Within the self-study process, the Work Groups complete the essential analysis of how SMCM is meeting certain criteria within our accreditation standards and provide direction for future action and/or growth in relation to those standards. Under the leadership of Work Group Co-Chairs (one of whom is a member of the Steering Committee), Work Groups gather and reflect on various types and pieces of evidence that chronicle SMCM’s work under each Middle States Standard since our last accreditation visit.

Below are the Work Groups and the co-chairs of each group. The Steering Committee representative is identified with “SC”.

Standard I: Mission and Goals
Bill Roberts, Professor of Anthropology (SC)
Andrew Cognard-Black, Assistant Professor of Sociology

Standard II: Ethics & Integrity
Barrett Emerick, Associate Professor of Philosophy (SC)
Ayse Ikizler, Associate Professor of Psychology

Standard III: Design & Delivery of the Student Experience
Sahar Shafqat, Professor of Political Science (SC)
Aileen Bailey, Professor of Psychology

Standard IV: Support of the Student Experience
Christine Wooley, Professor of English (SC)
Michael Dunn, Director of Professional Pathways

Standard V: Educational Effectiveness and Assessment
Katy Arnett, Professor of Educational Studies and Director of Institutional Assessment (SC)
Anne Marie Brady, Director of Institutional Research (SC)
Amy Steiger, Associate Professor of Theater

Standard VI: Planning, Resources, and Institutional Improvement
Mary Grube, Director of Budgets (SC)
Jeffrey Byrd, Professor of Biology and Interim Associate Provost
Tony Ugues, Associate Professor of Political Science and Director of the Center for the Study of Democracy

Standard VII: Governance, Leadership, and Administration
Geoff Bowers, Associate Professor of Chemistry and Biochemistry (SC)
Anna Yates, Executive Assistant, Office of the VP for Business and CFO

Requirements of Affiliation and Compliance
Joanne Goldwater, Associate Dean of Retention & Student Success (SC)
Kat Ryner, Associate Director of the Library

We are currently recruiting members for these work groups, for work to begin in Fall 2023! Members of the campus community who are interested in serving on these work groups are are invited to complete the interest form below, or click here to open the form in a new window. The work groups will be most active during the 2023-2024 year, but the work will continue through the Spring 2025 site visit. Students are welcome (and needed!) for this work.

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