DEVORAH A. LIEBERMAN
College Address: Residence:
Wagner College 193 Longview Road
One Campus Road Staten Island, NY 10301
Phone: 718-390-3211
Fax: 718-420-4033
EDUCATION
PhD 1984 University of Florida
Degree: Intercultural Communication; Gerontology
MA 1977 San Diego State University
Degree: Intercultural Communication
BA 1975 Humboldt State University
Degree: Communication Studies
ADMINISTRATIVE EXPERIENCE
01/04 – Present Provost & Vice President for Academic Affairs
Wagner College
09/99 – 01/04 Vice Provost & Special Assistant to the President
Portland State University
01/95 – 09/99 Founding Director, Teaching & Learning Excellence, Center for
Academic Excellence, Portland State University
1/93 – 1/95 Area Director, Department of Communication Studies,
Portland State University
FACULTY APPOINTMENTS
1/04 – Present Professor, Department of Theatre and Speech, Wagner College
1/95 – 12/03 Professor, Department of Communication Studies, Portland State University
9/90 – 1/95 Associate Professor, Department of Communication Studies, Portland
State University
9/87 – 8/90 Assistant Professor, Department of Communication Studies, Portland
State University
9/84 – 8/86 Assistant Professor, University of Southwestern Louisiana, Department of
Speech Communication
9/78 – 7/81 Instructor, Deree College & the University of Maryland, Athens Greece
9/77 – 7/78 Chair, English Division, Le Chaperon Rouge, Crans, Switzerland
ADVANCED PROFESIONAL DEVELOPMENT AND CERTIFICATIONS
2001 Millennium Leadership Institute
American Association of State Colleges and University
1998 Certificate of Human Resource Management
Society for Human Resource Management
1996 Management Development Program
Harvard University
1984 Certificate of Gerontology
University of Florida
1980 English as a Second Language
Center for Applied Language Studies, Redding, England
AWARDS, HONORS & RECOGNITION
2004 Hesburgh Award
Wagner College recognition for its First Year Program and Faculty Development
awarded by TIAA CREF.
2002-2005 Project on the Future of Higher Education
One of 14 national scholars selected to participate in the three year institute, facilitated by A. Guskin and M. Marcy, to address national issues of budget reduction, student learning and faculty vitality
2003 Las Mujeres de la Raza Award
Selected for this award by PSU students and the City of Portland for commitment to “being a role model in society, a support network for all around, and generosity to the organization and the community.”
2002 Hesburgh Award for University Excellence
Submitted the application to TIAA-CREFF which honored Portland State University for its outstanding contributions to undergraduate education reform, faculty development, diversity and service learning.
2000 Oregon Professor of the Year
One professor selected annually by the Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching.
1999 Distinguished Faculty Award
Selected by the PSU Alumni Association for this award in which one faculty member
is selected annually for outstanding contributions to the university, the community and a discipline.
1998 Amistad Award
Honored by the Oregon Council for Hispanic Advancement for designing the successful statewide program where Latino students in Oregon institutions of higher
Education mentor local Latino high school students throughout an academic year. The program focuses on high school students graduating and continuing their education through community college and/or Portland State University.
1995 Sí, Se Puede Award
Honored by The Oregon Council for Hispanic Advancement for serving as an OCHA board member and for my contributions to the Oregan Latino community. One award recipient recognized per year.
COMMUNITY LEADERSHIP
2007-current Member, Board of Trustees, Staten Island Academy
1999-2002 Held a variety of positions on the OCHA Board of Directors: Education Chair, Annual
Conference Chair
1992- 1999 Council for Hispanic Advancement (OCHA) Chair Board of Directors
1994-1997 Oregon State EdNet board member. Appointed by Governor Roberts to serve on state-wide board to advance distance learning.
GRANT ACTIVITIES
2006-current “Core Commitments”, Association of American Colleges and Universities
($25,000)
2006-2009 Principal Investigator, Learn and Serve Grant,
Corporation for National and Community Service.
“Community Connected Departments “ ($600,000)
2005-Current Bonner Award
Funding for establishing Undergraduate Education Civic Engagement Certification
2003 Principal Investigator, AASCU
• Campus Coordinator to further Internationalization ($25,000)
2001 Principal Investigator, AAHE/Carnegie Foundation
• One-year seed money to design and implement the Scholarship of Teaching and Scholarship of Engagement activities, partnering faculty members with graduate students ($10,000)
2000 Principle Investigator, AAHE
• Campus coordinator and lead on PSU case study to document multiple forms of scholarship. Resulted in chapter publication in AAHE publication.
($10,000)
2000 Principal Investigator, Corporation for National Service, The Martin Luther King Grant
• One-year grant to embed diversity student learning outcomes in courses campus wide and also to connect student modules with diverse community partners. Resulted in 13 courses focused on diversity issues and connected with diverse community partners. ($10,000)
2000 Principal Investigator, AAHE/Carnegie
• One-year seed money to design and implement the “Scholarship of Teaching Resource Team” focused on Scholarship of Teaching and Scholarship of Engagement. Resulted in a campus wide publication on The Scholarship of Teaching Resource Team. ($10,000)
1999 Principal Investigator, Corporation for National Service, Learn and Serve
• Three-year federally funded grant to embed campus wide civic engagement activities into departmental missions. Resulted in several hundred new community partners and several thousand partnering PSU students.
($1,300,000)
1995 Principal Investigator, Meyer Memorial Trust
• Three-year funding to design and implement a statewide network for Latino high school youth to be mentored by community college students and Portland State University students (coordinated by the Oregon Council for Hispanic Advancement.) Resulted in 9 community college campuses and PSU teaching courses on mentoring Latino high school students. This program serves more Latino Youth thank any such program in the Pacific Northwest. ($160,000)
DEVELOPMENT AND FUNDRAISING
2005-Current Established the Chai Society. Jewish Community funding for Wagner College to increase Judaism presence on campus and to partner with Jewish community. ($50,000 per year)
2003 & 1999 Charged with soliciting contributions from YWCA attendants. 2003- Attendants contributed $130,000; 1999 - Attendants contributed $105,000.
1998-2002 Worked with OCHA Executive Director raised $300,000 for OCHA in private donations and $2,000,000 in grants.
• Presented to private donors, corporations, and grant funders.
1999 Portland General Electric, $5000
• Solicited and received funding from PGE to support the PSU monthly campus wide series that focuses on strategies for excellence in teaching.
NATIONAL ENGAGEMENT AND SERVICE TO THE PROFESSION
• ACE Consortium on Internationalization (2005-2008)
• University of Michigan Consortium analyzing the stakes of Promotion and Tenure (Imagining America)
• Project on the Future of Higher Education (2000-2003)
• Carnegie/AAHE-Campus Cluster Co-leader with University of Akron (2003)
• ACE Project- Global Learning for All- Team Member (2003)
• AASC&U- Global Access Project- Team Member (2003)
• Selected to be part of a 6-person team to design and implement a new state college in
Nevada- Nevada State College-Henderson. NSC began serving students fall 2003.
• Associate Editor (1998-1999) & Senior Editor (2000-2001), To Improve the Academy,
Bolton, MA: Anker Press. This is the annual publication for POD, (The Professional and
Organizational Development Network), the national association for faculty developers.
• Elected by POD members to its Core Committee (Advisory Board)
• Editorial Review Board, The Journal on Excellence in College Teaching
• Editorial Review Board, To Improve the Academy, Bolton, MA.
• Knight Collaborative- Team Member (2001)
• ACE/ Kellogg Urban University for the 21st Century- Team Member (1999-2000)
• Pew Leadership Award- Team Member (1999)
• PSU Conference Director- Bias, Diversity & the Law (1995)
SELECTED PUBLICATIONS
Selected Books & Monographs
Lieberman, D.A. (Ed.) & Wehlburg, C. (Assoc. Ed.). (Volume 2000 & Volume 2001). To improve the
academy; Resources for faculty, instructional, and organizational development, 20:
Bolton, MA: Anker Publishing Company, Inc.
Kaplan, M. (Ed.) & Lieberman, D.A. (Assoc. Ed.). (Volume 1998 & Volume 1999). To improve the
academy; Resources for faculty, instructional, and organizational development, 18:
Bolton, MA: Anker Publishing Company, Inc.
Lieberman, D.A. (1994 & 1996). Public “speaking” in the multicultural (1st and 2nd Ed.). Monograph
to accompany S.A. Beebe and S.E. Beebe Public Speaking: an Audience- Centered Approach.
Englewood Cliffs, NJ: Prentice Hall.
Lieberman, D.A. (1996). Public “listening”in the multicultural environment (1st and 2nd Ed.).
Monograph to accompany S.A. Beebe and S.E. Beebe Public Speaking: an Audience-
Centered Approach. Englewood Cliffs, NJ: Prentice Hall.
Selected Chapters
Lieberman, D.A., (2007). Diversity Initiatives, Institutional Change, and Curricular Reform in Higher
Education. In D.A. Brunson, B. Jarmon and L.L. Lampl, (Eds.), Letters from the Future, Linking Students and Teaching with the Diversity of Everyday Life. (pp. 3-25). Sterling,VA: Stylus Press
Voegele, J.D. & Lieberman, D.A., (2006). A Place for Civic Engagement in Graduate Teaching Assistant
Development. In L.L.B. Border and L. Richlin, (Eds.). Journal on Excellence in College Teaching. Vol. 17, no. 1&2 (pp 123-138). Miami University
Lieberman, D.A., (2005). Organizational Learning In Higher Education, In A.Kezar (Ed.),
Beyond Faculty Development : How Centers for Teaching and Learning Can Be Laboratories for Learning, (pp. 87-98), Wiley Periodicals, Inc.
Voegele, J.D. & Lieberman, D.A. (2005). Failure With The Best of Intentions: When Things Go Wrong.
In M. Cress, P. Collier and V. Reitenauer (Ed.), A Student Guidebook for Service-Learning Across the Disciplines, (pp. 99-111). Sterling, VA: Stylus Press
Lieberman, D.A. (2004). In B. Cambridge (Ed), Collaborating for Change, Campus Progress Supporting the
Scholarship of Teaching and Learning, (pp. 55-61). American Association for Higher Education.
Lieberman, D.A. & Guskin, A. (2002). The critical role of faculty development in the new higher
education model. In C. Wehlburg & S. Chadwick-Blossey (Eds.). To Improve the Academy:
Resources for Faculty, Instructional, and Organizational Development, 21 (pp. 257-270).
Bolton, MA: Anker Publishing Company, Inc.
Lieberman, D.A., Bowers, N., Moore, D.R., (2001). Use of Electronic Tools to Enhance Student Evaluation
Feedback. In Lewis, K.G. (Ed.), Techniques and Strategies for Interpreting Standard Evaluations. New Directions for Teaching and Learning, 87 (pp. 45-55). San Francisco, CA: Jossey-Bass.
Lieberman, D.A., Eckel, P., & Kezar, A. (2000). Toward better-informed decisions: Reading groups
as a campus tool. New Directions for Higher Education: Moving Beyond the Gap between
Research and Practice in Higher Education, 110 (pp. 89-98). San Francisco, CA: Jossey-Bass
Publishing, Inc.
Lieberman, D.A. (1999). Evaluating teaching through electronic classroom assessment. In P. Seldin (Ed.),
Changing Practices Evaluating Teaching (pp. 132-152). Bolton, MA: Anker Publishing Company, Inc.
Lieberman, D.A. (1997). Strategies for diffusion of technology innovation: Engaging faculty and assessing
student learning. Improving University Teaching (pp. 489-499). Published Proceedings, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
Lieberman, D.A. (1997). Culture, problem solving and pedagogical style. In L.A. Samovar and R. Porter
(Eds.), Intercultural Communication: A Reader (8th Ed.). (pp. 191-206). Belmont, CA: Wadsworth
Lieberman, D.A. & Gurtov, E. (1994). Co-cultural communication within the organization. In R. Wiseman
and R. Shuter (Eds.), International and Intercultural Communication Annual. (pp. 141-153). Newbury Park: Sage.
Lieberman, D.A. (1994). Hemisphericity, ethnocognitivism & problem solving. In L.A. Samovar and R.
Porter (Eds.), Intercultural Communication: A Reader (7th ed.). (pp. 178-194). Belmont, CA: Wadsworth.
Selected Articles
K. Kecskes, A. Spring, Lieberman, D.A., (2004). The Hesburgh Certificate and Portland State
University’s Faculty Development Approach to Supporting Service Learning and Community-University Partnerships, 287-301. In C. Wehlburg and S. Chadwick-Blossey (Eds), To Impove the Academy: Resources for Faculty, Instructional, and Organizational Development, 22 (pp 287-301). Bolton, MA: Anker Publishing
Lieberman, D.A. (December 2000). To what end? Blackboard {On-line}.
http://www.blackboard.com
Lieberman, D.A. & Goucher, C. (1999). Multicultural Educational and University Studies. The Journal of
General Education, 48 (2), Pennsylvania State University Press.
Lieberman, D.A. (Spring 1993). General semantics and the awareness of an illness: Virginia’s story. ETC: A
Review of General Semantics, 50 (1), 77-85.
Dinges, N. & Lieberman, D.A. (1989). Intercultural communications competence: Coping with stressful work
Situations. Intercultural Journal of Intercultural Relations, 100-115.
Rigo, T.G. & Lieberman, D.A. (1989). Sensitivity of normal hearing and hard of listening older adults. Ear
& Hearing, 10 (3), 184-189.
SELECTED PRESENTATION
Lieberman, D.A. (November 2006) “Campus wide Diversity: From Above and Below.” Keynote
Address at Professional and Organizational Development Conference, Portland, OR
Lieberman, D.A. (June, 2005) “Career Stages and Professional Rewards” at the ANAC Summer
Institute, Springfield, MI.
Lieberman, D.A. & Beckram, E., “Diversity and Institutional Change,” at AAC&U,
Washington, D.C.
Lieberman, D.A. (2001, July). “A Model for Scholarship of Assessment.” Workshop facilitated
at the AAHE, Summer Academy, Breckenridge, CO.
Lieberman, D.A. & Williams, D. (2000, March). “Documenting scholarship of teaching and
Scholarship of community outreach.” Workshop facilitated at AAHE Faculty Role &
Rewards, New Orleans, LA.
Lieberman, D.A. & Moore, D. (1999, October). “Using Techno-CATs in your teaching.”
Workshops facilitated at the Annual POD Conference, Poconos, PA.
Lieberman, D.A., Rueter, J. & West, E. (1997, July). “Strategies for diffusion of technology
innovation: Engaging faculty and assessing student learning.” Paper presented at the Annual
Improving University Teaching Conference, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
Perrin, N., Rueter, J. & West, E. (1997, January). “Linking student learning, assessment and
Portfolios.” Workshops at AAHE Faculty Roles and Rewards, San Diego, CA.
Lieberman, D.A. (1991, October). “Suggestions for effective electronic mail usage among the
multicultural workforce.” Paper presented at the National Speech Communication Association Convention, Atlanta, Georgia.
Lieberman, D.A. (1990, June). “Ethnocognitivism and hemisphericity.” Paper presented
at the International Communication Association, Dublin, Ireland.
Dinges, N. & Lieberman, D.A. (1989, August). “Communication stressors and coping for
international college students.” Paper presented at the World Communication Association
Convention, Singapore.
TEACHING
Courses taught at Wagner College
Intercultural Communication
Classical Rhetoric
Courses Taught at PSU
Intercultural Communication and International Management (1995-1999);
Mentoring in the Latino Community (1994-2003);
Freshman Inquiry (1994-1995);
Introduction to Graduate Studies (1990-1994);
Research in Intercultural Communication (1987-1994);
Problems in Intercultural Communication (1987-1994);
Introduction to Intercultural Communication (1987-1994);
Research Methods in Interpersonal Communication (1988-1992);
Introduction to Interpersonal Communication (1988-1992);
Small Group Processes (1987-1992);
Public Speaking (1987-1992);
Communication and Aging (1987-1994);
Interviewing (1987-1990).
Master’s Thesis Supervision Completed
Bray, Bonnie- Communication in an Alzheimer’s Facility
Gregory, Debra- The preferred learning styles of Greek EFL students and Greek EFL teachers
Gurtov, Ellene- A qualitative study of human resource personnel company managers and diversity in business.
Hattori, Toyoko- A comparison of U.S./ Japanese reported conflict resolution styles
Hornibrook, Debra- An organizational profile: Members’ understanding of discrimination
Hotta, Muneo- Intercultural communication competence and intercultural adjustment of Japanese
business sojourners and their spouses
Kurogi, Atsuko- Japanese student reported stressors and adaptation strategies
Liang, Qui Lu- Chinese student reported stressors and adaptation strategies
Locke, Stephen- U.S. business sojourners reported cultural shock and adaptation style
Roberts, Amy- Intercultural- External locus of control and the life experience of Soviet Pentecostal
Refugees in Portland, Oregon
Rosenberg, Hyla- U.S./ Soviet interchange: An examination of the underlying assumptions of the
U.S. Peace Organizations Sponsoring contact with Soviet citizens
Sipe, Deborah- A qualitative analysis of intercultural needs reported in literature and intercultural
needs reported by corporations
Sun, Xaio Cheieh- Chinese and U.S. teaching style differences
Vacharapong, Piyawadee- Values and value rankings reported by urban and rural Tai
Vick, Linda- Cross-cultural training of Chinese managers and workers by U.S. companies: A
comparative cultural analysis of the problems reported by U.S. trainers
Voegele, Janelle- The Call of Service: A phenomenological study of service learning in higher education
Yamamoto, Shizu- A qualitative study of Japanese students’ intercultural experiences in the U.S. in
relation to the developmental model of intercultural sensitivity
REFERENCES
Daniel O. Bernstine
President
Portland State University
PO Box 751-PO
Portland, OR 97207-0751
Phone (503) 725-4411
FAX (503) 725-4499
bernstined@pdx.edu
Jolene Koester
President
CSU Northridge
Northridge, CA
Phone (818) 677-2121
jkoester@csun.edu
Alan E. Guskin
President Emeritus
Distinguished University Professor
Antioch College
7724-171st St SW
Edmonds, WA 98026
Phone (425) 776-5543
FAX (425) 776-6213
aguskin@antioch.edu
Judith Ramaley
President
Winona State University
P.O. Box 5838
Winona, MN 55987
Phone (507)457-5003
JRamaley@winona.edu