Director of Institutional Effectiveness, St. Norbert College

November 2020 - Present

 

In this role, I oversee a team of three full-time employees and two student employees. I help oversee the coordination of assessment of student learning outcomes, support institutional accreditation efforts, and oversee the administration of external and locally developed higher education surveys--including the statistical analysis, interpretation, and reporting of survey findings.  I develop and update data visualizations and interactive dashboards (primarily using Tableau), refine research questions, construct datasets and extract data, conduct statistical analyses, summarize research findings. Our office also works to support faculty, staff, student, and collaborative scholarly research efforts. I assure the accuracy, coordination, and timely provision of data to internal and external stakeholders and facilitate its use in promoting effective institutional decision-making. I also continue to serve as the institution's Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS) keyholder.

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Senior Research Analyst, St. Norbert College

March 2020 - November 2020

 

As Senior Research Analyst, I developed and maintained data queries in campus-wide information system (BANNER) and construct and run data extraction reports (Business Objects), served as the institution’s Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS) keyholder and liaison to multiple campus units to collect and authenticate institutional data required by the U.S. Government; the Higher Learning Commission, and the Wisconsin Association of Independent Colleges and Universities, and maintained the Common Data Set and CDS web page, and conducted peer and aspirant benchmarking. I consult with mid- and senior-level administrators to design and implement surveys, research projects, data analyses, and interactive data visualizations in service of assessment of student learning outcomes, strategic planning, institutional accreditation, and institutional research

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Research Analyst, St. Norbert College

March 2017 - March 2020

 

As a Research Analyst, I prepared, initiated, and implemented survey and other data collection and research efforts. I also helped refine research questions, construct datasets, conducted statistical analyses, summarized research findings, created interactive data visualizations and dashboards, and prepared reports and presentations in support of requests from various units on campus and of accreditation efforts. 

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Lecturer/GTA, University of North Dakota

Fall 2015 - Spring 2017

 

Courses taught:  Developmental Psychology, Psychology and the Law, Psychology of Women, Social Psychology, Abnormal Psychology

 

 

Adjunct Instructor, Northland Community and Technical College

​Fall 2015, Fall 2016

 

Courses taught:  Developmental Psychology (Fall 2015, 2 sections; Fall 2016, 1 section), Abnormal Psychology (Fall 2016, 1 section online)

 

 

Graduate Teaching Assistant (GTA), University of North Dakota

​2012 - 2017

 

As a GTA, I have instructed labs, proctored exams, and graded assignments, papers, and exams.  I have served as a GTA for the following courses:  Introduction to Psychology, Introduction to Statistics, Motivation and Emotion, Psychophysiology, Developmental Psychology, Perception,  Forensic Psychology Capstone, Foundations of Forensic Psychology, Cognitive Psychology, Social Psychology, Psychology of Women, Psychology and the Law.  I have also served as the assistant for the Chair of the Forensic Psychology Program Director, Dr. Douglas Peters, from Summer 2013-Spring 2014 and to Dr. Cheryl Terrance, Summer 2015-Spring 2017.

 

 

Program Manager, Marion House Transitional Apartments

​2008 - 2012

 

 

I served as an Intern, was hired as a Case-Manager, and was promoted to a Program Manager.  As Program Manager, I case-managed residents, oversaw day-to-day operations, supervised employees, developed data tracking system to better track program statistics and evaluate the success of the program and individual clients, and submitted yearly grant reapplications and biannual grant summary reports.