Dean of planning, research, and student outcomes, Diablo Valley College, Pleasant Hill, California

Responsibilities:

• Coordination of the strategic plan, the educational master plan, and follow-up reports for the college.
• Supervision of research studies and publication
• Maintenance of research databases and the research website
• Development, administration, and analysis of surveys
• Coordination of the student learning outcome assessment
• Validation of placement tests in support of matriculation
• Coordination of program review for administrative units
• Member of the President’s cabinet

Professional Experience/Education

• Assistant Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs at Southern University (SU), Baton Rouge, Louisiana  
• Dean of the College of Business at SU
• Chair of the Department of Accounting at SU
• Represented the state of Louisiana as on the National Postsecondary Education Cooperative  (NPEC), an arm of the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES)
• President of the Baton Rouge Chapter of the Institute of Management Accountants
• Member of the Commission to develop the Master Plan for Postsecondary Education in the State of Louisiana
• Taught accounting at Southern University, Louisiana State University and Western Kentucky University and taught a course in Arabic language at Diablo Valley College
• Education at Louisiana State University, Michigan State University, and the University of Alexandria, Egypt

Accreditation Team/ Self Study Experience

• Team member, ACCJC Accreditation of the Fashion Institute of Design and Merchandising, Los Angeles, CA, 2005
• Team member, ACCJC Accreditation of Riverside Community College, 2007
• Team member, NCAA Certification of the athletics program at Georgia State University, Atlanta, GA, 1998
• Director of the Self Study for accreditation, Southern University, Baton Rouge, Southern Association for Colleges and Schools (SACS), 1998-2000. Received several commendations on the self- study report
• Chair of the self-Study for Certification of the athletics program at SU, by NCAA and author of the gender equity plan for the university, 1996 and 2000