Program Review Facilitators

Workshop Facilitators

Marilee Bresciani

Marilee J. Bresciani, Ph.D. is Professor of Postsecondary Education Leadership at San Diego State University, where she coordinates the masters in Student Affairs/Services in community colleges and higher education, the certificate in institutional research, planning, and assessment, and the masters and doctorate in community college leadership. The curriculum at San Diego State University emphasizes student learning centeredness, integration of the curricular and co-curricular learning paradigms, and analysis, planning, and responsible practice of leaders in a socially just and global environment.

Dr. Bresciani's research focuses on the evaluation of student learning and development. She uses grounded theory to explore how systems and processes contribute to student learning centeredness, which includes the study of leaders' roles in these systems and processes.

Dr. Bresciani has been invited to present and publish her findings on assessment and is a leading author of five books on assessing student learning and outcomes-based assessment program review. Dr. Bresciani has developed and delivered several courses on assessment of student learning, and serves on the editorial board of the NASPA Journal. She is a reviewer for the Australian Quality Assurance Agency and is also a managing partner in an international assessment and enrollment management consulting firm.

Dr. Bresciani holds a Ph.D. in Administration, Curriculum, and Instruction from the University of Nebraska and a Masters of Arts in Teaching from Hastings College

 

Cyd Jenefsky

Cyd Jenefsky is Associate Vice President for Academic Affairs and Director of the Office for Educational Effectiveness at John F. Kennedy University. She led the collaborative design and implementation of the University's outcomes-based academic program review process. She works with faculty, deans and senior administrators to build institutional capacity for assessment of student learning at the course, program and organizational level. Dr. Jenefsky serves as a consultant and workshop leader in the U.S and internationally to assist university leaders and faculty with developing systems and skills for assessing student learning, conducting program review, and building a culture of collaborative organizational learning.

Dr. Jenefsky received her B.A. from the University of California at Davis, and her M.A. and Ph.D. in Communication Arts from the University of Wisconsin-Madison.