Experience

Danville Community College
• United States
• Higher Education
• 1 - 100 Employee
• Director of Institutional Effectiveness and Research

  • May 2023 - Present


The University of Virginia's College at Wise

• United States
• Higher Education
• 200 - 300 Employee

• Director of Assessment and Evaluation

  • Sep 2014 - Jan 2023

  Lead all assessment efforts in both academic and administrative offices, programs, and units in undergraduate liberal arts college within the University of Virginia.Assist in program reviews, strategic planning, and in conducting the strategic planning process.Advise on, write for, and make and maintain connections relating to assessment and accreditation with SACS-COC and other organizations concerned with assessment, institutional effectiveness, and strategic planning in higher education.Member, assessment policy advisory group of the State Council of Higher Education for Virginia (SCHEV) staff.Served as secretary of international programs committee, and as a member of the development subcommittee of this committee.Write, teach courses, and present in the international politics and grand strategy fields, as well as history; guest lecture in college ROTC program; lecture on grand strategy, Central and Eastern Europe, and political philosophy. Show less

• Director of the Summer Program in Entrepreneurship and Cybersecurity ("SPEC")

  • Nov 2017 - Nov 2020

  Led, and launched as initial director, summer program combining faculty from two departments and disciplines, along with international faculty from four foreign partner universities. Advised similar summer international program in music.



Self-Employed

• Real Estate
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Consultant

  • Nov 2012 - Aug 2014

  Advised on assessment and strategic planning in higher education. Lectured and presented on international affairs, intelligence and national security, and other topics. Advised on assessment and strategic planning in higher education. Lectured and presented on international affairs, intelligence and national security, and other topics.



Institute of World Politics

• United States
• International Affairs
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Vice Dean; Admissions Chair; Faculty Chair

  • 2005 - 2012

  As assistant dean (three year term) supervised academic staff and library director; represented academic dean in strategic planning and budget areas; oversaw formulation, implementation, and execution of academic policies and catalog; oversaw budget and assessment of student affairs, including career counseling. As chair of academic assessment committee (seven years) led academic assessment. Supervised collection of data, oversaw surveys of students, drafted annual report. Led faculty assessment of comprehensive exams. As admissions chair (seven years), led effort and devised strategy for qualitative and quantitative enrollment increase (63%); acted as liaison with academic partner institutions to further student recruitment, and did extensive travel for this goal; supervised recruitment staff; assessed enrollment, oversaw advertising, and formulated budget; chaired retention committee. Faculty Chair: five year term, represented faculty; led development of new M.A. in intelligence studies; supervised director of student affairs and led academic advising function. Taught and mentored aspiring, as well as mid-career, intelligence officers, and national security practitioners. Member: President’s Council, five years; Admissions Committee, seven years; Strategic Planning Committee, four years; Institutional Research and Assessment Committee, two years. Taught graduate-level courses: International Relations, Western Moral Tradition and American Foreign Policy; mentored M.A. thesis writers. Attended Middle States Workshop on Assessment, University of Delaware, 2006; Middle States Self-Study Institute, 2009; Middle States annual conferences, 2009, 2011; NAGAP annual meeting, 2012. Show less



Madonna University

• United States
• Higher Education
• 400 - 500 Employee

• Associate Professor

  • 2003 - 2005

  Taught undergraduate-level courses in political science, history, and liberal arts program; interdisciplinary seminars; and oversaw political science major (academic advisor for students). Taught undergraduate-level courses in political science, history, and liberal arts program; interdisciplinary seminars; and oversaw political science major (academic advisor for students).



St. Mary's College

• India
• Higher Education

• Chair, Department of Social Science

  • 2000 - 2003

  Supervised department containing full-time and adjunct faculty; department contained majors in psychology, political science, history, social science, sociology, and a state teacher-certification program; academic advisor for department’s students; recruited students for department majors and programs. Taught undergraduate-level courses in history, liberal arts, and political science; designed political science major; contributed to design of core curriculum. Managed college museum exhibition, “The Polish Presence in Detroit,” at the Detroit Historical Museum. Show less



Georgetown University

• United States
• Higher Education
• 700 & Above Employee

• Lecturer, Teaching Assistant

  • Aug 1989 - May 2000

  Lecturer, 1994-1995; taught course, Elements of Political Theory Teaching Assistant to Ambassador Jeane Kirkpatrick, 1990-1993 Lecturer, 1994-1995; taught course, Elements of Political Theory Teaching Assistant to Ambassador Jeane Kirkpatrick, 1990-1993



Central Intelligence Agency

• International Affairs
• 400 - 500 Employee

• Intelligence Officer

  • 1987 - 1990

  Wrote political analyses for senior policymakers, frequently on short notice, containing predictive analysis of current political developments; orally briefed policymakers; regional focus on East Central Europe. Wrote political analyses for senior policymakers, frequently on short notice, containing predictive analysis of current political developments; orally briefed policymakers; regional focus on East Central Europe.



The White House

• United States
• Government Administration
• 700 & Above Employee

• Correspondence Analyst

  • 1986 - 1987

  Analyzed incoming correspondence and sent it to appropriate agencies, or decided on appropriate responses. Analyzed and translated occasional VIP correspondence, chosen for the President's sample. Analyzed incoming correspondence and sent it to appropriate agencies, or decided on appropriate responses. Analyzed and translated occasional VIP correspondence, chosen for the President's sample.