Academic Program Specialist
About
Katie provides administrative and calendar support to the Chair and Department Administrator; provides support for the department’s translation initiatives, including the Minor in Translation Studies and the Graduate Certificate in Critical Translation Studies, also the office contact for the Accelerated Master's Degree Program in Transcultural Studies; supports faculty HR processes including leave requests, award nominations, and reviews. Katie is the first point of contact for students, faculty, visitors and phone inquiries to the department. She assists in planning and coordinating meetings and other special events; processes p-card transactions related to these events; maintains and updates department website, files, directories, bulletin boards, mailing lists, schedules and other information; sort mail; act as key operator for departmental copy and fax machines; maintain office supply inventory; schedule seminar/conference rooms; make deliveries to affiliated units and various University departments; and supervises work-study student(s) to assist in routine office functions.
Update due to COVID-19: Please be advised that due to COVID-19, as with the rest of our staff and many people at the university, I am working remotely. My regular business hours will be 8:00AM-4:00PM during this time. Email is the best way to reach me. If you do call my office line and leave a message, voice-mails will be forwarded to my email. Requests for virtual meetings may be sent via Google Calendar - my free/busy info is publicly available.
