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Associate Director, Assessment and Review at Georgia State University and Online Lecturer, M.A. in Higher Education Program at Sam Houstin State University
Areas of interest:
• Using assessment to benefit students both in and outside of the classroom
• Grant writing and evaluation
• Roles and competencies of assessment professionals
• Academic Community Engagement (ACE) and experiential learning
Executive Director, Planning and Assessment at University of the Pacific
Areas of interest:
• Identity development and assessment
• Data-based decision making
• Types of data-gathering techniques
• Online assessment options
Graduate Assistant, TRIO Programs at Missouri State University
Areas of interest:
• Men and masculinities
• Multi-modal research/assessment
• Exploring alternative methods of meaning-making
Coordinator of Educational Technology and Student Learning Outcomes at Eastern University
Areas of interest:
• Rubrics best practices
• Comparing assessment strategies across industries
• Assessment to market to stake-holders and potential students
• Rethinking programs to adjust to new market and demographic pressures and how assessment could be used institutionally to discover where such adjustments need to take place
Graduate Student, Assessment and Measurement at James Madison University and Student Affairs Assessment Consultant, Center for Assessment and Research Studies at James Madison University
Areas of interest:
• Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion in assessment
• Using program theory to create and assess programs
• Collaboration across offices and disciplines to construct assessment tools
Executive Director, Institutional Effectiveness Planning at Rhodes State College
Areas of interest:
• Linking assessment with accreditation
• Assessment collaboration across the university
• Jumpstarting co-curricular assessment