John P. Sauter Jr., Ph.D. - jps[email protected] - #JPSInkArt
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Education
- Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.), Higher Education Administration
University at Buffalo (UB), Amherst, NY, May 2013 - Masters of Education (M.Ed.), Higher Education & Student Affairs Administration
University of Vermont (UVM), Burlington, VT, May 2001 - Bachelor of Arts (B.A.), History, Cum Laude, Distinction in History
Colby College, Waterville, ME, May 1998 - Study Abroad (Non-Degree)
University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, Scotland, Spring 1997
Teaching and Certificates
I have found a passion for teaching and presenting later in life. While pursuing my doctorate and working full-time at Niagara University, I did not have the opportunity to teach directly. But since achieving that goal, I was able to provide that opportunity to my students in a way that I has greatly informed and influenced my professional practices in and out of the classroom.
GRADUATE COURSES
- Social Media & Technology in Higher Education
Higher Education Administration, SUNY Buffalo State, Spring 2019: Summer 2017, 2018 - Topic: Advising Administration (Dissertation Chair)
Leadership & Policy, Niagara University, Fall 2018+ - Higher Education Internship (Site Supervisor for Intern)
Higher Education & Student Affairs, Canisius College, Fall 2013
- Sociology of Higher Education
Sociology Department, Niagara University
(Full Course) Spring 2015-2019, (Independent Studies) Spring 2018-2019, Fall 2015-2018 - Internships
- Social Media & Higher Education Internship, Spring 2018
- Social Media Internship, Spring 2016, 2015
- Pre-Health Advisement / Chemistry Seminar Spring 2013
- Advanced Online Course Development Specialization Certificate January 2019
- Online Course Development Specialization Certificate January 2019
Publications
- Sauter Jr., J. P. (2019) “Case 14 - The Perils of Technology” In R. L. Pope, A. L. Reynolds, J. A. Mueller Multicultural Competence in Student Affairs: Advancing Social Justice and Inclusion (second edition) (pp. 302-304). San Francisco, CA: Jossey-Bass.
- Sauter Jr., J. P. (2013) Multicultural Competence & Practices of Undergraduate Faculty & Their Relationships to Racial Identity, Education, & Experience, State University of New York at Buffalo, ProQuest Dissertations Publishing. http://search.proquest.com/docview/1413329960
- Sauter Jr., J. P. (2001) "Understanding Student Allies on Campus," The Vermont Connection: Vol. 22 , Article 8. http://scholarworks.uvm.edu/tvc/vol22/iss1/8
Professional Experience
In my almost 18 years working at Niagara University, I have probably forgotten more things that I have done than I can comfortably fit below. I have been blessed with several promotions associated with my positions in the College of Arts & Sciences at Niagara University which have offered me an opportunity to expand my roles and engage with more complex issues within the institution.
ASSISTANT DEAN FOR ACADEMIC AFFAIRS June 2010 +
ASSISTANT TO THE DEAN FOR ACADEMIC AFFAIRS August 2003-June 2010
ASSISTANT TO THE DEAN August 2001-July 2003
College of Arts & Sciences, Niagara University, NY
Campus Wide Academic Affairs Leadership & Development
• Provide specialized academic affairs support to the Provost, Deans, & Academic Senate
• Establish templates, technology solutions & policies to address university wide academic issues.
• Provide training and development on advising, technology, policies, & procedures across campus
• Designing faculty / staff training & development websites, Canvas (LMS) resources, and emails.
• Developing a backward design based training to support the needs and skills of academic staff
• Provide troubleshooting & support to Registrar’s Office on complicated academic issues
• Serve on a variety of campus committees (see service & involvement section below)
• Elected as an administrative staff representative on Academic Senate & Curriculum Committee
Student Services & Academic Affairs
• Serve as the primary student contact for the largest undergraduate college supporting over 1,400 undergraduate students, 50 graduate students, and over 90 faculty.
• Responsible for academic affairs, advising, academic support, graduation, and transfer issues.
• Coordinate & supervise all student service processes & procedures within the college including registration, withdrawals, general education, credit placement & new technologies.
• Manage & revise academic policies & procedures within the college & institution
• Utilize advanced Datatel Colleague, reporting, registration, transcripts & batch processing to track student progress for all students within the college.
• Process all change of majors, double majors, double degrees minors
• Manage over 70% of A&S students pursuing double majors/degrees and minors.
• Respond to parent/guardian concerns with regard to FERPA, degree progress & advisement.
• Collaborate with departments & student affairs to facilitate student success partnerships.
• Provide support for Middle States, CSWE (social work) and CCNE (Nursing) accreditation processes
Advising Administration & Faculty Support
• Collaborate closely with department chairs & over 90 faculty on advisement issues and protocols.
• Maintain an advanced knowledge of advisement of all majors in the college and fill in for faculty advisors when they are not available over the breaks and summer months.
• Provide troubleshooting & guidance for faculty & students on complex advising situations.
• Train faculty & staff on advisement policies, updates, & procedures, website & technology.
• Developing a Learning Management System (LMS) training system for faculty advisement.
• Secured administrative & faculty access to critical advisement data & reports.
• Provide student guides & updates to for interpreting university advisement policies & deadlines.
• Advise the Provost, Dean, Registrar & Information Technology regarding complex policy issues.
Curriculum and Degree Audits
• Update & manage accurate degree audits with department chairs for 40+ majors
• Coordinate substitutions and curriculum updates with the Registrar’s Office
• Supervised the transition of the college from manual degree audits to digital degree audits
• Train faculty, staff, & students in the use of degree audits for advisement purposes
• Interpret degree audit related questions & concerns between faculty advisors & degree audit
• Provide ongoing guidance and support to the degree audit staff as new challenges arise.
• Manage all students manually on curriculum cards prior to 2015 not in degree audit.
Assessment & Database Design
• Created and maintain university wide common graduation surveys in Campus Labs Baseline
• Provide survey training & database support to colleges of education, hospitality, & business
• Provide training & database support to colleges of Business, Education, & Hospitality
• Designed templates to automatically generate department annual reports from raw data
• Provide data access and analysis as needed by the Dean.
Student Graduation & Retention Initiatives
• Conduct senior checks meetings with 400 seniors per year to outline graduation requirements
• Designed & implemented online Campus Labs Baseline surveys to collect graduation, commencement, and assessment data, later adapted to the whole institution.
• Created & maintain advanced databases to proactively track seniors & graduate students’ progress toward graduation, identify honors, and order diplomas
• Outreach to struggling and withdrawn seniors to maintain connections and help them successfully complete their degrees.
• Developed a system for offering drop-in student checks for first year, sophomore & junior students to foster retention & progress toward graduation. Coordinate the checks with the Student Outreach Coordinator.
• Coordinate commencement & graduation processes for the College of Arts & Sciences
• Verify all student degrees for students in the colleges.
• Serve on various graduation & retention committees which have helped raise the graduation and retention rates to some of the highest in the region.
Student Support, Academic Progress & Early Alert
• Work closely with Student Affairs, Student Records & Financial Services, Counseling, & Academic Support to provide comprehensive support and outreach for academically struggling students.
• Manage student appeals & present their cases to Satisfactory Academic Progress Board.
• Worked with Academic Support to automate & personalize student support strategies.
• Counsel students making unsatisfactory progress on success strategies, contracts, & services.
• Address students struggling with midterm grades with the Student Outreach Coordinator.
• Review and address Early Alert system, faculty referrals, and Failure to Register notifications.
• Developed a campus-wide GPA Calculator that factors in repeats and academic progress goals.
• Previously monitored and Enhanced satisfactory academic progress letters to address positive reinforcement & student responsibility.
• Initiated a model of academic & student affairs collaboration later adapted to early alert system.
Social Justice & Inclusion Initiatives
• Advocate for student led, university-wide, college-wide, departmental & faculty diversity efforts.
• Engage faculty & students in presentations and dialog on issues of social justice & inclusion.
• Provide support to the Office of Multicultural Affairs diversity initiatives.
• Support the Rose Bente Lee Ostapenko Center for Race, Equality & Mission conferences
• Created a college diversity website highlighting multicultural majors, minors, & student groups.
• Support multicultural student club activities by attending, advertising & sharing on social media.
• Fostered and sponsored student engagement in professional diversity conferences
Social Media & Marketing
• Coordinate social media for the College of Arts & Sciences: Facebook, Instagram, Twitter.
• Collaborate with public relations, students, alumni, & other Niagara University accounts.
• Foster faculty efforts to generate promotional social media content & engage students.
• Supervise student interns to support the student learning & engagement within the college.
• Generate photo content for important events (Research, Award Ceremonies & Graduation).
• Created digital sign templates for sharing college & departmental events across campus.
• Integrate senior survey student feedback into promotional materials & slideshows.
• Designed & maintain websites for the College of Arts & Science
• Consult & train individual departments on website design
• Provide training, support, troubleshooting & strategies for departmental websites.
Orientation & Admissions
• Serve on the Summer Orientation Committee representing the college & academic affairs.
• Serve on specific ad hoc sub-committees addressing academic issues & automatic registration
• Design specialized advisement guides for first semester students orienting them to the college, their first schedule, academic options, & advisement.
• Provide detailed advisement guides including first year friendly coursework for advisement.
• Represent the college at admissions events, campus visits, open houses, scholarship days & accepted student receptions.
Transfer Student Support, Credit Placement, & Articulations
• Update all transfer articulations within the college in collaboration with Admissions
• Travel to partner institutions in New York and Canada to setup and improve articulations.
• Evaluate all unofficial reviews, readmits, and athletic recruits for admissions.
• Provide support to degree audit and the Registrar’s Office for credit placement
• Implemented a transfer database to track transfer credit & AP credit prior to degree audit
• Represent the college at transfer related events
• Implemented a comprehensive approach to expanding articulation agreements to all majors.
• Evaluated all Social Work work Applicants 2001-2019
• Evaluated all Nursing Applicants 2003-2017
• Evaluated all transfer student applications from 2001-2015 prior to the adoption of degree audit.
NCAA Certification & Support for Student Athletes
• Certify all student athletes within the college for academic eligibility each semester.
• Serve as primary contact for Athletics Compliance Officer for athletic academic concerns.
• Evaluate initial transfer credit for prospective transfer athletes.
Director of General Studies
• Serve as director & advisor for students in the General Studies Associate of Arts Degree.
• Foster retention by helping non-traditional & departing students earn a degree prior to leaving the institution.
ADJUNCT FACULTY, HIGHER EDUCATION ADMINISTRATION May 2019+
School of Professions, SUNY Buffalo State
• Teaching Social Media & Technology in Higher Education, Graduate Level
ADJUNCT FACULTY, SOCIOLOGY / LEADERSHIP & POLICY January 2013+
College of Arts & Sciences / College of Education, Niagara University
• Teaching Sociology of Higher Education, Internships, Undergraduate Level
• Chairing a Leadership & Policy Ph.D. Dissertation on the Advising Profession, Graduate Level
GRADUATE ASSISTANT, OFFICE OF STUDENT SERVICES August 1999-May 2001
College of Education & Social Services (CESS), University of Vermont
• Advised & supported undergraduate & graduate students developing Individually Designed Programs (IDP) or Individually Designed Interdisciplinary Major Concentrations (IDIMC)
• Created an online guide for students & faculty designing individually designed majors (IDIMC).
• Counseled students on course selection, advisement, & program requirements.
• Provided personal academic support to students requiring academic assistance.
• Collaborated with faculty on the Student Affairs Committee as a student advocate.
• Participated in decision-making efforts with faculty concerning academic programs & courses.
• Interpreted & revised CESS academic program policies & forms.
• Coordinated the CESS Host Program as a liaison between faculty & prospective students.
• Represented CESS & the Student Services Office for orientation, admissions, & first-year student programs.
MAINE CAMPUS COMPACT AMERICORPS* VOLUNTEER IN SERVICE TO AMERICA
Office of Student Employment, University of Maine, Orono July 1998-July 1999
• Served in cooperation with thirteen VISTAs as part of a statewide effort to promote service-learning & literacy programs for the Maine Campus Compact.
• Supported faculty & administrative efforts to incorporate service-learning into the curriculum.
• Developed a service-learning web-site, authored newsletters, & compiled a resource library to disseminate local & state-wide trends in literacy & service-learning to faculty, administrators, & AmeriCorps* volunteers.
• Promoted & expanded the University’s America Reads Literacy Programs to new community sites.
• Researched national & state demographics & literacy statistics for literacy grant proposals.
• Advised emerging student leaders in the Maine Campus Compact Leaders program.
ASSISTANT TO THE DEAN FOR ACADEMIC AFFAIRS August 2003-June 2010
ASSISTANT TO THE DEAN August 2001-July 2003
College of Arts & Sciences, Niagara University, NY
Campus Wide Academic Affairs Leadership & Development
• Provide specialized academic affairs support to the Provost, Deans, & Academic Senate
• Establish templates, technology solutions & policies to address university wide academic issues.
• Provide training and development on advising, technology, policies, & procedures across campus
• Designing faculty / staff training & development websites, Canvas (LMS) resources, and emails.
• Developing a backward design based training to support the needs and skills of academic staff
• Provide troubleshooting & support to Registrar’s Office on complicated academic issues
• Serve on a variety of campus committees (see service & involvement section below)
• Elected as an administrative staff representative on Academic Senate & Curriculum Committee
Student Services & Academic Affairs
• Serve as the primary student contact for the largest undergraduate college supporting over 1,400 undergraduate students, 50 graduate students, and over 90 faculty.
• Responsible for academic affairs, advising, academic support, graduation, and transfer issues.
• Coordinate & supervise all student service processes & procedures within the college including registration, withdrawals, general education, credit placement & new technologies.
• Manage & revise academic policies & procedures within the college & institution
• Utilize advanced Datatel Colleague, reporting, registration, transcripts & batch processing to track student progress for all students within the college.
• Process all change of majors, double majors, double degrees minors
• Manage over 70% of A&S students pursuing double majors/degrees and minors.
• Respond to parent/guardian concerns with regard to FERPA, degree progress & advisement.
• Collaborate with departments & student affairs to facilitate student success partnerships.
• Provide support for Middle States, CSWE (social work) and CCNE (Nursing) accreditation processes
Advising Administration & Faculty Support
• Collaborate closely with department chairs & over 90 faculty on advisement issues and protocols.
• Maintain an advanced knowledge of advisement of all majors in the college and fill in for faculty advisors when they are not available over the breaks and summer months.
• Provide troubleshooting & guidance for faculty & students on complex advising situations.
• Train faculty & staff on advisement policies, updates, & procedures, website & technology.
• Developing a Learning Management System (LMS) training system for faculty advisement.
• Secured administrative & faculty access to critical advisement data & reports.
• Provide student guides & updates to for interpreting university advisement policies & deadlines.
• Advise the Provost, Dean, Registrar & Information Technology regarding complex policy issues.
Curriculum and Degree Audits
• Update & manage accurate degree audits with department chairs for 40+ majors
• Coordinate substitutions and curriculum updates with the Registrar’s Office
• Supervised the transition of the college from manual degree audits to digital degree audits
• Train faculty, staff, & students in the use of degree audits for advisement purposes
• Interpret degree audit related questions & concerns between faculty advisors & degree audit
• Provide ongoing guidance and support to the degree audit staff as new challenges arise.
• Manage all students manually on curriculum cards prior to 2015 not in degree audit.
Assessment & Database Design
• Created and maintain university wide common graduation surveys in Campus Labs Baseline
• Provide survey training & database support to colleges of education, hospitality, & business
• Provide training & database support to colleges of Business, Education, & Hospitality
• Designed templates to automatically generate department annual reports from raw data
• Provide data access and analysis as needed by the Dean.
Student Graduation & Retention Initiatives
• Conduct senior checks meetings with 400 seniors per year to outline graduation requirements
• Designed & implemented online Campus Labs Baseline surveys to collect graduation, commencement, and assessment data, later adapted to the whole institution.
• Created & maintain advanced databases to proactively track seniors & graduate students’ progress toward graduation, identify honors, and order diplomas
• Outreach to struggling and withdrawn seniors to maintain connections and help them successfully complete their degrees.
• Developed a system for offering drop-in student checks for first year, sophomore & junior students to foster retention & progress toward graduation. Coordinate the checks with the Student Outreach Coordinator.
• Coordinate commencement & graduation processes for the College of Arts & Sciences
• Verify all student degrees for students in the colleges.
• Serve on various graduation & retention committees which have helped raise the graduation and retention rates to some of the highest in the region.
Student Support, Academic Progress & Early Alert
• Work closely with Student Affairs, Student Records & Financial Services, Counseling, & Academic Support to provide comprehensive support and outreach for academically struggling students.
• Manage student appeals & present their cases to Satisfactory Academic Progress Board.
• Worked with Academic Support to automate & personalize student support strategies.
• Counsel students making unsatisfactory progress on success strategies, contracts, & services.
• Address students struggling with midterm grades with the Student Outreach Coordinator.
• Review and address Early Alert system, faculty referrals, and Failure to Register notifications.
• Developed a campus-wide GPA Calculator that factors in repeats and academic progress goals.
• Previously monitored and Enhanced satisfactory academic progress letters to address positive reinforcement & student responsibility.
• Initiated a model of academic & student affairs collaboration later adapted to early alert system.
Social Justice & Inclusion Initiatives
• Advocate for student led, university-wide, college-wide, departmental & faculty diversity efforts.
• Engage faculty & students in presentations and dialog on issues of social justice & inclusion.
• Provide support to the Office of Multicultural Affairs diversity initiatives.
• Support the Rose Bente Lee Ostapenko Center for Race, Equality & Mission conferences
• Created a college diversity website highlighting multicultural majors, minors, & student groups.
• Support multicultural student club activities by attending, advertising & sharing on social media.
• Fostered and sponsored student engagement in professional diversity conferences
Social Media & Marketing
• Coordinate social media for the College of Arts & Sciences: Facebook, Instagram, Twitter.
• Collaborate with public relations, students, alumni, & other Niagara University accounts.
• Foster faculty efforts to generate promotional social media content & engage students.
• Supervise student interns to support the student learning & engagement within the college.
• Generate photo content for important events (Research, Award Ceremonies & Graduation).
• Created digital sign templates for sharing college & departmental events across campus.
• Integrate senior survey student feedback into promotional materials & slideshows.
• Designed & maintain websites for the College of Arts & Science
• Consult & train individual departments on website design
• Provide training, support, troubleshooting & strategies for departmental websites.
Orientation & Admissions
• Serve on the Summer Orientation Committee representing the college & academic affairs.
• Serve on specific ad hoc sub-committees addressing academic issues & automatic registration
• Design specialized advisement guides for first semester students orienting them to the college, their first schedule, academic options, & advisement.
• Provide detailed advisement guides including first year friendly coursework for advisement.
• Represent the college at admissions events, campus visits, open houses, scholarship days & accepted student receptions.
Transfer Student Support, Credit Placement, & Articulations
• Update all transfer articulations within the college in collaboration with Admissions
• Travel to partner institutions in New York and Canada to setup and improve articulations.
• Evaluate all unofficial reviews, readmits, and athletic recruits for admissions.
• Provide support to degree audit and the Registrar’s Office for credit placement
• Implemented a transfer database to track transfer credit & AP credit prior to degree audit
• Represent the college at transfer related events
• Implemented a comprehensive approach to expanding articulation agreements to all majors.
• Evaluated all Social Work work Applicants 2001-2019
• Evaluated all Nursing Applicants 2003-2017
• Evaluated all transfer student applications from 2001-2015 prior to the adoption of degree audit.
NCAA Certification & Support for Student Athletes
• Certify all student athletes within the college for academic eligibility each semester.
• Serve as primary contact for Athletics Compliance Officer for athletic academic concerns.
• Evaluate initial transfer credit for prospective transfer athletes.
Director of General Studies
• Serve as director & advisor for students in the General Studies Associate of Arts Degree.
• Foster retention by helping non-traditional & departing students earn a degree prior to leaving the institution.
ADJUNCT FACULTY, HIGHER EDUCATION ADMINISTRATION May 2019+
School of Professions, SUNY Buffalo State
• Teaching Social Media & Technology in Higher Education, Graduate Level
ADJUNCT FACULTY, SOCIOLOGY / LEADERSHIP & POLICY January 2013+
College of Arts & Sciences / College of Education, Niagara University
• Teaching Sociology of Higher Education, Internships, Undergraduate Level
• Chairing a Leadership & Policy Ph.D. Dissertation on the Advising Profession, Graduate Level
GRADUATE ASSISTANT, OFFICE OF STUDENT SERVICES August 1999-May 2001
College of Education & Social Services (CESS), University of Vermont
• Advised & supported undergraduate & graduate students developing Individually Designed Programs (IDP) or Individually Designed Interdisciplinary Major Concentrations (IDIMC)
• Created an online guide for students & faculty designing individually designed majors (IDIMC).
• Counseled students on course selection, advisement, & program requirements.
• Provided personal academic support to students requiring academic assistance.
• Collaborated with faculty on the Student Affairs Committee as a student advocate.
• Participated in decision-making efforts with faculty concerning academic programs & courses.
• Interpreted & revised CESS academic program policies & forms.
• Coordinated the CESS Host Program as a liaison between faculty & prospective students.
• Represented CESS & the Student Services Office for orientation, admissions, & first-year student programs.
MAINE CAMPUS COMPACT AMERICORPS* VOLUNTEER IN SERVICE TO AMERICA
Office of Student Employment, University of Maine, Orono July 1998-July 1999
• Served in cooperation with thirteen VISTAs as part of a statewide effort to promote service-learning & literacy programs for the Maine Campus Compact.
• Supported faculty & administrative efforts to incorporate service-learning into the curriculum.
• Developed a service-learning web-site, authored newsletters, & compiled a resource library to disseminate local & state-wide trends in literacy & service-learning to faculty, administrators, & AmeriCorps* volunteers.
• Promoted & expanded the University’s America Reads Literacy Programs to new community sites.
• Researched national & state demographics & literacy statistics for literacy grant proposals.
• Advised emerging student leaders in the Maine Campus Compact Leaders program.