Douglas R. Keberlein Gutiérrez received his B.A. (1991) from Northwestern University, and both his M.A. (1995) and Ph.D. (2001) from Tulane University. He is now in his eighteenth year as a member of the History Department at Dominican University. He has taught a wide range of history courses at all levels of the undergraduate curriculum but focuses primarily on Latin America. He has been an active member of the Liberal Arts and Sciences Seminar program as well, having taught Freshman, Sophomore, and Junior seminars. For the past five years he has helped lead Dominican students on service learning trips to Guatemala over the winter break. His research has concentrated on military professionalization in late 19th-century and 20th-century Guatemala. He is presently in the final editing stages of a manuscript that centers on the history of the Escuela Politécnica, Guatemala’s primary military academy.
Keberlein Gutiérrez has an extensive record of service to the university. He has been a past advisor to various student clubs and organizations. In addition to serving nine years as the Chair of the History Department, he has served on numerous committees and task forces at Dominican University. A representative sample includes the Educational Policies Committee, the Core Curriculum Task Force, the Transfer Enrollment Advisory Group, and the Faculty Governance Task Force. He was a member of the Visioning Subcommittee of the University Planning Committee that was charged with developing Dominican University’s most recent vision statement and strategic priorities. Keberlein Gutiérrez spent two years as the Faculty Trustee on the Dominican University Board of Trustee before assuming the role of Interim Associate Dean of Rosary College of Arts & Sciences in June of 2017. He continues to serve as Dominican University’s Faculty Athletics Representative to the NCAA, a position he has held since 2006.
Roles and Responsibilties of Faculty Athletics Representatives
Individuals who may hold the position of faculty athletics representative are described in Article 6.1.3 of the NCAA Constitution: the faculty athletics representative shall be “... a member of the institution’s faculty or an administrator who holds faculty rank and shall not hold an administrative or coaching position in the athletics department.” The term “faculty athletics representative” derives from NCAA usage and denotes the perceived need on the part of the NCAA to involve a faculty viewpoint in the administration of intercollegiate athletics programs. Thus, whether the individual is appointed by the chief executive officer or is elected by the faculty, those who hold this position are designated faculty athletics representatives. Faculty athletics representatives provide oversight and advise in the administration of an institutional athletics program. The working relationship between the chief executive officer and the faculty athletics representative is a critically important determinant of the effectiveness of the faculty athletics representative in contributing to the local control of the intercollegiate athletics program. The basis of this relationship should be a model of institutional control in which significant responsibilities for administration and oversight are assigned to the faculty athletics representative, as well as to the director of athletics. It is important that the chief executive officer recognize that the range of activities and the scope of the responsibilities of the faculty athletics representative elevate this position above the level of the typical faculty service appointment, and it is recommended that those who hold this position have permanent tenure. Faculty athletics representatives are as effective as their chief executive officers empower them to be, both in terms of the responsibilities assigned and the extent of institutional support provided.
