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Matthew C. Moen University of South Dakota

Dean, College of Arts & Sciences Lohre Distinguished Professor

414 E. Clark Street, Vermillion, SD 57069

Work: Matthew.Moen@usd.edu / 605-677-5221 Personal: MatthewCMoen@gmail.com / 605-670-2775

__________________________________________________________________________________ CAREER IN BRIEF University of South Dakota Dean, College of Arts & Sciences 2002-present (Doctoral University, Higher Lohre Distinguished Professor Research, 10,000 students) Professor of Political Science University of Maine Chair, Department of Political Science 1994-2002 (Doctoral University, Higher University of Maine Trustee Professor 2000-2001 Research, 12,000 students) Special Assistant to the President 1997-1999 Assistant, Associate, Full Professor 1986-1996 Academic Associations American Political Science Development Committee 2013-2016 Association (APSA) Task Force on Interdisciplinarity 2006-2007 (15,000+ members) Chair, Professional Ethics Committee 1998-2000 Chair, Religion and Politics Div. (elected twice) 1994/1997 Council of Colleges of Arts & President 2007-2008 Sciences (CCAS) Program Chair / Incoming President 2006-2007 (500+ member institutions, Board of Directors (elected by deans) 2005-2009 1500+ deans / assoc. deans) Chair / Member, Research Universities Comm. 2003-2005 New England Political Science President 2003-2004 Association (NEPSA) President-Elect 2002-2003 (250 members in 6 states) Vice President 2001-2002 Non-Profit Associations South Dakota Humanities Chair 2015-present Council (SDHC) Board of Directors 2011-present Appointed by SD Governor Dennis Daugaard Al Neuharth Media Center Advisory Board 2005-2014 U.S. House of Representatives Congressional Fellowship Washington, D.C., office of the Honorable 1983-1984 Philip R. Sharp (D., Indiana)

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I. EDUCATION Ph.D. University of Oklahoma, Political Science & The Carl Albert Congressional 1986 Research and Studies Center The New Christian Right and the Legislative Agenda: The Politics of Agenda

Setting in the 97th and 98th Congresses (Advisor: Ronald M. Peters, Jr.) Winner of the June & Oliver Benson Best Dissertation Award.

Doctoral exams passed With Distinction (highest pass given). B.A. Augustana College (SD), Political Science / History 1980 Educational Programs Bridges: Building a Supportive Community, online Title IX certificate training 2015 She Makes Change, a three-part workshop on women and philanthropy, Lilly School 2012 of Philanthropy, IUPUI U.S. Army, Leadership Development and Assessment, for higher ed administrators 2012 with ROTC programs, Fort Lewis-McChord, WA Dartmouth College, APSA/Spoor Dialogues on Political Leadership, Hanover NH 1988 U.S. / Canada Legislative Exchange Program, Ottawa, Canada 1984 Public Policy Institute, Congressional Research Service, Washington, D.C. 1983 University of Michigan, Inter-University Consortium for Political and Social Research, 1982 linear and causal models, Ann Arbor, MI II. ADMINISTRATIVE EXPERIENCE UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH DAKOTA Dean, College of Arts & Sciences, 2002-present As dean of the College of Arts & Sciences, I lead the largest college/school at the state’s flagship university. USD is designated by state statute as the public liberal arts university and the leading graduate and professional institution, housing the state’s only medical school and law school. Arts & Sciences by the numbers:

§ $37 million annual budget under a Responsibility Centered Management model § 16 academic departments (humanities, social sciences, sciences), 9 centers/institutes § 204 FTE, 35 support staff, 3250 residential undergraduates, 550 graduate students § 28 undergraduate majors, 42 minors, 17 master’s and 8 doctoral degrees § 23 reports (2 associate deans, 16 department chairs, 5 office staff)

Academics During my deanship, we have added eleven degree programs (4 undergraduate, 3 master’s, 4 doctoral). Student retention improved by a high of 8%, driven by higher math pass rates. Annual grants/contracts rose from $2 million to over $9 million. We completed a comprehensive review of all 16 departments as part of internal planning, supported university strategic planning initiatives, kept all programs accredited, and crafted new promotion/tenure guidelines. We upgraded and added laboratory space. We improved student writing by adding a third required writing course that is tied to literature.

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Budget I’ve operated under a standard academic budget model, but now lead under an RCM (Responsibility Centered Management) model, where as dean I have principal responsibility for a $37 million Arts & Sciences budget. We regularly analyze revenue streams (tuition, fees, indirect cost recovery, distance ed) vis-à-vis expenditures, forecast profit/loss statements, review budget requests for campus support centers, and collaborate in a multitude of ways with individual academic departments. Fundraising In 2009, we pivoted to a constituency fundraising model and I was charged with developing a successful fundraising program from scratch. I’ve done so by personally traveling to 28 states, conducting more than 250 individual donor visits, and facilitating hundreds of gifts, including two $1,000,000+ gifts. A feasibility study conducted by the USD Foundation set an $11.35 million goal for specific student/faculty priorities in Arts & Sciences; I hit that fundraising target more than three years ahead of schedule.

http://www.usd.edu/news/2015/usd-college-of-arts-and-sciences-reaches-onward-campaign-goal Simultaneously, I built a current fund that has gone from 0 to more than 850 unique donors that produces about $50,000 annually. I implemented a plan that emphasized concentric circles of communication with donors, while building a top-notch dean’s advisory council that meets on campus twice a year. Inclusive Excellence In my first year as dean, we revised the College mission statement to incorporate diversity and I changed the College search policies to improve consideration of diverse job candidates by having the file of the top-ranking diverse candidate in every search examined by the dean’s office. I created a Diversity in the Curriculum Task Force of six faculty that inventoried the content of our course offerings across the entire College; this spawned meaningful curricular changes, a standing committee on curricular diversity, and a new program of Curricular Diversity Transformation Grants to encourage faculty to redesign courses. This new standing committee completed a two-stage comprehensive review and analysis of diversity and inclusiveness across the College, outlining issues and plans to drive inclusive excellence. Related to that work, in 2013, the College faculty adopted a stand-alone diversity statement to complement our mission statement. I shared some of this work with the community of scholars at a 2015 AAC&U conference on diversity, learning, and student success. Liberal Arts For years, I’ve been the lead voice for liberal education on campus. My work has included the speeches, forums, guest lectures, admissions events, and marketing materials that one would expect; however, I’ve also taken steps such as hosting a two-day AAC&U Greater Expectations forum and launching the Cicero Series—a six-year forum on the state of the liberal arts and sciences in higher education where we read 13 books together and had 7 panels/open forums. Select Campus Leadership Roles Ongoing roles include Dean’s Council, Provost’s Council, and the University Budget Committee. Special assignments include two presidential task forces (writing, student retention), chairing searches for two deans and head of the Office of Diversity, and serving on the two key budget committees over the past decade (campus budget cuts after the 2008 market crash, planning the transition to RCM).

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In 2007-08, I served concurrently as Dean/Acting Provost due to a late provost resignation. I supervised 2 assistant vice-presidents, 7 deans, and many others, including Honors, Academic Advising, and a Center for Teaching and Learning. I worked on the Board of Regent’s six-campus Academic Affairs Council and twice subbed for the president at the Council of Presidents. I implemented Foundations of Excellence in the First Year of College, a Math Task Force report, a university library restructuring, the second year of the USD strategic plan, and the Voluntary System of Accountability. By prior agreement, after serving concurrently in both positions, I took a semester sabbatical to finish out my term as CCAS president. UNIVERSITY OF MAINE Special Assistant to the President, 1997-1999 Appointed advisor to President Peter Hoff. Performed tasks as requested by the president, such as researching the history of land-grant universities in United States, drafting the presidential inaugural address and other speeches, and crafting presidential policy statements. Served as a member of the State Relations Working Group responsible for liaison with the Maine Legislature. Worked closely with the Vice President for Research, Director of Public Affairs, and the Governmental Affairs Office of the Chancellor of the University of Maine System. Traveled frequently to Augusta (state capital) to attend hearings, speak with members, and meet with staff. Subsequently, I co-authored a book on term limits in the Maine Legislature that drew widespread attention in the state. Chaired The Blue Ribbon Panel to Review the Student Experience, a major university initiative launched by the president to improve the out-of-classroom experience for students. All seventeen panel members signed a unanimous report spawning major changes. The New England Association of Schools and Colleges called our work a model reform effort in their reaccreditation report on the University of Maine. Chair, Department of Political Science, 1994-2002 Administrative tasks included annual evaluation of faculty, promotion and tenure, scheduling courses, budget, scholarships, and representing the department internally and externally. We dramatically improved our professional profile. We completed a comprehensive curricular revision, strengthened our international affairs program, improved our standing among the community of scholars by increasing research productivity, established a multi-year relationship with the Camden Conference, created a new state legislative internship program, placed the department online so early in the history of the web that we were a featured link of America Online, and started soliciting alumni. I was unanimously reelected by colleagues and reappointed by the dean to a second five-year term (the maximum allowed). Campus Service, 1986-2002 Served the institution in countless ways over sixteen years, such as university committees, admissions events, guest lectures, and honors thesis committees. At different times, I chaired the Senator Margaret Chase Smith Distinguished Lecture Series and the Senator William Cohen Distinguished Lecture Series. Consulted frequently with Maine legislators. Participated in a summit at the invitation of House Speaker Steve Rowe to discuss legislative operations. Gave hundreds of interviews as a political commentator for area newspapers, radio stations, and as an election analyst for the NBC affiliate (WLBZ). Frequent guest on PBS programs Maine Watch and Maine Things Considered.

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AMERICAN POLITICAL SCIENCE ASSOCIATION Chair, Committee on Professional Ethics, Rights & Freedoms, 1998-2000 Served three calendar years in one of the most confidential and sensitive posts within APSA, charged with formulating and enforcing ethics policies for a 15,000-member association. Committee jurisdiction included recruitment and hiring, tenure and promotion, human subjects, peer review and publication, sponsored research, sexual harassment, discrimination, and human rights for scholars living abroad. The Ethics Committee also handled individual complaints filed by political scientists around the world. On occasion, we worked collaboratively with Amnesty International. Chair, Religion & Politics Division, 1994 & 1997 Elected twice as chairperson of a 600-member association of scholars that is an official division of APSA. Accomplishments included establishing the Aaron Wildavsky Best Dissertation Prize (funded by the Lilly Foundation) and representing the division in the Public Religion Project of Pew Charitable Trusts. Administrative tasks included appointing the annual program chairperson, presiding over the election of officers and the annual business meeting, maintaining division records, and serving as liaison to APSA. Prior to election as chair the first time, I served one year as secretary/treasurer. COUNCIL OF COLLEGES OF ARTS & SCIENCES President, 2007-2008 Elected by 500 member deans to the Board of Directors, I served in successively responsible positions of an international organization of arts and sciences deans, culminating in a highly successful presidency.

§ Delivered presidential address entitled, “Aristotle in an Era of Accountability,” to some 500 deans attending the CCAS annual meeting in Portland, Oregon.

§ Released Building a Stronger Democracy Through an Educated Citizenry, a position paper on higher education circulated to Congress and to presidential candidates.

§ Created an Arts and Sciences Advocacy Award, given annually to one person or organization advancing liberal education; Phi Beta Kappa was the first recipient.

§ Restructured the entire investment portfolio, dramatically increasing returns. § Launched a three-year strategic plan that included a membership drive. § Endorsed LEAP (Liberal Education and America’s Promise) initiative of the AAC&U, meeting with

Carol Geary Schneider in D.C. to foster collaboration. § Met with Dan Madzelan, Acting Secretary of the U.S. Department of Education. § At the end of my presidency, I authored Liberal Arts FAQs, a pamphlet distributed to all deans at

the annual meeting and still being sold in bulk across the nation, with proceeds given to CCAS. Administrative tasks included presiding over the annual conference, the business meeting, and quarterly Board of Director meetings; appointing chairs of CCAS standing committees and task forces; evaluating the Executive Director; and, representing CCAS to the higher education community, federal agencies, and policymakers.

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NEW ENGLAND POLITICAL SCIENCE ASSOCIATION President, 2004 Served in successively responsible positions of one of the principal regional associations of the American Political Science Association. Administrative tasks included securing a site and planning for the annual meeting, appointing the program chair and section chairs, and presiding over the annual meeting held in Portsmouth, NH. Accomplishments included an agreement with APSA to archive conference papers and facilitating launch of the New England Journal of Political Science, serving on its initial editorial board. SOUTH DAKOTA HUMANITIES COUNCIL Chair, 2015-present Member, Board of Directors, 2011-present General administrative tasks include governance, policy, budget, and oversight of an executive director and five staff. As chair, I preside over meetings, appoint committees, approve mini-grants, evaluate the Executive Director, and countersign the legal / tax documents of a 501c3 organization. Advocate for the humanities across the state, participate in the annual Festival of Books, twice lobbied Congress for NEH funding during Humanities on the Hill, and was Board chair during NEH’s five-year external review. III. NATIONAL ENGAGEMENT Higher Education Conferences Served on more than 50 panels at annual/regional meetings, especially with CCAS, AAC&U, ACAD, and Mississippi Valley Deans (arts & sciences deans, flagship universities). Topics include liberal education, inclusive excellence, fundraising, administrative organization, interdisciplinary programs, and research. Media Gained experience with the national media by being a leading commentator on the role of the Christian Right in American politics, highlighted by an interview on ABC World News Tonight. Over several years, I did background interviews with ABC Nightline, 60 Minutes, NBC News, the Brokaw Report, ABC News Radio, United Press International, Associated Press, Religious News Service, Gannett News Service, Pacific News Network, States News Service, the Knight-Ridder News Service, Newhouse Newspapers, Copley News Service, Scripps-Howard News Service, Hearst Newspapers, the New York Times, Washington Post, Chicago Tribune, U.S. News & World Report, Wall Street Journal, Congressional Quarterly, The Hill, Village Voice, Campaigns and Elections, National Journal, Newsweek, The Tennessean, The Oregonian, Sacramento Bee, San Diego Tribune, Portland Press-Herald, Cincinnati Inquirer, Toledo Blade, Sojourners, Whig & Courier, Virginia Pilot, Oakland Tribune, Loveland-Daily Reporter, Concord Monitor, and Akron-Beacon Journal. International interviews included The Asahi (Japan), Le Nouvel Observateur (France), and the Canadian Broadcasting System.

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Fundraising Success as a fundraiser at USD led to national visibility. In 2014, I served as seminar faculty for a CCAS fundraising workshop for 70 deans/development officers.

§ Delivered the opening conference address, “Eleven Things to Think About When Raising Money for Arts & Sciences.”

§ Led two seminar sessions (using dean’s advisory boards, how to approach donors as dean). § Published a book chapter on opportunities and challenges in arts and sciences fundraising.

http://www.ccas.net/files/Newsletters/2014/CCASNewsletter_March2014.pdf

In 2015, I gave a 90-minute presentation on effective fundraising to 130 deans at the 4th Annual Dean’s Institute, American Conference of Academic Deans, Washington, D.C. The presentation was entitled, “The Dean as Fundraiser: Securing Money, Winning Converts.” Liberal Education My 2008 CCAS presidential speech led to national visibility.

§ In 2009, I did a solo follow-up CCAS session that was attended by over 100 deans and covered by Inside Higher Ed.

§ In 2010, I published an article, “Softly Fading: The Liberal Arts and Sciences in Higher Education,” Extensions.

§ From 2010-2013, I delivered invited speeches at four campuses (KU, 2010), Creighton (2011), UMaine (2012), Cal-State Northridge (2013) and at many regional venues, such as Rotary.

§ In 2014, I led a seminar session on “What Must (Not) Change in the Liberal Arts & Sciences” at the AAC&U annual meeting, and by request, reprised a session at the 2015 annual meeting, “A Speedy Fix for the Humanities.”

§ Also in 2015, on the 50th anniversary of the CCAS annual meeting, I chaired a panel of five former presidents entitled, “CCAS Presidents Reflect on the Challenges Facing Liberal Education.”

§ In 2016, I co-authored a three-part series in the Argus Leader (the state’s leading paper) with Regent Bob Sutton on the difficulties facing the liberal arts and sciences in higher education.

http://www.argusleader.com/story/opinion/2016/06/18/changing-terrain-higher-education/85341782/

IV. TEACHING Scored in the top quintile on the summary evaluation question of the instructor for every course taught at UMaine over a period of sixteen years. Experimented early with distance education, offering courses in a hybrid format (1994), interactive television (1996), and online through WebCT (1999). Political Science Interdisciplinary (team-taught) American Government Congress Ideas in History American Political Thought Congress & State Legislatures Bodies of Power American Public Life Congress & the Presidency The Art of Detection Equality and Democracy Political Parties U.S. in the Post-Cold War Era Political Leadership Electoral Behavior Politics of Concealment Internships, Independent Studies

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V. RESEARCH Books Interdisciplinarity: Its Role in a Discipline-Based Academy, John Aldrich (lead contributor and editor), along with APSA Interdisciplinary Task Force members Lisa Anderson, Robert Axelrod, Karen Beckwith, Michael Brintnall, Matthew C. Moen, Kristin Monroe, and Kenneth Prewitt, Oxford University Press, 2014. The Transformation of the Christian Right in the 1980s, University of Alabama Press, 2008

§ Book reissued in paperback under a new title sixteen years after its initial publication. Changing Members: The Maine Legislature in the Era of Term Limits (with Kenneth Palmer and Richard Powell), Lexington Books, 2005. The Contemporary Congress: A Bicameral Approach (with Gary Copeland), Wadsworth / International Thomson Publishing, 1999 The Transformation of the Christian Right, University of Alabama Press, 1992

§ Chosen Outstanding Book by the Gustavus Myers Center for the Study of Human Rights, 1992 The Religious Challenge to the State (co-edited with Lowell Gustafson), Temple University Press, 1992 The Christian Right and Congress, University of Alabama Press, 1989 (cloth), 1992 (paper) Select Publications Published more than 45 articles, book chapters, and reviews (sample below). “Arts and Sciences on Campus,” in Deans and Development, edited by Anne-Marie McCartan and Carl Strikwerda (Williamsburg, VA: CCAS, 2014), pp. 29-46. “Interdisciplinarity: Its Role in a Discipline-Based Academy,” Task Force Report of the American Political Science Association (with John Aldrich, et. al.), Washington, D.C.: APSA, 2009, 48 pp. "Maine: The Cutting Edge of Term Limits" (with Kenneth Palmer) in The Test of Time: The Effect of Legislative Term Limits, ed. by Rick Farmer, Dave Rausch, and John Green. Lanham, MD: Lexington Books (2003): 47-59. "Symbolic Politics: Public Funding and the Arts," in Art and the Religious Impulse, ed. by Eric Mazur, Bucknell University Press (2002): 139-153. "Congress Catches on to the Web" (with Barbara Greening), Boston Globe, May 30, 2000. "Maine: Which Way Should Life Be?" (with Kenneth T. Palmer) in Prayers and Precincts: The Christian Right in the 1998 Elections, edited by John Green, Mark Rozell, and Clyde Wilcox (Washington, D.C.: Georgetown University Press, 2000), 271-286. "Congress and the National Endowment for the Arts: Institutional Patterns and Arts Funding, 1965-1994," Social Science Journal 34 (1997): 185-200.

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"The Evolving Politics of the Christian Right," PS: Political Science and Politics (September 1996): 11-14. Published in conjunction with PBS series, Vote for Me: Politics in America. "From Revolution to Evolution: The Changing Nature of the Christian Right," Sociology of Religion 55 (1994): 345-357. "Intergovernmental Fiscal Relations in the 1980s," (with Kenneth T. Palmer) Journal of Public Budgeting and Financial Management (Fall 1992): 529-550. "Status Politics and the Political Agenda of the Christian Right," Sociological Quarterly 29 (September 1988): 429-437. "School Prayer and the Politics of Life Style Concern," Social Science Quarterly 65 (December 1984): 1065-1071. Political Science Conferences Participated on more than 50 political science panels as a paper presenter, discussant, or chairperson, especially at the APSA Annual Meeting and regional meetings of the New England, Northeastern, and Midwest Political Science Association. Profession Reviewer for eleven different political science journals, nine book publishers, and the National Science Foundation. Program chairperson for the Northeastern Political Science Association and Social Science History Association with responsibility for organizing division panels at the annual meeting. VI. SELECT ACADEMIC HONORS Named professorships at the two universities where I've spent my entire academic career. In 2005, I received the Augustana College Alumni Achievement Award, given to "distinguished alumni who have excelled in their careers." In 2006, I was inducted as an honorary member of Phi Beta Kappa.

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