University Assessment Council

The University Assessment Council serves as an advisory body for the Office of Educational Effectiveness.  The Council provides recommendations and guidance regarding: the assessment of student learning outcomes in programs across the university, professional development for faculty and staff in the areas of assessment and continuous improvement, and recognition of best practices and excellent assessment work.  Further, the University Assessment Council reviews, refines, and promulgates institutional learning outcomes (ILOs), reviews and interprets aggregate data relating to the achievement of these learning outcomes, and makes recommendations for necessary improvements.

Specifically, the Council:

  • Leads institution-wide assessment initiatives;
  • Proposes institutional policy in the area of student learning assessment;
  • Collects and disseminates information regarding best practices in student learning assessment;
  • Identifies professional development needs in the area of assessment and recommends appropriate strategies for addressing these needs;
  • Reviews institutional assessment progress and makes recommendations for improvement; and
  • Sponsors recognition activities to support and showcases programs and individuals engaged in effective assessment practices.

Council Membership

Cathleen Morreale

Chair; Associate Director, Educational Effectiveness

Office of Educational Effectiveness

Carol Van Zile-Tamsen

Assistant Vice Provost for Educational Effectiveness

Office of Educational Effectiveness

Paschalis Alexandridis

Faculty Senate Representative; UB Distinguished Professor, Chemical and Biological Engineering

School of Engineering and Applied Sciences

Tanya Biscardi

Senior Project Administrator

Jacobs School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences

Martha Bohm

Associate Dean for Academic Affairs

School of Architecture and Planning

Dianna Cichocki

Clinical Assistant Professor, Management Science and Systems

School of Management

Catherine P. Cook-Cottone

Professor, Counseling, School and Educational Psychology

Graduate School of Education

Gaspar Farkas

Associate Dean Academic and Student Affairs; Associate Professor, Exercise and Nutrition Sciences

School of Public Health and Health Professions

Susan Grinslade

Assistant Dean for Undergraduate Programs

School of Nursing

Christine Human

Associate Dean for Accreditation and Student Affairs; Lecturer, Civil, Structural and Environmental Engineering

School of Engineering and Applied Sciences

David Johnson

Associate Dean for Graduate Education; Professor, Comparative Literature

College of Arts and Sciences

Dan Kaczmarek

Director, Assessment and Research

Division of Student Life

Kathryn Kendall

Senior Assistant Dean for Enrollment and Online Programs

School of Social Work

Jaime Maerten-Rivera

Director of Assessment

School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences

Lewis Powell

Faculty Senate Representative; Associate Professor, Philosophy

College of Arts and Sciences

Justin Read

Associate Dean for Undergraduate Education and Experiential Learning; Associate Professor, Romance Languages and Literatures

College of Arts and Sciences

Daniel Sheehan

Associate Dean; Clinical Professor, Pediatrics

Jacobs School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences

Carol Tutzauer

Director of Curriculum Development and Assessment

School of Dental Medicine

James Wooten

Professor

School of Law