CURRICULUM VITAE

Charles W. Clark, Ph.D.

Interim Dean, The Graduate School, University of West Georgia, Carrollton, GA 30118

(678)839-6031  email:cclark@westga.edu

Home Address: 24 Pine Court  Carrollton, GA 30117   (678) 796-0987

Education

Ph.D.University of Colorado at Boulder (Medieval History)       

Dissertation:  “The Zodiac Man in Medieval Medical Astrology”             1979

M.A. University of Colorado at Boulder (History)                                       1972

B.A. Colorado College (History)                                                                   1968

Experience/Teaching

Interim Dean, The Graduate School (2006- )

Chair, Department of History, University of West Georgia (2001-2006 )

Chair, Division of General Education St. Andrews Presbyterian College (2000-2001)

Chair, History Department, St. Andrews Presbyterian College (1987-1991, 1999)

Chair, Division of Social and Behavioral Sciences, St. Andrews Presbyterian College (1994-1998)

Chair, Division of General Education (1989-1992)

Professor of History (promoted 1998)

Associate Professor (tenured and promoted 1988)

Assistant Professor of History, St. Andrews (1983-1988)

Instructor/Teaching Assistant, History Department, University of Colorado at Boulder (1971-1980)

Instructor, Dept. of Innovative Education, University of Colorado at Boulder, (1979-1980)

Teaching Associate, University of Colorado 1974-1979

 

Summary of qualifications and duties

Interim Dean (2006- )

• graduate policies and procedures
• review appointments to graduate faculty
• chair, Committee on Graduate Studies
• budget management
• assessment of graduate programs
• recruitment
• Dean’s Council and President’s Advisory Committee

Chair, History Department, University of West Georgia (2001-  )

• faculty development
• budget management
• evaluation and assessment of program and personnel
• educational curriculum development
• recruiting and hiring of full and part-time faculty

Chair, Division of General Education 1989-1992, 2000-1

• interdisciplinary general educational curriculum development
• budget management
• evaluation and assessment of program curriculum and personnel
• faculty development
• recruitment of faculty for various general education courses

Chair, Division of Social and Behavioral Sciences (1994-1998)

Additional Professional Activities and Community Service

Chair, President’s Task Force on Summer School (2006)

Chair, Arts and Sciences Interdisciplinary Committee (2004- )

Member Dean of Arts and Sciences Search Committee (2004)

Member and past Chair University Academic Policies and Procedures Committee (2003-2006 )

Member Alternative Disputes Resolution Committee (2003- )

Member University Faculty Senate (2003-2006)

Member Arts and Sciences Committee on the Summer Budget (2003)

Vice-President and president-elect of the local chapter of the AAUP (2004--)

President, South-East Regional Middle Eastern and Islamic Studies Seminar (2001-2004)

American Council on Education Deans and Chairs Conference (June 2002)

Facilitator and Commentator Conference on “Borders” sponsored by the University of West Georgia (Spring 2002)

Executive Committee Southeast Regional Middle Eastern and Islamic Studies Seminar,

Member of Kiwanis

Arts and Sciences and University Parliamentarian (2001--)

Director, Brunnenburg, Italy Overseas Program St. Andrews (1990-2001); Chair Honorary Degrees Committee; Member, Dean of the College Search Committee (1999)

Opening Convocation Speaker for St. Andrews (1999)

Faculty Development and Evaluation Committee (various times); Admission, Retention and Financial Aid Committee (various times); Educational Policy Committee (various times)

Attended several conferences on Assessment in the Classroom, Alverno College and through the Council of Independent Colleges (1995, 1997)

President’s Task Force on Revision of the College’s Mission (1997)

Commencement Speaker (1995)

Consultant on General Education Emory and Henry College, Virginia (1995)

Taught in Italy and China (1992-1993)

Council of Independent College’s Conference on Ethics in Academia (1990)

Teacher Education Committee; Chair, Committee on Education at our sister campus (1990-1992)

Chair, Dean of Students Search Committee; Executive Council, Rocky Mountain Medieval and Renaissance Association; Editor, College Self-Study for Accreditation (1988-1889)

Poetry and Book Review Editor, St. Andrews Review; Dean’s Task Force on Language Study (1987)

Chair, Student Life Committee; Sub-committee On the Academic Uses of the Computer (1983-1987)

Chair, St. Andrews Special Events Committee (1985-1987); Faculty Parliamentarian (1983-2001)

Chair, SAGE 101 (College Success Course) (1989)

President’s Task Force on NAIA/NCAA Affiliation (1985)

Episcopal Marriage Encounter, National Staff (1990-1992)

Executive Committee of the Graduate School; Secretary, University of Colorado

Affirmative Action Board, University of Colorado (1974-1975)

Publications and Presentations

Several public presentations on Islam, Iraq and the U.S. (2003-2004)

“Influence of Islamic Science on the West in the Middle Ages,” paper presented at the fall meeting of the South East Regional Middle East and Islamic Studies Seminar (2002)

“Science and Culture in Islam,” National Association of Foreign Student Advisors Conference, Summer 2002 Georgia Southern University

“Medical Astrology in the Thirteenth Century,” presented at the University of North Carolina History of Science Seminar (1998)

“Nine Million Victims, or the Creation of a Wiccan ‘Mythistory,’” Popular Culture Association National Meeting, (1997)

“The Witchcraze in 17^th-Century Europe,” in A Pictorial History of Psychology Ed. Wolfgang Bringmann, et al. Chicago: Quintessence Publishing Co.1997, 23-29

“A Medieval Christian Defense of Astrology in the Twelfth Century: Raymond of Marseilles’ De cursuum planetarum,” in International Social Science Review 70(1995): 93-102

“Why Witches Ride Brooms: An Investigation of the Witches’ Sabbat,” Popular Culture Association National Meeting, (1996)

“World Culture and the Core Curriculum: A Modular Approach,” at the 20th Institute on

          Issues in Teaching and Learning, University of Chicago (1991)

“Medieval Islamic Science: An Overview,” at the SERMEISS Spring meeting (1988)

“A Christian Defense of Astrology in the Twelfth Century: The Liber cursuum Planetarum, by Raymond of Marseilles,” at the Rocky Mountain Medieval and Renaissance Association Conference (1986)

“The Zodiac Man in Medieval Medical Astrology,” The Journal of the Rocky Mountain Medieval and Renaissance Association, 3(1982): 13-38

“William of England and Astrological Medicine in the Late Twelfth Century,” at the Fifth

 Regional Conference on the History and Philosophy of Science at the University of Colorado (1981)

“The Zodiac Man in Medieval Medical Astrology,” at the Rocky Mountain Medieval and

           Renaissance Association Conference (1979)

“The Decline of Astrology in the West in the Fourth Century,” at the Regional Phi Alpha Theta

          Conference, Colorado Springs, Colorado (1974)

Various reviews for Choice, International Social Sciences Review, Renaissance Quarterly, History: A Review of Books , The History Teacher (1986-present)

Fellowships, Grants, Special Awards:

Jesse Ball Dupont Summer Fellowship (2000) on Environmental History

Dupont Faculty Development Grant (Chair and Co--ordinator), Sears Teaching Excellence and

                Campus Leadership Award (1991)

Title VI, United States Department of Education, Asian Studies Grant (1990)

Travel and Research Grant, St. Andrews (1990, 1994, 1996, 2000)

National Endowment for the Humanities Summer Institute:  Teaching the New History  (1984)

Who's Who Among Students in American Colleges and Universities  (1974-1975)

University of Colorado Fellowship (1974-1975); University of Colorado History Departmental Award (1974-1975)

Honor and Professional Societies

Medieval Academy of America                                                                         Renaissance Society of America

British Studies Association                                                                               American Historical Association

History of Science Society                                                                 Pi Gamma Mu (Social Sciences)

South East Regional Middle East and Islamic Studies Seminar                  

Rocky Mountain Medieval and Renaissance Association

Works in Progress

Edition, translation and introduction to William of England, De urina non visa;  [submitted]

Raymond of Marseilles, Liber cursuum planetarum

Research and Teaching Interests

History of Science and Medicine, Medieval Continental and Early Modern Europe--Intellectual and Social History, Tudor/Stuart England, Middle Eastern History, History of Witchcraft