joseph squier
administrator

i am in my sixteenth year as a faculty member at Illinois and see my gradual migration into administrative work as a organic part of my professional trajectory. i enjoy leadership positions that allow me to develop a broader view of both my particular field and higher education in general. i also believe that my administrative work is an opportunity to use the experience i have gained as a senior faculty member in service to guiding my institution and mentoring my junior colleagues.

positions
Associate Provost Fellow, 2006 - present.
function as an Associate Provost, with a special interest in creativity and innovation. represent the Provost on a variety of campus-wide committees that deal with issues such as: general education, interdisciplinarity, humanities and the arts, art and engineering, budget reform, instructional space, under-represented students.

Associate Director, School of Art+Design, 2007 - present.
responsible for curriculum development: approval of new courses, development and evolution of school-wide vision and curriculum, liason with college office, foster educational initiatives with other deparments on campus. participate in all aspects of School operations: staffing, budgeting, strategic planning.

Division Chair, School of Art+Design, 2007.
oversaw approximately 22 full-time faculty in four programs: photography, new media, graphic design, industrial design. coordinated curriculum and course scheduling. mentored new and junior faculty. participated in all aspects of division operation: recruitment and retention, evaluation and assessment of faculty, budgeting, planning.

Program Chair, New Media, 2005 - 2007.
responsible for all aspects of a program comprised of five full-time faculty: hiring, mentoring, assessment, scheduling, budgeting, planning. participated in the development of a new BFA degree.

MFA Program Coordinator, 2004 - 2007.
coordinate recruit and admission procedures, academic assessment of students, financial aid and assistantships, curriculum development and evolution, and all aspects of yearly MFA exhibition for graduating students.

fellowships
Fellow, Academic Leadership Program, Committee on Institutional Cooperation, (A consortium of Big Ten institutions; nominated by the Office of the Provost), 2006.