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Bios for Candidates for Chair-Elect
Todd d. Steury, Robert A. Norton and Herbert Jack Rotfeld
Todd D Steury is an associate professor in the School of Forestry and Wildlife Sciences. He received a B.A. in Biology from the University of Colorado in 1996, his M.S. in Wildlife from the University of Idaho in 2002, and his Ph.D. from Indiana State University in 2007. His research interests are in carnivore ecology and conservation, predator-prey relationships, and statistics. Dr. Steury has served on the University Teaching Effectiveness Committee since 2010 and was Chair from 2016-2018. He has also served on the School of Forestry and Wildlife Sciences Undergraduate Policies and Procedure Committee since 2013 and was Chair from 2014-2019. He has also served on numerous other standing or ad-hoc committees at the School and University level. He was a Provost’s Fellow in the SEC Academic Leadership Development Program in 2016-2017.
Robert A. Norton, Ph.D. is a Professor of Veterinary Infectious Diseases, Biosecurity and Public Health in the Department of Poultry Science, College of Agriculture at Auburn University and Past Chair of the Food Defense Working Group in the Auburn University Food Systems Institute. Dr. Norton served in the United State Army before coming to academia and is a long-time consultant with the Department of Defense, as well as federal and state agencies on bioterrorism defense, biological surveillance and biosecurity. He works extensively with national and international food and agricultural corporations on matters related to food defense, cyber security, hazard analysis and crisis management. Dr. Norton currently serves as a charter member of the United States Air Force Surgeon General’s Visiting Scholar Program. He has taught both undergraduate and graduate courses in microbiology in the Poultry Science Department at Auburn University and graduate level (Officer) courses at the U.S. Air Force’s Air Command and Staff College, Air University. His undergraduate and graduate students currently serve in industry and business, academia, including Auburn University, all branches of the military and in government.
Herbert Jack Rotfeld, nominee for chair-elect of the University Senate and University Faculty, has been an AU faculty member since Summer 1988 in what is now the Raymond Harbert College of Business, attaining the rank of professor in 1995 and currently working with the Graduate School as an Administrative Fellow. A doctoral graduate from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, the decade-long editor of the pan-disciplinary Journal of Consumer Affairs (2002-11) was elected Fellow of the American Academy of Advertising, and is an honored recipient of Kim B. Rotzoll Award for Advertising Ethics and Social Responsibility, and the Ivan L. Preston Outstanding Contribution to Research Award. He served several past AU chairs of the Senate and Faculty as their Parliamentarian and was honored with the AAUP chapter's Glenn Howze Academic Freedom Award. As a part of university-level shared governance, Professor Rotfeld has been a member, sometimes-chair, of many University and Senate standing and ad hoc committees, over the years including: Rules Committee, Steering Committee, Student Communications Board of Directors, Persons with Disabilities Committee, Academic Standards Committee, University Curriculum Committee, University Professorship Committee, Student Retention Committee, Presidential Undergraduate Advising Council, Budget Advisory Committee, Program Review Committee, a Provost’s “Special Ad Hoc Committee” with a name too long to repeat, and a number of other committees that can’t be remembered.
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Bios for Candidates for Secretary-Elect
Lucretia Octavia Tripp and Ralph Kingston
Lucretia Octavia Tripp is an Associate Professor in Elementary Science Education, Curriculum and Teaching, Auburn University. Dr. Tripp's teaching and research centers on developing and motivating inservice and preservice teachers in the area of science along with preparing preservice teachers to focus on awareness of teaching culturally responsive, use of virtual classrooms in management and behavior, and how temperament styles support teaching and self-awareness.
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY OF QUALIFICATIONS
• Associate Professor of Elementary Science Education.
• 3 years of experience as Study Abroad Lead Director, Malawi Africa Lilongwe, Africa
• 1 year of experience as Study Abroad Lead Director, Monteverede, Costa Rica
Leadership
• Provides leadership and direction for C&T Auburn International Study Abroad for Malawi Africa and Monteverde, Costa Rica Leadership: Serve as Recording & Corresponding Secretary for Research Association of Minority Professors (RAMP) Executive Board for Research Association of Minority Professors
• Senior Scholar (in Residence) for Project Kaleidoscope (PKAL) and the Office of Undergraduate STEM Education within the Association of American Colleges and Universities (AAC&U), Washington, DC
• Conference Co-Chair University of District of Columbia Partnered with Project Kaleidoscope. Capital PKAL Regional Network Conference (2015/2016), Washington, DC.
RESEARCH/CREATIVE WORK
Books/Book Chapter
Tripp, L. & Collier, R. (Eds) (2019). Culturally Responsive Teaching and Learning in Higher Education. Hershey, PA: IGI Global.
Thomas, M. & Tripp, L. (2019). The impact of culturally responsive teaching on underrepresented students’ persistence in STEM: Culturally responsive instructional strategies. In Culturally Responsive Teaching and Learning in Higher Education (pp.164-192). Hershey, PA: IGI Global.
Tripp, L. O., Love, A., Thomas, C., & Russell, J. (2017). Teacher Education Advocacy for Multiple Perspectives and Culturally Sensitive Teaching. Advocacy in Academia and the Role of Teacher Preparation Programs. IGI Global, p. 161-181. DOI: 10.4018/978-1-5225-2906-4.ch009
Selected Articles in Refereed Journals
Tripp, L., Seals C. & Robertson, B. (2019) Spectrum educational tool: Animated scenarios for teacher preparation. Journal of Online Learning Research and Practice, Vol 7, (3), doi: 10.18278/jolrap.7.2.3 Pl
Cardullo, V., Burton, M., & Tripp, L. (2019). Professional identities of teacher candidate collaborating and developing an alternative placement. The Field Experience Journal, Vol 24. pp.1-19.
Tripp, L. & Seals, C. (2018). Virtual Education: An Enhanced Alternative Learning and Practice for Pre-service Teachers. Conference proceedings, SITE, Alexandria VA
Cardullo, V., Finely, S., Burton, M. & Tripp, L. (2017). Pre-Service Teachers: Attitudes, Perceptions, and Knowledge about Academic Language and Academic Vocabulary. Journal of Higher Education Theory and Practice (ISSN# 2158-3595), v17, (9).
Ralph Kingston. I have spent more than twenty years of my life studying the history of the French Revolution, and you would think I would have learned that only maniacs get involved in governance. Nevertheless, I am honored to be nominated to run for the position of Secretary Elect in the Auburn University Faculty Senate. My priority, if I am elected, will be to make the institutions of faculty governance at Auburn stronger and more relevant to everyone who works at the university. My aim will be to facilitate faculty having a real say in how the university is managed, in principle and in practice.
The most important job of Senate Secretary is making sure faculty can get involved in faculty governance in ways that are meaningful. The Secretary chairs the Rules committee, organizing nominations for membership to Senate and University standing committees. We tend to think of the Faculty Senate in terms of large, sprawling, meetings in Broun Hall on Tuesday afternoons, but my experience of involvement with the Senate has been that it is in Senate and University committees that we can be most effective in making changes to Auburn that matter to faculty. One of the best ways to ensure enthusiasm for faculty governance – including for attending Faculty Senate meetings – is to give faculty the chance of getting things they want done.
I have been a member of the Faculty Handbook Review Committee for five years and chaired the committee for three of those years. I had the pleasure of working with colleagues from Agriculture, Education, Liberal Arts, and Nursing, who put thought and effort into ensuring transparency, prioritizing fairness, and consistently maintaining and extending faculty governance. Attending Senate leadership meetings as a committee chair, I saw the same enthusiasm for fairness in the work done by other committees, for example the Teaching Effectiveness Committee’s systematic explanation of why we should not privilege student evaluation numbers. There is already a lot of hard work being done in terms of communicating faculty priorities to the administration. My intention, if I am elected, is to encourage committees and committee chairs to be pro-active in terms of shaping their own agendas.
As well as serving as a Senate committee chair, I served for five years on the Executive committee of Auburn chapter of the American Association of University Professors. I belong to the College of Liberal Arts’ Diversity committee and served previously on the college’s Research committee. I have also worked closely with the Honors College in terms of preparing students as they apply for prestigious fellowships and grants, part of the pleasure of which is getting to work with faculty from all over the university.
It is an important moment for faculty governance at Auburn. The opacity surrounding the removal of President Leath has been troubling. In contrast, President Gogue has been clear that he wants to listen and respond to faculty ideas and concerns. The next couple of years will shape the priorities of Auburn University and its leadership going forward. If elected, my job and the job of Senate will be to make sure that faculty are centrally involved.
Last Updated:February 21, 2020