Larry Griffin - TRCC Humanities Division

Dr. Larry D. Griffin
lgriffin@trcc.edu

Vice President for Academic Affairs and Chair, Humanities & Performing Arts Division
Office: 214 Westover Administration/Classroom Building
Phone: (573) 840-9693

Education and Experience

The University of Oklahoma , Norman , Oklahoma
Ph.D., English , July 1989

The University of Oklahoma , Norman , Oklahoma
M.A., English , December 1975

Northeastern State University , Tahlequah , Oklahoma
B.A. Ed., English , May 1973

2004-Present - Vice President for Academic Affairs, Three Rivers Community College
2005-Present - Chair, Humanities and Performing Arts Division, TRCC

Responsible for academic planning, curriculum development, program evaluation, budgeting and resource allocation ($5.1 million), staffing, course schedule monitoring, provost activities, and faculty evaluation for a full-time faculty and staff of 79 and an adjunct faculty of 120 for a community college that offers technical certificates and the Associate of Arts Degree, the Associate of Science Degree, and the Associate of Applied Science Degree in a variety of transfer and career programs.

1997-2004 - Professor of English (tenured) and Dean of Arts and Sciences - Dyersburg State Community College, Dyersburg, Tennessee

Responsible for academic planning, curriculum development, program evaluation, budgeting and resource allocation ($2.3 million), staffing, preparation of course schedules (315 sections/semester), and faculty evaluation for a full-time faculty and staff of 49 and an adjunct faculty of 74 in a division that includes Art, Biology, Chemistry, Education, English, French, German, History, Humanities, Mathematics, Music, Philosophy, Physical Education, Physical Science, Physics, Political Science, Psychology, Sociology, Spanish, Speech, Theatre and the College Experience Program, the College Preparatory Program, and the TECTA (Tennessee Early Childhood Training Act) Program.

1991-1997 - Chairman, Fine Arts and Communications Studies Division, Midland College, Midland, Texas

Responsible for academic planning, curriculum development, program evaluation, budgeting and resource allocation ($1.3 million), staffing, preparation of course schedules (285 sections/semester), and faculty evaluation for a full-time faculty and staff of 25 and an adjunct faculty of 50 in a division that includes Art, Communications (Journalism and Photography), Dance, Drama, English, Humanities, Modern Languages, Music, Reading, and Speech.

1981-1990 - Instructor of English, Midland College, Midland, Texas

Taught 14 different English courses including first-year composition and literature, developmental English, world, Asian, American, and English literatures, technical writing, poetry writing, and short fiction writing; also taught new student orientation courses and college classics.

Dyersburg State Community College : Leadership Dyer County , 1998; Middle Tennessee State University Fall Creek Falls Leadership Conference, 1998.

Midland College : Midland Reporter-Telegram Helping Hands Award, 1996; Northeastern State University Alumni Citation of Merit, 1995; National Institute for Staff and Organizational Development Teaching Excellence Award, 1991; MC Minnie Piper Professor, 1991; Leadership Midland, 1990-1991; Exceptional Teaching Performance Awards, 1991, 1985; Great Southwest Teaching Seminar, 1990; Faculty Development Leave, 1986-1987; Teacher of the Year, 1982.

Graduate: Graduate Merit Scholarships, 1979-1981; Outstanding Young Men of America , 1980; Oklahoma Writing Project, 1979; Creative Writing Teaching Institute, 1975; Edgar Lee Masters Collegiate Poetry Contest Honorable Mention, 1975; and, President's Honor List.

Undergraduate: Best Undergraduate History Paper, 1973; Who's Who Among American College and University Students , 1973; Best Dramatic Bit Part, 1973; Best Supporting Actor, 1972; Alpha Chi, 1972; Honors Society Award, 1971-1972; and, President's and Dean's Honor Lists.

Three Rivers Community College: Missouri State Department of Higher Education MoStep Education Review Team (2005); Missouri Community College Association; Missouri Title VI-A Curriculum Committee (2004-); Poplar Bluff Area Chamber of Commerce Ambassador (2004-); Poplar Bluff Telecommunications Community Resource Center Management Committee Member; Member of Kiwanis International of Poplar Bluff; Choir Member at First United Methodist Church; Higher Learning Commission of the North Central Agency AQIP Reviewer(2004-); Chair of the Curriculum Committee; and ex-officio to most all other college committees

Dyersburg State Community College : Tennessee AAUP Chair of Community College Committee; Regent's On-line Degree Program Advisor; Reader for The Philological Review ; Campus Development Committee; Board Member, Texas Nafas; Dyer County Literacy Program Fund Raiser (2000; 2002); Dyer County United Way Funds Distribution Committee Member (2001-2004); Dyer County Tree Board Member (2002-2004); Education Program Team Member at Large (First United Methodist Church); University of Memphis Instruction Curriculum Leadership Elementary Education Professor Search Committee; Dyer County Vision XXI Leadership Council; Habitat for Humanity Construction Volunteer; Tennessee Quality (Baldridge) Award Examiner; Lewis Iselin Sculpture Donation Liaison; Board Member, College English Association (1999; 2003-2006); National Endowment for the Humanities Grants Appraiser; Southern Association of Colleges and Schools (SACS) Accreditation Visitor (Humanities); University of Memphis Articulation Committee and Planning Sub-Committee; Member, Tennessee Early Childhood Training Act (TECTA) State Steering Committee; Board of Trustees Member (2001-2005), Treasurer (2003-2004), Junior Deacon (2001-2002), Senior Steward (2000), Junior Steward (1999), Hess Lodge #93, Free and Accepted Masons; Member, Dyer County NAACP; Faculty Assembly; Teaching and Technology Learning Roundtable; Portfolio Assessment Committee; Faculty and Staff Development Committee; Faculty Evaluation Committee; Financial Aid Appeal Committee; Strategic Planning Committee; Tipton County Phase III Planning Committee; Earth Day Committee; Alternate Director (1998; 2002) and Secretary (1999-2001), Webmaster (1998-2002), Spring Book Festival Committee; Secretary, Honors Committee; Dyersburg State Community Chili College Chili-Cookoff Team Member, Best Showmanship Dyer County, 2000, for No Tastebuds Chili.

Midland College: Member, Davidson Distinguished Lecture Series Committee; Board of Trustees Member, Museum of the Southwest; Board of Directors Member, Keep Midland Beautiful; Program Committee, Phi Delta Kappa; Vice Chairman, Midland County Public Library Advisory Board; Council Honorary Advisory Board, Permian Basin Regional Council on Alcohol and Drug Abuse; Public Information Chairman, Permian Basin Regional Council on Alcohol and Drug Abuse; Midland City Arts Advisory Board; Student Advising, Appeals, and Due Process Circle; Retention Quality Circle; Instructional Staff Quality Circle; Teaching Excellence Quality Circle (popular vote); Title III Grant Committee; Fine Arts Gallery Committee; Degree Requirements Committee; Computer Assisted Instruction Committee; Learning Resource Center Committee; Chairman, Faculty Evaluation Committee; Hilda Simmons Levitt Poetry Award Liaison; Academic Advising Committee; Curriculum Committee; Scholarship Committee; Discipline Committee; and, Faculty Council.

Graduate: Chair, Speakers Committee, English Forum; First-year Student Committee; and, Committee A.

Undergraduate: President, Alpha Psi Omega; Sigma Tau Delta; Rho Theta Sigma; Secretary-Treasurer, Phi Alpha Theta; Kappa Delta Pi; and, Pi Gamma Mu.

Published more than one hundred nonfiction pieces, more than fifty fiction pieces, and more than three hundred poems in various magazines and journals (full list available); six books of poetry: Airspace (Austin: Slough Press, 1989); The Blue Water Tower (Norman: Poetry Around Press, 1984); and, New Fires (Edmond: Full Count Press, 1982); Larry D. Griffin Greatest Hits: 1968-2000 (Johnstown, Ohio: Pudding House, 2000); The Jane Poems (Winston, Oregon: Nine Muses Books, 2002); More Jane Poems (New Orleans: Umpteem Press, 2003):and, one collection of short stories, A Gathering of Samphire (Norman: Poetry Around Press, 1990). One manuscript, Cedar Plums , accepted for publication; two others Loving and Longing for Jane , and I Knew a Woman , under publication consideration. Manuscripts in progress: False Economies (nonfiction), Tall City Tales (short fiction), and Ramona (novel).

Performed poetry readings in Albuquerque , Austin , Chickasha , Cleveland (MS), Dallas , Decatur (IL), Denton , Hattiesburg , Lake Charles , London , Midland , New Orleans , Norman , Oklahoma City, Paris , Seattle , Shawnee , Tulsa , and Waco . Read fiction in Hattiesburg , Jackson , Louisville , Midland , New Orleans , Norman , San Angelo , San Antonio , and Shawnee . Read critical papers in Albany , Arlington , Atlanta , Austin , Bowling Green , Charleston (SC), Cedar Falls (IA), Cleveland (MS), Hattiesburg , Hot Springs , Iowa City, Jackson (MS), Jackson (TN), Lake Charles , Louisville , Macerata ( Italy ), Martin, Memphis , Paris , and Philadelphia .

Antiques, bultos, guitar, painting, and travel—Belgium, Belize, Bermuda, Canada, Costa Rica, England, France, Italy, Japan, Mexico, Monaco, The Netherlands, People's Republic of China, Puerto Rico, El Salvador, Spain, and Switzerland.