The University Student Learning Assessment Committee (USLAC) is charged with providing guidance to the Office of Academic Program Assessment pertaining to creation and maintenance of a feasible and sustainable assessment process; developing templates to support the assessment process, including but not limited to annual report templates and feedback forms; defining assessment software needs and evaluating available products; participating in planning the structure and content of the annual Assessment Institute; and reviewing annual assessment reports from non-accredited academic programs and provide feedback to each program identifying strengths, opportunities, and suggestions 

The committee is composed of faculty and staff who are knowledgeable about and/or interested in the fundamental importance of assessment and the types of assessment processes that can facilitate decision-making to improve student learning, both directly and indirectly. The committee works towards creating a culture of assessment at UConn.  

 

Chair 

Phil Birge-Liberman Geography, Sustainability, Community, and Urban Studies 

Members 

Allison MacKenzie - Exercise science  

Brian Chapman - HDFS 

Dafhne Aguirre - Chemistry 

Daniel Burkey - Associate dean, Engineering 

Danielle DeRosa - Sport Management 

Diego Valente - Physics  

Jessica Malek - Allied Health 

Jill Desimini - Landscape Architecture 

John Cooley - Ecology and Evolutionary Biology 

John Richardson - Department Head, Art & Art History 

Kristen Govoni - Associate Dean, CAHNR 

Nan Meng - LCL 

Stephen Fitzgerald - OPIM  

Tracy Sinclair - Teacher Ed  

William Ryan - Marketing 

Ex-officio members 

Lauren Schlesselman - Executive Director (Office of Academic Program Assessment) 

Sally Chamberland - Assistant Director (Office of Academic Program Assessment)