Provides leadership for and manages the development and implementation of a comprehensive assessment program designed to advance student learning. Oversees and manages institutional and programmatic accreditation activities. Provides support and guidance for assessment of co-curricular and non-academic units.

Collaborated with faculty and academic units across the university to design and carry out assessment projects to generate evidence for improving courses, curricula, and student learning. • Conducted assessment and evaluation projects for various academic units using data collection methods including classroom observations, surveys, interviews, focus groups, and learning analytics data.• Researched and consulted with units on appropriate direct and indirect measures to assess their curricula and programming.• Facilitated practice teaching sessions for domestic and international graduate student instructors.• Facilitated concurrent sessions and table discussions at faculty and graduate student instructor development events.

• Coordinated the development of a university-wide outcomes assessment system for continuous improvement of student learning and institutional effectiveness. • Worked with programs to develop plans to assess student learning, including identifying outcomes and developing direct and indirect assessment measures.• Assisted programs in systematically gathering, analyzing, managing, and interpreting assessment data.• Provided data support to academic programs to meet accreditation requirements.• Provided workshops on assessment practices to assist faculty in conducting meaningful assessment activities.• Prepared annual reports as needed by internal stakeholders and external accreditors.

Managed components of the university’s assessment plan and developed systems for the collection and reporting of assessment data. • Wrote reference materials and provided individual coaching to curriculum teams on how to write effective student learning outcomes, thereby improving the quality of courses and programs.• Advised administrators on the appropriate interpretation and use of assessment data and helped define a new success metric for student learning. • Led project to collect and maintain curriculum outcome mapping information for all university degree programs, which provided a basis for tracking student achievement of program-level outcomes.• Worked with a consultant to develop a new report on the General Education program, providing administrators with accurate and timely information on student mastery of the university’s general education literacies. • Improved the university’s capability to collect and analyze assessment data by managing the maintenance and enhancement of the university’s outcome repository. • Consulted with an outside vendor on the development of a new external assessor tool for a course management system.

Assisted the associate deans with the development, implementation, and evaluation of the college’s undergraduate and graduate degree and certificate programs. Prepared grant applications for student funding and administer grant programs. Wrote and updated catalog and web site content related to academic programs and developed and updated student handbooks. Prepared annual reports for external agencies. • Implemented course, instructor, and program evaluations using internal and external survey tools; collected, analyzed and disseminated course and program evaluation data for continuous improvement; instrumental in developing new on-line course evaluation program for college. • Represented associate dean on UIC Academic Assessment Committee; helped pilot new university assessment planning system.• Edited self-study, assembled supporting evidence, and coordinated site visit for successful re-accreditation of baccalaureate and master’s programs and initial accreditation of Doctor of Nursing Practice program by the Commission on Collegiate Nursing Education in 2009.• Staffed and facilitated work of College curriculum and evaluation committees and subcommittees. • Prepared over twenty successful program proposals and revisions for submission to the university.• Wrote grant applications that brought in over $2.5 million in student scholarship support.

Responsible for student admissions and support services and major department operations such as payroll and human resources, course proposals and scheduling, purchasing and budgeting, and IT support.• Managed all operations of a busy and productive department while increasing student enrollment in department courses and programs and maintaining a balanced budget.• Hired, trained, and supervised clerical support staff of three student workers.• Helped administer summer outreach programs such as study abroad program in Berlin and faculty language immersion program.

Taught intensive ESL courses designed to prepare students for academic study at UIC and other institutions.• Led beginning, intermediate, and advanced level course groups in the planning and execution of course instruction, the development of course materials, and the design and development of testing materials and procedures; designed innovative pronunciation instruction module for advanced level.• Set up an English Assistance program for international students and visiting scholars for the John Nuveen Center for International Affairs at UIC.• Helped administer placement examinations and end-of-semester standardized outtake examinations. • Assisted in the writing and compilation of self-study report for program accreditation; report selected as model by accrediting agency.

Designed and taught revised English curriculum to university students at the intermediate and advanced levels, including courses specifically targeted to students in the engineering and architecture fields. * Restructured the university English program following reunification: revised standards and objectives; developed new curricula, exams, and teaching materials; expanded course offerings.* Designed and taught a variety of core, thematic, and interdisciplinary courses to over 1,000 students at the intermediate and upper-intermediate levels. * Advised students and faculty members on work and study opportunities abroad and assisted them in writing application materials.