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Date: May 17, 2005

Total Losses Updated

Date: May 17, 2005

I just realized the date --

In May, 2002 George Crook (chair) and Blaine Quarnstrom (former chair) both retired from the Department of Theatre and Dance.

The fourth person in the theatre and dance department on the lkist is Andrew Sutherland

Date: May 17, 2005

Looked at the music list again after reading yesterday's post by Tinctoris. Stanley Waldoff is still at USM. He taught full time this year. He said he was going to retire, but he didn't.

Date: May 17, 2005

quote:
Originally posted by: Skeptic
"Looked at the music list again after reading yesterday's post by Tinctoris. Stanley Waldoff is still at USM. He taught full time this year. He said he was going to retire, but he didn't. "

RE: retiring and returning-- true. While I wouldn't want to take responsibility for any of the weirdness surrounding this place, I can report that the School of Music gave him an official retirement party last week (along with Wilbur Moreland and Sherman Hong). His tenure-track replacement is already here.

Date: May 17, 2005

Who is it Tinctoris? Was there a search?

Date: May 17, 2005

John DeChiaro has left USM, too! I had not known that. He is an institution. Does anyone know the details of his departure--specific reasons, where he went, etc...

Is this more evidence of the malevolent hand of that poster-boy for the Peter Principle, EP?

Date: May 17, 2005

Is there any truth to the rumor that Steve Mallory of Criminal Justice has accepted a position at Ole Miss in their CJ program?

Also, wasn't Gen. Hunt retiring this year?

Date: May 17, 2005

John Marshak is not out of the English Dept. -he along with Keaster and Klotz (and now Peggy Smith) are out of The Dept. of Educational Leadership and Research, a department in the College of Education - Richard Kazelskis is a member of it but I guess he only posts to the HA blasting all the malcontents in the College that he is helping to demolish.

Date: May 17, 2005

And when did Sandra Gumpton (spelling??) leave? She might need to me included in this list.

Date: May 17, 2005

Newton Fawcett will retire from the Chemistry department at the end of the summer.

Date: May 17, 2005

quote:
Originally posted by: memorial wall
"Losses by Academic Unit, May 2002-present
Criminal Justice: Stephen Mallory; Michael Smith; William Taylor
"

Add Professor Dennis Hunt (retirement) to the list of departing CJ faculty. Who's left? Will the vacancies be filled? Who's going to chair dissertation committees? Do they have any full professors? What will SACS say about this? Wasn't CJ one of the University's premiere programs (I seem to recall this term being used in an official publication)? Are the faculty happy about their move to Sci/Tech (I guess the answer to this is obvious)? All burning questions - Inquiring minds want to know

Date: May 18, 2005

quote:
Originally posted by: Lurker
" Add Professor Dennis Hunt (retirement) to the list of departing CJ faculty. Who's left? Will the vacancies be filled? Who's going to chair dissertation committees? Do they have any full professors? What will SACS say about this? Wasn't CJ one of the University's premiere programs (I seem to recall this term being used in an official publication)? Are the faculty happy about their move to Sci/Tech (I guess the answer to this is obvious)? All burning questions - Inquiring minds want to know"

The situation in Criminal Justice is yet another disaster caused by reorganization undertaken without appropriate faculty input (like Nursing). Yes, CJ was one of the high profile programs at USM and the best in the state, perhaps the best in a few states. Of the seven CJ faculty on board prior to reorganization, no more than three and more likely two will return in the fall. The graduate master's and doctoral programs are clearly at risk.

For some inexplicable reason the academic meltdown brought on by the current administration is of no concern to the IHL Board and it is invisible to the public. Why students continue to enroll in USM at all when better alternatives are available in many (not all, yet) fields is
a mystery. One guess is that all the bogus PR about "world class" programs has been effective.

Date: May 18, 2005

quote:
Originally posted by: Another fingerprint
" The situation in Criminal Justice is yet another disaster caused by reorganization undertaken without appropriate faculty input (like Nursing). Yes, CJ was one of the high profile programs at USM and the best in the state, perhaps the best in a few states. Of the seven CJ faculty on board prior to reorganization, no more than three and more likely two will return in the fall. The graduate master's and doctoral programs are clearly at risk. For some inexplicable reason the academic meltdown brought on by the current administration is of no concern to the IHL Board and it is invisible to the public. Why students continue to enroll in USM at all when better alternatives are available in many (not all, yet) fields is a mystery. One guess is that all the bogus PR about "world class" programs has been effective. "

Someone posted yesterday that with the new unspoken open admiss and other Thames policies, USM is getting more and more students who are "stuck" in the Pine Belt.

Date: May 18, 2005

quote:
Originally posted by: Another fingerprint
"
The situation in Criminal Justice is yet another disaster caused by reorganization undertaken without appropriate faculty input (like Nursing). Yes, CJ was one of the high profile programs at USM and the best in the state, perhaps the best in a few states. Of the seven CJ faculty on board prior to reorganization, no more than three and more likely two will return in the fall. The graduate master's and doctoral programs are clearly at risk. "

Ph.D. students in that department should be very concerned about being able to put together a committee come the fall semester. This is a shame because the department really did have a state-wide (if not regional) reputation that drew people from the field based upon the credientials and reputations of the faculty. If / when anticipated departures are announced, the program will likely loose all credibility with practitioners whereupon it will go down the tubes. All of this is attributable to the reorganization.

Date: May 18, 2005

I would imagine it's getting difficult for Ph.D. candidates university-wide to assemble a committee with all the departures.

Date: May 18, 2005

realist--it depends more upon the department. don't paint with such a broad brush.

Date: May 18, 2005

I wasn't trying to "paint with a broad brush." I was thinking of my old department. Three of the five people who were on my committee are now either retired or have left for greener pastures. Another of the faculty members has also left. I am thinking of friends I have who have not defended yet. Of the faculty we took all of our classes with, only two currently remain. I was only pointing out that CJ is not the only place where committees are getting difficult to assemble.

Date: May 18, 2005

As evidenced by this thread, USM has lost many faculty members since 2002, many of whom are established scholars. Are we also hiring scholars with established reputations? There may be some, but I have not seen mention of that. Are we hiring only Adjuncts, Instructors, and entry-level Assistant Professors as replacements?

Other schools within the state seem to be proceeding on a "business as usual" basis. Take this item from yesterday's (May 17) Baltimore Sun, for instance: "Michael McCann, an incoming professor at Mississippi College and member of the legal team that helped former Ohio State football player Maurice Clarett challenge the NFL on a similar issue, said he expected a lawsuit directed at the NBA if it institutes an age limit."

What is USM doing to make up for the huge faculty losses? When Gary Stringer went to Texas A&M, and when Noel Polk went to Mississippi State, it was newsworthy even outside the state of Mississippi. Surely if Mississippi College can make a faculty acquisition that appears in the Baltimore Sun, USM can make one that is worthy of attention by the Hatiesburg American.

Date: May 18, 2005

USM MAKES HIRES FACULTY MEMBER

The Purvis Times-Dispatch

The University of Southern Mississippi has announced that it has hired a new faculty member in Department XYZ. Mr. ABC, candiate for the doctorate at the University of DEF will join the faculty in the Fall. Mr. ABC has announced plans to embark on a vigorous writing program: "I have published only one or two brief articles in an obscure journal, but on my visit to campus I met a traveling book salesman who asked me if I had any writing plans. After giving it some thought, I said 'yes - a book. I will write a book.'

Date: May 18, 2005

Don't forget, last week was the week to file for retirement if you would not be teaching in the summer.

I know of one additional retirement that didn't file until last week, that's not listed here.