Strategic Planning Overview

In 2023-2024, the College of Social Sciences will engage in a strategic planning process to develop a mission and vision, and establish our strategic priorities. Our strategic plan will be a set of of strategic goals that support university goals and highlight the distinction of college and make a material difference future of CoSS. This will be a clearly articulated plan that can promote productive action to support our mission regardless of what challenges unfold.

Our Strategic Planning process will launch September 28 with a college-wide meeting facilitated by Kevin Kumashiro who will provide the scaffolding for our process.

A Strategic Planning Steering Committee will lead and support our efforts. The committee’s work will take place primarily in Fall 2023. The committee will 1) coordinate and facilitate data collection with online surveys and online focus groups with CoSS faculty, staff students, alumni, and community; and 2) conduct data analysis and write the preliminary report.

We have secured funding to pay committee members stipends. 

Thank you to the CoSS Strategic Planning Committee for your work!

Strategic Planning Committee Members: 

• Rahel Adebabay, Student, Global Studies

• Travis D. Boyce, Department Chair, African American Studies

• Jennifer Brennan, Alumni, Psychology 

• Benoit Delaveau, Senior Lecturer, Environmental Studies

• Erika Carillo, Assistant Professor, Anthropology

• Alberto Garcia, Assistant Professor, History

• Oona Hatton, Associate Professor, Communication Studies

• Yasmin Holt, Staff, Sociology and Interdisciplinary Social Sciences

• Sarah Kam, Staff, Dean’s Office

• Paul Knepper, Department Chair, Justice Studies (Chair of Committee)

• Kelly Snider, Lecturer, Urban and Regional Planning