Title: Associate Director for Assessment & Quality Enhancement
Email: carriew@mailbox.sc.edu
Phone: 803-777-8869
Carrie provides leadership for course and program assessment and quality enhancement efforts within University 101 Programs to ensure a high-quality course experience, document program effectiveness, and identify improvement strategies.
Carrie is primarily responsible for managing end-of-course evaluations, surveys, and performance analytics processes for all UNIV courses; the department’s external assessment and compliance reporting; and, the assessment of UNIV 101 course learning outcomes.
Prior to her current position with University 101 Programs, Carrie served as the Senior Assessment Associate in the Office of Institutional Research, Assessment and Analytics. In this role, she advised and collaborated with faculty and academic administrators to develop and implement processes for the assessment of general education and program-level student learning outcomes.
Carrie previously worked with University 101 Programs from 2004 to 2006 as its Assistant Director and the Coordinator of the First-Year Reading Experience. Prior to that, she served as the Coordinator of Research and Project Development for the National Resource Center for The First-Year Experience and Students in Transition.
Educational Background
Master of Education - Student Personnel Services, 1998
University of South Carolina
Bachelor of Arts - Communication Studies, 1996
University of Florida
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