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On behalf of Interim Executive Vice Chancellor and Provost Michael S. Levine, members of the advisory committee invite inquiries, nominations and applications for the position of Dean of Graduate Education at UCLA.

The Dean of Graduate Education is the senior academic official responsible for the advancement and administration of graduate education at UCLA. In carrying out these responsibilities, the dean collaborates closely with deans, department chairs, the Academic Senate and other academic and administrative leadership across campus and the University of California (UC) system to allocate and oversee graduate funding; implement policy; and ensure that standards of excellence, fairness and equity are maintained across all graduate programs. Reporting to the executive vice chancellor and provost, the dean advises the executive vice chancellor and provost and the chancellor on a wide range of issues related to graduate education and postdoctoral administration. The dean serves on UCLA’s council of deans and the UC council of graduate deans, as an ex officio member of the Graduate Council of UCLA’s Academic Senate, and is often asked to participate in other ad hoc campus and systemwide committees.

The Dean of Graduate Education also provides strategic vision for, and operational leadership of, the UCLA Graduate Division, which serves as the campus’s administrative core for the overall quality and progress of graduate education at UCLA. The responsibilities of the Graduate Division, exercised through a variety of internal offices overseen by the dean, currently include graduate recruitment and admissions; allocation and regulatory oversight of graduate student support and fellowship management; implementation of graduate education policies established by the Graduate Council; support, conflict resolution and problem-solving for faculty, students and administrators; review of policy exception requests; appointment and management of postdoctoral and visiting scholars; contract bargaining for relevant employee groups; participation in the program review processes led by the Academic Senate; institutional research; support for graduate student diversity, equity and inclusion; and coordination of graduate student events and ceremonies. See the Graduate Education website for more details.

The Division of Graduate Education requires dynamic and innovative leadership. Candidates must demonstrate experience with and a strong commitment to graduate education, as well as to research, teaching and public service more generally; to advancing diversity, equity and inclusion; and to staff development. The ideal candidate will be an accomplished scholar at the rank of full professor with strong administrative or management experience; demonstrated leadership in the area of graduate education with creative, pragmatic ideas for serving UCLA’s graduate students and postdoctoral scholars; familiarity with the wide range of disciplines, interests and constituencies at UCLA; and experience in — or aptitude for — external relations and development. Experience in, and/or significant knowledge of, UCLA is strongly preferred.

Confidential review of applications, nominations and expressions of interest will begin immediately and will continue until an appointment is made. To be ensured full consideration, email a letter of interest — including a diversity statement — and curriculum vitae to [email protected] by Monday, October 28, 2024 . Address inquiries to Traci Considine, manager of executive recruitment in the Office of the Chancellor (310-206-8003).

The anticipated annual salary range for this position is $325,000 – $410,000, commensurate with related experience and qualifications.

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Tonia Sutherland

Department of Information Studies, Moore Hall 3039B, University of California, Los Angeles Los Angeles, CA 90095

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W: https://www.toniasutherland.com/

Associate Dean for Faculty Development; Associate Professor

Tonia Sutherland is Associate Professor of Information Studies at UCLA. Sutherland holds a PhD and an MLIS from the University of Pittsburgh and a BA in history, performance studies, and cultural studies from Hampshire College. Global in scope, Sutherland’s research focuses on the critical and liberatory in archival studies, digital studies, and science and technology studies, emphasizing the often-messy entanglements of memory, community, and technology. Sutherland, an internationally recognized expert in the study of Black archival practices, is the author of Resurrecting the Black Body: Race and the Digital Afterlife (University of California Press, 2023) as well as over two dozen articles and book chapters. In addition to her research and teaching, Sutherland is the Co-Director of the Community Archives Lab at UCLA, Co-Founder and Co-Director of AfterLab at the University of Washington’s iSchool, and a member of the Advisory Board for the Center for Critical Race and Digital Studies at NYU.

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• Department of Information Studies
• Digital Archives
• Internet Culture
• Media and Technology
• Visual Culture

Research Centers

• Center for Critical Race and Digital Studies
• Community Archives Lab at UCLA
• PhD, Archival Studies, School of Information Sciences, University of Pittsburgh, 2014
• MLIS, School of Information Sciences, University of Pittsburgh, 2005
• BA, History, Performance Studies, & Cultural Studies, Hampshire College, 1997

Select Publications

• Sutherland, Tonia. Resurrecting the Black Body: Race and the Digital Afterlife (University of California Press, October 2023).
• Sutherland, Tonia. “ Archival Amnesty: In Search of Black American Transitional and Restorative Justice .” Journal of Critical Library and Information Studies 2 (2017).
• Sutherland, Tonia. “ ‘Making a Killing’: On Race, Ritual, and (Re)membering in Digital Culture .” Preservation, Digital Technology, and Culture 46, no. 1 (2017): 36-40.
• Tonia Sutherland and Gailyn Bopp. “ The Pacific Futures of Subsea Data Centers .” New Media and Society 25, no. 2 (2023): 345-360.
• Zakiya Collier and Tonia Sutherland. “ Witnessing, Testimony, and Transformation as Genres of Black Archival Practice. ” The Black Scholar 52, no. 2 (2022): 6-14.
• Tonia Sutherland and Alyssa Purcell. “ A Weapon and a Tool: Decolonizing Description and Engaging Redescription as Liberatory Archival Praxes .” International Journal of Information, Diversity, and Inclusion 5, no. 1 (2021): 60-78.
• Tonia Sutherland. “ The Carceral Archive: Documentary Records, Narrative Construction, and Predictive Risk Assessment. ” Cultural Analytics (2019).
• Isabel Espinal, Tonia Sutherland, and Charlotte Roh. “ A Holistic Approach for Inclusive Librarianship: Decentering Whiteness in Our Profession .” Library Trends 67, no. 1 (Summer 2018): 147-162.
• Tonia Sutherland. “ Reading Gesture: Katherine Dunham, the Dunham Technique, and the Vocabulary of Dance as Decolonizing Archival Praxis .” Archival Science (2019): 167-183.
• Tonia Sutherland. “ Disrupting Carceral Narratives: Race, Rape, and the Archives .” Open Information Science (August 2020).

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• Ethnomusicology / Herb Alpert School of Music / UCLA

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Open date: September 18, 2024

Next review date: Saturday, Nov 30, 2024 at 11:59pm (Pacific Time) Apply by this date to ensure full consideration by the committee.

Final date: Saturday, Nov 30, 2024 at 11:59pm (Pacific Time) Applications will continue to be accepted until this date.

Position description

The UCLA Herb Alpert School of Music’s Department of Ethnomusicology invites applications for a part-time lecturer position in Music of Iran for the Fall and Winter quarters of the 2024-25 academic year. Candidates must have advanced expertise in performance and research. University teaching experience preferred. Candidate will be expected to direct performance ensembles and/or teach lecture classes and seminars related to Iranian music. The position also requires expertise in developing curriculum in Iranian music in addition to interacting with the Iranian community on various cultural and educational initiatives. A PhD in ethnomusicology or related field is preferred.

Candidates should submit: a cover letter stating interest in the position, a comprehensive curriculum vitae, a statement of teaching philosophy, and a statement of contribution to diversity. In addition, please provide names and contact information for at least three professional references. Applicants may consider including online video links representing their teaching although doing so is not required.

The application deadlines are October 19, 2024, for Fall quarter and November 30, 2024, for Winter quarter. The anticipated appointment dates are October 1st, 2024, for Fall quarter and January 1, 2025, for Winter quarter.

Qualifications

-Expertise in developing curriculum in Iranian music. -Experience with directing performance ensembles and/or teaching lecture classes and seminars related to Iranian music. -Experience in interactions with the Iranian community on various cultural and educational initiatives. -Advanced expertise in performance and research of Iranian music.

• A PhD in Ethnomusicology or related field is preferred. • University teaching experience preferred.

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Guests : Aryan Pandey, Yonit Kovnator, Letty Trevino, Natalie Landau Gibson, Brandie Kirkpatrick, Suzanne Seplow, Veronica Martinez-Lopez, Rob Diaz, Omar Newland

1. Intros (TL, 10 mins)

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a. Issue theme is focused on back to school for undergrads

b. Lead article is on how to be an ally at UCLA

c. If you have a program or position within your department that focuses on supporting disabled students, let the committee know to be included in this issue.

d. Updates on CAE Connect are forthcoming.

3. Disability Pride Week List of Events and Launch Party (QO and TL)

a. Bruin Plaza event will be Tuesday, October 8th from 10am-2pm (not including setup and takedown).

b. Ask for funding

i. Funding will go towards food, swag, and possibly room rental.

ii. Ask respective departments for funding and Travis will provide account info

c. Marketing and getting the word out.

d. Discussion about contacting a possible virtual speaker. Concerns around capacity raised.

4. Subcommittee Updates and Goals for 24-25

a. Website (FC)

i. Considering leaving the EDI main site and develop a brand new UCOD site

1. Possible portal for all disability services

2. Which CMS to use? Who will host? Who will pay for hosting?

3. Possibility of funded graduate student research position and/or volunteers

4. What is the timeline?

5. Who will develop and design it?

6. Can we merge with Be Well Bruin disability resource hub?

7. Would this website also host the MetaMap website merge?

8. Discussion about the need for dedicated website vs. social media

ii. Subcommittee will meet with leadership to continue to discuss cost and logistics of a new website.

b. Newsletter (TL)

i. Goal is to continue for at least 6 more months into June 2025. Strategic Communications is committed through December 2024.

c. Physical Spaces: Status of MetaMap (CL)

i. Fieldwork in spring was unable to be finished due to campus climate.

ii. If anyone is interested in volunteering to do fieldwork or data analysis, please contact Carolanne.

iii. Suggestion to set up as SRP-99, would need a faculty member

d. Research (CK)

i. Goal of this committee is to compile procedures on getting accommodations for research and non-course requirements (e.g. comprehensive exams), summarize departments’ roles and create a flowchart to navigate the processes.

ii. If anyone is interested in contributing, especially from related departments, please contact Christine.

5. Campus Safety and Masking Discussion

a. Please read President Michael Drake’s statement: Updates on UC Campus Climate Efforts .

b. Please read Darnell Hunt’s Four-Point Plan on UCLA Safety .

c. Please read UCLA’s Time, Place, and Manner Policies .

d. Concern expressed that this guidance will disproportionately affect disabled community.

e. Concern expressed over the lack of specific guidance on masking.

f. Proposal to submit comment to administration asking for clarity on the guidance and specifically addressing health and safety concerns.

6. Closed Door Session for Voting Members

a. Committee votes to request from UCOD to ask Interim Vice Provost for EDI Mitchell Chang to express concern, ask for clarification on the policy, and affirm community members’ right to mask.

b. Committee votes to approve guidelines for public speaking.

Action Items

• Quinn will follow up with everyone who signed up for tabling at DPW.
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Upon admission and in the first year of the program, students are assigned to the program director who has the responsibility to aid students in developing an academic plan. Students are required to meet with the program director at least once per quarter. During the second year, the student will identify an advisor who will serve as committee chair of their doctoral committee. Together, student, program director, and advisor, will identify academic and personal needs and match them with available school and University resources in order to maximize the student’s ability to reach educational and professional goals. The D.N.P. Scholarly Project chair will meet with the student on a quarterly basis to orally review and document the student’s progress.

Major Fields or Subdisciplines

The UCLA School of Nursing (SON) Doctor of Nursing Practice (D.N.P.) degree program builds on master’s level advanced practice preparation. Students in the D.N.P. Program will integrate competencies for advanced practice nursing roles in clinical practice, leadership, health policy, and education as well as further develop their capacity for clinical scholarship. Areas of clinical practice and organizational focus will vary depending on the career trajectory of the student. Students will be mentored in clinical/organizational roles through residencies with nursing clinical and/or senior medical leaders as well as individuals in senior healthcare management positions. These residencies may take place at or near the student’s work setting or place of residence. The D.N.P. Program faculty will provide mentorship and facilitate the residency processes throughout the student’s program. All graduates will receive the D.N.P. degree.

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A total of 61 units (16 separate courses) are required for the D.N.P. program. These units/courses include both didactic and clinical residency hours. Required coursework for the D.N.P. degree program satisfies the requirements of the American Association of Colleges of Nursing and is shown below.

Core courses for the D.N.P. program include the following:

• Nursing 401: Scientific Underpinnings for D.N.P. Practice ( 3 units)
• Nursing 402: Clinical Scholarship for Evidence-Based Practice (3 units)
• Nursing 470A-D: D.N.P. Scholarly Project series (26 total units)
• Nursing 404: Analytical Methods for Evidence-Based Practice ( 3 units)
• Nursing 411: Informatics for D.N.P. Practice (2 units)
• Nursing 410: Dissemination & Translation of Clinical Scholarship (2 units)
• Nursing 496A, B, C: Education Practicum for D.N.P. Practice (3 total units)
• Nursing 409: Healthcare Policy for Advocacy in Health Care (3 units)
• Nursing 403: Organizational Systems Leadership for Quality Improvement (3 units)
• Nursing 405: Communication and Ethics (2 units)
• Nursing 407: Financial Management and Cost Analysis of Health Care (3 units)
• Nursing 406: Clinical Prevention and Population Health (3 units)
• Nursing 408: Interprofessional Collaboration for Improving Patient and Population Health Outcomes (3 units)
• Nursing 597: Written Qualifying Examination (2 units)

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A student is considered in good academic standing when enrolled in at least 8 units each quarter and maintains an overall cumulative GPA of a 3.00 and above. A student is considered to have passed a theory class when a grade of C (74.0%) or higher is earned. A grade of B (84.0%) is required in a clinical course. University policy requires that graduate students must be enrolled in at least 8 units per term to be considered full-time for student loan and financial aid purposes. (12 units are required for Academic Apprentice Personnel appointments and some DGE fellowships) In addition, students would need to be enrolled in at least 8 units per term in order to make timely progress on their degree.

Courses numbered Nursing 401 through Nursing 411 and Nursing 496C are theory courses. Courses numbered N470A through N470D and N496A and N496B are clinical courses.

Students in the nursing program acquire knowledge and skills that build upon one another from quarter to quarter. Therefore, nursing courses follow a defined sequence and are typically offered once annually. Students must pass each required course in order to progress in the program. If a student does not pass a required course, the student will be delayed in their degree completion. Such a student will meet with the academic faculty adviser and the Program Director to create a plan for degree completion. Please note: a student who does not pass a theory or clinical course may be subject to dismissal from the program.

Field Experience

Students are required to complete a total of 60 clinical hours of field experience as part of their Nursing 496A (30 hrs) and 496B (30 hrs): Education Practicum for the D.N.P.

Field experience consists of development and implementation of an educational clinical project aimed for patient(s) or staff.

Teaching Experience

Not required.

Written and Oral Qualifying Examinations

Academic Senate regulations require all doctoral students to complete and pass university written and oral qualifying examinations prior to doctoral advancement to candidacy. Also, under Senate regulations, the University Oral Qualifying Examination is open only to the student and appointed members of the doctoral committee. In addition to university requirements, some graduate programs have other pre-candidacy examination requirements. What follows in this section is how students are required to fulfill all of these requirements for this doctoral program.

All committee nominations and reconstitutions professional (non-Ph.D.) doctoral programs must adhere to the Professional (Non-Ph.D.) Doctoral Committee Policy

Written Qualifying Examination . The written qualifying examination must be submitted in the fall of the second year after completion of the D.N.P. core courses. The Written Qualifying Examination tests the ability to use knowledge in the areas of basic concepts of nursing science, nursing theory development, statistics, bioethics and the student’s selected area of study. The purpose of this exam is to assess the student’s ability to synthesize knowledge as demonstrated by the selection and integration of knowledge that is applicable to their D.N.P. Scholarly Project. The written qualifying examination can be used to evaluate strengths and weaknesses in the mastery of content presented in the first-year courses. In addition, this will aid in the identification of existing learning needs and facilitate appropriate academic counseling regarding program planning. The exam is in the form of the student’s D.N.P. Scholarly Project Proposal. The written examination will be read by the student’s D.N.P. Scholarly Project Committee and graded as “pass” or “no pass”. Only one reexamination is permitted and it must be completed during the fall of the same year as the original examination.

Oral Qualifying Examination. The University Oral Qualifying Examination, taken after completing the course requirements and successfully passing the written qualifying examination, evaluates the student’s D.N.P. Scholarly Project proposal.

The initial step is selection of a doctoral committee from the D.N.P. faculty. Students are responsible for obtaining the consent of at least three members and of them, two must be Senate faculty members (including the chair); the third member may be UCLA non-Senate faculty and instructors (including adjunct professors, health sciences clinical professors, doctorally-prepared lecturers, and academic administrators), or faculty from another accredited institution. Qualifications of members must be consistent with the student’s area of research and special interests and with the requirements for doctoral committees as stated in the Standards and Procedures for Graduate Study at UCLA. Additional members, including those from an institution or clinical agency representing the student’s clinical and research interests who meet the requirements for committee membership as stated in the Minimum Standards for Doctoral Committees, will be considered for additional membership on the D.N.P. Scholarly Committee. The program director must give approval of members consenting to serve on the doctoral committee before the committee is submitted for the approval of the Division of Graduate Education. Students who fail the oral qualifying examination are given one further opportunity to pass. This reexamination must be completed before the start of winter quarter in the second year.

Successful completion of the D.N.P. Scholarly Project course series will be necessary in order for the student to plan, implement and evaluate the D.N.P. Scholarly Project. Each member of the committee reports the examination as “passed” or “not passed;” a student may not be advanced to candidacy if more than one member votes “not passed” regardless of the size of the committee as stated in the Standards and Procedures for Graduate Study at UCLA.

Advancement to Candidacy

Students are advanced to candidacy upon successful completion of the written and oral qualifying examinations.

Doctor of Nursing Practice Scholarly Project

A D.N.P. Scholarly Project is required for this professional degree program. Students will complete a D.N.P. Residency, D.N.P. Scholarly Proposal, and implementation of this project will take place at the appropriate institution. The D.N.P. Scholarly Project will require students to demonstrate a synthesis of evidence-based practice in a practice area specific to the student’s specialty.

The D.N.P. Scholarly Project requires a synthesis of leadership, policy, quality, management, and clinical learning experience. Each student will collaborate with an agency (ideally their current clinical setting) to address a real-world problem or health issue. The D.N.P. Scholarly Project reflects doctoral preparation in the translation of research and science to improve patient or population outcomes. Evaluation of the effectiveness of the D.N.P. Scholarly Project takes place in the final quarter of study. A final oral defense is not required unless deemed by the committee (see below).

Final Oral Examination (DNP Scholarly Project Presentation)

A final oral defense of the project is not required of all students in the D.N.P. program. The decision as to whether a defense is required is made by the committee. If deemed to be carried out, the final oral defense will follow the guidelines as stated in the Standards and Procedures for Graduate Study at UCLA. In lieu of final oral examination, students will produce deliverables such as abstract presentations, poster presentations, and/or a publishable manuscript.

Time-to-degree

The normative time from matriculation to degree is seven quarters (21 months) for the D.N.P. degree. From admission to advancement to candidacy (completion of D.N.P. Scholarly Project Proposal), the normative time is five quarters. The maximum time for degree completion is 11 quarters, or three (3) years.

Academic Disqualification and Appeal of Disqualification

University Policy

A student who fails to meet the above requirements may be recommended for academic disqualification from graduate study. A graduate student may be disqualified from continuing in the graduate program for a variety of reasons. The most common is failure to maintain the minimum cumulative grade point average (3.00) required by the Academic Senate to remain in good standing (some programs require a higher grade point average). Other examples include failure of examinations, lack of timely progress toward the degree and poor performance in core courses. Probationary students (those with cumulative grade point averages below 3.00) are subject to immediate dismissal upon the recommendation of their department. University guidelines governing academic disqualification of graduate students, including the appeal procedure, are outlined in Standards and Procedures for Graduate Study at UCLA .

Special Departmental or Program Policy

In addition to the standard reasons outlined above, a student may be specifically recommended for academic disqualification for failure of a second attempt of the written or oral qualifying examinations.