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| Community Engagement - Making Meaningful Connections, Producing Positive Outcomes: Faculty Perspective |
| Panelist Bios |
| Lisa Bass, MBA, Ph.D. |
| Lisa Bass, Ph.D., is an assistant professor of Educational Leadership and Policy at the University of Oklahoma. She completed post-doctoral studies at the University of Vermont. Dr. Bass enjoys comparing educational systems from around the world and has traveled to Mexico, Ghana, Brazil, Hong Kong and South Africa. Her primary research interest, however, is urban school reform through alternative approaches to schooling. |
| Dr. Raj Basu |
Dr. Raj Basu is Vice-President for Academic Affairs at Oklahoma State University, Tulsa. As the Chief Academic Officer of the university, he has overall responsibility for operations, development, and promotion of all academic programs. Dr. Basu is a three time recipient of the Chandler-Frates & Reitz Award for Outstanding Teaching in the MBA Program (2000, 2001, and 2007) and the Greiner Award for Outstanding Undergraduate Teaching (1996) at OSU. Dr. Basu received his MBA from Duke University and his Ph.D. from Purdue University. Dr. Basu serves (or has served) on the boards of Tulsa CARES, Leadership Oklahoma, the Metro Tulsa Urban League, Greenwood Cultural Center, DREAM Institute, and the Oklahoma Aerospace Alliance. He is also a member of Leadership Oklahoma, class XVIII. Dr. Basu’s hobbies include traveling, reading, eating, running, and hiking. In December 2004 he climbed Mt. Kilimanjaro (19, 350 ft), the highest peak in Africa. |
| Dr. Richard Beck |
| Dr. Richard Beck currently serves as vice president for academic affairs at Rogers State University in Claremore, Oklahoma. Previously, Dr. Beck held positions asm associate vice president for academic and student affairs, interim dean of enrollment management, and interim department head of art and music at Angelo State University in San Angelo, Texas. He has also served as director of the teaching and learning center, department chair of music and drama, and professor of music at Del Mar College in Corpus Christi, Texas. Dr. Beck holds a doctor of musical arts from the University of Iowa, a master of music from the University of North Texas and a bachelor of music from the University of Wisconsin – Stevens Point. |
| Dr. Brett Campbell |
| Dr. Brett Campbell is the Associate Vice President for Operations and Special Initiatives at Tulsa Community College. He provides leadership and oversight for a variety of College functions and projects and serves as an assistant to the president. He previously served as the Assistant Vice President for Student Affairs at Tulsa Community College, overseeing student services functions for the four-campus institution. Dr. Campbell also held positions as Dean of Student Affairs at Rogers State University in Claremore, OK and Assistant Dean of Students at Johnson State College, in Johnson, Vermont. He is currently an adjunct Faculty in the Higher Education Leadership doctoral program at Oklahoma State University. |
| Dr. Pamela Fly |
| Dr. Pamela Fly serves as assistant dean of the College of Education at Northeastern State University, Oklahoma’s largest preparer of teachers. Prior to coming to NSU as assistant dean, she served as associate dean for the College of Education and Professional Studies at the University of Central Oklahoma and the director of accreditation for the Oklahoma Commission for Teacher Preparation where she worked at state and national levels in the areas of accreditation, standards, and teacher preparation reform. At the university level, Dr. Fly has worked with candidates at all preparation levels from initial field experiences to student teaching. She believes that field experiences and clinical practice play a vital role in preparation, and has worked to strengthen practitioner involvement, learning activities, and assessment in this area. Dr. Fly earned her Ph.D. from the University of Oklahoma, her M.Ed. from Drury University, and her BS Ed. from Missouri State University. |
Dr. Kirt Hartzler |
| Dr. Kirt Hartzler is assistant superintendent for Teaching and Learning at Union Public Schools in Tulsa, Oklahoma. He has served in this capacity since 2003. Over the past several years, his research and work have centered on creating smaller learning communities within schools in order to engender greater trust among students, teachers, and parents. His current focus in on restructuring the traditional learning environments across all grade levels to ensure that they are more academically engaging and highly personalized to support our students, our families, and our community. He received his bachelor of science degrees in social science and HPER from Evangel University in Springfield, Missouri in 1985. In 1990, he completed his master’s of education degree from Northeastern State University in Tahlequah, Oklahoma. He later completed his doctorate in education degree from Oklahoma State University in 2003. |
| Micah Kordsmeier |
| Micah is Project Coordinator for CareerAdvance and works in the Innovation Lab at Community Action Project. CareerAdvance is a pilot program that offers career advancement opportunities to parents with children enrolled in CAP's early childhood programs at Skelly and Disney. The opportunities focus on training in secure, good-paying jobs; we currently offer training along a nursing career ladder. Micah studied Economics and Political Science at the University of Tulsa and got his start at CAP as a student volunteer tax preparer in its free tax program. |
| Dr. Orlenthea McGowan |
Dr. Orlenthea S. McGowan is an Associate Professor and LCT Project Director in the School of Education and Behavioral Sciences at Langston University- Tulsa. Dr. McGowan has been actively in the Field Education and community outreach for a number of years. Dr. McGowan has directed and written many federal and state grants, published one book, produced brochures, booklets, and popular articles. She has received a number of honors including the 2007 Professional Faculty Development Award for a Faculty Lecture Series at Langston University, 2006 President’s Certificate of Award for Outstanding Work on the Hurricane Katrina Service Learning Project, and recommended to “Who’s Who Among America’s Teachers. |
| Michael L. Mills |
| Michael Mills has approximately thirty years of diverse experience in private industry and higher education. For the past twenty years he has held a variety of administrative management positions at The University of Tulsa, encompassing the areas of academic support services and student services administration. Currently, he holds the position of Associate Dean of Students and Coordinator of University and Community Engagement. Mr. Mills received his undergraduate degree from Oklahoma State University and his master’s degree from The University of Oklahoma. |
| Kara Gae Neal |
| Dr. Kara Gae Neal, Superintendent and CEO of Tulsa Tech, has over 30 years of experience as a professional educator. She began her teaching career in Woodbridge, Virginia and returned to Dewey, Oklahoma as an English teacher. Moving to Tulsa to work on a doctorate, she became an administrative intern to the Graduate Dean at the University of Tulsa. She next served as Assistant Principal at Broken Arrow High School and later advanced to become Principal of North Intermediate. She became Superintendent at Glenpool Public Schools and later was elected as Tulsa County Superintendent of Schools serving for seven years. From there she became Superintendent of Metro Tech Vocational-Technical Center in Oklahoma City. After seven years she returned to the private sector as a volunteer and educational consultant. She is active with numerous civic activities and non-profit organizations. |
| Debra Olson Sowell, Ph.D. |
| Dr. Debra Sowell, Vice President for Academic Affairs at Oral Roberts University, began her career at ORU in 1976 as an adjunct instructor of Mathematics. She has served in many capacities at the University, including tenured professor, Chair of the Department of Computer Science and Mathematics, Associate Dean of Arts and Sciences, and Dean of Instruction. She is the author of four statistics textbooks published by the national publishing house, Brooks Cole, as well as several juried articles. She is recognized in numerous Who’s Who lists, and has been inducted into the Oklahoma Science and Engineering Fair Hall of Fame and was recently inducted into the Hall of Fame at her high school in Aberdeen, S.D. |
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