Site Visitor Application : Entry # 7228

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1 Site Visitor Application : Entry # 7228 Date 09/30/2013 Institution Loyola Marymount University Name Brad Stone Address 1 LMU Drive Suite 3600 Los Angeles, California United States Map It Phone (310) bstone@lmu.edu Institution Type 4-year Private Undergraduate Enrollment 5000 Active Program Enrollment 240 Honors Program/College Type (Institution-wide, less than institution-wide, general education, honors in major, etc.) general education (honors core) Present Position (title & date) Chair of African American Studies (2012 to present)

2 Previous Positions Related to Honors (titles & dates) Director of the University Honors Program ( ) Honors Advisory Council (2013 to present) Year Site Visitor Training Institute Complete Summer 2010 NCHC activities related to honors program/college assessment & evaluation etc. 2010: NCHC Site Visitor Training Institute 2012: Developing in Honors Assessment/Strategic Plan session panelist 2013: NCHC Consultant Center participant (topics including planning and assessment Activities in other areas or organizations related to honors assessment or site visits, workshops, etc. regarding honors programs/colleges and/or other academic areas. 2013: Assessment/Strategic Plan session at Association of Jesuit Colleges and Universities Honors Colloquium Other activities relevant to those seeking honors program/college site visitors. 2013: I served as an external reviewer for the Honors Program at Gonzaga University (sister Jesuit institution) File Upload Curriculum Vitae Brad-Stone-CV.docx Statement of Views on the Role of a Site Visitor BRAD-STONE-The-Role-of-the-Site-Visitor.docx Professional References BRAD-STONE-References.docx

3 The Role of the Site Visitor Brad Elliott Stone The most important role of the site visitor is to offer an intercollegiate perspective to particular honors programs and colleges. Different universities have different rationales for having honors programs and colleges, some of which conflict. The site visitor brings a perspective from the outside, free from the internal arguments and assumptions, and responds to particular programs and colleges questions in light of best practices and national characteristics of honors programs and colleges. Although these characteristics are neither universal nor necessary (in the sense of accreditation), they do offer a view from the outside against which a program or college (and the institution in which the program or college resides) can make conscious decisions. Another crucial role of the site visitor is to help programs and colleges create meaningful assessment processes. Insofar as the NCHC Site Visitor report follows similar formatting and addresses similar things, site visits offer programs and colleges have consistent program evaluations to indicate improvement (or lack of improvement due to changes in the institution, e.g. budgeting). Thus it is essential (a) that the site visitor report be consistent in its presentation style over time and (b) that the site visitor report be consistent across programs and colleges of similar type. In theory, the NCHC model site visit report offers a wonderful template for such consistency, and, if followed, programs and colleges would be able to have multiple visits over time and receive similarly-presented information. In terms of evaluation, the site visitor should be helpful. Insofar as the site visitor is not an accreditor, the main purpose of site visits is to help programs think through their processes (curricular, admissions, housing, etc.). If a site visitor does a visit and only reports how the visited program or college is different from how she does things at her home institution, the opportunity has been wasted. Similarly, if the visited program or college thinks that everything is fine and is simply looking for a rubber stamp verifying that fact, the site visitor s role is technically unnecessary. In order for a site visit to be successful, both the site visitor and the program or college visited must enter the process with open minds and hearts. It is the role of the site visitor to reassure everyone of this fact prior, during, and after the visit. This is especially the case when either the program or college and the administrator to whom the program or college reports wants the site visit evaluation to pick a winner between the two views. Instead, the site visitor is like a therapist who makes evaluations and offers suggestions but is ultimately there so that everything that needs to be said gets said in a spirit of understanding. A personal reason to be a site visitor is that visiting other programs and colleges allows one to see different formats of honors education in a variety of settings. The more diverse a site visitor s portfolio, the better the site visit report can be. It also allows the site visitor to gain ideas and recommendations to improve their home honors program or college (it is not just about helping other programs improve). I am interested in how programs and colleges create innovative opportunities for honors students, and I have no problem telling colleagues from other programs that I wish to try something they are doing in my own program.

4 Loyola Marymount University 1 LMU Drive, Suite 3600 Los Angeles, CA BRAD ELLIOTT STONE, Ph.D. (310) bstone@lmu.edu I. ACADEMIC EMPLOYMENT LOYOLA MARYMOUNT UNIVERSITY, Los Angeles, California, USA, 2003 to present Associate Professor of Philosophy and African American Studies, with tenure, 2012 to present Chair, Department of African American Studies, 2012 to present Associate Professor of Philosophy, with tenure, Affiliated Member, Department of African American Studies, Assistant Professor of Philosophy, tenure-track, II. EDUCATION DOCTOR OF PHILOSOPHY, Philosophy, 2003 The University of Memphis, Memphis, Tennessee Dissertation: Dominions and Domains: Machination, Discipline, and Power in Heidegger and Foucault Dissertation Committee: Robert Bernasconi (chair), Leonard Lawlor, Tom Nenon, John Tienson MASTER OF ARTS, Philosophy, 2001 The University of Memphis, Memphis, Tennessee WILLIAM J. FULBRIGHT SCHOLAR, Spain, The Life and Philosophy of Miguel de Unamuno, Universidad de Salamanca, Salamanca, Spain BACHELOR OF ARTS, Magna cum laude, Philosophy and Modern Language Studies, 1998 Georgetown College, Georgetown, Kentucky Honors Thesis: Religious Subjectivity in Kierkegaard and Unamuno Thesis Committee: Norman Wirzba (chair), Robert Kruschwitz, Gail González III. HONORS LEADERSHIP Director of the University Honors Program, Member, Honors Advisory Council, 2009 to present

5 IV. HONORS COURSES TAUGHT HNRS 115 On the Sublime (First Year Seminar), 2009, 2011 HNRS 120 On Human Dignity (Philosophy), 2004, 2010 HNRS 140 On Motion and Mechanics (Liberal Arts Math and Science), 2012 HNRS 198 Introduction to Honors (1-unit semester-long orientation), 2013 HNRS 495 Honors Thesis Seminar I (1-unit semester-long preparation for thesis), 2009 HNRS 497 Honors Thesis (students write the honors thesis), 2009 V. HONORS CONFERENCE PRESENTATIONS AND DIRECT PARTICIPATION 2013 NCHC Conference, New Orleans Presenter, Ignatian Values in Honors: Not Just for Jesuits Consultant, Consultant Center (assessment, strategic planning, student research) Member, Professional Development Committee 2013 AJCU Honors Consortium, St. Joseph University, Philadelphia Presenter, Strategic Planning and Fundraising 2012 NCHC Conference, Boston Presenter, The Magis of Honors: Essential Characteristics of Jesuit Honors Programs Presenter, Developing in Honors: How to Define Your Honors Mission Member, Professional Development Committee 2009 NCHC Conference, Washington, D.C. Faculty Fishbowl participant VI. ATTENDANCE AT HONORS CONFERENCES AND INSTITUTES 2013 NCHC Conference, New Orleans 2013 AJCU Honors Consortium, St. Joseph University, Philadelphia, PA 2012 NCHC Conference, Boston 2012 AJCU Honors Consortium, Fordham University, Bronx, NY 2011 NCHC Conference, Phoenix 2010 NCHC Conference, Kansas City 2010 NCHC City as Text Institute, Chicago 2010 NCHC Summer Institute on Assessment and Evaluation, Atlanta 2010 AJCU Honors Consortium, Marquette University, Milwaukee, WI 2009 NCHC Conference, Washington, D.C NCHC New Directors and Deans Boot Camp VII. EVALUATOR EXPERIENCE 2013 Gonzaga University Honors Program

6 References Brad Elliott Stone John D. Dionisio Associate Director University Honors Program Loyola Marymount University 1 LMU Drive, Suite 4400 Los Angeles, CA (310) dondi@lmu.edu Naomi Yavneh Klos Director University Honors Program Loyola University New Orleans 6363 St. Charles Avenue, Campus Box 75 New Orleans, LA (504) yavneh@loyno.edu Laurie Smith Law Administrative Director University Honors Program Iowa State University 2134 Jischke Honors Building Ames, IA (515) lfiegel@iastate.edu