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UIS Assessment Task Force

About the Assessment Task Force

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In the fall of 2001, Provost Michael Cheney established the Assessment Task Force (ATF) to review UIS' assessment processes and to recommend changes for improvement. He appointed Harry Berman, associate vice chancellor for academic planning, and Bill Bloemer, dean of the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences, as co-chairs.  Members were selected from the four colleges, the Center for Teaching and Learning, and the Assessment Office.  The first meeting was held on November 30, 2001, during which the charge to the Task Force was approved.

Assessment Task Force Charge

The Assessment Task Force will review UIS' experience with assessment of baccalaureate skills, assessment of general education, assessment of graduate education, and assessment in the major.  The Task Force will recommend policy and structural changes to make assessment more useful to the campus, both for improvement of curricula and for communication with external audiences.

Current Task Force Members

UIS Assessment Task Force members are listed below. Please feel free to contact any of us if you have questions about assessment in general or UIS' assessment activities in particular.

Karen Moranski, Chair

Interim Associate Vice Chancellor for Undergraduate Education/Associate Professor, English
PAC 521
(217) 206-7440
kmora1@uis.edu

Bill Bloemer

Visiting Assistant to the Provost/Professor Emeritus, Chemistry and Clinical Laboratory Science/Dean Emeritus, College of Liberal Arts and Sciences
PAC 527
(217) 206-6170
bbloe1@uis.edu

Leanne Brecklin

Assistant Professor, Criminal Justice
PAC 376
(217) 206-7784
lbrec1@uis.edu

Beverly Bunch

Associate Professor, Public Administration and Institute for Legal & Policy Studies
PAC 456
(217) 206-6080
bbunc1@uis.edu

Sara Cordell

Assistant Professor, English
UHB 3066
(217) 206-7213
scord1@uis.edu

Jeff Decker

Assistant Professor, Accountancy
UHB 4084
(217) 206-7293
jdeck3@uis.edu

Heather Dell

Interim Associate Director, Capital Scholars Honors Program/Assistant Professor, Women's Studies
LRH 101
(217) 206-7246
hdell1@uis.edu

Dyanne Ferk

Interim Associate Dean, College of Business and Management/Associate Professor, Business Administration
UHB 4074
(217) 206-7929
dferk1@uis.edu

Neil Headman

Assistant Professor, Human Services
BRK 336
(217) 206-6909
nhead2@uis.edu

Taiebeh Hosseinali

Assistant Professor, Teacher Education
BRK 314
(217) 206-7566
thoss1@uis.edu

Karen Kirkendall

Associate Professor, Psychology
UHB 3132
(217) 206-7248
kkirk1@uis.edu

Sharron LaFollette

Associate Professor, Environmental Studies
PAC 318
(217) 206-7894
slafo1@uis.edu

Jeff Maras

Visiting Associate Dean of Students
SAB 60 B
(217) 206-6584
jmara2@uis.edu

Lynn Pardie

Interim Associate Dean, College of Liberal Arts & Sciences/Professor, Psychology
UHB 3139
(217) 206-7230
lpard1@uis.edu

Judy Shipp

Director, Counseling Center
SAB 30B
(217) 206-7122
jship1@uis.edu

   
Questions/comments about the site or about the Assessment Task Force? Contact Karen Moranski.

Last Updated:  March 14, 2006
Assessment Task Force
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Springfield, Illinois 62703
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