Assessment Mentors
Dr. Lynn Johnson
Dr. Johnson is a professor in the College of Business Administration where she has coordinated undergraduate assessment since 2003. She participated in the first WASC Assessment Leadership Academy during 2010-11 and served as the University's Faculty Coordinator of Assessment of Student Learning in 2009-2011.
Dr. Keith Nainby
Dr. Nainby is an associate professor in the Department of Communication Studies. He has been involved in program assessment at Stanislaus State for more than six years and has served as Program Assessment Coordinator, College Assessment Leadership Team representative, Assessment Facilitator, and Chair and member of the Assessment of Student Learning subcommittee. Dr. Nainby has also participated in GE assessment and has consulted for departments on campus as a Focus Group Facilitator for assessment activities. Dr. Nainby's assessment areas of interest include qualitative direct assessment (such as the development of rubrics) and qualitative indirect assessment (such as focus groups).
Dr. John Wittman
Dr. Wittman has served as a writing program director at two universities, and has had the opportunity to conduct numerous assessment research projects on student literacy, pedagogy, workload issues, and others. He has also worked as an assessment consultant both on campus and regionally. During his time at Stanislaus State, Dr. Wittman has been involved in research on the methods of assessment as well as delving into assessment's history and evolution in the academy. Dr. Wittman's assessment areas of interest are aligning outcomes and assessment processes, developing rubrics, finding and defining embedded assessment, and incorporating qualitative research methods.
Updated: August 22, 2023