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Advisory Board

The SARA Advisory Board includes faculty, staff, and student colleagues who are served by the office or have specific expertise in student affairs and/or higher education research and assessment. The Board typically meets twice a semester. In conjunction with the mission and goals of SARA, the Board:

• Consults with the Director in determining priorities for the office and in identifying needs and concerns
• Serves as a source of expertise to assure the quality and validity of the assessment projects and to improve the operations of the office
• Promotes SARA and the use of data to inform decisions about resources and services
• Generates ideas for furthering the role of SARA within Student Affairs and the Penn State community
• Assists in identifying ways to collaborate and cultivate partners in assessment efforts



Members

Members include faculty, staff, and students who represent stakeholders of SARA and/or are colleagues and experts in student affairs/higher education research and assessment. Current members on the board are listed below:

Vacant Director and Sr. Analyst Student Affairs Research and Assessment	Dr. Andrea Dowhower Assistant Vice President Division of Student Affairs
Dr. Ben Locke Assistant Director of Research and Technology Counseling and Psychological Services	Dr. Gül Kremer Associate Professor of Industrial Engineering
Dr. Philip Burlingame Associate Vice President Division of Student Affairs	Dr. R. Neill Johnson Director Penn State Learning
Dr. John Harwood Senior Director Teaching and Learning with Technology Information Technology Services	Dr. Linda Higginson Assistant Dean for Advising Division of Undergraduate Studies
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Dr. Tara Scales Williams Director Multicultural Resource Center Educational Equity	Dr. Mike Dooris Director Planning and Institutional Assessment
Dr. Sue Rankin Associate Professor, College Student Affairs Senior Research Associate, Center for the Study of Higher Education	Dr. Tanya Furman Assistant Vice President and Associate Dean for Undergraduate Education
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For information about the Advisory Board, please email saraoffice@psu.edu.

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