Curriculum Vitae

Beverley Joyce Pitts

Current Position

Previous Administrative Experience

Provost and Vice President for Academic Affairs, 2002-2005

Associate Provost, Ball State University, 1993-2002

Acting Provost, April-June 2001, Fall Semester 1994 (Provost on research leave)

Acting Supervisor for Information Technology, Ball State University, 2000-2001

Assistant Provost and Executive Director of Research and Undergraduate Curriculum, 1990-1992

Director of Academic Assessment and General Studies, l990

Director of General Studies, 1988-1990

Director of Graduate Studies in Journalism, l985-1988.

Coordinator, News Editorial Sequence in Journalism, 1985-1988

Additional Administrative Experience

Chair, Department of Communication, Anderson University, l980-1985

Educational Background

Ed. D. Ball State University, 1981

M. A. Ball State University, 1971

B. A. Anderson University, 1968

Selected participant, Harvard MLE Program, Summer 1999

Academic Credentials
Professor of Journalism, University of Indianapolis, 2006-
Professor of Journalism, Ball State University, 1991-2005
Graduate Faculty status, served on 29 doctoral committees
Associate Professor of Journalism, Ball State University, 1985-1990
Assistant Professor of Communication, Anderson University, 1980-1985
Adviser to Student Publications, Anderson University, l977-l985
Instructor in English, Anderson University l977-l980

Grants

Liaison to the Lilly Endowment and co-creator and writer, with Scott Olson and Phil Repp, "i-Communication," $20 million, funded Summer 2001.

Oversight Manager, liaison to the Lilly Endowment, University retention project, "The Four Year Commitment," $3.5 million, funded March 2001. Project opportunity presented by the Lilly Endowment as a result of a successful "Partnerships" initiative.

Project Director, Lilly Endowment Planning Grant to address K-12 Initiatives, $15,000, funded Summer 1998.

Project Director, Lilly Endowment Grant, "Partnerships for Successful Learning," $3 million, funded Fall 1997. Project initiated by the Lilly Endowment for all 4-year public institutions in Indiana to improve retention.

Project Director, Lilly Endowment Planning Grant to address issues of retention, $50,000, funded Spring 1997.

Project Director, "Asia and Us," Indiana Humanities Council, $5,000, funded Summer 1996. Planning grant for University and community program on study of the Pacific Rim.

Project co-director with Mark Popovich, "Research on Retired Players," NFL Players Association, $1,500, funded Summer 1996.

Project co-director with Janice Replogle, "Alliances in Business and Liberal Arts: A Focus on International Studies," American Assembly of Collegiate Schools of Business and the Association of American Colleges, $10,000, funded Fall 1991. Project designed to create integration of business and liberal arts courses.

Project co-director with Nancy Carlson and Ruth Howes, "Physics at the Indy 500," AMAX Corporation, $5,000, funded Summer 1991.

Project co-director with Nancy Carlson and Ruth Howes, "Physics at the 500," Corporation for Science and Technology, $100,000, funded Summer 1990. Project created videotape teaching materials, a CD, and permanent display at The Children's Museum of Indianapolis.

Project Director and administrator, Nixon Newspapers Grant for National Writing Award, sponsored by Ball State University, 1988-1990.

New Faculty Research Grant, Ball State University, $1,500, funded Fall 1986. Protocol analysis study of the news writing process of experienced writers.

Untenured Faculty Research Grant, Ball State University, funded Fall l986. Continued research on the news writing process.

Project co-director with Barbara Weaver, "New Applications in the Teaching of Writing in Secondary Schools," Linkage Grant, Lilly Endowment, $25,000, funded Summer 1983. Project funded two-year program to teach new techniques in teaching writing to secondary school teachers in central Indiana.

Professional Recognition

Chair, project team, American Council of Education Project, "Leadership and Institutional Transformation," funded by the Kellogg Foundation. Ball State was one of five pilot schools selected for the three-year project, 1995-2001.

Selected participant, Academic Leadership Institute, American Association of State Schools and Colleges, San Antonio, January 1996.

Fulbright Scholar, Germany, German Administrators Program, 1994.

President, National Association for General and Liberal Studies, 1994.

Fellowship recipient, Think Tank, College of Sciences and Humanities, Ball State University, Spring 1988. Semester of discussion and writing on the role of liberal arts in the university.

Fellowship recipient, American Press Institute, advanced study for journalism educators, Reston, Virginia, l987.

Fellowship recipient, Ottoway Fellowship for advanced study, American Press Institute, Reston, Virginia, Ottoway Newspaper Foundation, l986.

Publications

Popovich, Mark, Mark Masse, and Beverley Pitts. "Revisiting Student Writer Apprehension: A New Interpretation of the Riffe and Stack's Writing Apprehension Measure." Operant Subjectivity 26 (2003): 88-111.

Pitts, Beverley, Tendayi Kumbula, Mark Popovich, and Debi Reed. The Process of Media Writing. Boston: Allyn and Bacon, 1997.

_____. Instructor's Manual for The Process of Media Writing. Boston: Allyn and Bacon, 1997.

_____, and Mark Popovich. "Life After Football: Careers and Connections." Touchback 19 (September 1997): 1-2. Report on results of research, by request of editor.

Howes, Ruth, and Beverley Pitts. "Different Drums: Contrasts Between Scientific Communication and Journalism." Technical Expertise and Public Decisions: Proceedings of 1996 International Symposium on Technology and Society, Princeton University, LCN 96-76267, 482-490.

Popovich, Mark, Sandra Moriarity, and Beverley Pitts. "News Magazine Coverage of the 1988 Presidential Campaign." Mass Communication Review 20 (1993): 99-110.

Pitts, Beverley. "Teachers and Students Lured Back to the Books." Progressions 4 (December 1992): 4-8.

Howes, Ruth, Nancy Carlson, and Beverley Pitts. "Physics at the Indy 500: Multidisciplinary Media, Methods, and Madness." AAPT Announcer 22 (July 1992): 72.

Pitts, Beverley, and Barbara Weaver. Teaching Writing in a Decade of Change: A Personal History of ITW. Monograph published by Indiana Teachers of Writing. Indianapolis, 1991.

_____, and Thomas Lowe. "The Cluster Project at Ball State University." AGLS Newsletter 3 (October 1991): 3-4.

Lowe, B. Thomas, and Beverley Pitts. "The Development of the Cluster Project at Ball State University: Implications for Student Evaluation." International Society for Teaching Alternatives Proceedings, 1991, 10-11.

Pitts, Beverley. "The Media and the NFL Players: Anatomy of the Strike." In With Just Cause: Unionism and the American Journalist. New York: University Press of America, 1991.

Carlson, Nancy, Ruth Howes, Tina McBride, Beverley Pitts, and Chris Weyers. "Selling Physics on Television and in the Classroom." Proceedings of the Indiana Academy of Science. Indianapolis, l990.

Pitts, Beverley, and Mark Popovich. "Major Injuries on Increase in Every Decade Since 1940s," Playbook 7 (September 1990): 1-3. Publication of results of research study, by request of editor.

_____, and Mark Popovich. "Survey Shows Major Increase in Injuries Each Decade," Touchback 7 (July 1990): 1-3. Publication of results of research study by request of editor.

_____. "Model provides description of news writing process." Journalism Educator 44 (Spring 1989): 12-19, 59-60.

_____. "Improving Writing for Student Publications." Journal of Teaching Writing 2 (Fall-Winter 1988): 205-214.

_____, and Mark Popovich. "Two of Three Players Live With Permanent Injury." NFLPA Checkoff. Series 5 (Sept.1988): 1-3; 6 (Oct. 1988): 1-3); 7 (Nov. 1988): 1-3. Publication of results of research studies by request of editor.

_____. "How Writers Work: Research into the Process." The Coaches' Corner 4 (October 1988): 8-10. By request of editor.

_____. "Peer Evaluation in a Writing Course." Journalism Educator 2 (Summer 1988): 84-88.

_____. "The News Selection Process of Student and Professional Journalists." Newspaper Research Journal 9 (Fall 1987): 41-48.

_____. "Taping Protocols Helps Professors Grade News Stories." Journalism Educator 42 (Summer 1987): 28-30.

_____. "Media Literacy and Television News." Journal of Teaching Writing 4 (Spring 1986): 156-161.

_____. "Teaching News Writing Not Feasible." J-Communique 4 (November- December 1985): 6.

_____. "The Writing Process." Press Woman 48 (June 1985): 1-2. By request of editor.

_____, and Jan Guffin. "The Write Image." Journal of Teaching Writing 3 (Winter 1984): 7-16.

_____. "A Protocol Analysis of the News Writing Process." Newspaper Research Journal 4 (Fall 1984): 12-21.

_____. "A Focus on News Writing: What Beginning Writers Can Learn from the Pros." Journal of Teaching Writing 1 (Spring 1982): 95-101.

_____. "The News writing Process: Learning from the Pros." College Press Review 22 (Fall 1982): 7-9.

_____. "How to Defend Your Class in Open Season." Communication: Journalism Education Today 16 (Fall 1982): 17-18.

_____. "The Writing Process," Nixon Newspapers Inc., Summer 1982, 6-9. By request of editor.

_____. "What do You Mean by Academic Freedom?" College Press Review 20 (Fall 1980): 54-60.

Selected Papers and Speeches

"Academic Freedom: A Case Study," American Association of University Professors State Meeting, Indianapolis, April 2007.

"The Role of Universities in Regional Economic Development: An Indiana Experience," International Symposium on Interactive Development of Higher Education and Regional Economy, Ningbo, China, October 2007.

"An Attack on Peace Studies," American Association of University Professors State Conference, Bloomington, April 2006.

"Becoming an Engaged Campus," Engagement and Service Conference, Indiana Campus Compact, Indianapolis, November 2005.

"Designing, Implementing, and Assessing a Freshman Learning Communities Program for Larger Institutions," AASCU Academic Officers Meeting, Point Clear, Alabama, February 2003.

"What are Best Practices in Doctoral/Research Intensive Institutions for the Junior-Senior Experience?" Mission, Values and Identity, A National Conference for Carnegie Doctoral/Research Intensive Institutions, Illinois State University, July 2002.

"What are Best Practices in Doctoral/Research Intensive Institutions for Freshman Experience and General Education?" Mission, Values and Identity, A National Conference for Carnegie Doctoral/Research Intensive Institutions, Illinois State University, July 2002.

"Leaving Football in the 90s," National Football League Retired Players Convention, Phoenix, May 2002, invited plenary address based on unpublished research study for NFLPA conducted in spring 2002.

"Evaluation: Making it Work, Making it Better," invited paper, University of Wisconsin System Conference on Research for Improving Retention, Madison, June 2001.

"International Exchanges and Academic Relations," Faculty of Business Opening Ceremonies, Istanbul University, October 1998.

"Higher Education Challenges in the 21st Century," International Symposium on the Millennium, Yeungnam University, Taegu, Korea, June 1998.

"Freshman Connections: Communities for Student Success," with Randy Hyman, Paul Ranieri, and Doug McConkey, National Association of Student Personnel Administrators, Philadelphia, March 1998

"Research and the Retired Player," with Mark Popovich, Pro Football in American Life Symposium, Pro Football Hall of Fame, Canton, Ohio, October 17, 1997.

"Using Assessment to Improve General Education," with Catherine Palomba, Tom Lowe, and Paul Ranieri, AAHE Conference on Assessment, Miami, June 1997.

"Profile of a Player," National Football League Players Association Convention, Orlando, May 1997.

"Two Perspectives: Physics and the Mass Media," with Ruth Howes, American Association of Physics Teachers National Meeting, College Park, Maryland, August 1996.

"Different Drums: Contrasts Between Scientific Communication and Journalism," with Ruth Howes, 7th International Symposium on Technology and Society, Princeton University, June 1996.

"What Really Happens When Institutions Seek Change? Perspectives from the ACE Project on Leadership and Institutional Transformation," American Council on Education Annual Meeting, San Diego, February 1996.

"Using Technology to Enhance Teaching and Learning,"with Nancy Carlson, Kay Hodson, and John Emert, plenary presentation, AASCU Academic Officers Meeting, San Antonio, January 1996.

"Writing Strategies: Adding Variety," Society of Professional Journalists National Writers' Workshop, Indianapolis, March 1994.

"Captain Picard's Lesson: Engage is an Action Verb," plenary address, Association for General and Liberal Studies National Conference, Memphis, October 1993.

"After the Battle: A Report on Former Players," with Mark Popovich, National Convention of the National Football League Retired Players, New Orleans, May 1993.

"Writing as a Professional," Society for Professional Journalists, Region Five Conference, Indianapolis, April 1992.

"Implementing Assessment of a General Studies Program: Perspectives from the Disciplines," with Charles Jones, Joseph Losco, Thomas Lowe, and Paul Ranieri, Association for General and Liberal Studies Conference, Seattle, Washington, October 1991.

"Coverage of the 1988 Presidential Campaign in Time, U.S. News & World Report, and Newsweek," with Mark Popovich and Sandra Moriarity, Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication, Boston, August 1991.

"Sleuthing, Interviewing, Reporting," Lilly Endowment Teacher Creativity Fellowship, Nashville, July 1991.

"Audiences, Strategies, and Language: Becoming a more Effective Writer," Indiana Council for the Advancement and Support of Education, Indianapolis, April 1991.

"Integrating the General Education Curriculum: Implementation and Evaluation of a Cluster Project," with Deborah Moore, General and Liberal Studies National Conference, Baltimore, October 1990.

"Views on the Retirement Issues," NFL Players Association National Convention, Daytona, May l990.

"Different Audiences, Different Purposes, Different Strategies: The Power of Effective Writing," Great Lakes Regional Meeting, Women in Communication, Inc., Indianapolis, April 1990.

"Building Integration in the Freshman Curriculum Through Clusters Designed Around Writing Courses," Conference on the Freshman Year Experience, Columbia S.C., February l990.

"'And Gladly Wolde (they) Teach and Gladly learn': Improving Liberal Education for At-Risk Students," with Barbara Weaver and Susan Kyper, Association for General and Liberal Studies national conference, Indianapolis, October l989.

"From Writing out of Experience to Telling Someone Else's Story," With Sandra Clark, Indiana Teachers of Writing Conference, Indianapolis, September l989.

"Injuries and the NFL," plenary address, National Football League Players Association Retired Players Convention, New Orleans, May 1989.

"Current State of Assessment on Three Indiana Campuses," Indiana Association for Institutional Research, Indianapolis, March 1989.

"Training New Board Members for State Leadership," National Endowment for the Humanities National Conference, Savannah, March 1989.

"Partnerships to Enhance General Studies," with Barbara Weaver and Susan Kyper, The First Year Experience National Conference, Columbia, S.C., February,1989.

"Targeting Your Writing by Marketing Your Message," Indiana Public Relations Professional Development Conference, March,1988.

"Developing the Narrative Voice: Milestones, Memories, and Media," Indiana Teachers of Writing Conference, Indianapolis, September 1988.

"Case Studies in News Writing: A Descriptive Model," national conference of the Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication, Portland, Oregon, July 1988.

"Life and Stress After Football: A Research Study of Retired NFL Players," plenary address, National Football League Players Association Players Convention, Los Angeles, March 1988.

"Preparing Secondary Students for College Writing," Indiana Teachers of Writing Conference, September 1987.

"Writing Across the Curriculum: Including the Social Sciences," National Conference for Black Institutions of Higher Learning, sponsored by the Lilly Endowment, Atlanta, May 1986. By request as a result of a two-year Lilly grant with Barbara Weaver on teaching writing across the curriculum.

"Writing for Yearbooks and Newspapers," workshop, Indiana Teachers of Writing Conference, Indianapolis, September 1986.

"Recapturing a Legacy--Responses to William Bennett," plenary address, Indiana College English Association, October 1985. Invited as chair of the Indiana Counxil for the Humanities.

"Cultural Literacy and the Media," media panel plenary session, Indiana Teachers of Writing Conference, September 1985.

"Designing Programs for New Approaches to Teaching Writing," with Barbara Weaver, Conference on College Composition and Communication, New York, March 1984.

"The (Write) Right Image," with Jan Guffin, plenary address, Indiana Teachers of Writing Conference, Indianapoolis, September 1983.

"Student Publication in the Small Private School," Conference of National Council of College Press Advisers, St. Louis, October, 1982.

"Placement Testing," Indiana College English Association annual meeting, October, 1982.

"A Focus on News Writing: What Beginning Writers Can Learn from the Pros," Conference on College Composition and Communication, San Francisco, March 1982.

"Placement Testing at the Small School," Indiana College English Association, October 1981.

"Double-duty Assessment: Evaluating Students as Writers and Faculty Respondents," with Barbara Weaver, Conference on Problems in Reading and Writing, Indiana University, February 1981.

Selected Professional Activities

Judge, Ernst and Young Entrepreneur of the Year Award, Chicago, Spring 2007.

Accreditation evaluator, School of Landscape Architecture, University of Rhode Island, 2003; University of Florida, October 2001; University of Michigan, October 2000.

Editorial Board Member, Perspectives, journal of the Association of General and Liberal Studies, 1997-2001.

Writing Consultant, South Bend Tribune, 1993.

Reviewer, Journalism Educator, 1990-1999.

Judge, Keith L. Ware Journalism Competition, Department of the Army, Washington, D.C., December 1991.

Judge, Keith L. Ware Journalism Competition, Department of the Army, Washington, D.C., November 1990.

Grant reviewer, National Endowment for the Humanities, l990.

Board member, Indiana Partners in Education, granting agency for state funding for public education programming, Economic Development Agency, 1986.

Book review editor, College Media Review, 1982-1985, design editor 1985-1986.

Judge, high school and college publications, National Scholastic Press Association, 1982-1984.

President, Indiana Teachers of Writing, 1982-1983; program chair, Indiana Teachers of Writing fall conference, September 1982.

Co-founder, Indiana Teachers of Writing, organization created for college, secondary, and elementary teachers of writing. Organization and first conference founded jointly with Ron Strahl, Joe Trimmer and Barbara Weaver, 1981.

Selected Professional Writing

Pitts, Beverley, "At What Price?" Alumnus , Vol. 51, No. 3, November 1993, pp. 7-8.

_____, "Filling A Niche: Improving the Undergraduate Learning Experience," Alumnus, Vol. 48 No. 2 ( Sept., 1990), pp.16-20.

_____, 1988 Business Directory, NFL Players Association, Washington, D.C., July 1987.

_____, NFLPA Membership Book, published August 1986, NFL Players Association.

_____, NFLPA Retired Players, book distributed to all retired NFL players, published August 1986, NFL Players Association.

_____, "Report on the General Assembly," Vital Christianity, Vol. 105, No. 12 (August 1985), pp. 22-25.

_____, "Good News," Headlines, Vol. 11, No. 4 (Winter 1985), p.1, 3.

_____, "Doublethink, Doublespeak--Language in 1984," Headlines, Vol. 10, No. 1 (Winter 1984), pp. 1-2.

_____, "Which Sabbath? A Look at Sunday Workers," Vital Christianity Vol. 104, No. 14 (September 2, 1984). pp. 9-11.

Professional Experience

Consultant, National Football League Players Association, Washington, D.C., l984-present. Work involved development of scholarship program, design and implementation of research projects, and public relations consultation. Research studies, with Mark Popovich, included four national surveys of former NFL players. Results published in more than 50 magazines and newspapers including USA Today, Newsday, Sports Medicine, Sports Illustrated.

Full-time staff writer, National League Players Association, l984, summers l986, l987
Work involved writing and editing publications, media advising, videotape script writing, designing, public relations planning and consulting. Professional work included Articles for, Touchback, The Audible, The Lawdible, USFL Update, The Checkoff, Sidelines. Videotapes written and edited for NFL Players Association included:

• "Every Right Took a Fight," July 1987
• "Eight Points Bargaining Issues," July 1987
• "Finances of the NFL," August 1987
• "Super Teams," July 1986
• "Women of the NFLPA," July 1986
• "The Art of Negotiation," July 1986
• "NFLPA at Work for You," August 1986
• "Your Voice Counts," August 1986

Civic Activities, Awards, Memberships

Awards
Academic Freedom Award for Higher Education, Indiana AAUP, 2007
Indiana Torchbearer Award, Education, 2007
Benny Award, Ball State University, 2004
Athena Award, Muncie, Indiana, 2003
Vivian Z. Conley Award, Outstanding Achievement in Education, 2003
NFL Players Association Award of Excellence, 2000
Ball State University Distinguished Alumni Award, 2000
Anderson University Distinguished Alumni Award, 1999
Muncie Soroptomist Club Award, Outstanding Woman, 1998
Ball State Journalism Hall of Fame, 1998
Teachers College Outstanding Alumnus Award, 1996
Ball State Journalism Alumni Award, 1985
Who's Who in American Women, 1984
Woman of Achievement in Education, Women in Communication, 1983

Current Boards and Civic Activities
Board of Directors, Community Hospitals of Indianapolis, 2009-2011
Education Roundtable, appointed June 2008
Board of Directors, United Way of Central Indiana, 2008-
NCAA Division II Presidents' Council, 2007-2010; vice chair 2008-2009
American Council on Education Commission on International Initiatives 2007-2010
Board of Directors, Professional Athletes Foundation, Washington, D.C., 1990-
Board of Directors, Council on Adult and Experiential Learning, 2006-2009
Board of Directors, Sagamore Institute, 2004-2010
Board of Directors, Greater Indianapolis Chamber of Commerce, 2006-
Board of Directors, The Mind Trust, 2006-
Board of Directors, Old National Community Bank, 2005-
Board of Directors, Skyline Club, 2007-
Advisory Board, Indianapolis Woman Magazine, 2006-
Member, Greater Indianapolis Progress Committee, 2006-

Past Boards and Civic Activities
Board of Directors, Simon Youth Foundation, 2006-2008
Board of Directors, Indiana Youth Institute, 2000-2008, Chair, 2005, 2006
Board of Directors, Chamber of Commerce of Delaware County, 2003-2005
Board of Directors, Delaware County Community Foundation, 2000-2005
     Vice Chair 2003. 2004, Chair-elect- 2005
President, Board of Directors, Professor Garfield Foundation, 2004-2005
Board of Directors, Community Alliance to Promote Education, 2001-2003
Board of Directors, Lyn St. James Foundation, 2000-2002
Board of Directors Ivy Tech State College Region Six, 1999-2002
Board of Directors, Family Services of Delaware County, 1999-2002
Muncie Rotary Club Board of Directors 2000-2004
     Secretary 2000-2001
     President-elect 2001-2002
     President 2002-03
Board of Directors, Delaware County United Way, 1996-2002
Very Important Volunteer Awards (VIVA) Co-chair, 1999, 2000; Chair, 2001
Grant Advisory Committee, Community Foundation, 1999-2001
Board of Directors, Muncie Center for the Arts, 1999-2000
Board of Directors, Indiana Humanities Council, 1983-1988, 1996-1998
     Vice Chair, 1984, Chair 1985-1986
Delaware County United Way Campaign Chair, 1998
Delaware County United Way Campaign Vice Chair, 1996, 1997
Delaware County United Way Campaign Cabinet, 1994, 1995
Corporate division co-chair, United Way of Delaware County, 1993
Anderson Community School Board Facilities Review Committee, 1992
Judge, Byron White Award, National Football League, May 1991
Board of Directors, Anderson Community Schools Foundation, 1985-1986
Board of Directors, Junior Achievement, 1982-1988
Board of Directors, Women's Alternatives, 1982-1988

Personal Information

Married, two grown sons

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