DeTurk CV

Sabrina DeTurk
W: 215-951-5005
deturk@lasalle.edu

EDUCATION

Ph.D. History of Art, Bryn Mawr College, Bryn Mawr, PA 1998
M.A. History of Art, Bryn Mawr College, Bryn Mawr, PA 1996
B.A. History of Art, Wellesley College, Wellesley, MA 1992

Summer Institute for Women in Higher Education Administration (HERS, Mid-America and Bryn Mawr College), Summer 2004

ADMINISTRATIVE and TEACHING EXPERIENCE

La Salle University, Philadelphia, PA

Assistant Provost for Learning Support and Faculty Development
June 2002-present

Reporting to the Provost, the portfolio of responsibilities for this position includes providing leadership, vision, and management in the areas of academic support, faculty development, and academic technology. Includes supervisory responsibility for seven units and budgets of approximately $750,000.

Provide strategic direction and oversight for the learning support programs at the University, including the Academic Discovery Program, the Academic Enrichment Program, Academic Support for Student-Athletes, and the Sheekey Writing Center.
Implemented a peer-tutoring program for the campus which provided tutoring in over 15 subjects to both day and evening students within the first year of operation.
Champion and facilitate the use of academic technology at the University through supervision of the Office for Distributed Education, the Multimedia Services Department, the Director of Portal Communications, and the Academic Technology Steering Committee.
Provided leadership in selecting and implementing the WebCT course management system to provide Web-enhanced instruction. Over 100 faculty members and 2,500 students were using WebCT within the first year of implementation.
Led a team of over 30 faculty and staff in implementing the Sungard/SCT Luminis Web portal. The Luminis system provides customized content and services for faculty, staff, students, prospective students, and alumni. Within the first year of its use, communication has improved across the university and key functions, such as the housing lottery, have been streamlined and automated via the portal.
Created an orientation program for new faculty – both full- and part-time – which includes an introduction to the University and targeted workshops and events throughout the year.
Member of a four-person team charged with creating a system for freshman advising that would move beyond traditional academic advising. Approximately 100 faculty and professional staff have been recruited as freshman advisors in a new, developmentally based advising program for the class of 2008, which includes early intervention and an electronic alert system for faculty and advisors.
Provide leadership in institutional assessment as Chair for the task force reviewing Related Educational Activities for the University’s 2006 Middle States Self-Study.
Assist in strategic planning and institutional response to University needs in areas as diverse as enrollment management, institutional assessment, and program and curriculum development.

Director, Art and Art History Program (1999 – 2002)

Achieved increased prominence for the program by redesigning the curriculum, marketing the art history minor, and collaborating with other programs.
Successfully created two general education courses in art history to attract students to the major and minor as they fulfilled core curriculum requirements.
Played a leading role in the development and launch of a new major in Digital Arts in Multimedia Design, including curriculum development, faculty and student recruitment and program assessment
Restructured and significantly increased the quality of the University’s slide collection in addition to incorporating digital images in art history courses.
Recruited and developed quality adjunct faculty to ensure consistently high standards in teaching and to provide diverse course offerings in the program.
Managed and allocated program resources effectively to support creative initiatives such as incorporating off-campus experiences into most art history courses.

Assistant Professor, Fine Arts Department (1997 – 2002; currently teach part time)

Developed several courses to enhance the offerings in art history, including two travel-study courses on the art of Renaissance Italy, a team-taught Honors course on modern art and literature, and an online course for Education majors, “Introduction to the Visual and Performing Arts.”
Supervised independent studies, internships, and honors theses for students in art history and related majors.
Other courses taught included Introduction to the Visual Arts, Medieval Art, Renaissance Art in Italy, Baroque and Rococo Art, American Architecture, Modern and Contemporary Art, History of Digital Art, and Women and Art.
Served on the advisory board for the Women’s Studies Program and taught Introduction to Women’s Studies.

PUBLICATIONS

Catalogue essay for Thomas Brummett, New Work: Nocturnes, exh. at Schmidt-Dean Gallery, Philadelphia, PA, December 2004.

Review of Orazio and Artemesia Gentileschi, Keith Christiansen and Judith Mann, eds., in The Sixteenth Century Journal, 34:1 (2003) 292-294.

Review of Cocke, Richard, Paolo Veronese: Piety and Display in an Age of Religious Reform in Aurora: The Journal of the History of Art 3 (2002) 113-117.

“Points and Pixels: Looking at Neo-Impressionism and Digital Art,” exh. cat. Neo-Impression: Artists on the Edge, Ed. Fronia Simpson (Portland, ME: Portland Museum of Art, 2002) 67-81.

Review of Darley, Andrew, Visual Digital Culture: Surface Play and Spectacle in New Media Genres on the Web site Resource Center for Cyberculture Studies (http://www.com.washington.edu/rccs/booklist.asp) December 2001.

“Illicit Arousal: The Erotic Subtext of Tintoretto's Tarquin and Lucretia,” Aurora: The Journal of the History of Art 2 (2001): 1-21.

Review of Santa Maria della Salute: Architecture and Ceremony in Baroque Venice by Andrew Hopkins, in The Sixteenth Century Journal, 32:3 (2001) 818-20.

RECENT PRESENTATIONS

“The Changing Role of the Campus Portal: What Now? What Next?,” January 2005, EDUCAUSE Mid-Atlantic Regional Conference, Baltimore

“Hidden in Plain Sight: How Images Obscure and Reveal the Realities of Women’s Lives,” December 2004, La Salle University Art Museum, Philadelphia.

“Does Perception Influence Reception in the Visual Arts?,” November 2004, Annual Conference of the American Synesthesia Association, UC Berkeley

Invited panelist, “Discussion of Enterprise Portals,” Philadelphia Area Chapter of the Society for Information Managers, April 2004, Philadelphia

“Whose Portal is this Anyway? Management Challenges in Implementation and Maintenance,” January 2004, Educause Mid-Atlantic Regional Conference, Baltimore

“Implementing an Enterprise Portal – or, How to Change a Campus Culture in Eight Short Months,” with Patrick Kelly (La Salle University), December 2003, Syllabus Conference, Boston

“Incorporating the Student Portfolio in Online Courses: Practical and Pedagogical Strategies,” February 2003, College Art Association Annual Conference, New York

“Neither Virgin nor Whore: The Symbolic Status of Women in Cinquecento Venice,” October 2002, Sixteenth Century Studies Conference, San Antonio

Session chair for “From Brushstrokes to Bytes: Art Historical Approaches to Digital Art,” February 2002, College Art Association Annual Conference, Philadelphia

“Only Connect: Digital Art and the New Role of the Spectator,” March 2001, College Art Association Annual Conference, Chicago

LA SALLE UNIVERSITY SERVICE

Steering Committee, Middle States Self-Study, December 2003-present (Chair for Standard 13: Related Educational Activities)
Advising Task Force, September 2003-present
Chair, Research Leaves and Grants Committee, August 2002-present
Faculty Development Committee, August 2002-present
Computer Governance Committee, June 2002-present
Adult Learning Task Force, June 2002-September 2003
Art History and Music Search Committee, October 2002-April 2003
Chair, Art History Search Committee, Spring 2002
Provost’s Committee on Restructuring the School of Arts and Sciences, May-October 2001
University Curriculum Committee, September 2000-May 2002
Faculty Senate, May 1999-April 2002
Chair, Digital Arts and Multimedia Design Search Committee, Spring 2000
Teaching and Learning with Technology Roundtable, co-chair September 1998-May 2000
Workshop leader, TLTR's "Wired Classroom" workshops, May 1998-May 2000
E-Commerce Institute Advisory Committee, May 2000-June 2002
Digital Arts and Multimedia Design Advisory Committee, September 1997-present

PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS

Associate Member, Association of American Colleges & Universities
Distinguished Member, National Society of Collegiate Scholars
Member, College Art Association
Consultant, Silicon Gallery, Philadelphia

SKILLS

Software Proficiencies
Adobe Photoshop and Illustrator; Lotus Notes; Luminis; Macromedia Dreamweaver and Fireworks; Microsoft Office suite (Word, PowerPoint, Excel, and Access); WebCT

Languages
Reading knowledge of Italian, French, and Spanish