Consolidated Annual Report, Planning Document, and Budget Request
Department of Sociology and Anthropology
Western Illinois University
February 15, 2016
CURRENT YEAR
Fiscal Year 2016
Accomplishments and Productivity for FY16
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Brief review of the department’s goals and objectives for FY16.
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SHORT-TERM GOAL: Refining assessment of anthropology major and undergraduate and
graduate sociology majors. Goal Was Addressed: Assessment Reports were submitted for
these three majors and as called for, modifications were made on each Assessment Plan.
SHORT-TERM GOAL: Facilitating sociology graduate recruitment and increasing the
number of sociology graduate students, as our sociology graduate program is now under
review. Goal Was Nearly Met: Upon undertaking various steps in our Ten-Point Plan (as
listed ahead), the total number of sociology graduate students was 14 during both fall 2015
and spring 2016 (WIU minimum target was 15 sociology graduate students).
SHORT-TERM GOAL: Increasing student projects for undergraduate and graduate
research days. Goal Was Addressed: Specific increased student projects are reported ahead.
SHORT-TERM GOAL: Gaining approval for hiring: four new tenure track, assistant
professor of sociology positions (two at WIU-QC; two in Macomb), and a tenure track,
assistant professor of anthropology position; replacing all sociology and anthropology faculty
lost to attrition/resignations. Goal Was Not Met given university budget problems.
MID-TERMS GOALS: All Were Addressed—Still In Process
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Gaining approval for a new B.A. in sociology at WIU-QU (feasibility study was completed).
Implementing the B.A. in anthropology as a “signature” program at WIU.
Gaining approval to hire a minority dissertation fellow in anthropology and in sociology.
Increasing totals of: anthropology majors; undergraduate sociology majors.
Developing more scholarships for anthropology majors and undergraduate and graduate
sociology majors.
Strengthening quality of sociology graduate student mentoring.
Refining studies of anthropology and sociology.
Developing an agreed upon direction for the sociology graduate program.
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CLASSROOM REQUESTS: Some Are Still In Process. New instructional cart; two new
projectors for instructional carts (Both Done); replacement of: projector in Morgan 320,
speakers in Morgan 101A (Both Done); repositioning the computer in Morgan 324;
department cart for large tubs of anthropology teaching materials; two cranial calipers for
Forensic Anthropology (ANTH 405); a laboratory for archaeological artifacts and skeletal
materials; equip Morgan 102 as an electronic classroom.
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EQUIPMENT REQUESTS: All Are Still In Process. Double-sided printer and fax machine
in main department office; digital camera; digital video recorder; scanner for a sociology
faculty; smart classrooms.
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2. List of most important department accomplishments for FY15.
a. Enhanced Culture for Teaching and Learning
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Maintain rigor and high academic standards
~Program Review Progress Report of 2014-2015 for the undergraduate sociology program
indicated this program’s mission statement and goals/objectives were completed and
recommendations were made to: review department website use and curriculum in the major
and its re-design; continue assessment of department learning outcomes; offer support for:
development of the undergraduate sociology major at WIU-QC; faculty hiring of a sociology
faculty at WIU-QC and a least one sociology faculty (in criminology) in Macomb.
~Program Review Progress Report of 2014-2015 for the graduate sociology program
indicated department faculty will conduct a review/analysis of the program and
recommendations were made to: explore a sociology faculty transfer to WIU-QC and hiring
of a sociology faculty in Latino studies; not continue with a cohort model, given elimination of
the comprehensive exam; continue various recruitment activities; review the feasibility and
efficacy of the internship option; look into the development of: online classes, an alumni
database, added student funding, a department retreat.
~Assessment results for the undergraduate sociology program were that these majors
were performing: at or above our expectations levels on two learning outcomes (social
stratification; research methods); lower than our expectations on the social theory learning
outcome—which was addressed by our current assessment committee and sociology faculty.
~Assessment results for the undergraduate anthropology program were that these majors
were likewise performing: at or above our expectations on two learning outcomes (social
mobility; anthropology theory); lower than our expectations on the environmental issues learning
outcome—which was addressed by our current assessment committee and anthropology faculty.
~Assessment results for the graduate sociology program were: on two completed theses
and one non-thesis paper, these graduate majors met or exceeded expectations on all three
learning outcomes regarding written and oral presentations of their work.
~Our department held a “Fall Retreat” on August 19, 2015 and faculty discussion focused
on: recruitment and retention in our undergraduate programs and our graduate program;
recommendations for continued progress in our undergraduate program review; some core
goals in our 2015 Consolidated Annual Report.
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Support for Quad Cities Riverfront campus
At department meetings and noon hour, brown bag presentations, codec was provided for
our sociology faculty at WIU-QC.
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Continue to expand scope of the Centennial Honors College
A sociology faculty taught 3 honors sections (2 in GH 302: Postmodern Thought; 1 in GH
302: Native American Spirituality). A sociology faculty taught an honors course (GH 302:
Meaning of Life). An anthropology faculty taught an honor’s section of ANTH/WS 395. 2
anthropology faculty, each directed an anthropology major in an honor’s thesis (SOC 497).
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Increase course based civic learning, internships, and service-learning opportunities
~A sociology faculty supervised 3 students on service-learning projects in SOC 424G at
the Macomb Parks Special Recreation Program. A sociology faculty supervised students
on various service-learning projects in four sections of SOC 100. A sociology faculty
supervised two undergraduate sociology internships (SOC 494), one at the housing system
of Odessa University, Odessa, TX, the other at conferences services of Brown University,
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Providence, RI—both during Summer 2015. A sociology faculty supervised a graduate
sociology internship (SOC 694) at WIU’s Institute for Rural Affairs on a Illinois Rural Life
Poll and Illinois Rural Youth Poll research project—fall 2015, spring 2016.
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Support undergraduate and graduate research opportunities
At the 2015 Undergraduate Research Day, an anthropology faculty member mentored
projects of nine chemistry students; a sociology faculty mentored a sociology podium
presentation. At the 2015 Student Research Conference at WIU-QC, a sociology faculty
member mentored: 2 undergraduate sociology podium presentations, 1 graduate
sociology poster presentation, 7 undergraduate sociology poster presentations, and 2
women’s studies poster presentations. At the 2015 Graduate Research Day, a sociology
faculty member mentored 2 graduate sociology podium presentations.
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Support special program for Women in the Sciences and Government
An anthropology faculty member (all are women): taught (for the chemistry department) a
lecture and lab class and organized a seminar; completed a “First Summer Proposal
Planning Workshop and submitted a Department of Defense grant proposal; continued
research on a National Science Foundation grant; was certified as a behavior consultant at
the International Association of Animal Behavior Consultants.
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Support scholarly/professional activity
As reported in Appendix A, our sociology and anthropology faculty members produced
various professional writings (1 book manuscript, 7 refereed journal articles, 2 book chapters,
1 book review, 1 encyclopedia entry, 1 working paper, 13 conference papers, 2 conference poster
presentations, 2 grant reports, 3 grant awards, an external grant proposal). Further, as shown in
Appendix A, our sociology and anthropology faculty members supervised and/or advised
student research: 6 completed sociology master’s theses; 2 completed chemistry master’s theses;
4 sociology master’s theses (in process), 1 music master’s thesis (in process), 2 graduate sociology
non-thesis papers (in process); 9 chemistry student projects and 1 sociology podium presentation
at the Undergraduate Research Day; 2 graduate sociology podium presentations at Graduate
Research Day; 2 undergraduate sociology podium presentations, 1 graduate sociology poster
presentation, 7 undergraduate sociology poster presentations, 2 women’s studies poster
presentations at the WIU-QC Student Research Conference.
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Fiscal Responsibility and Accountability
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Implement zero-based funding and identify further costs savings to meet challenges in the FY15 budget
Our department chair consulted with the dean and associate dean (Arts and Sciences) about
closely monitoring the department budget in 2014-2015 and 2015-2016. In keeping with our
department chair, our department secretary carefully processed budget requests through
the Arts and Sciences’ office. Every effort was made to keep costs down in our budget.
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Identify alternative funding sources
~Each year, sociology and anthropology faculty members apply for internal and external
research grants, with some success at receiving approved funding.
~The major continual, long sanding, funding source of the department is the six-figure,
annual research grant, received from the Illinois Department of Children and Family
Services (every year since the 1980s; from July 1, 2014 to June 30, 2015, this DCFS grant
total is $200,019—see Appendix A.
~An anthropology faculty member had a National Science Foundation grant of 2012-2016
($295,291) on flood mitigation in the rural Midwest (see Appendix A).
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~An anthropology faculty member was awarded $1,000 toward research costs from the
WIU Office of Sponsored Projects for completing a proposal workshop and submitting an
external grant proposal.
~A sociology faculty member applied for a 2015 WIU Summer curriculum-related
stipend ($3,500).
~Some additional minimal funds for our department were raised during 2015 to the
present via university letter mailings and phonathons to our alumni.
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Develop college priorities in fundraising
These types of priorities have not been specifically addressed/discussed by our faculty
and department chair and remain “not applicable” in our department.
Enhance Academic Affairs Role in Enrollment Management and Student Success
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Develop undergraduate, graduate, and international recruitment plans for each department/school
~Our graduate committee developed a recruitment plan for graduate sociology students.
Our student recruitment and retention committee developed a recruitment plan for
undergraduate anthropology and sociology majors. These plans, in consultation with our
department chair, were combined into: “Departmental Student Recruitment/Retention
Plan,” (i.e., to recruit undergraduate/graduate/international students)—see Appendix B.
~On RECRUITMENT: our undergraduate club (WASC) advisers held a “Free Lunch for
Sociology and Anthropology Majors” at noon, November 11, 2015 in Morgan 453; our
anthropology faculty began to regularly attend Discover Western (at the 8:00 sessions and
later department sessions); our anthropology faculty developed a video, featuring some
anthropology majors discussing attractive features of our program—our sociology faculty are
working on a similar video with some of our sociology majors; flatsheets were revised for
our anthropology major and undergraduate sociology major; our recruitment and
retention committee sent welcoming packets to students interested in our programs;
anthropology and sociology faculty participated in the Pathways Academic Major Fair.
Two of our sociology faculty (including our graduate adviser) attended the WIU
Graduate Program Expo. An anthropology faculty was an ambassador for the Center for
International Studies and gave a talk at the international student orientation, fall 2015.
~Our website manager posted on our department website: our department newsletters,
sociology/anthropology student club activities, general course developments, latest job
trends pertaining to our students.
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Continue to expand Distance Learning opportunities
There are 3 online anthropology courses (ANTH 110, 249, 315) and 9 online sociology
courses (SOC 100, 200, 300, 313, 355, 360, 370, 487, 488). WIU’s Distance Learning
Director, provided funds for online SOC 488 (during spring 2015; spring 2016), for students
in the Open Learning Fire Service program. This director also funded our online courses:
ANTH 315, SOC 300, SOC/WS 360—spring 2015; SOC 300, 313, 355—summer 2015;
ANTH/WS 315, SOC/WS 360, SOC 360—fall 2015; SOC 300, SOC 360, 488—spring 2016.
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Provide opportunities for non-degree seeking students
Not applicable.
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Increase participation in the Building Connections mentorship program
A sociology faculty served as a Building Connections mentor for 10 students, fall 2015.
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Implementation of revised First Year Experience (FYE)
During fall 2015, 11 FYE sections of SOC 100 and 2 FYE sections of ANTH 110 and 1 FYE
section of ANTH 111 were offered. During spring 2015, 2 FYE sections of SOC 100 and 1
FYE section of ANTH 111 were offered. During spring 2016, 2 FYE sections of SOC 100
and 1 FYE section in ANTH 111 were offered.
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Review campus-wide advising procedures
During 2015 in 2016, our undergraduate adviser and graduate adviser were in constant
review of WIU advising procedures. Our undergraduate adviser regularly attended
meetings and workshops sponsored by the WIU Advising and Academic Services Center.
Our graduate adviser was well acquainted with advising developments upon attending
meetings of graduate advisers in our College and at the School of Graduate Studies.
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Enhance access, equity, and multicultural initiatives for entire campus community
d. Focus on International Recruiting and Educational Opportunities
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Enhance access, equity, and multicultural initiatives for entire campus community
Our anthropology faculty and department chair worked and consulted with Dr. Donald
McLean on the proposal (which was approved) for a Master’s of Museum Studies at WIU,
which had courses numbers (379 and 679) for possible study abroad courses used in this
curriculum. The integrated degree program description for this master’s program
included these directed electives: ANTH 405G, 410G, 419G, 420G, 425G.
An anthropology faculty served as a new faculty ambassador at the center for
international studies and gave a talk “American Culture Classroom” at the orientation for
international students at WIU; a sociology faculty: interviewed a guest about Cuba for
Western TV “Global Community;” spoke about our sociology major with French and
English students at the “Bilingual/Bicultural Event” of WIU; a sociology faculty was a
member of the planning committee for international education week at WIU.
Increase the number of international students
During spring 2015, a sociology graduate student was from: Saudi Arabia; Turkmenistan.
During fall 2015 to the present, sociology graduate students were from: Jamaica, Nigeria,
Morocco, Ghana, and Kyrgyzstan. This total of 7 graduate sociology students represents
an increase compared to other past years (2 more than last year).
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Increase number of study abroad participation and opportunities
In 2015-206, study abroad courses were proposed (approved by our department chair) for:
an anthropology major in Japan (each as ANTH 379: The Dynamic of Modern Japan; Japan
& China: Problems in Historical & Cultural Interactions; Pacific Rivalry; Peace, Development, &
Demoralization: the Asia Challenge); an anthropology major in Ireland (each as ANTH 379:
Irish Society; The Archaeological Heritage of Ireland); two sociology majors in England (each
as SOC 379: Sociology of the Media; Explorations of Race, Racism, & Ethnicity; Identity &
Subjectivity; Music & Society; Social Security & Power; Social Policy & Social Problems).
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An anthropology faculty proposed during Spring 2015 and is scheduled to teach a study
abroad course in India (Anth 379/679: Stories of India) during the intersession of Spring 2016.
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Strengthen relationships with embassies and host companies – Not applicable.
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Facilities Enhancement and Technology Support – Not applicable.
Support for Center for Performing Arts
Renewed funding for classroom renovation
Support major capital budget initiatives
Support initiatives in Agriculture and Horn Field Campus
Obtain approval, and implement University Technology Strategic Plan
Continue computer replacement as funds are available
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3. Indicate measures of productivity by which the unit’s successes can be illustrated.
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Student enrollments: from Fall 2008 to Fall 2015, sociology enrollments were 2206, 1902, 2240,
2025, 1918, 1714, 1527, and 1483 respectively—which is an average of 1877 students per
semester. From Summer 2008 to Summer 2015, sociology enrollments were 230, 215, 184,
266, 186, 221, 182, and 162 respectively—which is an average of 206 students per summer.
From Fall 2008 to Fall 2015, anthropology enrollments were: 422, 559, 377, 551, 603, 518,
427, and 478 respectively—which is an average of 492 students per semester. Relatively high
enrollments in Summer ANTH 110 classes included: 38 students in Summer 2010; 44
students (online) in Summer 2010.
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Student credit hour production: from 2006 to 2012, our department ranked “third highest” (after
departments of: Mathematics; English and Journalism) in student credit hour production,
in our College. In 2013 to 2015, our department ranked, in terms of our College: “fourth
highest” overall; “fourth highest” for WIU-QC enrollments. From Summer 2007 to
Summer 2012, our department ranked “highest” in student credit hour production, within
our College. In Summer 2014, our department, in terms of our College, ranked: “third
highest” overall; “fourth highest” overall in Summer 2013. SCH = N.A. in Summer 2015.
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Number of majors: from Fall 2008 to Fall 2015, undergraduate sociology majors were: 122 (22
had sociology as a second major); 111 (26 had sociology as a second major); 145 (21 had
sociology as a second major); 115 (15 had sociology as a second major); 111 (20 had sociology as a
second major) 98 (12 had sociology as a second major); 69 (10 had sociology as a second major);
72 respectively—which is an average of 105 per semester. From Fall 2009 to Fall 2012, the
number of anthropology majors had nearly quadrupled: 9, 18, 23, 32, respectively—which
is an average of 21 per semester. During Fall 2015, the number of anthropology majors
was 18. From Fall 2008 to Fall 2015, graduate sociology majors were: 25, 31, 31, 21, 22, 17,
15, 14 respectively—which is an average of 22 per semester.
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Number of minors: from Fall 2008 to Fall 2015, the number of undergraduate sociology
minors was: 320, 295, 305, 302, 422, 456, 417, 367 respectively—which is an average of 360
per semester (the last total ranked second highest to psychology among all undergraduate
minors at WIU). From Fall 2008 to Fall 2015, the number of undergraduate anthropology
minors was: 38, 33, 34, 38, 34, 40, 30, 22 respectively, which is an average of 34 per
semester.
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Number of B.A. degrees awarded: from Fall 2008 to Fall 2015, the number of B.A. in sociology
degrees awarded was: 57, 40, 33, 32, 36, 36, 32, 17—which is an average of 35 per semester.
From Fall 2010 to Fall 2015, the number of B.A. in anthropology degrees was: 2, 2, 5, 7, 6,
6—which is an average of 4.6 per semester.
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Number of M.A. degrees awarded: from Fall 2008 to Fall 2015, the number of M.A. in sociology
degrees awarded was: 10, 8, 4, 10, 10, 8, 4, 2 —which is an average of nearly 7 per semester.
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Number of faculty scholarly writings: 1 book manuscript, 7 refereed journal articles, 2 book
chapters, 1 book review, 1 encyclopedia entry, 1 working paper, 13 conference papers, 2
conference poster presentations, 2 grant reports, 3 grant awards, an external grant
proposal.
4. Describe how the division used any of the following categories of funds to enhance
accomplishments and productivity:
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Western Illinois University Foundation funds
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WIU Foundation funds became available in 2015 through donations to the department from university
fundraising activities (i.e., phonathon and letters to alumni). During 2015, these activities resulted in
$395 received from the phonathon and $530 received from fundraising letters (total = $925).
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WIU Foundation funds also became available through undergraduate scholarships (Harriet Stull =
$500; Kara Leigh Broughton = $750), which were financed by families and alumni who made WIU
Foundation contributions for students in our department. In 2015, a Stull Scholarship and Broughton
Scholarship were awarded (an undergraduate sociology major for each)—at the end of Spring 2015.
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WIU Foundation funds became available through an annual graduate sociology scholarship of
$1,000—the “Sociological Master’s Scholarship.” Two sociology faculty of our department (one past;
one current) contributed funds for this sociology graduate scholarship. In 2013, the initial Sociological
Master’s Scholarship was awarded to a sociology graduate student at the end of the spring semester;
in 2015, this scholarship was awarded to another sociology graduate student.
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WIU Foundation funds became available through an undergraduate anthropology scholarship of
$1,000—the “Carl B. Larson Scholarship in Archaeology.” A current anthropology faculty
contributed funds for this new anthropology scholarship. In 2013, the initial Larson Scholarship in
Archaeology was awarded to an undergraduate anthropology major during the spring semester.
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WIU Foundation funds became available through a new graduate sociology scholarship of $1,000:
“Dr. Won Moo Hurh Memorial Graduate Thesis Award in Sociology.” This thesis award was
established by Dr. Hurh’s family, who contributed funds for this new graduate sociology award,
which will be given annually (when a sociology master’s thesis meets the needed qualifications).
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WIU Foundation funds of FY15were used for payment of: class field trips, student club activities.
b. Funds available to vacant position or dollars saved through hiring of new personnel at whatever level those funds re
 A full professor of sociology faculty took a position at another university in fall 2014. A search for a
faculty replacement for this sociology position of Macomb has not yet been approved.
 A tenure track, sociology faculty (selected through a “social sciences” position search) resigned in June
2014. A search for a faculty replacement for this social sciences position at WIU-QC has not taken place.
 A tenure track, sociology faculty will take a position at another university in Fall 2015. A search for a
faculty replacement for this sociology position of Macomb has not yet been approved.
 A tenure track, sociology professor took a position at another university in fall 2012. A search for a
faculty replacement for this sociology position of Macomb has not yet been approved.
 A tenure track, anthropology professor took a position at another university in fall 2013. There was a
replacement for this tenure track, anthropology professor position of Macomb—hired during fall 2014.
 A Unit B, instructor of sociology resigned from the position in our department in summer 2012. There
was a replacement for this Unit B, instructor of sociology position—hired during Fall 2014.
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c. Grant, contracts, or local funds
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A $200,019 grant was awarded to our sociology faculty from the Illinois Department of Children and
Family Services (DCFS) for “Test Construction, Delivery, Scoring, Test Evaluations, and
Trainer/Course Evaluations – FY2014” (project duration is July 1, 2014 to June 30, 2015).
The DCFS grant’s indirect cost money was used to pay DCFS grant expenses (travel; paper, copying
for research projects).
The DCFS grant research report was titled: “An Evaluation of Standardized Testing of DCFS and
Private Agency Personnel for the Illinois Department of Children and Family Services, FY 2014.
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An anthropology faculty had a National Science Foundation grant of 2012-2016 ($295,291) on
flood mitigation in the rural Midwest.
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Internal Reallocations: For reallocations over $20,000, identify the amount, area that was reallocated from, and the
priority that funds supported—Not applicable.
d. Other fund sources—Not applicable.
BUDGET YEAR
Fiscal Year 2017
Major Objectives and Productivity Measures for FY17
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List the most important goals and objectives your department will pursue in FY17, and how
these actions will be measured/assessed.
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All goals and objectives below will be measured and assessed as follows: on faculty hiring and
curriculum/program changes, assessment method is to compare lower and upper division
enrollments/student performance to determine the impact of increased Soc/Anth faculty
staffing; department assessment studies will be used as a yardstick in this regard. On
equipment requests and additions of instructional technology, the assessment method is
reporting of: funding approval/installation of these requests/additions; faculty level of
adoption of these materials, benefits/limitations; ongoing replacement of parts/equipment.
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SHORT-TERM GOALS: Continued from FY16
1. Refining assessment of anthropology major and undergrad/graduate sociology major.
2. Facilitating sociology graduate recruitment and increasing the number of sociology
graduate students, as our sociology graduate program is now under review.
3. Increasing student projects for undergraduate/graduate research days.
4. Gaining approval for hiring: four new tenure track, assistant professor of sociology
positions (two at WIU-QC; two in Macomb), and a tenure track, assistant professor of
anthropology position.
5. Replacing all sociology and anthropology faculty lost to attrition/resignation.
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NEW SHORT-TERM GOAL:
1. Addition of Dr. Sarah Haynes to our anthropology faculty. She will be able to teach courses
in cultural anthropology, especially Magic and Shamanism, which our program was unable to
offer due to a shortage of faculty. In addition, Dr. Haynes has expertise in online course
development, which will allow our program to offer the anthropology major totally online. It
would be the first anthropology major in the state of Illinois and only the fifth one in the
nation to be offered online.
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MID-TERM GOALS: Continued From FY16
1. Gaining approval for a new B.A. in sociology at WIU-QC—feasibility study was
completed.
2. Implementing the B.A. in anthropology as a “signature” program at WIU.
3. Gaining approval to hire a minority dissertation fellow in anthropology and in sociology.
4. Increasing totals of: anthropology majors, undergraduate sociology majors.
5. Developing more scholarships for anthropology majors and graduate/undergraduate
sociology majors.
6. Strengthening quality of graduate student mentoring.
7. Refining studies of anthropology and sociology.
8. Developing an agreed upon direction for the graduate sociology program.
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CLASSROOM REQUESTS:
1. New instructional technology cart.
2. Repositioning the computer in Morgan 324—so that it is positioned in front of the
instructor.
3. Department cart for large tubs of anthropology teaching materials.
4. Two cranial calipers for Forensic Anthropology (ANTH 405).
5. Laboratory for archaeological artifacts and skeletal materials.
6. Smart classrooms.
7. Morgan 102: equip as an electronic classroom.
8. Morgan 324: equip as a codec classroom.
9. Morgan 318: equip with tables/chairs, similar to Morgan 224.
~Purchase of new instructional technology cart—total cost (projected in the Consolidated
Annual Report of 2014) = $2,876, including Dell laptop computer = $1,000; Elmo document camera
= $595; media cart = $562; projector = $489; projection screen = $150; dvd/vcr player = $80.
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EQUIPMENT REQUESTS:
1. Replacement of HP LaserJet Pro Mfp (m425dn) printer (which has a scanner) in our
main department office—top priority.
2. Fax machine in main department office.
3. Digital camera; digital video recorder.
More detailed descriptions of FY17 goals
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SHORT-TERM GOAL: Implement the B.A. in anthropology as a “signature program” at
WIU.
~In 2012-2013, work had begun among our anthropology faculty (while they were doing the
three year review of our anthropology major program) to compile the information needed for
this proposal.
~Instructing courses in each of the four fields (physical, cultural, linguistic, archaeology) is
essential to establish our anthropology program as a “signature program.”
~To facilitate this central departmental goal, it has been determined (by our department
chair, in consultation with our anthropology faculty), that we continue to seek approval to
begin a search for a tenure track, assistant professor of anthropology at WIU-Macomb in the
area of physical anthropology—as proposed in 2014 & 2015 Consolidated Annual Reports.
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The position ad (submitted by our anthropology faculty) is:
"Western Illinois University Department of Sociology and Anthropology invites applications for an
tenure track, Assistant Professor position in physical/biological anthropology beginning September
2017. We seek a broadly trained physical/biological anthropologist with a specialization in forensic
anthropology, human ecology, environmental adaptation, bioarchaeology, or primate ecology, and
with a geographic focus that complements current anthropology faculty. The candidate must also be
able to teach courses in a four-field Anthropology program, including Introduction to Physical
Anthropology and Archaeology, Introduction to Cultural Anthropology, Forensic Anthropology, and
Methods in Physical Anthropology."
~Key advantages of this latter faculty position request are: it would hire an anthropology
faculty, who can teach courses (offered before, but not currently taught, due to faculty
resignations) such as Primate Ecology, Behavior and Evolution (ANTH 417); Environmental
Anthropology (ANTH 415); Methods in Physical Anthropology (ANTH 310); it would bolster
our ability to deliver instruction in the demanded area of Forensic Anthropology (ANTH 405)
and other possible new courses in the area of physical/biological anthropology—that could
become cross listed as courses with the Department of Biological Sciences.
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SHORT-TERM GOAL. Implement a B.A. in sociology at WIU-QC.
~At present, our department employs at WIU-QC, one full-time, tenure track, assistant
professor of sociology, who teaches Introduction to Sociology (SOC 100) and a variety of
upper division, undergraduate sociology courses (which focus on inequalities; race, class,
and gender; work and occupations) as well as some courses in the Liberal Arts and Sciences
major at undergraduate and graduate levels.
~It has been determined that this sociology faculty member, along with the hiring of a new
tenure track, assistant professor of sociology, would provide core faculty staffing to deliver
the undergraduate sociology minor at WIU-QC.
~The proposal for our new B.A. in sociology program is still and the feasibility study was
completed, with promising results. It has been determined that a third sociology faculty (a
new tenure track, assistant professor of sociology) would need to be hired to deliver the B.A.
in sociology at WIU-QC.
~It is also worth review and consideration, that one of these two latter proposed sociology
positions might entail a “transfer” to WIU-QC of one of our current sociology faculty in
Macomb (that is, if it can be demonstrated that the undergraduate/graduate sociology
programs in Macomb can be delivered, without serious hardship and potential decline).
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SHORT-TERM GOAL. Replacing Faculty Lost to Attrition/Resignation.
~As noted above, our department has recently lost sociology four faculty due to resignations
at WIU (two in summer 2014; one in summer 2012; another in summer 2015).
~Given current department needs, it is now proposed that we seek approval to search to
replace each of these positions in this way: two tenure track, assistant professor positions at
WIU-QC; two tenure track, assistant professor of sociology positions at WIU-Macomb.
~As requested, our department chair submitted to our Dean a report on “Sociology Tenure
Track Position Requests” on October 3, 2014 (see Appendix C). At that time, it was not
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apparent that the fourth faculty resignation was to take place in summer 2015.
~In this report, it was indicated that the chair of our planning committee, who also served as
the chair of our undergraduate sociology program review committee, consulted with our
department chair to formulate a proposal of assistant professor, tenure track positions.
~This report further indicated that our graduate sociology adviser, who also served as chair
of our graduate sociology program review committee, was also consulted and affirmed this
proposal.
~As explained in detail, this report proposed these three tenure track, assistant professor of
sociology positions (with position ads specified):
~WIU-QC: tenure track, assistant professor of sociology position in criminology,
with preference to candidates, who can teach courses from a social psychological or
symbolic interactionist perspective; the instruction of deviance, theory (classical and/or
contemporary) and research methods (quantitative and/or qualitative) would be beneficial.
~WIU-Macomb: tenure track, assistant professor of sociology position in criminology and
qualitative methods, with preference to candidates, who can teach courses from a
social psychological or symbolic interactionist perspective; the instruction of deviance,
organizations, and theory (classical and/or contemporary) would be beneficial.
~WIU-Macomb: tenure track, assistant professor of sociology position in environmental
sociology, with preference to candidates, who can teach courses in this specialization as well
as on social movements and in rural or community sociology; the instruction of
theory (classical and/or contemporary) and research methods (quantitative and/or
qualitative) would be beneficial.
~For the second tenure track, assistant professor of sociology at WIU-QC, it seems
appropriate to conduct a search similar to the environmental sociology position (indicated
above) or develop a position ad—stemming from results of the completed feasibility study,
perhaps with a teaching focus on courses from a social psychological or symbolic
interactionist perspective (i.e., SOC 272, SOC 313, SOC 335); instruction of theory or methods
would be beneficial.
~Key advantages of these four tenure track, sociology positions are that: teaching various
criminology courses is likely to increase enrollments and sociology minors and majors
(potentially also at the graduate level).
~At many other universities, criminology is a growing, high student demand area, that we
could better build upon.
~ Teaching environmental sociology and other courses in that position ad also will enable
instruction of sociology courses, not regularly and frequently offered.
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A VERY IMPORTANT SHORT-TERM GOAL: Facilitating graduate student recruitment
and increasing the numbers of graduate sociology students, as our graduate sociology
program is now under review.
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Our department chair has developed a Ten-Point Plan, which will be discussed further and
worked upon with sociology and anthropology faculty in the upcoming months.
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Specific details of this plan are provided in Appendix D.
GRADUATE SOCIOLOGY PROGRAM PLAN
Our Master’s program has had a long and distinguished history and it has three important purposes:
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First, it is an essential tool in recruiting high quality faculty to our department.
Second, graduate education is part of the research mission of our department and university.
Third, the presence of graduate students in their role as teaching assistants is integral to our
department’s ability to offer large undergraduate sections (e.g., Introduction to Sociology).
There has been a decline in sociology graduate enrollments recently and this must be addressed
urgently and systematically. Our department welcomes the guidance of appropriate administrators in
our college and university to assist us in this effort. Through such a collaborative effort, we are
convinced that the recent decline is a temporary setback that can be reversed.
Toward this end, we are implementing a Ten-Point Plan to increase sociology graduate enrollments:
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10.
New Graduate Adviser (Past adviser has stepped down)
Review Degree Requirements
Increase M.A. Student Retention
Sharpen the Marketing of the Program
Recruit Students Who Are Majoring in Sociology at WIU
Recruit Students Who Are Minoring in Sociology at WIU
Recruit Students from Four-Year Colleges in Illinois, Iowa, and Elsewhere
Recruit More International Students
Consider Part-Time Students
Learn from the Best-Practices of Other Departments.
In sum, our department has been working systematically to address the current decline in sociology
graduate enrollments. We will need an appropriate amount of time and support to reap the benefits
of our Ten-Point Plan, to increase enrollments in our M.A. in sociology program.
2. Of objectives identified above, indicate which are directly related to Strategic Plan action items.
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Classroom equipment and teaching technology requests as well as the curriculum changes,
striving to provide a signature program, facilitating graduate sociology student recruitment
and increasing numbers of these graduate students, and more student research relate to the
Strategic Plan goals: to “achieve excellence in both undergraduate and graduate education,”
“enhance the educational experiences and personal growth of students,” “increase retention
and graduation rates of students,” “bring about curricular innovation,” “encourage research
and scholarly/creative activities.” This also relates to the value of Academic Excellence.
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All the faculty position requests are related to the Strategic Plan goal to develop and foster a
superior staff and administration that is responsive to the university’s missions, values, and
objectives. This also relates to the value of Educational Opportunity.
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Our department goals to hire more sociology faculty to teach full time at WIU-QC and to add
the B.A. in sociology at WIU-QC are related to the Strategic Plan goals to explore new course
offerings at WIU-QC and to values of Educational Opportunity and Academic Excellence.
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3. For Strategic Plan action items noted above, indicate whether you intend to have the action
completed in the short-term (next 12 months), mid-term (2-4 years), or long term (5+ years).
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All of our department’s goals and objectives for FY16 and FY17 (as specified above) can be
viewed as “action items” linked to the Strategic Plan document. All this was listed and/or
described above. If all would go well with present and future staffing and budget needs in our
department, it seems that all of our FY17 goals and objectives can be generally completed in a
“short-term” frame. But, given current budget challenges and restraints, the goals and
objectives might require a “mid-term” frame.
Technology Goals and Objectives
1. List the most important technological goals and objectives the division will pursue in FY17, and
how these will be measured/assessed.
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Our assessment methods on technology goals were specified in the section above.
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As stated in above, our department has “classroom requests” and “equipment requests.”
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Our “top needs” are: acquiring a new printer in our department main office and an
instructional technology cart. It would also be most helpful to be able to: equip Morgan 102 as
an electronic classroom; equip Morgan 324 as a codec classroom; equip Morgan 324 with
tables similar to Morgan 224; reposition the computer in Morgan 324: acquire cranial calipers
for forensic anthropology (ANTH 405), a large tub cart for anthropology teaching materials, a
laboratory, for archaeological artifacts and skeletal materials, supplied with adequate storage
space and tables.
2. Describe how these objectives build upon goals in divisional and/or institutional strategic plans.
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All this is described in the section above.
3. For each technology item, indicate whether you intend to have the action completed in the shortterm (next 12 months), mid-term (2-4 years), or long term (5+ years).
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All this was described in the section above.
Internal Reallocations and Reorganizations - Not applicable for our department.
Western Illinois University Quad Cities
1. Briefly describe programs or course offerings in the Quad Cities and the current success of those programs in terms of
majors, minors, enrollment/SCH production, and completability. Our department had two, full-time,
tenure track, assistant professors of sociology at WIU-QC in Fall 2013 up to the end of June
2014, when one of these sociology resigned at WIU. During each semester, these sociology
professors taught undergraduate sociology courses to deliver the sociology minor at WIUQC. As needed, they also taught undergraduate and graduate LAS courses at WIU-QC.
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During fall 2015, 43 (11.7%) of 367 undergraduate sociology minors were students at WIU-QC.
During fall 2015, there were 62 undergraduate Liberal Arts and Sciences majors and 20
graduate Liberal Arts and Sciences majors. Of the former, 50 (80%) were enrolled at WIU-QC;
of the latter, 2 (10%) were enrolled at WIU-QC.
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The full-time sociology faculty member at WIU-QC taught these courses: During spring
2015, SOC 300: Minority Peoples, SOC/WS 410G: Women and Poverty, SOC/WS 430G:
Sociology of Women’s Health; during Summer 2015, SOC 355: Criminology (online); during
fall 2015, SOC 100: Introduction to Sociology, SOC/WS 360: Gender and Society, SOC 460G:
the Family; spring 2016, SOC 300: Minority Peoples, SOC/WS/AAS 430G: Race, Class and
Gender, LAS 495: Senior Capstone.
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How many faculty do you currently have located in the Quad Cities? 1 full time, sociology faculty member.
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How many Macomb-based faculty deliver courses in the Quad Cities? None, on a regular basis.
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How many adjuncts did you use last year to teach in the Quad Cities? None.
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How many courses did you offer in the QC using Macomb faculty? None, during 2015-2016.
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How many faculty participated, and how many were face-to-face offerings (via drive-up to the QC) versus
CODEC delivered? In Spring 2015 and Spring 2016, ANTH 410G was offered as CODEC.
2. Will you be requesting additional faculty/staff next year (explain)? As noted above, a proposal was
submitted to our Dean for approval to begin as soon as possible a job search to hire a tenure
track, Assistant Professor of Sociology in Criminology and Social Psychology. In this report,
it was proposed above, that we also seek approval of a job search for an additional tenure
track, assistant professor of sociology at WIU-QC (specialty areas to be determined).
3. Will you be asking for new programs or offerings in the Quad Cities next year? No, not to begin next year
(2016-2017), but hopefully, to begin in 2017-2018, unless there is immediate approval at WIUQC for: our department to begin two sociology faculty searches; a B.A. in sociology to be also
offered there.
 4.Will you be offering fewer programs or courses next year (if so, explain why)? Yes, we will offer less sociology
classes in 2016-2017, unless a sociology professor is hired to teach full-time at WIU-QC.
5. Summarize your short-term (2-4 years) and long-term (5 years or more) plans for Quad Cities in your unit (if
applicable). This was stated in the section above.
Explain additional resources (grants, foundation, etc.) derived from or located in the Quad Cities. Not applicable.
1. New Academic Degree/Option/Certificate/Concentration Development Requests
The proposal for a B.A. in sociology at WIU-QC is still in process; the feasibility study was
completed. Our faculty have also considered adding a B.S. in sociology, along with the B.A. in
sociology on the Macomb campus. Further, six emphases were approved in the B.A. in sociology.
New Funding Requests and Summary of New Funding Requests - Not Applicable.
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Scholarly/Professional Activities
1. For the calendar year January 1, 2015 to December 31, 2015, provide the total number of
scholarly/professional activities in your area for the following categories:
Note: See Appendix A for specific listings
a.
Book publication = none; book manuscript = 1; grant reports = 2; grant awards = 3; external grant
proposal = 1.
b. Book chapters = 2; book review = 1; refereed journal articles = 7 (5 international, 1 regional);
encyclopedia entry = 1; working paper = 1; conference posters = 2.
c. Brown bag presentations = 3; undergraduate research day projects = 21; graduate research projects =
3; service-learning papers = 2 classes; undergraduate sociology internships = 2; graduate sociology
internship = 1; completed sociology master’ theses = 6; completed chemistry theses = 2; sociology
master’s theses (in process) = 4; music master’s thesis (in process) = 1; graduate sociology non-thesis
papers (in process) = 2.
New undergraduate course proposal = 1; sociology online classes offered = 12; anthropology online
classes offered = 3; 6 undergraduate emphases approved in the undergraduate sociology major;
archaeology field school proposed to be offered every other summer, on novel class projects (see
Appendix A: (e.g., peep show project, writing lab days).
d. Conference presentations = 13 (by faculty: international = 7, national = 1, regional = 5).
Note: Please forgive any omission or inaccuracy of information in this report. All of the work of the faculty,
students, and staff in the Department of Sociology and Anthropology is much appreciated.
Respectfully submitted,
John F. Wozniak, Ph.D.
Chair and Professor of Sociology
Department of Sociology and Anthropology
February 22, 2016
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