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Portrait of Dr. Lucy Harney

Dr. Lucy Harney

  • Professor at College of Liberal Arts, College of Liberal Arts
  • Professor at Dept of World Languages & Literatures, College of Liberal Arts

Service Activities

Ongoing

  • Liberal Arts Representative, University Leadership Assembly. 2015 - Present.
  • Buenos Aires Program Advisor, Study Abroad. 2014 - Present.
  • Institutional Effectiveness Council. 2013 - Present.
  • International Programming Committee. 2013 - Present.
  • Presenter, PACE and Liberal Arts New Student Orientations. 2013 - Present.
  • GIA Selection Committee. 2013 - Present.
  • Student Recognition, Scholarships, and Awards. 2012 - Present.
  • Recruitment for Spanish majors, minors, and study abroad participation. 2011 - Present.
  • Study Abroad: Chile Exchange Program Advisor. 2011 - Present.
  • Liberal Arts Liaison for Internationalization Initiatives. 2011 - Present.
  • Faculty Mentor, Luis Intersimone. 2009 - Present.
  • College of Liberal Arts Presidential Upper-Level Scholarship Committee. 2008 - Present.
  • College of Liberal Arts Presidential Upper-Level Scholarship Committee. 2008 - Present.
  • Inter-American Studies Board of Advisors. 2007 - Present.
  • Other, Teaching Evaluation of Tenure-Track Faculty and Lecturers. 2007 - Present.
  • 2003 - Present.
  • Spanish Steering Committee. 2001 - Present.
  • Preparation, administration, and evaluation of MA exams. 2001 - Present.

2023

  • Member, Council of Chairs. 2016 - 2023.

2022

  • Past Chair, Council of Chairs, Executive Committe. 2020 - 2022.

2020

  • Chair, Council of Chairs. 2019 - 2020.

2019

  • Vice-Chair, Council of Chairs, Executive Committee. 2018 - 2019.

2018

  • Secretary, Council of Chairs, Executive Committee. 2017 - 2018.

2016

  • Chair, Subcommittee to Revise Component Tables. 2016.
  • Castilla-La Mancha study group and delegation. 2015 - 2016.
  • Marburger Scholarship Committee. 2013 - 2016.
  • Liberal Arts Representative: Family Receptions. 2012 - 2016.
  • Liberal Arts Representative: Family Receptions. 2012 - 2016.
  • General Education Council. 2011 - 2016.
  • Co-Chair, Gen Ed Subcommittee to Audit General Education Learning Outcomes. 2011 - 2016.
  • Liberal Arts Associate Dean, Academic Affairs and International Programs. 2009 - 2016.
  • Council of Associate Deans for Academic Assessment. 2009 - 2016.
  • Coordinator, Liberal Arts Faculty Advisory Council / College Curriculum Committee. 2009 - 2016.
  • Presidential faculty appointment: Student Service Fee Advisory Committee. 2009 - 2016.
  • Liberal Arts Associate Dean for Academic Affairs and International Programs. 2009 - 2016.

2015

  • Discussion Leader, President’s Council for Women in Higher Education. 2015.
  • Chair, Session I: Colonial Literature through Modernismo, South Central Modern Language Association 72nd Annual Meeting. 2015.
  • Chair, Colonial Literature through Modernismo, South Central Modern Language Association 72nd Annual Meeting. 2015.
  • Chair, Subcommittee on Spanish-language internships, professional Spanish courses, and concentrations for Spanish majors. 2015.
  • Undergraduate Advisor, Study Abroad: Buenos Aires Program Advisor. January 1, 2015 - December 31, 2015.
  • Member, Student Service Fee Advisory Committee (University-wide, Presidential appointment). December 1, 2015.
  • Member, Admissions Standards Committee. September 1, 2015 - December 1, 2015.
  • Member, University Leadership Assembly. September 1, 2015 - December 1, 2015.
  • Chair, Subcommittee on Spanish-language internships, professional Spanish courses, and concentrations for Spanish majors. January 1, 2015 - December 1, 2015.
  • Member, Castilla-La Mancha study group and delegation. January 1, 2015 - December 1, 2015.
  • Member, General Education Council (University-wide) (Co-chair: Subcommittee to Audit General Education Learning Outcomes) (Chair: Subcommittee to Revise Component Tables). January 1, 2015 - December 1, 2015.
  • Member, GIA Selection Committee. January 1, 2015 - December 1, 2015.
  • Member, Institutional Effectiveness Council (University-wide). January 1, 2015 - December 1, 2015.
  • Member, Inter-American Studies Board of Advisors. January 1, 2015 - December 1, 2015.
  • Member, Marburger Scholarship Committee. January 1, 2015 - December 1, 2015.
  • Member, Personnel Committee. January 1, 2015 - December 1, 2015.
  • Member, President’s Council for Women in Higher Education. January 1, 2015 - December 1, 2015.
  • Member, Spanish MA Recruitment Committee. January 1, 2015 - December 1, 2015.
  • Member, Spanish Steering Committee. January 1, 2015 - December 1, 2015.
  • Member, Texas State Study Abroad Advisory Board. January 1, 2015 - December 1, 2015.
  • Associate Dean for Academic Affairs and International Programs, College of Liberal Arts, Assigned Time: Chair: LA Faculty Advisory Council and College Curriculum Committee; LA Programs Assessment Coordinator and Auditor; Chair: LA Study Abroad Council; Member: Council of Associate Deans for Academic Assessment; (see comments for more). January 1, 2015 - December 1, 2015.
  • Other, Assisted with Liberal Arts College Review Group. January 1, 2015 - December 1, 2015.
  • Other, Assisted with student learning outcomes assessment. January 1, 2015 - December 1, 2015.
  • Other, College representative to multiple New Student Orientation sessions and one Family Reception. January 1, 2015 - December 1, 2015.
  • Other, Consulting Member: Texas State International Programming Committee. January 1, 2015 - December 1, 2015.
  • Coordinator, Coordinator: Modern Languages student recognition, awards, and scholarships. January 1, 2015 - December 1, 2015.
  • Faculty Mentor, Faculty Mentor to Professor Luis Intersimone. January 1, 2015 - December 1, 2015.
  • Modern Languages Representative, Modern Languages Representative: College of Liberal Arts Presidential Upper-level Scholarship Committee (spring). January 1, 2015 - December 1, 2015.
  • Undergraduate Advisor, Chile Exchange Program. January 1, 2015 - December 1, 2015.
  • Speaker, Selected: Participant and Speaker: Participant: Faculty Learning Community for Globalization (2014-2015); Camtasia Presentation: International Internships (1 May 2015). January 1, 2015 - December 1, 2015.
  • Chair, Session II on Colonial Literature through Modernismo, South Central Modern Language Association 72nd Annual Meeting. November 2, 2015.
  • Chair, SCMLA Session / Spanish IV: Colonial Literature through Modernismo (2 sessions). November 1, 2015 - November 2, 2015.
  • Chair, Session I on Colonial Literature through Modernismo, South Central Modern Language Association 72nd Annual Meeting. November 1, 2015.
  • Moderator, Women at War and the Crusades in the Twenty-first Century, XXV Texas Medieval Association Annual Conference, San Marcosamerican. October 17, 2015.
  • Other, Moderator: Session: Women at War and the Crusades in the Twenty-First Century, XXV Texas Medieval Association Annual Conference, San Marcos, Texas, 17 October 2015. October 1, 2015.
  • Reviewer / Referee, External Scholarship Reviwer or R1 tenure/promotion case. May 1, 2015 - August 1, 2015.

2014

  • Spanish Translator: Texas State’s MOU with Castilla-La Mancha. 2014.
  • Texas State Alumni Survey Review Group. 2014.
  • Study Abroad: Buenos Aires Program Director. 2013 - 2014.
  • Delivered welcome and introductory remarks on behalf of the Dean of Liberal Arts for the 6th International Colloquium on Northeastern Mexico and Texas. November 20, 2014.
  • Chair, Session II on Comparative Literature, South Central Modern Language Association 71st Annual Meeting. October 22, 2014.
  • Chair, Session I on Comparative Literature, South Central Modern Language Association 71st Annual Meeting. October 21, 2014.
  • Induction Speaker for Texas Lutheran University’s chapter of Alpha Mu Gamma. April 14, 2014.

2013

  • Campus Student Fulbright Committee. 2013.
  • Committee to organize and host Post-PACE transition event. 2013.
  • On-site committee member: Academic Program Review for the Department of Theatre and Dance. 2013.
  • Chair, Session—Unmasking the Tonadilla Escénica: Trades, Identities, and Social Types, South Central Modern Language Association 70th Annual Meeting. October 5, 2013.
  • Secretary, Session I on Comparative Literature, South Central Modern Language Association 70th Annual Meeting. October 3, 2013.
  • Panelist, International Studies Career Networking Event. March 6, 2013.

2012

  • Textbook Reviewer. 2012.
  • Expert Consultant, Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board’s Academic Course Guide Manual Learning Objectives Project (Spanish). 2012.
  • Reviewer / Referee, Gestos: Revista de teoría y práctica de teatro hispánico. 2012.
  • Latin American Business Academic Committee. 2001 - 2012.
  • Panelist, Common Experience Panel on International Education. September 27, 2012.
  • Coordinator / Organizer, Ibero-ASECS Concert: Música española y recepción, American Society for Eighteenth-Century Studies 43rd Annual Meeting. March 23, 2012.
  • Chair, Session—Before Texas Hold-em: The Pleasures and Perils of Card-Playing in the Eighteenth Century-II, American Society for Eighteenth-Century Studies 43rd Annual Meeting. March 22, 2012.

2011

  • Reviewer / Referee, External Scholarship Reviewer for tenure/promotion case at an R1 university. 2011.
  • Manuscript Reviewer, Revista canadiense de estudios hispánicos. 2011.
  • Textbook Reviewer, McGraw-Hill Publishing. 2011.
  • Chair, Search Committee for Spanish – Medieval Literature. 2010 - 2011.

2010

  • President’s Task Force on Internationalization. 2010.
  • Textbook Reviewer, McGraw-Hill Publishing. 2010.
  • Textbook Reviewer, Wiley Publishing. 2010.
  • President’s Texas and Mexico 1810-2010 Committee. 2009 - 2010.
  • Organized Visiting Lecture: “Sin Fronteras: Artistic Translations of the Complexities of Mexican Migration” with Notre Dame’s Gilberto Cárdenas. March 25, 2010.
  • Chair, Session on Literature, 2010 Hawaii International Conference on Arts and Humanities. January 16, 2010.

2009

  • Subcommittee for Faculty-Led Study-Abroad Program Finances. 2009.
  • Manuscript Reviewer, Revista canadiense de estudios hispánicos. 2009.
  • Textbook Reviewer, Wiley Publishing. 2009.
  • Coordinator, Spanish Programs Learning Outcomes Assessment. 2008 - 2009.
  • Search Committee for Spanish – Southern Cone Literature. 2008 - 2009.
  • Study Abroad: Monterrey Program Director. 2000 - 2009.

2008

  • Textbook Reviewer, John Wiley and Sons, Inc. 2008.
  • Chair, Search Committee for Spanish – Narrative and Film. 2007 - 2008.
  • Chair, Session on Racial and Ethnic Borders and/in Cuban Identity, South Central Modern Language Association 65th Annual Meeting. November 8, 2008.
  • Presenter, Session on “Short-term Faculty-led Programs: Issues and Prospects” at the “Study Abroad: Emerging Issues and Best Practices Workshop” sponsored by the Texas International Education Consortium for the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board. May 5, 2008.
  • Presenter, University Honors Program Meeting for Humanities Faculty. April 18, 2008.

2007

  • Graduate College Scholarship Committee. 2007.
  • Search Committee for Spanish – Caribbean Literature. 2006 - 2007.
  • Faculty Senate Departmental Liaison. 2006 - 2007.
  • Faculty Senate Budget Committee. 2004 - 2007.

2006

  • T.A. Evaluations. 2006.
  • Textbook Reviewer, McGraw-Hill Companies. 2006.
  • Selection Committee: Presidential Award for Excellence in Teaching. 2004 - 2006.
  • Panelist, “The Business of Latin American Business at Texas State,” Race, Ethnicity, and Place Conference. November 3, 2006.
  • Presenter, Texas State’s Academic Development and Assessment Workshop: “Study Abroad: Developing Faculty-led Programs”. March 23, 2006.

2005

  • Liberal Arts College Research Review Committee. 2005.
  • Faculty Senate Academic Standards Committee. 2003 - 2005.

2004

  • Textbook Reviewer, John Wiley and Sons, Inc. 2004.
  • Manuscript Reviewer, Revista canadiense de estudios hispánicos. 2004.
  • Liberal Arts Budget / Strategic Planning Committee. 2003 - 2004.
  • Search Committee for German. 2003 - 2004.

2003

  • Presidential Committee on APD Guidelines for Study Abroad Programs. 2003.
  • International Business Search Committee. 2003.
  • Latin American Business Search Committee. 2002 - 2003.
  • Student Teacher Supervisor. 2000 - 2003.
  • Student Mentor. 1999 - 2003.

2002

  • Elizabeth Topper Nash Scholarship Interview Committee. 2002.

2001

  • Study Abroad: Guanajuato Program Director. 1998 - 2001.
  • Chair, Session on Literary Theory and Hispanic Criticism, The Forty-Third Annual Convention of the Midwest Modern Language Association. November 2, 2001.
  • Chair, Session on Comparative Literature, South Central Modern Language Association 57th Annual Meeting. November 2, 2001.

2000

  • Chair, Session on Comparative Literature, South Central Modern Language Association 57th Annual Meeting. November 11, 2000.
  • Secretary, Session on Literary Theory and Hispanic Criticism, The Forty-Second Annual Convention of the Midwest Modern Language Association. November 3, 2000.

1999

  • Secretary, Session on Comparative Literature, South Central Modern Language Association 56th Annual Meeting. October 14, 1999.

1997

  • Designed and administered a community preparation course for the INS citizenship exam. 1996 - 1997.

1925

  • Latin American Studies Association. 1925.
  • Association of American Colleges and Universities. 1925.
  • Association for General and Liberal Studies. 1925.
  • Council of Colleges of Arts and Sciences. 1925.
  • TEXAS ASSOCIATION OF DEANS OF ARTS AND SCIENCES. 1925.
  • Association of Academic Programs in Latin America & the Caribbean. 1925.
  • Modern Language Association. 1925.
  • Midwest Modern Language Association. 1925.
  • South Central Modern Language Association. 1925.
  • American Comparative Literature Association. 1925.
  • Sigma Delta Pi. 1925.