Dr. Jamie Comstock is the Chief academic officer with responsibility and authority for delivering high quality liberal arts and professional programs to traditional undergraduates and graduate students across six colleges. She is a member of the VP Group and the Senior Administrative group, Chair of the Provost Advisory Council, staff support for the Academic Affairs Committee of the Board of Trustees. Responsibilities include friend-making for our University, collaborating in the development of a $150,000,000 University budget and strategic planning and resource allocation for a $43,000,000 Academic Division Budget, oversight and adjudication of faculty personnel matters, mentoring and directing academic deans for the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences, College of Education, College of Business, College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences, the Jordan College of Fine Arts, and the new College of Communication, as well as the Dean of the Libraries, Director of the Center for Global Education, Director of Academic Budgets and Special Projects, the Associate Provost for Faculty Affairs and Interdisciplinary Programs and the Associate Provost for Student Academic Affairs.
Articles
Self-Study Leveraging: The QPC Model for Comprehensive Academic Program Review. (with Kathy Booker), Accountability and Organizational Leadership (2009)
The past twenty years have brought about a paradigm shift in higher education. During that...
Shaping the Future: Strategic Planning for Small Colleges and Universities. (with Rand Ziegler), Becoming a Learning Focused Organization: Organizational Distinctiveness and Effectiveness (2005)
This paper addresses the importance of strategic planning as a precursor to assessing organizational performance...
An exploratory investigation of jealousy in the family (with Krystyna S. Aune), Journal of Family Communication (2001)
A self-report instrument assessed an incident in which respondents experienced a threat to their relationship...
Appropriate Relational Messages in Direct Selling Interaction: Should Salespeople Adapt to Buyers' Communicator Style? (with Gary Higgins), Journal of Business Communication (1997)
Study One determined that buyers are more interested in the task, rather than the social,...
Effect of Relationship Length on the Experience, Expression, and Perceived Appropriateness of Jealousy. (with Aune K. Strzyzewski), Journal of Social Psychology (1997)
The effect of relationship length on the perceived appropriateness and intensity of the experience and...
Presentations
Hot Topic #1 - Access and Student Success, Presentations of the Provost (2010)
This presentation is the first in a series of Hot Topic discussion platforms used (a)...
Hot Topic #2 - Local Impact, Global Reach, Presentations of the Provost (2010)
This presentation is the second in a series of Hot Topic discussion platforms used (a)...
What's love got to do with it? Could it lead us to the "Great Colleagues" triangle?, Presentations of the Provost (2010)
I used this presentation to close a two day Provost Advisory Council (PAC) off-campus retreat...
Professional Blog Posts
Worried about “credit creep” legislation? Improve Access and Degree Completion with Mission Driven, Market Smart Approach, Advancing the Higher Education Agenda (2012)
Are We Returning to “Multi-culturalism”? How Best to Describe “Local Impact, Global Reach” Initiatives, Advancing the Higher Education Agenda (2012)
Layering on Learning Helps It Stick, Advancing the Higher Education Agenda (2012)
To me, Mendillo’s more provocative point was to call to question whether high school students...
Giving More than We Get Civic Engagement Programs Inspire a Lifetime of Service, Advancing the Higher Education Agenda (2011)
This is the time of year when people make a special effort to be of...
Doing the Right Thing - The 5 C’s of Leadership in Higher Education, Advancing the Higher Education Agenda (2011)
We have received substantial evidence recently that the Ivory Tower is not immune to the...
Conference Papers
Managing Diversity: Establishing an Agenda for Organizational Change, International Communication Association conference (2001)
Managing organizational diversity requires managing change. Contemporary organizational leaders must prepare people to adapt to...