CSU Academic Assessment Council

Council Charge

The Colorado State University Academic Assessment Council is an advisory group of academic leaders supporting the university’s mission and dedication to excellence in teaching through the ongoing assessment of student learning. The Council promotes the use of meaningful, collaborative, and sustainable assessment practices to help students learn and thrive at CSU.

Council members support the following goals for assessment and learning improvement at CSU: 

  1. Provide leadership to create a vibrant culture of assessment and learning improvement at CSU. 
  2. Develop and promote student-centered assessment practices. 
  3. Promote ethical collection and use of assessment data. 
  4. Build capacity of faculty and staff to do meaningful learning assessment and use information to improve curriculum and instruction. 
  5. Provide leadership towards a scholarly approach to learning assessment and educational program evaluation. 

Current Members

Co-Chairs 

  • Stephanie Foster, Director of Assessment, Provost 
  • Michelle Stanley, Interim Vice Provost for Undergraduate Affairs, Provost 

Members:  

  • Jennifer Aberle, Associate Dean for Undergraduate Affairs, Health and Human Sciences
  • Matt Camper, Assistant Dean of Teaching Practice and Academic Programs, Agricultural Sciences
  • Kacee Collard Jarnot, Director of Assessment, Vice President for Student Affairs
  • Tanya Dewey, Assistant Professor, Natural Sciences
  • Becky Croxton, Library Assessment Research Analyst, University Libraries
  • Rebekah LeMahieu, Associate Director of Assessment, TILT
  • Elinor Light, Assistant Dean for Student Success, College of Liberal Arts
  • Jennifer McLean, Associate Professor, Veterinary Medicine and Biomedical Sciences
  • Emily Morgan, Assistant Director, Honors Program
  • Crystal Brelsford, Assistant Director of Instructional Services, Business
  • Pinar Omur-Ozbek, Associate Professor, Walter Scott, Jr. College of Engineering
  • John Ridley, Associate Professor, Warner College of Natural Resources