QEP Planning and Development Committee
Having a wide range of perspectives and stakeholders involved in the QEP planning and development process is paramount to its success. Therefore, the QEP Planning and Development Committee was convened in March 2022 to provide guidance and input throughout the QEP process.
To see membership of a QEP Planning and Development Committee work group, select a header below:
Steering Committee
| Last Name | First Name | Title | Unit |
| ASSESSMENT | |||
| Oates | Scott | Academic Assessment Consultant | Provost Office, Academic Assessment |
| Wing | Jeff | Director | National Scholarship Office |
| Mays | D'Arcy | Interim Associate Vice Provost for Institutional Research and Decision Support | Institutional Research |
| Anderson | Aaron | Associate Chair and Head of Undergraduate Studies, Theater | VCU Arts |
| Hawthorne | Katrice | Asst Vice Provost, Academic Assessment | Provost Office, Academic Assessment |
| Jones | Mike | Director of Business Intelligence | IRDS |
| COMMUNICATIONS | |||
| Kraus | Jeff | Executive Communications | Office of Provost |
| Cummins | Pat | Professor of French; Faculty Senator | Faculty Senate and School of World Studies |
| Kensinger | Astrid | Chair of the Department of Graphic Design at VCUarts Qatar | School of the Arts in Qatar |
| Watson | Jessica | Immigration Compliance Advisor | Global Education Office |
| CURRICULUM & CO-CURRICULUM INTEGRATION | |||
| Hill | Herb | Director, URCI | UROP |
| Golding | Sarah | Associate Professor, Director of Undergraduate Research | Department of Biology |
| Gahagan | James | Director, Office of Student Leadership and Engaged Learning | Division of Student Affairs |
| Daugherity | Brian | Associate Professor | Department of History |
| Hurst | Robin | Associate Professor, Educational Leadership | School of Education |
| Mohanraj | Lathika | Assistant Professor | School of Nursing |
| Stout | Jenny | Associate Professor, Research and Learning, Student Success | VCU Libraries |
| Velentzas | Katina | Coor Strategic Initiatives, SS • Student Success Admin | Academic Advising |
| Vechinski | Matthew | Coordinator of Academic Programming | University College |
| FACULTY DEVELOPMENT | |||
| Halstead | Ann Marie | Assistant Professor & Coordinator of Humans of RVA & VCU | Honors College |
| Johnson | Allison | Associate Professor, Life Sciences | Life Sciences |
| Boyes | Mary | Associate Professor, Honors Writing Program | Honors College |
| Pugh | Doug | Associate Dean for Academic Affairs and Research | School of Business |
| Lacy | Michael | Assistant Professor,Dept. of Medical Laboratory Sciences | College of Health Professions |
| Rector | Amy | Dept Chair, SWS | College of Humanities and Sciences |
| Ryan | John | Assoc. V.P. for Research Development | OVPRI |
| Soares | Joao | Assistant Professor, Department of Mechanical and Nuclear Engineering | College of Engineering |
| Zamudio | César | Associate Professor, Marketing | School of Business |
| Das | Swadesh | Associate Professor, Department of Human and Molecular Genetics | School of Medicine |
| Price | Elvin | Victor A. Yanchick Associate Professor and Director of the Geriatric Pharmacotherapy | School of Pharmacy |
| STUDENT REPRESENTATIVES | |||
| Hodgen | Zach | Student Rep. | |
| Lee | Kacy | Student Rep. | |
| Singh | Harleen | Student Rep. | |
| WRITING TEAM | |||
| Anderson | Ashlyn | Executive Director | University Academic Advising |
| Golding | Sarah | Department of Biology | |
| Halstead | Ann-Marie | Assistant Professor & Coordinator of Humans of RVA & VCU | Honors College |
| Hanggi | Katy | Chair, Department of Focused Inquiry | University College |
| Hill | Herb | Director, URCI | UROP |
| Johnson | Allison | Associate Professor, Life Sciences | Life Sciences |
| Kraus | Jeff | Executive Communications | Office of Provost |
| Oates | Scott | Academic Assessment Consultant | Provost Office, Academic Assessment |
| QEP LEADERSHIP TEAM | |||
| Arroyo | Andrew | Interim SVP for Academic Affairs | Provost Office, Academic Affairs |
| Hawthorne | Katrice | Asst Vice Provost, Academic Assessment | Provost Office, Academic Assessment |
| Hill | Herb | Director, URCI | UROP |
| Johnson | Allison | Associate Professor, Life Sciences | Life Sciences |
| Webster Garrett | Erin | Assoc Vice Provost, REAL | REAL |
Engagement Work Group
The QEP Planning and Development Engagement Work Group is responsible for:
- Planning and executing activities that will ensure broad and equitable participation from the VCU community in the proposal development and topic selection processes. Activities may include town halls, webinars, workshops, etc.
- Development of the engagement activities may occur over the summer months. Anticipated activities include a formal workshop and information series planned for August as well as engagement activities throughout Fall 2022 to ensure community input on the topic selection.
Engagement Work Group members
| Name | Title | VCU unit |
|---|---|---|
| Jeff Wilson (chair) | Associate Dean, Graduate School | School of Graduate Studies |
| Jan Altman | Executive Director of iExcel Education | Office of Institutional Equity, Effectiveness, and Success |
| Katie Elliott | Associate Director | Service Learning |
| Ann Marie Gardinier Halstead | Assistant Professor and Coordinator of Humans of RVA & VCU | Honors College |
| Aisha McGriff | Instructional Design Lead | VCU Online |
| Amy Miller | Education Abroad and Global Learning Specialist | Global Education Office |
| Reena Pidaparti | Undergraduate Student Representative | Student Government Association |
| Tammy Swecker | Interim Program Director, Dental Hygiene Program and Associate Professor | School of Dentistry |
Research and Development Work Group
The QEP Planning and Development Research and Development Work Group is responsible for:
- Facilitating RFP launch
- Researching models for identifying topics through RFP processes
- Supporting proposal development by developing tools and resources (informed by research and best practices) to assist VCU community members engaging in the RFP process
Research and Development Work Group members
| Name | Title | VCU unit |
|---|---|---|
| Amy Rector (co-chair) | Associate Professor and Director | School of World Studies |
| Nia Rodgers (co-chair) | Public Affairs Research Librarian | VCU Libraries |
| Swadesh Das | Associate Professor | VCU Faculty Senate |
| Rodney Dyer | Professor and Director | Center for Environmental Studies |
| Rachel Gable | Director of Institutional Effectiveness | Office of the Provost |
| Jimmie Gahagan | Director | VCU Transform |
| Bob Gowdy | Associate Professor | Department of Physics |
| Herb Hill | Director of Undergraduate Research and Creative Inquiry | Office of the Provost |
| Jay Markiewicz | Assistant Professor and Executive Director of Entrepreneurship Programs | School of Business |
Evaluation Work Group
The QEP Planning and Development Evaluation Work Group is responsible for:
- Working closely with the R&D Work Group on defining terms and criteria for evaluation of proposals
- Determining the process for evaluating proposals
- Developing a rubric for scoring of proposals
- Coordinating evaluation of proposals
To ensure a fair and equitable process, members of the evaluation work group cannot submit proposals for the QEP.
Evaluation Work Group members
| Name | Title | VCU unit |
|---|---|---|
| Alena Hampton (chair) | Associate Dean for Academic Affairs and Student Success | College of Health Professions |
| Daniel Carr | Assistant Professor | Department of Biology |
| Nancy Husson | Clinical Assistant Professor | School of Nursing |
| Allison Johnson | Associate Professor | VCU Life Sciences |
| Mike Jones | Director, Business Intelligence | Institutional Research and Decision Support |
| Chris Marcoux | Director, Analytics | Institutional Research and Decision Support |
| James McConville | Graduate Student Representative | Graduate Student Association |
| Christine Mowery | Assistant Chair | Department of Sociology |
| Samara Reynolds | Director | VCU Career Services |
| Allison Schumacher | Director of Academic Alchemy | da Vinci Center |
Marketing and Communications Work Group
The Marketing and Communications Work Group is responsible for:
- Ensuring consistent core messaging around the QEP
- Ensuring visibility of the QEP Planning and Development Committee’s work
- Assisting with and promoting the work of the other work groups, such as disseminating the RFP to the VCU community
- Determining key milestones for communications throughout the QEP process
- Determining appropriate channels for QEP communications
- Developing content as needed to accomplish the above goals
Marketing and Communications Work Group members
| Name | Title | VCU unit |
|---|---|---|
| Victoria Shivy (co-chair) | Associate Professor | Department of Psychology |
| Tom Myrick (co-chair) | Assistant Director of Strategic Communications | Office of the Provost |
| Heather Creswick | Assistant Professor | School of Medicine |
| Katherine Drumm | Assistant Vice President for University Advising and Technologies | Strategic Enrollment Management and Student Success |
| Kaitlin Hanger | Assistant Professor | Richard T. Robertson School of Media and Culture |
| Jake Khoury | Assistant Professor | University College |
| John Speich | Associate Chair | College of Engineering |