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Sunny (Hye) Moon, Ph.D.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Director, 2015-present (Interim Director, 2015-2016)

Office of Institutional Research and Analytical Studies & University Scheduling (IRAS)

California State University, Fullerton

Provide leadership for campus-wide efforts in policy analysis, institutional effectiveness, and

evidence-based culture for student success. Serve to integrate all institutional research with

campus-wide planning and student timely graduation; provide strategic analysis and evidence-

based strategies for student success and Graduation Initiative 2025; and promote data-driven

campus practice and culture. Provide direction and guidance for the 6 lRAS staff and the 5

University Scheduling Office staff. Provide leadership maintaining statistics and implementing

data visualization on student enrollment, demographics, faculty data, majors, and degree

completion. Direct strategic analytics for student timely graduation and enrollment management

utilizing sound methodology. Serve as a member of Provost’s Senior Leadership Team in the

Division of Academic Affairs and in the Council of Deans. Perform meaningful research and

analyses that further develop and improve institutional accountability indicators. Provide

leadership on enrollment projection, including FTES targets and FTEF resource allocation.

Serve as a member of Enrollment Management Steering Committee, WASC Accreditation

Steering Committee, Academic Master Plan Committee, Assessment and Educational

Effectiveness Committee, and Graduation Initiative Committee. Direct Tableau Server Project

funded by CSU Chancellor’s Office to implement a variety of dashboard promoting data-driven

decision making. Actively participate in professional conferences as well as campus-wide and

CSU system-wide meetings to discuss IR-related policy/planning and conduct in-depth studies

on graduation rates and achievement gaps.

Associate Director

Office of Institutional Research and Analytical Studies (IRAS)


2014–2015

Served as Academic and Course Reporting liaison to the Chancellor’s Office Analytical Studies,

representing the university. Worked as campus IPEDS Survey Key Holder. Served as a

committee member for the Strategic Planning for High-Impact Practices Task Force and for

Supplemental Instruction Implementation. Served as Co-Principal Investigator for the Action

Research Project on Men of Color, funded by the Chancellor’s Office. Communicated with

Analytical Studies in Chancellor’s Office. Led the IRAS office in the compiling of student

enrollment data at census in collaboration with the Admissions and Records Office. Worked on

enrollment management and projection. Conducted actionable and comprehensive research

projects that related to institutional effectiveness and evidence-based decision making. Made a

presentation of a research project on important topics in higher education at a CSU system-wide

meeting and professional conferences.

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Senior Research Associate



2010–2014

Led educational research on effectiveness of High-Impact Practices for student success. Made

presentation on research project at professional conferences and provided research findings to

support for grant application to garner baseline funding from Chancellor’s Office. Supported

accreditation efforts and provide meaningful data for the process. Designed and implemented

comprehensive research on nation-wide important topics in higher education for improving

graduation rates and reducing achievement gap for underrepresented students. Responsible for

data reporting for NCES IPEDS surveys and coordinated campus-wide collection of the surveys.

Senior Research Analyst



2007–2010

Generated institutional census, degree awarded, and trend data to document institutional

effectiveness and improvement. Supported WASC accreditation process by providing

graduation rates of first-time freshmen cohorts and data on the program performance review

process. Responsible for external data reporting, including IPEDS, US News, Petersons, ACT,

and College Board. Responded to data requests of campus constituencies for the purpose of

strategic planning, professional accreditation, and grant applications. Provided data for other ad-

hoc requests. Oversight of student assistant for on-going project.

Research Analyst

Office of Institutional Research & Effectiveness

Center for Academic and Professional Enhancement

Western University of Health Sciences, Pomona

2006–2007

Responsible for student survey data analysis, assessing student learning outcomes, and

disseminating a variety of reports to the campus community. Participated in institutional level

WASC accreditation and campus-wide assessment process to develop a new proposed Graduate

College of Biomedical Sciences. Conducted survey administration and peer analysis utilizing

NCES IPEDS to investigate the capacity of the new college. Led a workshop for Assessment of

Student Learning Outcome with faculty. Supervised two graduate assistants for data analysis

generating reports. Attended professional conferences, presenting research papers. Presented

faculty development workshop and designed websites for faculty online orientation.

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Lecturer Faculty

Department of Educational Psychology, Administration, and Counseling

California State University, Long Beach

2006

Taught Educational Statistics class for graduate students, including the topics of descriptive

statistics, correlation, t-tests, multiple regression, ANOVA, and path analysis. Students were

able to apply appropriate statistical procedures to specific research questions and conduct

educational research.

Senior Research Associate

Center for Higher Education Policy Analysis

Rossier School of Education, University of Southern California

2000–2006

Responsible for statistical analysis and managing large scale student survey and enrollment data.

Participated in a variety of research projects to assess student retention and academic success in

higher education institution, particularly urban community colleges. Main responsibility in the

projects was quantitative analysis producing research papers and reports in support of policy

decisions, as well as managing survey and enrollment data. Worked on TRUCCS (Transfer and

Retention of Urban Community College Students) and CP-TASKS (Completion, Persistence,

and Transfer of Kamehameha Students) projects. Developed and maintained the websites of the

projects. Supervised graduate assistants for project data analysis generating reports.

Adjunct Assistant Professor

Department of Educational Psychology and Technology


2002

Taught a graduate level Research Methodology and Educational Statistics class for doctoral

students, who were mainly community college faculty and administrators. Topics included

correlation, multiple regression, ANOVA, and path analysis and lectures utilized the college

student survey data. Students were encouraged to become comfortable with research design and

analysis to use in their dissertation.

Research Associate



1999–2000

Worked on quantitative analysis in the “Project on Faculty Performance and Compensation.”

Participated in the Campus Collaboration Project on Pluralism and Unity, which evaluated

cooperative learning as a tool enhancing the campus climate for college students with diverse

cultural backgrounds.

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Teaching Assistant

Department of Educational Psychology and Technology


1998–1999

Assisted in a “Statistical Inference” class for graduate students. Taught students during office

hours and assisted them in the computer lab with analyzing community college student data.

Instructor

West Los Angeles Korean School, Los Angeles

1997–1998

Bilingual teacher; taught Korean to 4th through 7th graders.

Instructor

Dong-Guk University, Seoul, Korea

1986–1987

Responsible for teaching college level “Data Structures” course.

Instructor

Kye-Myung University, Taegu, Korea

1987

Responsible for teaching college level “Computer Programming Language” course.

Teaching and Administrative Assistant

Department of Computer Science

Ewha Women’s University, Seoul, Korea

1985–1986

Responsible for teaching college level “Computer System” classes and grading.

Worked as a department administrative coordinator

EDUCATION

Post-Doc (Research Associate)


Rossier School of Education, University of Southern California, 1999-2000

Ph.D. in Education

University of Southern California, 1999

M.S. in Computer Science

University of Southern California, 1993

B.S., with honors, in Computer Science

Ewha Women’s University, Seoul, Korea, 1985

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PUBLICATIONS

Moon, H.S., Sullivan, E., Hershey, J., Walker, S., Bosangue, M., Filowitz, M., Fernandez, C.,

Unnikrishnan, R., & Delgado, V. (2013). High Impact Educational Practices as Promoting

Student Retention and Success. Proceedings of The Ninth Annual National Symposium of

Student Retention, November 2013 (received the ‘Best Institutional Research Leadership

Award’), San Diego, CA.

Bosangue, M., Cadwalladerolsker, C., Ferznandez-Weston, C., Filowitz, M., Hershey, J., Moon,

H.S., Renne, C., Sullivan, E., Walker, E., Woods, R. (2013). The Effects of Supplemental

Instruction on Transfer Student Success in First Semester Calculus. The Learning Assistance

Review 18. 61-75.

Unnikrishnan, R., & Delgado, V., Moon, H., Sullivan, E. (2013). Retention Strategies for

Engineering and Computer Science: High Impact Practices (HIP) during first year in college,

Proceedings of ASEE (American Society for Engineering Education) Conference, April 2013,

Riverside, CA.

Hagedorn, L.S., Maxwell, W.B., Cypers, S, Moon, H.S., & Lester, J. (2007). Course Shopping

in the Urban Community Colleges: An Analysis of Drop and Add Activities. Journal of Higher

Education.

Hagedorn, L. S., Lester, J., Moon, H. S., & Tibbetts, K. (2006). Native Hawaiian Community

College Students: What Happens? Community College Journal of Research and Practice.

Hagedorn, L. S., Moon, H. S., Cypers, S., Maxwell, B., & Lester, J. (2006). Transfer between

Community Colleges and Four-Year Colleges: The All American Game. Community College

Journal of Research and Practice.

Hagedorn, L. S., Moon, H. S., Lester, J., Kana‘iaupuni, S. & Tibbetts, K. (2005). The Academic

and Occupational Outcomes of Private Residential High School Student Instruction. Pacific

Educational Research Journal.

Hagedorn, L. S., Chlebek, A., & Moon, H. S. (2003). Extending School-to-College Programs to

the Community College. Academic Exchange, 7(4).

Maxwell, B., Hagedorn, L. S., Cypers, S., Moon, H. S., Brocato, P., Wahl, K., & Prather, G.

(2003). Community and Diversity in Urban Community Colleges: Coursetaking among Entering

Students. Community College Review.

Hagedorn, L. S., Moon, H. S., Buchanan, D., Shockman, E., & Jackson, M. (2001). Cooperative

Learning and Unity: The Perspectives of Faculty, Students, and TA’s. (ERIC Reproduction

Service No. ED 443 853).

Hagedorn, L. S., Moon, H. S., & Buchanan, D. (1999). Evaluation Study of the Hewlett-Packard

Funded Project from Factions and Ethnos to Polis and Back: A Campus Collaboration Project

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on Pluralism and Unity (Final Evaluation Report). Los Angeles: University of Southern

California.

Moon, H .S. (1999). The Effects of 3D Animated Graphics on Student’s Learning and Attitude.

Dissertation, School of Education, University of Southern California.

Moon, H .S. (1987). A Study on the Recovery Scheme of Main Memory Database System.

Thesis, Ewha Women’s University, Seoul Korea.

CONFERENCE PRESENTATIONS

“4-Year and 2-Year Graduation Rates for First-Time Freshmen and Transfers: Historical Look-

At for Predictors of Student Success” Accepted for California Association for Institutional

Research, November 2018, Concord, CA.

“Graduation Initiative 2025: Role of Institutional Research to support Data-Driven Decision at

CSU Fullerton” Accepted for California Association for Institutional Research, November 2018,

Concord, CA.

“Is my survey biased? The importance of measurement invariance: NSSE Survey” Accepted for

California Association for Institutional Research, November 2018, Concord, CA.

“Automating Common Data Set Preparation Using R” Accepted for California Association for

Institutional Research, November 2018, Concord, CA.

“Campus Sentiment Analysis Using Twitter Data” Accepted for California Association for

Institutional Research, November 2018, Concord, CA.

“DREAMers Accessing American Dream: Their Academic and Civic Engagement Outcomes”

Submitted for Association of American Colleges & Universities (AACU) Conference, January

2018, Washington, D.C.

“Culturally-Responsive High-Impact Practices for Student Success and Gap-Closing: Implication

of Comprehensive Analysis,” Submitted for Association of American Colleges & Universities

(AACU) Conference, January 2018, Washington, D.C.

“College-Wide Goals for Graduation Initiative 2025,” Graduation Initiative Informed Decision-

Making Conference, May 2017, San Bernardino, CA.

“Dashboards as Innovative Tools for Utilizing Actionable Data and Evidence-Based Practices”

Graduation Initiative Informed Decision-Making Conference, May 2017, San Bernardino, CA.

“Comprehensive Longitudinal Analysis of Institutional Data on High-Impact Practices,”

Association for California Institutional Research (CAIR), November 2016, Los Angeles, CA.

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“Data Warehouse Quality Testing,” Association for California Institutional Research (CAIR),

November 2016, Los Angeles, CA.

“Data Visualization and Data Integrity: Meaningful Implication for Institutional Researchers,”

Association for California Institutional Research (CAIR), November 2016, Los Angeles, CA.

“SB (Senate Bill) 1440 for Transfers: Initial Outcomes from CSU Fullerton,” Association for

California Institutional Research (CAIR), November 2016, Los Angeles, CA.

“A Dashboard as an Innovative Tool to Illuminate Actionable Data to Support Student Success

Initiatives,” Graduation Initiative 2025: Student Success Symposium, September 2017, Long

Beach, CA.

“Evidence–Based High Impact Practices for Promoting Student Success,” WASC (Western

Association for Schools and College) Conference, April 2016, Garden Grove, CA.

“Utilization of Sustainable and Cost–Effective Technology to Increase Student Retention and

Graduation: Cal State Fullerton Student Success Dashboard,” WASC (Western Association for

Schools and College) Conference, April 2016, Garden Grove, CA.

“Redefining Bottleneck Courses for Informed Decision,” California State University System-

Wide IRD (Institutional Research Directors) Meeting, April 2016, San Francesco, CA.

“Methodical Data Warehouse Testing,” California State University System-Wide IRD

(Institutional Research Directors) Meeting, April 2016, San Francesco, CA.

“Increasing Student Success: Strategies at California State University, Fullerton,” AAHHE

(American Association of Hispanics in Higher Education) National Conference,

March 2016, Costa Mesa, CA.

“Access and Opportunity to Study Abroad/Away at California State University Fullerton,”

AAHHE (American Association of Hispanics in Higher Education) National Conference,

March 2016, Costa Mesa, CA.

“From chaos to success: Creating an ecosystem for student achievement at a large public

comprehensive university,” Association of American Colleges & Universities (AACU)

Conference, January 2016, Washington, DC.

“Undeclared Students’ Paths to Major Declaration: A Data Mining Study”, Association for

California Institutional Research (CAIR), November 2015, San Francesco, CA.

“Utilization of Data for Ensuring Student Success and Enabling Continuous Improvement,”

MS&T15 (Material Science & Technology) Conference, Columbus, Ohio, 2015.

“Men of Color: Pattern of Academic Persistence”, California State University System-Wide IRD

(Institutional Research Directors) Meeting, Long Beach, 2015.

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“Assessment of High-Impact Practices at a Large Comprehensive University: What Does the

Data Demonstrate?” Association of American Colleges & Universities (AACU) Conference,

March 2015, San Diego, CA

“The Power of Data Visualization Tools and Techniques to Change the Campus

Conversation”, Association for California Institutional Research (CAIR), November 2014, San

Diego, CA.

“Establishing Expectations for Campus Approved High Impact Practices”, Association for

California Institutional Research (CAIR), November 2014, San Diego, CA.

“A Case Study of Propensity Score Matching to Evaluate Undergraduate Research as High-

Impact Practices”, CSU Segment Meeting, November 2014, San Diego, CA.

“High Impact Educational Practices as Promoting Student Retention and Success” The Ninth

Annual National Symposium on Student Retention (NSSR), November 2013, San Diego, CA.

“Retention Strategies for Engineering and Computer Science: High Impact Practices (HIP)

during first year in college,” ASEE (American Society for Engineering Education” Conference,

March 2013, Riverside, CA

“Learning Community as an Educational Intervention to Close the Gap in Retention Rates and

GPA between First-Time Full-Time URM & Non-URM Students”, Association for California

Institutional Research (CAIR), November 2012, Sonoma, CA.

“The Effect of Supplemental Instruction on Transfer Student Success in STEM Courses,” The

Tenth Annual National Institute for the Study of Transfer Students (NIST) Conference, January

2012, Fort Worth, Texas.

“The Effectiveness of Supplemental Instruction Closing the Gap between URM & Non-URM

Students in STEM Courses”, Association for California Institutional Research (CAIR),

November 2011, Sonoma, CA.

“Profile of Transfers to California State University, Fullerton” Eighth Annual CSUF and

Community College Conference for Teacher Educators, Partners, and Collaborators (TEPAC),

October 18, 2011, Fullerton, CA.

“Well, I already knew that”: Can you go beyond the quantitative findings on admissions

available graduation rate variables? Association for California Institutional Research (CAIR),

November 2010, San Diego, CA.

“Assessing Student Learning Outcomes That Matter” Association for California Institutional

Research (CAIR), November 2006, Pasadena, CA.

“Emancipated Foster Youth and Community Colleges: Snapshots of Achievement” Association for

Institutional Research (AIR), May 2006, Chicago, IL.

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“Effectiveness of Ethical Reasoning Development of Veterinary Medicine Students” 82nd Annual Meeting

of Western Association of Schools and Colleges (WASC), April 2006, Irvine, CA.

“Native Hawaiian Community College Students: What Happens?” Annual Meeting of Council for the

Study of Community College, April 2004.

“The Placement/Course Level Match in Remedial Mathematics Courses among

Urban Community College Students.” American Educational Research Association, April 2004.

“Transfer between Community Colleges and Four-Year Colleges: The All American Game.”

Association for the Study of Higher Education, November 2003.

“Factors Contributing to College Retention in the Native Hawaiian Population.” Kamehameha

Schools Research Conference, September 2003.

“The Academic and Occupational Outcomes of Private Residential High School Student

Instruction.” American Educational Research Association, April 2003, Chicago, IL.

“Course Dropping and Course Completion: A New Direction For Community College Student

Research.” American Educational Research Association, April 2003, Chicago, IL.

“The Academic and Occupational Outcomes of Private Residential High School Student

Instruction.” American Educational Research Association, April 2003, Chicago, IL.

“Kamehameha Boarding and Commuting Students: Comparisons of Educational Well-being.”

Hawaii International Conference, January 2003.

“A Community College Model of Student Immigration, Language, and Course Completion.”

Association for the Study of Higher Education (ASHE), November 2002, Richmond, VA.

“Student Experiences, Retention and Learning among Urban Community College Students.”

Annual Conference of the Research and Planning Group for California Community Colleges,

May 2002, Asilomar, CA.

“The Community College Shuffle between Institutions of Learning.” Annual Conference of the

Research and Planning Group for California Community Colleges, May 2002, Asilomar, CA.

“The World of Learning and the Urban Community College Shuffle.” Annual Meeting of

Council for the Study of Community College, April 2002.

“Assessing the Interplay of the Quality of Student Life and Retention of Urban Community

College Students.” American Educational Research Association, April 2002, New Orleans, LA.

“The Community College Shuffle: Multi-College Enrollments.” American Educational Research

Association, April 2002, New Orleans, LA.

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“Transfer in Occupational Programs.” American Association for Higher Education, November,

200l.

“Year One of a Major Project: OERI’s Transfer and Retention of Urban Community College

Students.” Association for Institutional Research (AIR), June 2001, Long Beach, CA.

“Faculty Merit-Pay and the Effect of Unionization in California Postsecondary Institutions.”

Association for Institutional Research (AIR), June 2001, Long Beach, CA.

“The Markers of Transfer Intent: Earliest Indication of a Student’s Likelihood to Transfer.”

Annual Conference of the Research and Planning Group for California Community Colleges,

May 2001, Lake Arrowhead, CA.

“Gender Differences among College Students in Korea regarding Computer Attitudes.”

American Educational Research Association, April 2001, Seattle, WA.

“Academic Success for African American Male Community College Students.” American

Educational Research Association, April 2001, Seattle, WA.

“Faculty Performance and Merit in California Postsecondary Institutions.” American

Educational Research Association, April 2001, Seattle, WA.

“Viewing Collaborative Instruction Through the Eyes of Faculty, Students, and Teaching

Assistants: War or Peace?” Association of the Study of Institutional Research, May 2000,

Cincinnati, OH.

“Cooperative Learning and Unity: The Perspectives of Faculty, Students and TA’s.” American

Educational Research Association, April 2000, New Orleans, LA.

“The Culture of Evidence: The Measures and Rewards of Faculty Performance.” American

Educational Research Association, April 2000, New Orleans, LA.

“Unifying the University: The Role of Collaborative Instruction and Diversity through the Eyes

of Faculty, Students, and TA’s.” American Association for Higher Education, March 2000,

Anaheim, CA.

“The Appraisal and Compensation of Tenured Faculty: What Really Counts?” American

Association of Higher Education, February 2000, New Orleans, LA.

GRANT PROJECT PARTICIPATION

2017-Present. Campus-Wide Tableau Server Pilot Project, Director ($120,000).

2014-Present. Action Research for Fostering the Strategic Use of Data to Improve Student

Success: Co-Principal Investigator ($125,000)

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2004-2006. Achieving the Dreams: Community College Count ($450,000).

2003-2006. Transfer and Retention of Urban Community College Students Funded by Lumina

Foundation ($400,000).

2002-2005. Completion, Persistence, Transfer and Success of Kamehameha Students

(CP-TASKS). Kamehameha Schools ($560,000).

2000-2003. Transfer and Retention of Urban Community College Students. Funded by Field

Initiated Studies of the U.S. Department of Education, Office of Educational Research and

Improvement Grant ($1.1 million).

2000-2002. National Study of Effective College Preparation Programs. Funded by Ford

Foundation ($350,000).

1998-2000. The Inter School Partnership on Compensation and Performance. Funded by

Irvine Foundation ($700,000).

1999. Assessment and Cooperative Education for the Hewlett Summer Institute on

Collaborative Learning and Diversity. Funded by Hewlett Packard Foundation ($400,000).

PROFESSIONAL/UNIVERSITY SERVICE

2015-2017. Council of Dean’s Member

2015-2017. Provost Senior Leadership Team Member

2015-2017. Enrollment Management Steering Committee

2015-2016. High-Impact Practices Task Force committee

2016. Academic Master Plan Committee

2016-Present. Assessment and Educational Effectiveness Committee

2016-Present. Graduation Initiative Advisory Board

2016-Present. Graduation Initiative Procedural Committee

2017-Present. WASC Accreditation Steering Committee

Key University Workshop Leader & Presentations for Campus Constituencies


2015-2017

“Student Success Dashboard Utilization”

“NSSE Overview: 2016 Results and 2018 Administration”

“Data & Statistics at Cal State Fullerton”

“Men of Color”

“Cal State Fullerton at a Glance”

“Quick Facts of Cal State Fullerton”

“Using Data to Drive Decisions”

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COMMUNITY VOLUNTEER SERVICE

Missionary Team for Homeless

Pure Evangelical Church, Anaheim, California

2017

Sunday School Teacher

All Nations Church, Sunland, California

2004–2005

Classroom Volunteer

Sherman Oaks Elementary School, Sherman Oaks, California

2003–2004

Guest Lecturer for Survey Research Report

USC ALI (American Language Institute) 231 course (Writing Skills for International Graduate

Students in Science and Technology)

2002

Classroom Volunteer

Laboratory Elementary School of UCLA Graduate School of Education, Los Angeles

1998, 2000

Classroom Volunteer

El Rodeo Elementary School, Beverly Hills, California 1996–

1997

Student Council

Ewha Women’s University, Seoul, Korea

1983–1985

HONORS AND AWARDS

University Annual Awards: Honored with the Teamwork and Collaboration Award for

Implementing Supplemental Instruction

April 2015, California State University, Fullerton

Best Institutional Research Leadership Award

NSSR (National Symposium on Student Retention) Conference

Nov 2013, San Diego

Titan Excellence Award (Annual Outstanding Staff Award)


June 2010, California State University, Fullerton

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KAIST (Korean Advanced Institute of Science and Technology) Scholarship

1986, Seoul, Korea

Ewha Women’s University Scholarship Student (with high honors)

1981-1985, Seoul, Korea

PROFESSIONAL SKILLS

SPSS and Statistical Analysis, including ANOVA, Multiple Regression, Logistic Regression,

Propensity Score Matching, Managing Large Scale Database of College Students, Creating

Dashboard using Tableau, CMS/PeopleSoft.

MEMBERSHIPS

California Association for Institutional Research (CAIR)

Association for Institutional Research (AIR)

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REFERENCES

(Email and phone number will be provided upon request)

Dr. Ed Sullivan

Assistant Vice Chancellor for Institutional Research and Analyses

Chancellor’s Office

California State University System

Dr. Mark Filowitz

Associate Dean, College of Natural science and Mathematics


Dr. Shari McMahan

Provost

California State University, San Bernardino

Dr. Sang-June Oh

Associate Dean, College of Engineering and Computer Science


Dr. James Hershey

Director, Institutional Research, Analysis and Decision Support

California State University, East Bay

Dr. Simon Kim

Associate Vice President, Division of Academic Affairs

California State University, Long Beach

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