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
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
Cinematic ArtsFall 2025
  • Sharon Teo-Gooding, Arizona State University
  • Cindy McCreery, The University of Texas at Austin
  • Patrice Petro, University of California, Santa Barbara
  • Irene Lottini, French and Italian, CLAS
  • Rachel Cox, School of Art, Art History, and Design, CLAS
Cinematic Arts
AnthropologyFall 2025
  • James C.M. Ahern, Northern Illinois University
  • Todd L. VanPool, University of Missouri
  • Beatriz M. Reyes-Foster, University of Central Florida
  • Ion (Bodi) Vasi, Sociology and Criminology, CLAS
  • Elizabeth Menninga, Political Science,  CLAS
Anthropology