CV, Annual Evaluations and Letters of Support

Library’s Expansion of Criteria and Examples for Tenure and Promotion

Library’s Expansion of Criteria and Examples for Tenure and Promotion

Curriculum Vitae

Curriculum Vitae, current as of September 2022

Annual Evaluations

Below are my annual goals, with reflections, and evaluation by library leadership [links removed]:

Annual Evaluation for 2016-2017, by Dr. Carisse Berryhill

Annual Evaluation for 2017-2018, by Dr. Carisse Berryhill

Annual Evaluation for 2018-2019, by Dr. John Weaver

Annual Evaluation for 2019-2020, by Dr. Marisa Beard

Annual Evaluation for 2020-2021, by James Wiser

Annual Evaluation for 2021-2022, by James Wiser

Cornerstone Evaluations

Student response to Library instruction in Cornerstone has been measured with an end-of-course evaluation since Fall 2019 with this question:

If I attended a library workshop or my class librarian came to my class to do a library session, the information provided was helpful.
1=Disagree Completely
2=Disagree Generally
3=Agree and Disagree in Equal Amounts
4=Agree Generally
5=Agree Completely

Here are the evaluation reports:

Cornerstone Evaluation Report Fall 2019, with my sections highlighted in blue

Cornerstone Evaluation Report Fall 2020, with my sections highlighted in blue

Cornerstone Evaluation Report Fall 2021, with my sections highlighted in blue

Letters of Support

I inserted these letters and statements throughout the four major sections of the portfolio, but also provide them here.

Solicited Letters of Support

Dr. Tracy Shilcutt, Associate Dean, Honors College and Professor, Department of History and Global Studies

Dr. Kelly Elliott, Associate Professor of History and Chair of Department of History and Global Studies

Dr. Neal Coates, Professor and Chair, Department of Political Science and Criminal Justice

Dr. Monty Lynn, W. W. Caruth Chair of Owner-Managed Business, Department of Management Science

Library Faculty Letter of Support upon Pre-Tenure Review

Unsolicited Statements of Support from Library and University Colleagues

Linda Childers at the time of this writing was deeply involved in our work to inventory all of our holdings in Special Collections and involved in a project to arrange and describe unbound periodicals held by Special Collections.

Laura Baker’s comment was an unsolicited reflection on my research assistance.

Royce Money’s comment pertained to a series of lectures I presented at the Adams Center.  The focus of the lecture related to Royce’s doctoral work.

Monty Lynn often sends leads my way, actively helps us build bridges to potential donors, and is himself a constant donor to our collection.

Unsolicited Statements of Support from Historians, Librarians and Archivists outside ACU

Bob Turner was Director of the Library, Harding School of Theology

David Edwin Harrell, Jr. was one of the foremost social historians of American religion in the 20th century

Frank Bellizzi at the time of this writing was a doctoral student.  He is now professor at Amarillo College.

Jim McMillan was at the time of this writing an independent researcher and scholar.  He is now Archival Associate at Disciples of Christ Historical Society.

Shelley Jacobs is Archivist at Disciples of Christ Historical Society.

Michael Strickland and Terry Gardner. Michael Strickland was at the time adjunct professor at ACU Graduate School of theology and professor of Biblical studies at Amridge University.  Terry Gardner is an independent researcher and author specializing in 20th century Churches of Christ and is a preeminent collector of Stone-Campbell materials.

Dr. Perry Harrison (ACU alum) teaches at Fort Hays State University in Hays, Kansas.  He asked me to guest lecture on our Ethiopic codices to his ENH63 students in Heroes and Heroines of the Medieval World.

Unsolicited statements of support and thank-you notes from students, researchers, faculty, and constituents

Joel Childers was a student in the ACU Graduate School of Theology when he left this post-it note for me after a long afternoon of research

Carl Stem has served Churches of Christ as a thought-leader for decades.  He was involved in publishing Mission Journal.

Matthew Vaughan was an off-site researcher who spent a couple days working in our collections

The Welch family penned this note of thanks for my work in digitizing an historic film featuring their father and grandfather, Alonzo Welch.

Drs. Kelly Elliott and Amanda Biles, along with Craig Fisher and Jama Cadle sent this note of thanks recently.  We are collaborating on a shared project with the WACU Museum House.