ACT Team Members

The Assessment Coordination Team represents academic programs and have the following responsibilities:

  • serve as liaison to division
  • provide guidance to and oversight of general education assessment
  • review general education assessment plans and reports
  • serve as consultants/liaisons to faculty conducting assessment
  • develop a standard format for academic program assessment plans
  • make recommendations to academic departments regarding program plans

Doctoral Dr. Constance Beutel, Faculty, Ed.D. Program
Dr. Karsten Piep, Faculty, Cohort Ph.D. in Interdisciplinary Studies
Dr. Jennifer Scott, Faculty, Psy.D. Program
Master's Dr. Brian Webb, Associate Dean, M.A. Program
Dr. Ben Williams, Faculty, M.Ed. Program
Bachelor's John Andrews, M.P.A., Faculty, B.S. Program
Lucinda Bliss, M.F.A., Faculty, B.A. Program, COAT Co-chair
Administrative Representation
Dr. Elizabeth Pruden, Associate Provost for Institutional Effectiveness and ACT Chair
Patricia Snider, M.B.A./ M.A., Assessment Specialist
Susan Whitehead, M.L.S., Reference Librarian, Gary Library

* COAT - Curriculum Outcome Assessment Task Force is made up of undergraduate representatives from all programs. They oversee undergraduate assessment and report to the deans.