After a review is submitted, the department or program is invited to respond to the review recommendations. The review concludes with the response of the Dean of Liberal Arts & Sciences and the Dean of the Graduate College to the review recommendations, prepared in consultation with the CLAS Executive Committee. After the Deans' response has been transmitted to the department or program, the review materials are public documents.

Department or ProgramReview VisitReview Committee
(Internal & External)
Status of Review
Gender, Women's, and Sexualities StudiesFall 2024
  • Robyn Warhol, The Ohio State University
  • Sasha Welland, University of Washington
  • Kathryn Bond Stockton, University of Utah
  • Christine Shea, Department of Spanish and Portuguese, CLAS
  • Jeremy Swanson, School of Art, Art History, and Design, CLAS
Concluded October 2025
GermanFall 2024
  • Carrie Jakson, Penn State University
  • Leslie Morris, University of Minnesota
  • Mark Louden, University of Wisconsin-Madison
  • Paul Dilley, Department or Religious Studies, CLAS
  • Katarina Perovic, Department of Philosophy, CLAS
Concluded November 2025
Global Health StudiesFall 2024
  • Denise Filios, Department of Spanish and Portuguese, CLAS
  • Marie Kruger, Department of English
Concluded October 2025
RhetoricFall 2024
  • Michelle Crow, Cornell University
  • Harry Denny, Purdue University
  • Chris Anson, North Carolina State University
  • Robert Bork, School of Art, Art History, and Design, CLAS
  • Bruce Nottingham-Spencer, Department of German, CLAS
Concluded September 2025
French and ItalianFall 2024
  • Adlai Murdoch, Penn State University
  • Dana Renga, The Ohio State University
  • Valerie Orlando, University of Maryland
  • Sarah Bond, Department of History, CLAS
  • Paula Amad, Department of Cinematic Arts, CLAS
Concluded December 2025
African American StudiesSpring 2025
  • Diana Cates, Religious Studies, CLAS
  • Sujatha Sosale, Journalism and Mass Communication, CLAS
Concluded January 2026
American StudiesSpring 2025
  • Barry Shank, The Ohio State University
  • Anna Ochoa O’Leary, University of Arizona
  • Ben Chappell, University of Kansas
  • Dean Bakopoulos, Cinematic Arts, CLAS
  • Abbey Dvorak, Music, CLAS
Concluded January 2026
Asian and Slavic Languages and LiteraturesSpring 2025
  • Travis Workman, University of Minnesota
  • Karen Evans-Romaine, University of Wisconsin-Madison
  • Michael Bourdaghs, University of Chicago
  • Chris Goetz, Cinematic Arts, CLAS
  • Harry Stecopoulos, English, CLAS
Concluded December 2025