Stacey Close VITAE Education: Ph.D. History, The Ohio State University Columbus, Ohio. 1992 M.A., History, The Ohio State University Columbus, Ohio. 1990 B.A. History, Albany State College Albany, Georgia. 1988 Professional & Administrative Experience: 2012-14 (Interim) and 2014-Present (Permanent) Associate Vice President for Equity and Diversity, Office of Equity and Diversity, Eastern Connecticut State University Duties: Budgetary submission and oversight for the Office of Equity, Diversity and Office of Professional Development, MRRC-AAUP, MRMC-SUOAF, and SUOAF Professional Development (OED and OPD) Interview full-time teaching faculty candidates with Provost Investigate issues of discrimination, sexual harassment, sexual assault, interpersonal violence, domestic violence, and stalking (OED) Title IX coordinator and conduct investigations (OED) Member of SAIV-RT (Sexual Assault and Interpersonal Violence Response Team (OED) Ex-officio, MRRC-AAUP (Minority Recruitment and Retention Committee-AAUP) Ex-officio, MRMC-SUOAF (Minority Recruitment and Mentoring Committee-SUOAF) Ex-officio, SUOAF (Professional Development Committee) Coordinate New Faculty Orientation Program (OPD)
Curriculum Vitae -2- Professional, Administrative Experience, Director, and Department Chairperson: Coordinate New Faculty Mentoring Program (OPD) Support Faculty and Staff Development (OPD) Attending Faculty Development Conferences (OPD) Office of State Ethics Liaison for ECSU 2012-2015 Training Programs and Meetings (Associate Vice President-OED) Yale University s Training on Recruiting Faculty Commission on Human Rights and Opportunities, Hartford Workplace Discrimination Investigation, Permanent Commission on the Status of Women, Hartford Sexual Harassment Training, Shipman and Goodwin, Hartford Religion and Workplace Training, Shipman and Goodwin, Hartford Title IX Investigator Training, ATIXA (Association of Title IX Administrators, Vassar College Sexual Violence Prevention Conference, CONN SACS Rocky Hill, CT Webinar Diversity and Disability, Employer Assistance and Resource Network New England Higher Education Resource Center (NE HERC) Diversity Conference at the Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study, Harvard University Board of Regents Training on Title IX and Sexual Assault, Hartford Curriculum Vitae -3-
Professional, Administrative Experience, Director, and Department Chairperson: 2011-12 ACE (American Council on Education) Fellowship Program Host Institution: Wesleyan University National Association of Diversity Officers in Higher Education, member, 2014-2016 2004-2007 Director, Faculty Development Center for Educational Excellence Eastern Connecticut State University Duties: Budgetary submission and oversight for Faculty Development Oversee implementation of Faculty Development programs such Teaching Excellence Seminars and Lunch and Learn Forum Oversee and Supervise CEE laptops loan program Supervise and evaluate secretarial and support staff Support Service Learning by Faculty Support Creativity and Research Forums Coordinate New Faculty Orientation Program Coordinate New Faculty Mentoring Program Support Faculty Development efforts through conference attendance Support Faculty Development through off and on-campus conferences Attending Faculty Development Conferences
Curriculum Vitae -4- Professional, Administrative Experience, Director, and Department Chairperson: August 2000-2003 Chairperson, Department of History, Philosophy, Political Science, and Geography, Eastern Connecticut State University Duties: Scheduling department courses Budgetary oversight for multi-discipline department Represented department at dean s department chairs meeting Represented department at university open house Scheduled department meetings Chaired department meetings and search committee for geographer and department secretary Supervised departmental staff and students Fielded telephone, e-mail, and walk-in inquiries Represented history program at transfer student registration sessions Submission of adjunct faculty credentials for hire Teaching: August 2004-Present Professor Department of History/Philosophy/Political Science Eastern Connecticut International Teaching, Eastern Connecticut State University, Jamaica Program, Lucea (Hanover), Jamaica, 2006-2007 May 1998-2004 Associate Professor Department of History/Philosophy/Political Science Eastern Connecticut State University August 1993-May 1998 Assistant Professor Department of History/Philosophy/Political Science Eastern Connecticut State University
Curriculum Vitae -5- Teaching: August 1992-May1993 Assistant Professor Department of History North Carolina A&T State University Publications (short list): Elizabeth Normen, ed. with Stacey Close, Katherine Harris, and Frank Mitchell, African Americans in Connecticut Explored, Wesleyan University Press, Garnet Books, 2014. Stacey Close, A Voice for Freedom: The long journey of Rev. James W.C. Pennington, Connecticut Explored, Winter 2012/2013. Millet, P., Close, S. & Arthur, C. Beyond Tuskegee: Why African- Americans don t participate in research. In Hampton, R., Crowell, R. & Gullotta, T. (Eds.), Handbook of African-American Health. New York: Guilford Press, 2010. Camille Moore Close and Stacey Close, Why Teachers Teach? Dr. Juliette Phifer Bursterman, Connecticut s First African American College Professor, The Griot: The Journal of African American Studies, Spring 2006. Stacey Close, Black Hartford s Print Protest: Hartford Chronicle, Connecticut Chronicle, and New England Bulletin, The Griot, Spring 2004. Stacey Close, Fire in the Bones: The NAACP, Civil Rights, and Militancy in Hartford, 1943-67, Journal of Negro History. Summer 2001. Presentations, Organized Lectures, and Conference Organizing: Co-Organizer and Co-Sponsor, Copyright and Higher Education w J. Eugene Smith Library, April 2016 Organizer and sponsor, Federal Judge Michael Ponsor, Death Penalty and Criminal Justice System, March 2016 Co-Organizer and Co-Sponsor, Religion and Workplace, February 2016 Co-sponsor, Title IX: Women and Girls Sports Day, February 2016 Organizer, lecture by Dr. Robert Hill, UCLA Research Professor, February 2016 Presentation, University of Connecticut, Center for Learning in Retirement, January 2016
Curriculum Vitae -6- Presentations, Organized Lectures, and Conference Organizing: Organizer, Julie Chavez Rodriquez, White House Liaison on Affordable Care Act and Immigration, April 2015 Keynote Address, University of Connecticut Law School, Diversity Week, March 2015 Co-sponsored, Dr. Sean Cahill, LGBT Community and Affordable Care Act, November 2014 Co-Organizer, Connecticut State Supreme Court Chief Justice Chase Rogers, University Hour, March 2014 Organizer, A Conversation with Maurice Clarett: Ohio State All- American, February 2014 Organizer, Rev. Dr. Bernard Lafayette, Reaching Beyond Your Grasp, Emory University Professor and Freedom Rider, October 2013 Co-Organizer, Title IX Forum, Eastern Connecticut State University, February 2013 Presentation, President s Council, University of Hartford, West Hartford, CT 2013 Committee Member and Presenter, Dr. John Hope Franklin Symposium, Trinity College, Hartford, CT, November 2009 Panelist, Addressing the Achievement of Connecticut s Black and Hispanic/Latino Males Students, sponsored by Connecticut State Department of Education, State Education Resource Center, and State of Connecticut African American Affairs Commission, Meriden, CT, March 2007 Panelist, Teaching While Black and Brown, Professional and Organizational Development Network Conference, Portland, Oregon, October 2006 Committee Member and Panelist, African American Summit, Challenges for African Americans in Academia: African American Summit, Yale University, October 2006 Paper Presentation, A Historical Perspective on the Black and Caribbean Alliance in the Struggle for Social Justice in the Northeast, 1915-68,
Curriculum Vitae -7- Presentations and Conference Organizing (Continued): Southern Conference on African American Studies, Savannah, GA February 2006 Co-Organizer, New York Africana Studies Association Conference, Eastern Connecticut State University, Willimantic, CT, 2004 Paper Presentation, The Right to Sing: Paul Robeson s 1952 Concert at Hartford s Weaver High, Southern Conference on African American Studies, Nashville, TN February 2004 Historian Interview, East of the River, produced by Alex Fuller, Connecticut Public Television, 2004 (video) Paper Presentation, The Transformation of Black Hartford, 1917-40, Association for the Study of Afro-American Life and History, Hartford Area Chapter, Windsor, Connecticut, June 2002 Lecture, The Question of Slavery, Teacher Institute, Harriet Beecher Stowe Center, Summer 2001 Panel Presentation, Making Teaching Relevant CCELT Conference, Naugatuck Valley Community College, Fall 2000 Paper Presentation, Black Hartford and Civil Rights Association for Study of Connecticut History Fairfield University Spring 1999 Panelist, Amistad and the 21 st Century Brown University Spring 1998 Panelist, How Have Race Relations Changed in the Country Since the 19 th Century?, Connecticut Historical Society Spring 1998 Panelist, Amistad Why Should We Care? Connecticut Historical Society Spring 1998 Lecture, Ethnic Studies in the 21st Century: A Case for African American Studies Brown University Fall 1997
Curriculum Vitae -8- Conferences and Committees: Session Chair, Black and White Life in the Slaveholding South, Association for the Study of African American Life and History, Charleston, South Carolina Fall 1996 Interim Member, Board of Trustees of the Connecticut Historical Society, 2016 Member, Advisory Committee for President of CONNSCU System Administrative Representative, 2013 Member, Strategic Planning, COFE II subcommittee ECSU, 2013 Member, Promotion and Tenure Committee ECSU, 2005-2007 & 2009-2011 Member and Ex Officio, Minority Recruitment and Retention Committee ECSU, 2001-2012 & 2012-2016 Member, Athletic Advisory Committee ECSU, 2009-2011 Vice-President, Athletic Advisory Committee Faculty Athletic Representative, NCAA ECSU, 2001-2006 Member, Eastern Connecticut State University History Department/New Faculty Search Committee 1994-2006 Member, Student Academic Dismissal Review Committee ECSU, Winter 2006-2007 Member, African American Forum, Consolidated School District of New Britain, New Britain, Connecticut 2006 Chair, Director of Library Search Committee Spring 2003
Curriculum Vitae -9- Honors and Awards: 100 Most Influential Blacks in Connecticut Award, Connecticut NAACP 2013 & 2015 Citation for Service from the City of Hartford, St. Martin s Episcopal Church and Rev. Collin Bennett-Honorable Marcus Garvey Banquet November 2012 Rev. Collin Bennett-Honorable Marcus Garvey Community Service Award, Hartford, Connecticut, November 2005 Who s Who Among American Teachers 2005 ECSU Teaching Excellence Award 2004 University Hour Grant, After Iraq: No Future for the UN Oxford Union Debating Society April 2003 Baccalaureate Address Eastern Connecticut State University 2003 Senior Class ECSU Student Affairs Student Club Advisor of the Year Award April 2002 ECSU s Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Distinguished Service Award January 2002 Who s Who Among American Teachers 2002 12 Hot Professors Award, Hartford Courant s Northeast Magazine Fall 1999