In their role as Associate Director of Assessment and Accreditation, Dr. Steven Feldman (he/they) advances UIS¿s commitment to continuous improvement in student learning and institutional effectiveness. They lead campus-wide academic assessment and accreditation compliance efforts, while collaborating with faculty, staff, and leadership to ensure alignment with Higher Learning Commission (HLC) standards.

Heather Bailey has a Ph.D. in modern European history from the University of Minnesota and has been teaching modern European and Russian History courses at UIS since 2002. She was the recipient of the University of Illinois system's University Scholar award in 2024. Her research focuses on the intellectual, cultural, and diplomatic relations between France and Russia in the nineteenth century. She has published extensively on negative attitudes about Russia and the Russian Orthodox Church in western European discourses.