Resume

• 2018

  Peer Corps Member

  Higher Learning Commission

  Co-principal

  Leverage Education

  Cohort member

  Empirical Educator Project

  Diversifying Faculty in Higher Education in Illinois (DFI) Fellow

  40 Under 40 Award

  American Association of Women in Community Colleges

  Abraham Lincoln Fellow

• 2004

  Doctor of Philosophy - PhD

  Political Science and Government

  University of Illinois at Chicago

  Master of Arts - MA

  Political Science and Government

  University of Illinois at Chicago

• 2000

  Bachelor of Arts - BA

  Political Science and Government

  Washington University in St. Louis

• Program Evaluation

  Growth

  Higher Education

  Accreditation

  Institutional Research

  Innovation Management

  Assessment

  Program Development

  Leadership

  Strategic Planning

  Data Analysis

  \"Predictive Analytics: Are You Ready?\"

  \"Predictive Analytics: Are You Ready?\"

  “In Their Voices: Qualitative Methods for Measuring Student Success\"

  “Revisiting the Rainbow Coalition: Racial Group Solidarity and the Achievement of Black Political Empowerment\"

  “A Pot of Gold at the End of the Rainbow: Intraracial Coalitions and Black Political Empowerment\"

  “At the President’s Table: Institutional Leadership for IR Professionals\"

  \"Developing a Shared Analysis of Racial Achievement Gaps\"

  “An Invitation to Democracy: Politically Incorporating the Poor in Black Middle-Class Suburbs\"

  \"The Path to Political Incorporation: Place and Race Matter\"

  “Not My Brother’s Keeper: Intra-cultural Contestation in Modernity\"

  “Building College-Wide Commitment to Advancing Student Success Strategic Goals\"

  Evans

  Oakton Community College

  Mount Mary University

  Rhodes College

  University of Wisconsin-Madison

  Oakton Community College

  Des Plaines

  IL

  Executive Director of Research and Planning

  Oakton Community College

  Oakton Community College

  Director of Growth Strategies

  I guide strategic insight and action on the division's top priorities through rigorous research

  analysis and planning. Responsibilities include using research to identify new avenues for growth and opportunities for continuous improvement

  leading strategic and annual planning processes

  and otherwise supporting growth initiatives in the division

  notably those that produce incremental revenues. My role also builds a culture of data-driven decision-making by establishing an information strategy

  partnering within and outside the division to map strategy execution

  and establishing division-wide propensity toward benchmarking and analytics. I bring a growth mindset

  results-oriented approach

  keen awareness of the internal and external environment

  and a commitment to seeing expansively

  thinking strategically

  and working tactically to the position.

  University of Wisconsin-Madison

  Assistant Professor of Political Science

  Rhodes College

  Director Of Institutional Research

  Mount Mary University