Departing Frederik Meijer Honors College Director Jeff Chamberlain was surprised May 23 when a new scholarship was announced in his honor at a reception celebrating his career at the university.

Chamberlain said he was humbled by the announcement of the new Jeff Chamberlain Frederik Meijer Honors College Alumni Endowed Scholarship, and told the crowd that a scholarship was the perfect way to celebrate his work.

At the reception, recollections of Chamberlain’s close relationships with his students and their families were shared by former students and current faculty members. Provost Gayle Davis said Chamberlain’s work enhanced the reputation of the Meijer Honors College and “made Grand Valley a better university for those very special students.”

Anne Hiskes, dean of the Brooks College of Interdisciplinary Studies, shared several memories of instances where Chamberlain worked closely with students to help them reach goals or achieve milestones, adding that his success at Grand Valley was tied into his personal investment in the success of his students.

“Jeff’s leadership as I have known it is caring and gentle, that of a true servant leader who seeks to empower others, students, faculty, and staff, in realizing their potential,” Hiskes said. “Thanks, Jeff, for all you have done in building and strengthening a truly distinguished honors program in your 10 years here. Thank you for all you have done for your students and for being an example of a servant leader.”

Chamberlain said the announcement of the scholarship in his honor was overwhelming.

“It is very deeply meaningful. This is absolutely the most wonderful thing you could do, so thank you very, very much,” Chamberlain said. 

Chamberlain said that when he started in the honors college 10 years ago, there was some uncertainty about how the transition from his old institution, a very small school, to the honors college at Grand Valley would work. He said that moving the honors college in a positive direction was easier than he thought because he found willing colleagues in units and departments across the university. 

“Every last person I have worked with has been wonderful to deal with, has been a pleasure, has been collaborative, creative, and absolutely committed to the students and the university,” Chamberlain said. “I am incredibly grateful for the work that all of you have put in and all of the ways in which you have contributed, both to Grand Valley and to our students, and helping me learn so much in the process.”

Chamberlain is the dean of the Hicks Honors College at the University of Northern Florida. 

Brian Cole began working for Grand Valley State University in 1986. He left the university in 1989 and returned in 1997 as director of program development. Since then, he has served as the director of research, development, and assessment for adult and continuing studies. During his years at GVSU, he has been an active member of the Association for Continuing Higher Education. From 2014 through 2016, he served as chair of the association’s Great Lakes Region, which includes five Midwest states and central Ontario in Canada. Last October, he received the Association’s 2016 Meritorious Service Award. He has also served terms as chair and as treasurer of the Council for Continuing Higher Education  in Michigan. 

Susan Swartzlander came to Grand Valley in 1990 with a Ph.D. in literature from Pennsylvania State University. Swartzlander was instrumental in the development of the Frederik Meijer Honors College and was the first full-time faculty member in honors. Her interest in learning and teaching with technology led her to be the first faculty member to teach an online course at Grand Valley. Swartzlander plans to live in Cape Cod and teach as a volunteer trail naturalist at Wellfleet Audubon. She will also teach a community adult “open university” program. She is especially looking forward to more time to enjoy photography and to continue with her research and writing. Swartzlander was granted professor emeritus of honors.

After 22 years of service to Grand Valley, Sally Vissers retired in September 2016. Vissers served as the office coordinator in women, gender, and sexuality studies and in environmental studies. Vissers was actively involved in the Martin Luther King Jr. Day upcycling events and used her crafting talents to give back to the GVSU community and beyond.

Sue Wierzbicki, office manager of the Traverse City Center, retired 
at the end of the academic year after more than 20 years of service to Grand Valley. She said, “My role as office manager included the operational support for our institution at an off-campus site, and I worked closely with many services and academic departments to develop processes and procedures. I managed our operational budget, facilities, and internal office operations; facilitated financial aid for transfer students; and supported our faculty and students on a daily basis. As I close this chapter of my career, I wish GV success and hope to not lose focus on what is the driving force for our presence, the students.”

Janaan Decker had 12 years of service in the Frederik Meijer Honors College as the student services coordinator. She was known as the “Honors Mom” because of how helpful she was to students. She worked with the honors community council called ANCHOR, as well as with students who tutored students at Dickinson Elementary School. Each year, she brought Dickinson students to campus, so they could experience a college campus. One of Decker’s most important accomplishments was beginning the Ghana service-learning program. The program offers students seven weeks of learning about a fascinating culture through the holistic combination of the classroom, social experiences, and service-learning in Ghana, Africa. Decker worked with faculty, students, and Ghanaians to shape the program and went several years herself. She mentored students who presented about the program at the National Collegiate Honors College annual meeting, and she published an article about the Ghana program in the Journal of the National Collegiate  Honors College.

Leslie Bateman, director of professional development partnerships at the Center for Adult and Continuing Studies, was elected Chairperson of the Executive Committee of the Michigan Social Work Continuing Education Collaborative to serve a two-year term. 
Brian Cole, director of research, development, and assessment at the Center for Adult and Continuing Studies, was recognized with the 2016 Meritorious Service Award by the Association for Continuing Higher Education at their annual conference.

Danielle Lake, assistant professor of liberal studies, received the Distinguished Early-career Scholar award. As a public philosopher, engaged researcher, and deliberative facilitator, Lake’s research focuses on studying and enacting collaborative engagement practices that intentionally foster and utilize student and community expertise.Since her 2014 tenure-track appointment, Lake’s research has led to nine academic articles and more than 25 peer-reviewed regional, national, and international conference presentations. She also received grants from the Michigan Campus Compact, Grand Rapids Community Foundation, and Matrix Center for Digital Humanities and Social Sciences. The relevance of Lake’s scholarship is perhaps best evidenced by the national awards she has received, including the 2014 Jane Addams Prize from the Society for the Advancement of American Philosophy and the 2016 John Lachs Award for Public Philosophy. In nominating her for this award, a colleague noted, “Suffice to say, Lake is one of the most promising early-career scholars in the academy today.

Jack Mangala, associate professor of African/African American studies and political science, was awarded the prestigious Louvain Global College of Law Fellowship. From May through July 2018, Mangala will be a senior researcher at the Catholic University of Louvain in Belgium. Mangala’s research will focus on Diasporas as Transnational Actors: A comparative legal and political analysis of the role and responsibilities of the United States and selected EU countries in regard to the exercise by immigrants of political rights vis-à-vis their home countries. 

Melissa Peraino, director of educational outreach for the Center for Adult and Continuing Studies, was elected and started a term as chair-elect for the Great Lakes Region of the Association for Continuing Higher Education.

Marilyn Preston, assistant professor of liberal studies, received the Pew Teaching Excellence award. In Preston’s words, teaching aims “to foster critical engagement in the world, to encourage intellectual rigor, and to create transformative experiences that lead to lifelong learning. To teach is to facilitate experiences that challenge students to connect, to challenge inequalities, and to view the world critically.” Transformative teaching involves classroom strategies, including “dialogue, interdisciplinarity, reflexivity, discomfort, and improvisation.” Peers in the Liberal Studies Department note Preston’s leadership in engaged teaching practices, and students seek her out as an adviser, research supervisor, and mentor. Student feedback consistently highlights her exceptional teaching, semester after semester, course after course. This may best be embodied by one student’s statement: “I wish she could give me assignments for the rest of my life.”

Wendy Burns-Ardolino, professor of liberal studies, received the prestigious Glenn A. Niemeyer award — the highest award bestowed upon faculty at the university. Burns-Ardolino brings excellence, enthusiasm, and dedication to all aspects 
of teaching, scholarship, and service at Grand Valley. Teaching a variety of courses that deal with uncomfortable issues of diversity, her students and peers nevertheless consistently praise her ability to create a space where all students participate and feel supported. Over the past six years, she has shaped the curriculum through the development of three new courses and an interdisciplinary master’s degree program. The author of two monographs, multiple peer-reviewed articles, and 12 conference presentations within the past five years, Burns-Ardolino is nationally recognized in areas of feminist media studies, critical cultural theory, and American studies. In addition to her contributions on the Executive Committee of the Academic Senate and  myriad of other committees, she has served as the chair of the programmatically diverse Liberal Studies Department, leading the department to become a cohesive and collegial model of professionalism and student-centeredness. 

Kate Stoetzner, director of international student and scholar services was presented the Cooper Award for Excellence in International Student Advising by the Michigan Association of International Educators. This  award is a recognition of dedication and commitment to students and international education professionals in the State of Michigan. Stoetzner was honored and excited to receive the award from her peers, commenting: “Advocating for international students on campus and in our communities is not only important and necessary, it  is tremendously rewarding.”

Jonathan White, professor of criminal justice in the Frederik Meijer Honors College, received the Student Award for Faculty Excellence (SAFE) at the 2017 President’s Ball. White was nominated and selected by GVSU students. This award is given to faculty who go above and beyond expectations and have made a lasting impact on students and on the campus. White first came to Grand Valley in 1984 and has served in many different capacities on campus including assistant dean, associate dean, and dean of social science; he is also the founding director of the School of Criminal Justice. “Working with GVSU  students for 34 years has been an honor and privilege.  It is touching and humbling to be selected for a  student-generated teaching award,” said White.

The Fred Meijer Center for Writing and Michigan Authors was referenced in a “Shout Out” by the newsletter of 
the National Council of Teachers of English. Mentioned specifically were the presentations by the center’s staff that promoted linguistic diversity at Grand Valley’s  Teach-In.

The Meijer Campus in Holland partnered with numerous community organizations along the lakeshore to develop Living Sustainably Along the Lakeshore, a collaborative infrastructure that allows the community to engage with a new sustainability topic monthly with the hopes of encouraging reflection and action by individuals. This work was recognized by the Department of Environmental Quality at the Michigan Sustainability Conference (MISCON), held at the L.V. Eberhard Center, as the  winner of the 2016 Top Neighborhood Environmental Partner Award.  

Grand Valley was recognized as one of the top nine finalists for the 2016 West Michigan Sustainable Business of the Year award by the West Michigan Sustainable Business Forum.

Grand Valley was named a Bicycle-friendly University by The League of American Bicyclists, a national organization that encourages the use of bicycles for health and  well-being. The university received a silver award and joined the list of 164 other colleges and universities across the country that are designated as Bicycle-friendly Universities (BFU). Grand Valley was judged on several factors including education, encouragement, engineering, enforcement, and evaluation and planning. Campus Sustainability Coordinator Yumiko Jakobcic said, “This award recognizes collaborative efforts across campus to support healthier and more sustainable transportation options.” 

Grand Valley had hoped to reach this goal since becoming a participant of the Partnership for a Healthier America, Healthy Campus Initiative. 

Ellen Adams, assistant professor of art history in the Frederik Meijer Honors College, published “At the Boundary of Action and Dreams: Surrealism and the Battle for Post-Liberation France” in the journal French Cultural Studies. Adams also presented “‘It is of No Use to Dawdle over a Canvas:’ How Mathias Alten Painted Michigan,” at the Calvin College’s Center Art Gallery.

Jeremiah Cataldo, associate professor in the Frederik Meijer Honors College, wrote a book titled Biblical Terror: Why Law and Restoration in the Bible Depend Upon Fear, published by Bloomsbury and two articles titled “The Radical Nature of ‘Return’ in Zechariah” in the Journal of Hebrew Scriptures and “Building of the Second Temple in Jerusalem (516 B.C.)” in Great Events in Religion: An Encyclopedia of Pivotal Events in Religious History. 

Danielle DeMuth, associate professor and chair of women, gender, and sexuality studies, gave a workshop, “Growing WGS Enrollments,” at the National Women’s Studies Association Annual Chairs and Directors Meeting in Chicago and a presentation, “Coming Out and Looking Out in the Library,” at the Michigan Library Association Annual Meeting in Flint. 

Denise Goerisch, assistant professor of liberal studies, wrote an article, “Doing Good Work: Feminist Dilemmas of Volunteering in the Field,” which was published in 
a special issue of The Professional Geographer called “Focus: Feminist Research and Methodology.”

Carol “Griff” Griffin, professor of biology and director of the General Education Program, presented at the Global Learning Colloquium on general education as a part of the NAFSA: Association of International Educators Annual Conference in Denver.

Azfar Hussain, associate professor of liberal studies, lectured on the significance of the present Cuban Revolution at Havana’s famous Martin Luther King Memorial Center. Hussain received the “Neoliberalism in the Neighborhood Distinguished Lectureship” at Evergreen State College and the “Summer Distinguished Professorship of English and Humanities” at the University of Liberal Arts in Bangladesh.

Cael Keegan, assistant professor in women, gender, and sexuality studies and liberal studies, traveled to St. Petersburg, Russia, for Side by Side, which is an international film festival. He guided a discussion about the film We’ve Been Around. Professor Keegan also traveled to Finland where he presented “Imagining Transgender: Trans Aesthetics and the New Popular Cinematic Body” at the University of Turku.

Louis Moore, professor of history and coordinator of the African/African American studies program, was included in an interview with Tony Sarabia, host of Morning Shift on NPR station WBEX 91.5 Chicago. They covered the involvement of black athletes in African American controversies in “Black Athlete Activists Have A Rich History In America” and discussed events of the present and past, such as the Civil Rights Movement and “Black Lives Matter.”

Mark Schaub, chief international officer in the Padnos International Center, gave the presentation, “Four  Decades of Commitment and Evolution: the Cracow University of Economics and Grand Valley State University Partnership,” at the international conference titled “Partnerships Between Polish and American Universities” in Warsaw, Poland.

Ellen Schendel, associate dean of the Brooks College of Interdisciplinary Studies, co-authored a book chapter titled “Coming into Being: The Writing Department at Grand Valley State University in its 13th Year” with Dan Royer, professor of writing, in the book A Minefield of Dreams: Triumphs and Travails of Independent Writing Programs, published by University Press of Colorado’s Perspectives on Writing series.

Brent Smith, associate professor of religious studies in the Liberal Studies Department, had his article “Transforming Discourse: Interdisciplinary Critique, the University, and the Academic Study of Religion” published by Cogent Arts and Humanities. Smith’s work was a part of their high-profile collection “Interdisciplinary Research” for philosophy and religion.

David Stark, professor of history and coordinator of the Latin American and Latino/a studies program, published an article in Puerto Rico’s Society of Genealogy Journal, Hereditas: Revista de Genealogia Puertorriquena, titled “El repartimiento de terrenos en Cayay (1774) y los antecedents de sus familias pobladoras.” 

Maureen Wolverton, senior affiliate faculty in liberal studies presented “Using Technology to Motivate Students in the GVSU Liberal Studies Adult Accelerated Program” at the Lilly Conference in Traverse City, Michigan.

Jae Basiliere, assistant professor of women, gender, and sexuality studies, won the Faculty Engagement Award from the Milton E. Ford LGBT Resource Center. Upon receiving this award, Basiliere stated, “I was really touched when Jen Hsu-Bishop called me to let me know that I was selected for this award. It’s been such a pleasure working with the staff and students at the LGBT Resource Center, and I’m really looking forward to continuing that relationship. It made me so happy to hear that they felt the same way about our time working together as I did!”

Anita Benes, office coordinator for the Office of Integrative Learning and Advising; Jennifer Jameslyn, director of the Office of Integrative Learning and Advising; and David Potter, technology assistant at the Meijer Campus in Holland, received a Sustainability Champion Award for the Brooks College Laptop Project, an award given by the Office of Sustainability Practices. The liberal studies accelerated leadership program was awarded the Distinguished Community Engagement award for its collaborative project with Harrison Park School and the Grand Rapids Community Foundation.

Danielle Lake, assistant professor of liberal studies, won the Douglas Greenlee prize for the best paper presented at the annual meeting of the Society for the Advancement of American Philosophy. Lake was also appointed as a faculty associate with the GVSU Division of Inclusion and Equity for 2016-2017.

Noreen Savage, administrative assistant in the  dean’s office of the Brooks College of Interdisciplinary Studies, earned second place in the semifinals of the Toastmasters International Speech Competition in Vancouver, British Columbia. Savage is a longtime member of the GVSU-Allendale Toastmasters Club and has competed by winning speech competitions at the Toastmasters Club area, division, and district levels. Savage, who has earned Distinguished Toastmaster status, is also president of the West Michigan Advanced Toastmasters Club, which meets monthly and draws people from a one-hour radius to Grand Rapids. 

Jae Basiliere, assistant professor of women, gender, and sexuality studies, received the catalyst grant for “Reimaging the Limelight: Success, Activism, and Drag  as Resistance” and the early career stipend for “Reacting to the Past in the Feminist Classroom” from the Center  for Scholarly and Creative Excellence. Basiliere also received an innovation grant for the Pew Faculty Teaching  and Learning Center for “Reactions and Redirected Efforts: Non-Metropolitan Drag Activism in the Wake  of Marriage Equality.”

Jeremiah Cataldo, associate professor in the Frederik Meijer Honors College, received a Padnos International Center Internationalization Grant. Cataldo will be traveling to Rome, Italy, and will develop an app that maps architectural sites, museum artifacts, existing buildings and other important sites/objects; it will include videos, photographs, and sound files, with summaries and readings describing their historical relevance. Readings will be chosen as part of a major curricular change adding an emphasis upon early- and middle-era Christianity. The app will be incorporated into the courses he teaches.

Anne Marie Fauvel, affiliate faculty in liberal studies, and collaborator Jonathan Engelsma, associate professor of computer science, won a $200,000 grant from the U.S. Department of Agriculture to study honey bees across the country to better understand why their population is declining. The project engages a significant number of GVSU students and liberal studies majors. It also includes collaborators at the University of Maryland, University of Minnesota, North Carolina State University, Appalachia State University, University of Tennessee, and Oregon State University.

Leifa Mayers, assistant professor in women, gender, and sexuality studies, received the Brooks College Engaging Undergraduate Students in Scholarship: Supplementary Startup Funds for New Faculty grant. Mayers has used the startup funds to purchase audio recording and transcription equipment to facilitate the involvement of undergraduate researchers in their research projects as well as for students’ capstone projects that involve the collection, transcription, and analysis of audio data. 

Amy McFarland, assistant professor in the Frederik Meijer Honors College and environmental studies and academic coordinator for the Sustainable Agriculture Project, received a Place-Based Project Grant from the Center for Scholarly and Creative Excellence for a project with student Cullin Flynn. Flynn’s work involved a research study looking at metaphor use in agriculture and the ways in which we can leverage agricultural metaphors as a teaching tool. Grand Valley’s Lake Michigan Writing Project has been selected to receive a 2017-2018 Advanced Institute to Scale-Up NWP’s College-Ready Writers Program grant worth $20,000 from the National Writing Project for the purpose of investing in middle and high school teacher-leaders for the summer of 2017 and 2017-2018 school year. The Writing Project also received the SEED grant for $15,000 to train new teacher leaders in the Lake Michigan Writing Project Summer Institute.

Jae Basiliere joined the Women, Gender, and Sexuality Studies Department as an assistant professor. Basiliere has been a professor of women, gender, and sexuality studies since 2007 at the University at Buffalo, Indiana University, and Indiana University-Purdue University Fort Wayne. Basiliere taught Introduction to Gender Studies and Foundations of Feminism in the fall.

Scott Berlin served as acting director of general education in the fall semester, while director Carol 
“Griff” Griffin was on sabbatical. Berlin has been a faculty member in social work at Grand Valley for 10 years, serving as the director of the bachelor’s of social work program for five years

Nicole Brower is the office coordinator for the Office for Community Partnerships and Student Professional Development. In this role, Brower supports the human rights minor, interdisciplinary studies and university studies courses, the LEPS certificate, 
the Semester in Detroit program and the Padnos/Sarosik civil discourse initiative. Brower comes to GVSU with lots of previous office experience — most recently as a church office administrator in Hudsonville. She earned her bachelor’s degree in liberal studies from Grand Valley in 2015.

Meghan Cai has a joint  appointment as an assistant professor with modern languages and literatures, East Asian studies, and Chinese studies. Cai joined GVSU as a visiting professor in  2014, teaching in the Modern Languages and Literatures Department. Some of her teaching interests include intersections in Chinese art and literature, and women in traditional China.  

Youssef Darwich has been hired as the Sustainable Agriculture Project’s farm manager and educator for the Office of Sustainability Practices. Darwich, a recent graduate of  Grand Valley, comes to the position with years of experience working  at the SAP.

Denise Goerisch joined the Liberal Studies Department as an assistant professor. Before joining Grand Valley, Goerisch conducted ethnographic research on issues related to college affordability among first-year university students as a postdoctoral scholar at the Wisconsin HOPE Lab. Goerisch taught Global Visionary Thinkers — Malala Yousafzai and Leadership for Social Change in the fall.

Jennifer González joined the Liberal Studies Department as a visiting professor. Before coming to GVSU, González worked as an adjunct professor in the history department at Indiana University. González specializes in colonial Latin American history, world history,  and gender history.

Richard Hiskes took on a new  role as director of the new human rights minor. Hiskes is a jointly appointed professor in political science and in the Frederik Meijer Honors College. Before coming to Grand Valley, Hiskes led the University of Connecticut Human Rights Institute as director of undergraduate programs. He regularly teaches the honors seminar on human rights, as well as core courses in the  human rights program.

Jennifer Jameslyn began a new role as the director of the Office of Integrative Learning and Advising. Jameslyn has taught various courses at Grand Valley in liberal studies; women, gender, and sexuality studies; and English. Jameslyn has assisted in coordinating the Community Reading Project and served as an academic adviser for liberal studies at the Muskegon Regional Center.

Justine Kibet joined Brooks  College as the academic department coordinator for  women, gender, and sexuality studies and environmental studies. Before coming to Grand Valley, Kibet served as a refugee resettlement program supervisor  at Bethany Christian Services. In this position, Kibet coordinates various departmental processes, projects, and events to meet the needs of faculty, students, and the GVSU community. 

Megan “Meg” Marshall joined the Frederik Meijer Honors College as an academic and enrichment adviser. Marshall will be responsible for academic advising, community building, and expanding global engagement in the Frederik Meijer Honors College along with Kelly McDonell. Before coming to GVSU, Marshall worked as a university minister at the University of  Detroit Mercy. 

Leifa Mayers began a new role as assistant professor of women, gender, and sexuality studies, having served as a visiting professor the year before. Mayer’s research and teaching interests include gender and sexuality studies, feminist and queer theories, 
and social inequalities. Mayers dissertation was on “(Re)making Family and Nation: The Production and Management of Citizenship and (Non)citizen Identities.” During the 2016-2017 academic year, Mayers taught Introduction to Gender Studies, Introduction to LGBTQ Studies, and Women and Gender Studies Research Methods.

Kelly McDonell joined the Frederik Meijer Honors College as an academic and enrichment adviser. McDonell will be responsible for academic advising, community building, and expanding global engagement in the Frederik Meijer Honors College along with Meg Marshall. Before joining Brooks College, McDonell worked as the director of the CLAS Academic Advising Center at GVSU. 

Kimberly McKee was selected as the new director of the Kutsche Office of Local History. McKee, an assistant professor of liberal studies, has participated in a myriad of conferences, presentations, grants, and teaching experiences, as well as research and professional development funding that relates to the Kutsche Office’s role to preserve histories of diverse communities in West Michigan.

The following faculty and staff were recognized by Grand Valley for hitting milestone years of service  to the university:

• Jane Toot, Frederik Meijer Honors College, 25 Years
• Sue Wierzbicki, Center for Adult and Continuing Studies, 20 Years
• Judy Whipps, Liberal Studies, 20 Years
• Anita Benes, Office of Integrative Learning and Advising, 10 Years
• Danielle DeMuth, Women, Gender, and Sexuality Studies, 10 Years
• Cherilyn Denomme, Center for Adult and Continuing Studies, 10 Years

Carissa Patrone joined the Padnos International Center staff as the Peace Corps campus recruiter. Before coming to GVSU, Patrone worked as a United States Peace Corps teacher and trainer in Telpaneca, Nicaragua.

Jeremy Robinson was appointed coordinator of Chinese studies and East Asian studies. Robinson has been a frequent speaker at Grand Valley’s club-inspired Japanese Animation, Film, and Art Exhibition (JAFAX), discussing the cultural components and influence of Japanese animation to American participants and enthusiasts. He is an associate professor of Japanese and East Asian studies.

Peter Wampler is a faculty-in-residence in the Frederik Meijer Honors College. Wampler has been a faculty member in the Geology Department since 2004. He led a service-learning trip to Haiti last summer and regularly publishes articles on water issues. Some of the courses Wampler has taught include Earth Resources in Transition: Conventional to Sustainable; The Earth, A Global View; and World Water Issues.

Melanie Shell-Weiss took on the role of chair of liberal studies in Winter 2017. Shell-Weiss joined GVSU as a faculty member in 2011 and served as the director of the Kutsche Office of Local History for three years. 

Jonathan R. White was appointed chair of the Frederik Meijer  Honors College. White has worked for GVSU for 33 years and has taught in the honors college since 2008. He served as dean of social science for three years and was the founding director of the School of Criminal Justice.

Anne L. Hiskes, Dean
Ellen Schendel, Associate Dean
Noreen Savage, Administrative Assistant, Office of the Dean
Krystal Vanden Bosch, Office Assistant, Office of the Dean
Craig Benjamin, Director, International Big History Association
Steeve Buckridge, Director, Area and Global Studies
Jeffrey Chamberlain, Director, Frederik Meijer Honors College
Norman Christopher, Executive Director, Office of Sustainability Practices
Danielle DeMuth, Chair, Women, Gender, and Sexuality Studies
Lindsay Ellis, Director, Lake Michigan Writing Project and Director, Writing Across the Curriculum, and Faculty Writing Support Carol Griffin, Director, General Education
Richard Hiskes, Director, Human Rights
Jennifer Jameslyn, Director, Office of Integrative Learning and Advising
Patrick Johnson, Director, Fred Meijer Center for Writing and Michigan Authors
Simone Jonaitis, Executive Director, Center for Adult and Continuing Studies
Kimberly McKee, Director, Kutsche Office of Local History
Kelly Parker, Director, Environmental Studies
Mark Schaub, University Chief International Officer and Director, Barbara and Stuart Padnos International Center Melanie Shell-Weiss, Chair, Liberal Studies
Jonathan White, Chair of the Frederik Meijer Honors College


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