Biography

Elaine Finan has been part of the Assessment Office since 2007. Elaine guides institutional and departmental efforts to assess student learning. She works with faculty in undergraduate, graduate and general education programs to ensure the development of assessment processes that are integrated into the curriculum. She also promotes assessment activities to internal and external audiences and works to ensure that our assessment practices are in compliance with campus policies as well as state and regional accreditation demands.

Elaine has extensive experience with national assessment instruments (Wabash, NSSE, CAAP), as well as in designing assessment instruments and evaluative tools. She has been key personnel on several successful grants focused on student learning including USDA, Davis Educational Foundation, and NSF. She has published and presented on a range of assessment initiatives at ACRL, AEA, and NERCOMP, and her interests include the promotion of assessment through the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning projects.