Dean Thomas is responsible for faculty affairs and the undergraduate curriculum. She oversees faculty recruitment, evaluation, and promotion. As coordinator of the undergraduate academic program, the dean is attentive to college-wide matters and interdivisional interests. She assists faculty committees in their work on the curriculum and on academic policy. The dean upholds academic standards from admission to graduation. She also assists the divisional chairpersons and the president as they uphold standards of faculty responsibility as established by faculty action. In conjunction with the registrar, the dean maintains academic statistics, conducts studies of academic programs, compiles records of committee and faculty actions, and maintains a faculty handbook describing academic policies and regulations. Dean Thomas works with the associate deans and the dean of studies to develop the academic curriculum and student academic life. She is an Associate Professor of Computer Science.

    

His scope of work includes international dual-degree partnerships with the American University of Central Asia, Al-Quds University, and St. Petersburg State University/Faculty of Liberal Arts and Sciences; Bard College Berlin; the Bard High School Early Colleges; the Bard Prison Initiative; and the Clemente Course in the Humanities. As Director of the Center for Civic Engagement, he works to develop educational and co-curricular engagements that will benefit students, faculty, and staff in Annandale, on the other network campuses, and with other Bard partners such as the United States Academy at West Point, the Central European University, and the University of Witswatersrand. 

To this end, he works closely with many offices at Bard, in particular the offices of the Vice President for Administration and Finance, the Dean of the College, the Dean of Information Services, the Registrar, the Vice President for Academic Affairs, and the Vice President for Development and Alumni/ae Affairs. The scope of his work includes supporting institutional projects with research, coordinating all assessment activities, and tracking and supporting all institutional accreditation activities. He works with all institutional data "shepherds" throughout the Bard Network to plan for, establish, and maintain clear data processes and procedures. He serves on the Information Resources Council and works closely with the Center for Faculty and Curriculum Development. From 2006-2010, he coordinated, along with Associate Vice President for Academic Affairs David Shein, Bard's participation in the Wabash National Study of Liberal Arts Education. He has been a Teagle Assessment Scholar since 2010 and has overseen several Teagle Foundation funded assessment projects at Bard. 

Photograph by Peter Mauney '93, MFA '00

Serving ex officio on the Curriculum Committee, she helps to foster and implement faculty-led curricular initiatives.  Trained as a literary scholar, she has directed First-Year Seminar, taught in Bard's signature Language and Thinking program, and conducted faculty workshops throughout the Bard network as an Associate of the Institute for Writing and Thinking.  Central to her portfolio is work with the newly formed First-Year Contact Group, promoting communication and cooperation across the programs that are the hallmark of general education at the college: L&T, FYSEM, and Citizen Science.  Assisting the Dean by managing the appointment and evaluation process for visiting faculty at the college, she also oversees the assignment process for faculty office space.  A long-standing member of the Gender and Sexuality Studies program, she is piloting a "Women and Leadership" course specifically for first-year students.

He works with faculty committees and the offices of Admission, Dean of Students, and academic deans to address topics such as the quality of the first- and second-year experience, effectiveness of academic advising and moderation and senior project experience, and cohort survival analysis.

Members of faculty are encouraged to contact Sue before applying for any grant. She offers support throughout the whole grant life cycle that comprises the following main steps: finding funding prospects, gaining the appropriate institutional approvals to apply, creating and submitting an application, and managing a grant once it has been awarded. She tailors support according to the needs of the individual member of faculty, his or her project, and the grant opportunity itself. Typical examples are a training workshop on a funding program, the creation of information modules and templates, budget creation advice, copy-editing support, the provision of institutional materials, contract analysis and negotiation, and a review of terms and conditions prior to accepting an award. She is also responsible for ensuring that all the appropriate documentation is forwarded to Bard College's Office of Institutional Support, which centrally monitors all grants, and that grant documentation is created and stored to satisfy the requirements of Bard College’s auditors. 

He collaborates with individual academic programs and faculty to foster greater attention to writing in the core curriculum, and he oversees the Writing Intensive Initiative to develop the teaching of writing in sophomore and junior level courses. Under the auspices of the Center for Faculty and Curricular Development, he leads workshops, meets with individual faculty members, and offers pedagogical support to both new and veteran faculty.

Photograph by Peter Mauney '93, MFA '00

She establishes connections for subject-related internships in Germany, runs workshops, organizes foreign language related initiatives, and teaches cross-disciplinary tutorials integrating language, culture, and technology. She also teaches German language and literature classes as a member of the German program. Additional information can be found at: http://flcl.bard.edu/

Photograph by Peter Mauney '93, MFA '00