, and evaluating faculty and staff, collaborating with faculty to ensure the success of programs, enacting policies and practices to guide our work, and supporting students as they progressed through our programs, capstone courses and experiences. Supervision included department faculty, the administrative assistant, the Gallery Director, the Visual Resources Center Director, and student employees. Activities also included space planning, securing equipment and planning for equipment needed,student advising, addressing conflicts between faculty or faculty and students, collaborating with the Art Department Chairs of our campus partners (Metro State University and the Community College of Denver) to manage and oversee shared facilities that included the Emmanuel Gallery, the Photography Lab, the Sculpture Studio, Painting Studios, and Art History Classrooms.