AUDREY ANN THOMPSON portrait
  • Professor Emeritus, Education, Culture & Society
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Professional Service

  • Philosophy of Education Society. Role: Invite nominations, initiate & oversee committee ballots, moderate discussion, contact nominees. Chair, Nominations Committee. 12/2018 - 02/2019
  • Philosophy of Education Society. Role: Attend meetings and sessions, raise and discuss issues, act as conduit with full membership. Committee on Race and Ethnicity (CoRE). 04/2016 - 03/2020
  • Philosophy of Education Society. Role: Member. Program Committee. 03/2014 - 01/2015
  • Philosophy of Education Society. Hospitality chair. 01/2011 - 05/2012
  • Studies in Philosophy and Education, Editorial Board. Role: Board Member. Board Member. 01/2008 - 12/2020

Internal Service

  • Ad-hoc Ed.D. Development Committee. First chair, then member; research options, conduct interviews & surveys. meet with committee to discuss, 08/2018 - 03/2020. Department service.
  • Chair, Tenured Faculty Review Committee (for Frank Margonis). Orchestrate materials, meetings, and vote; write summary report, 01/2018 - 05/2018. Department service.
  • Member, Search Committee, History of Education Tenure-track Position . Review and discuss submission materials, meet with committee, and attend all relevant meetings, sessions, and interviews. Participate in discussion & vote , 09/2017 - 04/2018. Department service.
  • Member, Promotion to Full Professor RPT Committee (for William Smith). Review and discuss submission materials, meet with committee, and attend meetings, submit notes, discuss with committee & vote , 09/2017 - 12/2017. Department service.
  • Member, Promotion to Full Professor Committee (for Wanda Pillow). Review and discuss submission materials, meet with committee, and attend meetings, submit notes, discuss with committee & vote, 02/2017 - 05/2017. Department service.
  • Online ELL Curriculum Committee (ad-hoc). Member, 12/2015 - 02/2016. Department service.
  • Workshop leader for the University Counseling Center Ghost stations: Narrative checkpoints in a cold war. 11/2015 - 11/2015. University service.
  • Student Course Feedback Committee . Member, 10/2015 - 05/2018. University service.
  • Graduate Council ad-hoc committee, Linguistics Dept. review. Chair, 10/2015 - 04/2016. University service.
  • Graduate Council ad-hoc committee, Political Science Dept. review. Member, 09/2015 - 03/2016. University service.
  • Member of the Graduate Council. Member, 08/2015 - 05/2018. University service.
  • College of Education Elementary Honors Planning Committee. Member, 08/2015 - 05/2018. College service.
  • College Executive Committee (Education). Member, 08/2015 - 05/2017. College service.
  • Admissions Committee. Member, 02/2015 - 04/2015. College service.
  • UITE Advisory Committee. Member, 01/2014 - 05/2017. College service.
  • Community-Based Research Sub-Committee. Member, 06/2013 - 06/2013. University service.
  • Faculty Fellow Awards Sub-Committee. 12/2012 - 05/2015. University service.
  • University Research Committee. 10/2012 - 05/2015. University service.
  • Faculty Advisory Committee on Teacher Education. 08/2011 - 05/2013. College service.
  • Speaker for Student Affairs April, 2011 "Talking till We’re Blue in the Face: Whiteness and Listening". Speaker/workshop leader, 04/2011 - 04/2011. University service.
  • Faculty Advisory Committee on Teacher Education. 08/2009 - 05/2010. College service.

Community Partnership

  • University of Utah Prison Education Project. I was a volunteer faculty workshop leader-facilitator for a two-session workshop on Trauma, Women, and Visual Art. Two 3- hour sessions, 8 & 29 Feb. 2020, plus 4 hours training on 11 Jan. 2020. 01/11/2020 - 02/29/2020
  • Guest speaker/facilitator, ACLU Board Book Club (White Fragility). 09/16/2019 - 09/16/2019

Outreach

  • Evasion Adventure: Exploring the Negative Space that Organizes Educational Inquiry, workshop currently in development with Megan Hallett & Jennifer Newell. 02/2014 - 05/2014

Honors & Awards

  • President, 2010-11. American Educational Studies Organization, 10/2010
  • President, Philosophy of Education Society, 2009-10. Philosophy of Education Society, 03/2009
  • AERA Award for Outstanding Reviewer. American Educational Research Association, 03/2006
  • College of Education Faculty Research Award. College of Education, University of Utah, 04/2001