MSU forms special task force for evaluation of teaching performance
Contact: Sasha Steinberg
STARKVILLE, Miss.鈥旂哿κ悠 has assembled a 15-member special task force to develop a new plan for evaluating excellence in teaching.
Appointed by MSU Provost and Executive Vice President David Shaw, the group will develop proposed revisions for Academic Operating Policy 13.15, which focuses on evaluation of teaching performance. Jeffrey Dean, professor and head of MSU鈥檚 Department of Biochemistry, Molecular Biology, Entomology and Plant Pathology in the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences, will serve as task force chair.
鈥淓valuation of excellence in instruction is a very important topic on our campus, and I appreciate task force members鈥 willingness to fully engage in conversations necessary to develop a plan for evaluation that meets student, faculty and administration needs,鈥 Shaw said.
In addition to Dean, task force members include:
鈥擳ommy Anderson, professor of English and associate dean for academic affairs, College of Arts and Sciences
鈥擪ari Babski-Reeves, associate dean for research and graduate studies and interim head and professor, Department of Industrial and Systems Engineering, Bagley College of Engineering
鈥擩oy Cari帽o, a senior English major from Starkville
鈥擳om Carskadon, professor, Department of Psychology, College of Arts and Sciences
鈥擡mily Case, Student Association vice president and senior political science/pre-law major from Richmond, Virginia
鈥擜ndrew Mackin, professor and head, Department of Clinical Sciences, College of Veterinary Medicine
鈥擩ake Manning, Student Association president and senior biomedical engineering/software engineering double-major from Ridgeland
鈥擲hawn Mauldin, professor and director, Richard C. Adkerson School of Accountancy, College of Business
鈥擫yndsey Miller, associate professor of interior design, College of Architecture, Art and Design
鈥擡ric Moyen, associate professor and head, Department of Educational Leadership, College of Education
鈥擨an Munn, associate dean and professor, College of Forest Resources
鈥擳omi Obe, graduate research assistant, Department of Poultry Science
鈥擱ebecca Robichaux-Davis, professor, Department of Curriculum, Instruction and Special Education, College of Education
鈥擠arweesh Salamah, an industrial and systems engineering doctoral student from Saudi Arabia
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