• about melissa

    • startup tech company in higher education space
    • data management system
    • build cultures of assessment
    • associate director of assessment at columbia
    • in house inclusive
    • background in humanities
    • informal training in data analysis

  • action oriented

  • influence oriented

    • the way that student needs are interpreted

  • what are my research questions?

    • open ended
    • variety of responses
      • "what do students see as the future of CS at barnard?"
      • "what are the specific institutional supports...
        • both encourage and retain
        • numbers

  • research and ethnography

  • the power of visionary thinking