Institutional Effectiveness Committee
Membership:
2 co-committee chairs and 1 committee co-chairs elect recommended by the Provost, 1 college Dean and 1 Department Chair appointed by Provost, 11 faculty appointees by Faculty Senate representing each academic college and Library, 2 appointees by Student Affairs, 3 appointees by Finance and Administration, 1 Staff Senate appointee, 1 appointee by Athletics, committee advisors: Assistant Provost Institutional Effectiveness and Assessment. There are 5 ex officio members: Provost, Vice President for Finance and Administration, Faculty Senate President, Student Government Association President, 1 appointee by Legal Affairs.
Terms of Service:
Members of the committee are appointed for three-year renewable terms. There are no limits on reappointment.
Description:
The committee will support the University’s commitment in establishing outcomes assessment as an ongoing and integral part of its culture and emphasis on quality programs and services. To accomplish this charge, the committee provides oversight, guidelines and resources for program-and unit-level implementation of assessment and evaluation activities. The committee reviews departmental institutional effectiveness reports of academic programs and non-academic units. The committee’s work supports activities pertaining to SACSCOC standards of institutional effectiveness and does not supplant the work of existing committees with a targeted role in assessment (e.g., General Education Committee) or the work of discipline-specific accreditation or program review committees. The chairs and/or co-chairs of this committee are responsible for preparing documents and/or presentations for the pre-semester calendar. This committee may convene during August.
Please Note, this committee may meet during the summer.
(Approver: Provost)
2025-2026 Membership:
Name | Title | Department/Area | Service Term* |
McLean Fahnestock, Co-Chair | Faculty, CoAL | Art + Design | 2024-2027 |
Charles Gonzalez, Lead Co-Chair | Faculty, CoE | Teaching and Learning | 2024-2027 |
Mickey Hepner | Dean (Provost/AA Dean Appointee) |
College of Business | 2024-2027 |
Debbie Ellison | Faculty, CoBHS | Nursing | 2024-2027 |
Ling Wang | Faculty, CoE | Educational Specialties | 2024-2027 |
Yunying Zhang | Faculty, CoAL | Communication | 2025-2028 |
Marisa Sikes | Faculty, COAL | Languages and Literature | 2025-2028 |
John Blake | Faculty, CoSTEM | Engineering Technology | 2024-2027 |
Samuel Ligo | Faculty, CoSTEM | Mathematics and Statistics | 2024-2027 |
April Parker | Faculty, Library | Library | 2025-2028 |
Lesley Rodriguez | Faculty, CoB | Accounting, Finance, and Economics | 2024-2027 |
Alex Adams | Faculty, CoBHS | Health and Human Performance | 2024-2027 |
Jeffrey Williams, Co-Chair Elect | Faculty, CoAL | Music | 2024-2027 |
Anna Leimberg | Faculty, CoBHS | Criminal Justice | 2024-2027 |
Tammy Bryant | Director (Student Affairs) |
Student Services Administration | 2023-2026 |
Michelle Martin | Chief of Staff and Executive Director (Student Affairs) |
Student Affairs | 2024-2027 |
Pat Walton | Director (Finance and Administration) |
Purchasing | 2024-2027 |
Fonda Fields | Director (Finance and Administration) |
Human Resources | 2024-2027 |
Sherry Lawdermilt | Associate Vice President and Chief Information Officer (Finance and Administration) |
Information Technology | 2023-2026 |
Julie Hodges | Assistant Director, Instructional Design (Staff Senate Appointee) | Distance Education | 2025-2028 |
Kristal McGreggor | Associate Director of Athletics/Student Athlete Success | Athletic Administration | 2024-2027 |
Allie Michael, Committee Advisor | Director of Institutional Effectiveness and Assessment | Institutional Effectiveness and Assessment | Permanent |
Mitchell Cordova | Provost | Academic Affairs | Permanent ex officio |
Sharooz Roohparvar | Vice President for Finance and Administration and Chief Financial Officer | Finance and Administration | Permanent ex officio |
Brandon Di Paolo Harrison | Faculty Senate President | Faculty Senate | Permanent ex officio |
Tyler Rose | Student Government Association President | Student Government Association | Permanent ex officio |
Kat Bailey | Director of Strategic Initiatives | Legal Affairs | Permanent ex officio |