°®°®Ö±²¥ forms special task force for evaluation of teaching performance
Contact: Sasha Steinberg
STARKVILLE, Miss.âMississippi State has assembled a 15-member special task force to develop a new plan for evaluating excellence in teaching.
Appointed by °®°®Ö±²¥ 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 °®°®Ö±²¥âs Department of Biochemistry, Molecular Biology, Entomology and Plant Pathology in the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences, will serve as task force chair.
âEvaluation of excellence in instruction is a very important topic on our campus, and I appreciate task force membersâ willingness to fully engage in conversations necessary to develop a plan for evaluation that meets student, faculty and administration needs,â Shaw said.
In addition to Dean, task force members include:
âTommy Anderson, professor of English and associate dean for academic affairs, College of Arts and Sciences
âKari Babski-Reeves, associate dean for research and graduate studies and interim head and professor, Department of Industrial and Systems Engineering, Bagley College of Engineering
âJoy Cariño, a senior English major from Starkville
âTom Carskadon, professor, Department of Psychology, College of Arts and Sciences
âEmily Case, Student Association vice president and senior political science/pre-law major from Richmond, Virginia
âAndrew Mackin, professor and head, Department of Clinical Sciences, College of Veterinary Medicine
âJake Manning, Student Association president and senior biomedical engineering/software engineering double-major from Ridgeland
âShawn Mauldin, professor and director, Richard C. Adkerson School of Accountancy, College of Business
âLyndsey Miller, associate professor of interior design, College of Architecture, Art and Design
âEric Moyen, associate professor and head, Department of Educational Leadership, College of Education
âIan Munn, associate dean and professor, College of Forest Resources
âTomi Obe, graduate research assistant, Department of Poultry Science
âRebecca Robichaux-Davis, professor, Department of Curriculum, Instruction and Special Education, College of Education
âDarweesh Salamah, an industrial and systems engineering doctoral student from Saudi Arabia
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