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Lauren Bowen is the Associate Academic Vice President for Academic Programs and Faculty Diversity. Her responsibilities include providing the leadership to develop, implement and monitor existing and new academic programs. She oversees various aspects of faculty development and in that capacity chairs the Committee on Research and Service, the committee that awards the Grauel Faculty Fellowships, Summer Research Fellowships (to Arts and Sciences Faculty), Faculty Instructional Grants, and provides Financial Assistance for Research as well supports student research. The Center for Faculty Development (formerly the Center for Teaching and Learning) reports to the AAVP for Academic Programs and Faculty Diversity. In this capacity, she oversees the awarding of Course Development Fellowships and Summer Teaching Fellowships. Her diversity responsibilities include supporting academic departments in their efforts to recruit and retain faculty from historically underrepresented populations and working with campus constituencies to foster an inclusive and culturally competent campus. Lauren received her B.A. from The Ohio State University and her M.A. and Ph.D. in political science at the University of Kentucky. Arriving at JCU in 1989 as an Assistant Professor of Political Science, her research focuses on the implementation and impact of judicial decisions. Recent work has studied the interaction between state legislatures and state courts, responses to affirmative action decisions and how to foster a commitment to diversity in higher education. Her teaching interests include the U.S. Constitution and the politics of race, class and gender. In addition to being a faculty member in the Department of Political Science, she has also served the university as the Director of the Center for Teaching and Learning (1997-200), the chair of the Department of Political Science (2001-2005) and the Director of the University Core Curriculum (2005-2007). She became the first Associate AVP for Academic Programs and Faculty Diversity in 2007. In 2000-2001, she was a fellow of the American Council on Education. |
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