CURRICULUM VITAE CAROL A. PARKER carol.a.parker@comcast.net 505.363.3493 (mobile) EDUCATION WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY LAW SCHOOL, Detroit, Michigan Juris Doctor, cum laude (1996); Assistant Editor Wayne Law Review THE UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN RACKHAM SCHOOL OF GRADUATE STUDIES, Ann Arbor, Michigan Master of Science in Information (1999) MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY HONORS COLLEGE, East Lansing, Michigan Bachelor of Arts in the Humanities, College of Arts and Letters, cum laude (1992) UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE, Cambridge, England International Summer School (1991) FACULTY APPOINTMENTS UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO SCHOOL OF LAW, Albuquerque, New Mexico Professor of Law (Tenured) (2010-present) Associate Professor of Law (2007-2010) Assistant Professor of Law (2004-2007) MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF LAW, East Lansing, Michigan Adjunct Instructor (2003-2004) FELLOWSHIPS AMERICAN COUNCIL ON EDUCATION, Washington, D.C ACE Fellow (2012-2013)
Carol A. Parker 2 Nominated and selected for year-long national leadership development program for higher education administrators. Experiences included intensive cohort-based retreats, workshops and conferences; interactive learning opportunities; and a twelve-week mentorship placement with the Provost of Arizona State University. HIGHER EDUCATION ADMINISTRATION APPOINTMENTS OFFICE OF THE PROVOST AND EXECUTIVE VICE PRESIDENT FOR ACADEMIC AFFAIRS, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, New Mexico Senior Vice Provost (May 2014-Present) Interim Senior Vice Provost (December 2013-May 2014) Associate Provost for Academic Personnel (September 2013-December 2013) Reporting to the Provost and serving as a member of the Provost s Cabinet, lead special initiatives and actively participate in strategic planning, problem solving, policy setting, and ensuring policy compliance for the Office of Academic Affairs; regularly attend and present at leadership meetings including Board of Regents and its committees, President s Executive Cabinet, Deans Council, and Faculty Senate; serve as acting Provost when required. Portfolio of responsibilities includes review and recommendation in faculty retention, tenure and promotion cases; approval of annual faculty hiring plans and candidate hires for Main and Branch campus faculty; administrative duties include development and oversight of policies and processes for academic personnel for Main and Branch campuses including recruitment, hiring, retention, contracting, compensation, benefits, leaves, performance reviews, workload assessment, dispute resolution, disciplinary matters and post-tenure review; resolution of faculty grievances and investigation of complaints; service on Faculty Senate Policy Committee, ex officio, to initiate development of faculty handbook policies. Review of student academic appeals. Assist with ensuring Academic Affairs and its units are in compliance with Federal and State laws and regulations, and with UNM policies; serve as Academic Affairs liaison to Compliance Office; work closely with Offices of Equal Opportunity, University Council, Policy Office and Internal Audit. Direct reports include Associate Provost for Curriculum; Associate Provost for Faculty Development; and Directors of Innovation Academy; Office of Faculty Affairs and Services; Counseling, Assistance and Referral Service; Faculty Ombuds/Dispute Resolution; Spanish Colonial Research Center; Harwood Museum; UNM Press; and KUNM Public Radio Station.
Carol A. Parker 3 UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO SCHOOL OF LAW, Albuquerque, New Mexico Associate Dean for Finance and Administration (2011-2013) Associate Dean for Library and Information Technology (2009-2010) Director, Law Library (2004-2009) Member of Law Dean's management team; actively involved in strategic planning, policy setting, ensuring policy compliance, and problem solving; regularly attended UNM Deans Council and other main campus meetings on behalf of the Law Dean. Provided oversight and direction for multiple operational units. Responsibilities included oversight of accreditation and rankings data reporting; administration of and policy compliance for hiring and contracting of academic personnel, human resources including staff for faculty support and contracts and grants administration; law journals publication and business operations; facilities staff and operations including capital improvements, life safety needs, and disaster recovery planning; network and instructional technology (IT); media services; copy center; and the Law Library. Directly reporting units employed more than three dozen staff and a similar number of student employees. Served as equivalent of department chair for Law Library faculty. Actively participated in strategic budget planning; oversaw budgeting and accounting for annual Law School expenditures of approximately $15 million in revenue from a variety of sources including state funding formula appropriations, tuition, fees, special appropriations, contracts, state and federal grants, general obligation bonds, Foundation gifts, and fees-for-service. WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY LAW LIBRARY, Detroit, Michigan Assistant Director (2002-2004) University Libraries Elected Representative, Faculty Senate (2003-2004) Faculty Senate Budget Committee (2003-2004) MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF LAW, East Lansing, Michigan Lawyer-Librarian; Head of Faculty and Public Services (1998-2002) SELECTED TEACHING (INSTRUCTOR OF RECORD) Wills and Trusts ( elective), UNM School of Law; Spring 2009, Spring 2008, Spring 2007 Legal Research I (required), UNM School of Law; Spring 2010, Fall 2009
Carol A. Parker 4 International Legal Research ( elective), UNM School of Law; Fall 2007 Advanced Legal Research (elective), UNM School of Law; Fall 2007, Fall 2006, Spring 2006 Legal Research, Writing and Advocacy (required), Michigan State University College of Law; Spring 2004, Fall 2003 SELECTED PUBLICATIONS, PRESENTATIONS AND CREATIVE WORKS Presenter, Innovation Academy, delivered to Reinventing our Economic Future Global Entrepreneurship Week, Albuquerque, NM; Annual Summit, University Economic Development Association, Santa Fe, NM; and UNM Economic Development Forum, Albuquerque, NM (2014) Co-Author, Implementing Effective Legal Research Pedagogy in Contemporary U.S. Law Schools: Challenges and Opportunities, in BOULDER STATEMENTS ON LEGAL RESEARCH EDUCATION: THE INTERSECTION OF INTELLECTUAL AND PRACTICAL SKILLS (William S. Hein & Co., Inc.: Buffalo, NY (2014) Interview, "The Docket" KUCI 88.9 FM (Irvine, Orange County Public Radio) [MP3 Download] on Legal Education for All (or More Than Just Lawyers), September 9, 2013 Author, Legal Education for All (or More Than Just Lawyers), Commentary, The Chronicle of Higher Education, September 9, 2013 Author, White Paper, UNM West Academic Master Plan for Ensuring Student Success, Innovative Learning and Local Economic Development [ACE Fellowship Project] (2013) Co-Contributor, The Boulder Statement on Legal Research Education, Developed at Boulder Conferences on Legal Information; Cambridge, MA (2012), Boulder, CO (2010), and Boulder, CO (2009) Author, How Law Schools Benefit When Academic Law Librarians Write, Teach and Hold Faculty Status, 30:3 Legal Reference Services Quarterly 237-253 (2011) Author, Tenure Advice for Law Librarians and Their Directors, 103:2 Law Library Journal 199-217 (2011) Author, The Need for Faculty Status and Uniform Tenure Requirements for Law Librarians, 103:1 Law Library Journal 7-38 (2011); winner of the 2010 American Association of Law Libraries LexisNexis Call for Papers Award, Open Division
Carol A. Parker 5 Contributing Editor, Academic Libraries: Looking Toward the Future, in ACADEMIC LIBRARIANSHIP (Neal-Shuman Publishers, Inc.: New York City, 2010) Author, Leadership Development Programs for Academic Law Librarians (in special issue entitled, Our Commitment to Building Leaders: Programs for Leadership in Academic and Special Libraries ), 49:8 Journal of Library Administration 881-885 (2009) Testimony, University of New Mexico Law Library Public Service Appropriation, New Mexico Department of Higher Education Committee Hearing (2008) Author, The Impact of New Technology on Librarianship, in THE CHANGING ROLE OF ACADEMIC LIBRARIANSHIP: LEADING LIBRARIANS ON TEACHING LEGAL RESEARCH SKILLS, RESPONDING TO EMERGING TECHNOLOGIES, AND ADAPTING TO CHANGING TRENDS, 111-123 (Inside the Minds Series; Aspatore Books: Boston 2008) Author, Institutional Repositories and the Principles of Open Access: Changing the Way We Think About Legal Scholarship, 37 New Mexico Law Review 431-477 (2007); winner of the 2008 Outstanding Article Award, Academic Law Libraries Special Interest Section, American Association of Law Libraries Instructor, Legal Resources on the Web, Continuing Legal Education Session, New Mexico Bar Association, Las Cruces, NM (2005), and Silver City, NM (2005) Presenter, DSpace: Why You Should Care, Annual Meeting, Center for Computer Assisted Legal Instruction (CALI), Chicago, IL (2005) Instructor, Legal Resources on the Web, Day-Long Continuing Education Workshop, Michigan Association of Municipal Attorneys (2004) Presenter, Electronic Research or Malpractice? Inexpensive Ways to Meet a Newly Emerging Research Standard of Competence, Annual Conference of Appellate Specialists, Prosecuting Attorneys Association of Michigan, Bay Harbor, MI (2003); and Annual Meeting of the Michigan Association of Municipal Attorneys, Detroit, MI (2003) Author, Legal Resources on the Internet (Part I), 82:5 Michigan Bar Journal 40-41 (2003), and Legal Resources on the Internet (Part II), 82:6 Michigan Bar Journal 44-46 (2003) Author, Digest of Michigan Probate Opinions, 22: 4 Michigan Probate & Estate Planning Journal 71-79 (2003), and 22: 2 Michigan Probate & Estate Planning Journal 27-35 (2002) Instructor, Internet Legal Research, State Bar of Michigan, Continuing Legal Education Seminar, Allendale, MI (2002)
Carol A. Parker 6 Author, Should the Michigan Supreme Court Adopt a Non-Majority Vote Rule for Granting Leave to Appeal?, 43 Wayne Law Review 345-374 (1996) SERVICE TO UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO Chair, Search Committee, Office of Institutional Analytics Director (2015) Chair, Search Committee, Innovation Academy Director (2015) Developed a year-long series of Academic Leadership Workshops for new department chairs and associate deans to develop their administrative and leadership skills; to be offered annually (2014-2015) Member, Request for Proposals Review Committee, Scholarly Productivity Analytics and Ranking Services (2014) Member, UNM Economic Development Forum (2014-Present) Member, UNM Economic Development Council (2013-Present) Invited participant, City of Albuquerque s Innovation Central Integration Initiative, representing UNM on the Talent and Skill Development Table. Initiate is supported by a Living Cities planning grant with the goal of supporting local job creation and economic mobility in Albuquerque over the next ten years (2014-Present) Leading a broad-based planning initiative to create and establish an Innovation Academy to serve as the academic component of InnovateABQ a collaborative economic development effort led by the UNM President and the Mayor of Albuquerque. Within UNM, this effort developed a plan for distinctive curricular, pedagogical and assessment components for the Academy; identified faculty to pilot programs and forged new connections between faculty and the local business and entrepreneurial communities (2013-Present) Member, Search Committee, Office of the President, Chief of Staff (2014) UNM Tuition and Fees Policy Committee (2013-2014) Participated in development of comprehensive policy recommendations to guide university tuition and fee setting processes. Led development of new tuition differential policy for professional schools UNM Responsibility Centered Management/Performance Based Budgeting Steering Committee (2012-2013)
Carol A. Parker 7 Participated in development of policies and strategies to move UNM from incremental budgeting to a more strategic budgeting process Leader, Work Group to Develop Academic Master Plan for UNM West (2012-2013) Led year-long initiative to develop innovative, forward-looking academic master plan and establish a unique mission and identity for UNM s first geographically separate four-year comprehensive teaching campus [ACE Fellowship Project] UNM Faculty Senate Budget Committee (2010-2013) Participated in development of university-wide cost-cutting strategies and worked to increase faculty participation in budgeting decisions during recession in a time of diminishing State appropriations UNM Deans Instructional Efficiency Plan Work Group (2010-2011) Participated in crafting strategic plan to protect the core academic mission as part of campuswide cost-containment effort during period of permanent reduction in revenue allocations Faculty Senate Policy Committee, ex officio (2013-Present) Faculty Senate Budget Committee (2010-2013) Faculty Senate Computer Use Committee (2009-2010) E-Mail Steering Committee, Office of the Chief Information Officer (2010) Search Committee, University Libraries Dean (2006-2007) Planning Committee, Annual Scholarly Communications Symposia (2004-2007) Faculty Senate Teaching Enhancement Committee (2006-2007) Faculty Senate School of Law Elected Representative (2005-2008) SERVICE TO UNM SCHOOL OF LAW Chair, Law School Strategic Planning and Self Study Committee (2012-2013) Led strategic planning initiative; initiated and led sabbatical self-study process and Site Evaluation Questionnaire data collection in preparation for American Bar Association reaccreditation site visit in 2014
Carol A. Parker 8 Chair, Law School Ad Hoc Committee to Develop Faculty Productivity Metrics (2011-2012) Led successful initiative to develop rubric for quantifying Law faculty workload in the area of research and creative works Chair, Law School Ad Hoc Committee on Contracts and Grants (2011-2012) Led initiative to improve and increase administrative support for Law School contracts and grants; explored ways in which contract and grant programs could be better integrated into the academic mission Chair, Law School Ad Hoc Committee on Law Reviews and Journals (2010-2011) Led review of academic requirements and credit hours awarded for co-curricular journal service; resulted in adoption and implementation of committee recommendations Law School Clerkship Committee (2009-2010) Chair, Law School Building and Safety Committee (2009-2010) Led successful effort to complete risk assessment and develop mitigation strategies to ensure eligibility for FEMA aid in the event of natural disaster; developed a disaster recovery plan for the Law School and Library Law School Assessment and Teaching Committee (2008-2009) Law School Curriculum Committee (2004-2008) Chair, Search Committee, Utton Transboundary Natural Resources Center Director (2006-2007) Law School Student Retention Committee (2004-2005) SELECTED EXTERNAL PROFESSIONAL AND PUBLIC SERVICE Outside reviewer, ACE Fellowship Applicants, American Council on Education (2014) Contributor for Higher Education Sector, Session II, New Mexico Legislative Jobs Council (2013) Accreditation Site Visitor, American Bar Association, Section of Legal Education and Admissions to the Bar (2012) Committee on Tenure/Continuous Appointment, American Association of Law Libraries, Academic Law Libraries Section (2010-2011)
Carol A. Parker 9 Leadership Development Committee, American Association of Law Libraries (2010-2011) Outside reviewer, Universities of Colorado, Missouri-Kansas City, Utah, and Wyoming law libraries tenure candidates (2006-2011) Advisory Board, Social Sciences Research Network, Legal Information and Technology e- Journal (2009-2010) Board Member, Desert States Law Library Consortium (2004-2012) Advisory Committee, State of New Mexico, Compilation Commission (2004-2005) Chair, Libraries, Legal Research and Publications Committee, State Bar of Michigan (2000-2001) President, Honors College Alumni Association, Michigan State University (1998-2000) ATTORNEY LICENSURE AND PRACTICE Michigan Court of Appeals, Lansing, Michigan Staff Attorney, Prehearing Division (1996-1997) State Bar of Michigan Licensed Attorney, No. P48602 (1996-Present) HONORS AND AWARDS Recipient, Keleher & McLeod Professorship, University of New Mexico School of Law, in recognition of teaching, scholarship and service (2008-2010) Elected, Order of the Coif, New Mexico Chapter (2005)