The NEIU Assessment team consists of one non-faculty position and five faculty representatives with one faculty member taking a lead role as the coordinator of program assessment. The oversight of the team is within the perspective of the Associate Provost for Innovation and Academic Assessment. The assessment team collaboratively helps address all the needs of the assessment process from strategizing on goals and assessment measures to the technological aspects.

Bachelor’s Degree, Indiana University
Ph.D., University of Illinois, College of Medicine
Rumschlag-Booms, E. and Rong, L. Influenza A Virus Entry: Implications in Virulence and Future Therapeutics. Advances in Virology. January 2013.
Ahmet Dirim Arslan, Xiaolong He, Minxiu Wang, Emily Rumschlag-Booms, Lijun Rong, and William T. Beck. A High-Throughput Assay to Identify Small-Molecule Modulators of Alternative Pre-mRNA Splicing. J Biomol Screen 18(2):180-90 (2013).
Rumschlag-Booms E, Hongjie Zhang, D Doel Soejarto, Harry H S Fong, Lijun Rong. One-stone-two-birds, an antiviral screening protocol. J Antiviral Antiretroviral (2011), PMID 22140608.
Rumschlag-Booms E, Guo Y, Wang J, Caffrey M, Rong L., 2009. Comparative analysis between a low pathogenic and a high pathogenic influenza H5 hemagglutinin in cell entry. Virology Journal 2009, 6:76; June 10.
Guo Y, Rumschlag-Booms E*, Wang J, Xiao H, Yu J, Wang J, Guo L, Gao GF, Cao Y, Caffrey M, Rong L., 2009. Analysis of hemagglutinin-mediated entry tropism of H5N1 avian influenza. Virology Journal, 6:39; April 2. *Co-first author
Manicassamy B, Wang J, Rumschlag E, Tymen S, Volchkova V, Volchkov V, Rong L, 2007. Characterization of Marburg virus glycoprotein in viral entry. Virology, 358:79-88.
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Ph.D., Second Language Studies, Indiana University
M.A., Second Language Studies, Indiana University
B.S., Computer Science Education, Korea University
Park, Y., Lee, S., & Shin, S-Y. (2022). Developing a local academic English listening test using unscripted audio-visual texts. Language Testing, 39 (3), 401-424. https://doi.org/10.1177/02655322221076024
Lee, S., & Shin, S-Y. (2021). Towards improved assessment of L2 collocation knowledge. Language Assessment Quarterly, 18(4), 419-445. https://doi.org/10.1080/15434303.2021.1908295
Lee, S., Lim, G. S., & Basse, R. (2021). The effect of additional time on the quality of argumentation in L2 writing assessment: A mixed-methods study. Language Assessment Quarterly, 18(3), 253-272. https://doi.org/10.1080/15434303.2021.1872080
Lee, S. (2021). L1 transfer, proficiency, and the recognition of L2 verb-noun collocations: A perspective from three languages. International Review of Applied Linguistics in Language Teaching (IRAL), 59(2), 181-208. https://doi.org/10.1515/iral-2018-0220
Shin, S-Y., Lee, S., & Lidster, R. (2021). Examining the effects of different English speech varieties on an L2 academic listening comprehension test at the item level. Language Testing, 38(4), 580-601. https://doi.org/10.1177/0265532220985432
Lee, S. (2021, October). Exploring the underlying constructs of L2 lexical collocation knowledge. Midwest Association of Language Testers (MwALT), Ames, IA.
Park, Y., Lee, S., & Shin, S-Y. (2021, October). Developing a local academic English listening test using authentic unscripted audio-visual texts. Midwest Association of Language Testers (MwALT), Ames, IA.
Lee, S. (2021, February). Additional time and the quality of argumentation in writing. Illinois Teachers of English to Speakers of Other Languages/Bilingual Education (ITBE), Chicago, IL.
Lee, S. (2019, March). The acquisition of productive knowledge of L2 English academic collocations. American Association for Applied Linguistics (AAAL), Atlanta, GA.
Shin, S-Y., Lidster, R., & Lee, S. (2019, March). Examining the effects of foreign-accented lectures on an academic listening test at the item level using differential item functioning analysis. Language Testing Research Colloquium (LTRC), Atlanta, GA.
Senyung Lee taught English at an English for academic purposes program in the U.S. and at a middle school in South Korea. Her areas of specialization are second language assessment and second language vocabulary acquisition. She has extensive experience in designing and developing English tests. She received the 2020 Jacqueline Ross TOEFL Dissertation Award by Educational Testing Service. She is also a finalist for the 2020 AAAL Dissertation Award by American Association of Applied Linguistics.
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Master of Fine Arts in Photography, Columbia College Chicago, Chicago, Illinois
Conglomeration, Governors State University, University Park, Illinois
Selects, Atlanta Photography Group, Atlanta, GA
Annual Silent Auction, The Cultural Landscape Foundation, Washington D.C.
No Place to Show, Springfield Art Association, Springfield, Illinois
Vicinity, Perspective Gallery, Evanston, Illinois
Year Nine, Side Street Studio Arts Gallery, Elgin, Illinois
Ersatz, Blackhawk College, Moline Illinois (solo)
Community Art Show, People Made Visible, Gallery 200, West Chicago, Illinois
Midwest Midwinter exhibition, Minneapolis College of Art and Design, Minneapolis, Minnesota
Celebration of Art show, Gallery 200, People Made Visible, West Chicago, Illinois
Midwest SPE Exhibition, Brooks Stevens Gallery, Milwaukee, Wisconsin
Bad News, Ralph Arnold Gallery, Loyola University Chicago, Chicago, Illinois
Rockford Midwestern Biennial Exhibition, Rockford Art Museum, Rockford, Illinois
Nuclear Policy, Grady Gallery, Elgin Community College, Elgin, Illinois (solo)
Nuclear Policy, Armstrong Gallery, McLean County Arts Center, Bloomington, Illinois (solo)
Ersatz, Visual Art Gallery, Governors State University, University Park, Illinois(solo)
Artistic Exploration, Buckham Gallery, Flint, Michigan
Power and Politics, Filter Photo Space, Chicago, Illinois
Re:Place, Perspective Gallery, Evanston, Illinois
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Tuesday and Thursday: 2:30-3:30 p.m.
Monday and Wednesday 3:00-4:00 p.m. (Zoom only)
and by appointment

2010 Ph.D. Geology, University of Michigan, USA
2005 Diploma (M.S. equivalent) Geology, University of Potsdam, Germany
2002 Pre-Diploma, Geosciences, University of Potsdam, Germany
Berkelhammer, M., N., Insel, I. Stefanescu, 2021. Wetter summers mitigated temperature stress on Rocky Mountain forests during the last interglacial warm period. Geophysical Research Letters 48 (18), e2021GL093678
Insel, N., M. Berkelhammer, 2021. The influence of orbital parameters on the North American Monsoon system during the Last Interglacial Period. Journal of Quaternary Climate 36 (4), doi: 10.1002/jqs.3311
Insel, N., C.J. Poulsen, C. Sturm, T.A. Ehlers, 2013. Climate controls on Andean precipitation d18O interannual variability. Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres 118 (17), 9721-9742
Insel, N., M. Grove, M. Haschke, J.B. Barnes, A.K. Schmitt, M.R. Strecker, 2012. Paleozoic to early Cenozoic cooling and exhumation of the basement underlying the eastern Puna plateau margin prior to plateau growth. Tectonics 31(6), doi:10.1029/2012TC003168
Barnes, J.B., T.A. Ehlers, N. Insel, N. McQuarrie, C.J. Poulsen, 2012. Linking orography, climate, and exhumation across the central Andes. Geology 40 (12), 1135-1138, doi: 10.1130/G33229.1
Insel, N., C.J. Poulsen, T.A. Ehlers, C. Sturm, 2012. Response of meteoric d18O to surface uplift - Implications for Cenozoic Andean Plateau growth. Earth and Planetary Science Letters 317, 262-272, doi: 10.1016/j.epsl.2011.11.039
Insel, N., C.J. Poulsen, T.A. Ehlers, 2010. Influence of the Andes Mountains on South American moisture transport, convection, and precipitation. Climate Dynamics 35 (7), 1477-1492, doi: 10.1007/s00382-009-0637-1
Insel, N., T.A. Ehlers, M. Schaller, J.B. Barnes, S. Tawackoli, C.J. Poulsen, 2010. Spatial and temporal variability in denudation across the Bolivian Andes from multiple geochronometers. Geomorphology 122 (1-2), 65-77
Poulsen, C.J., N. Insel, T.A. Ehlers, C. Sturm, R. Simon, 2010. Onset of convective rainfall during gradual late Miocene rise of the central Andes. Science 328 (5977), 490-493, doi: 10.1126/science.1185078
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Ph.D. (Physics), University of Washington, Seattle
B.S. (Physics), University of California, Santa Barbara
B.S. (Mathematics), University of California, Santa Barbara
C. Amole et al. [PICO]: Dark Matter Search Results from the Complete Exposure of the PICO-60 C3F8 Bubble Chamber, Phys. Rev. D 100 022001 (2019).
C. Amole et al. [PICO]: Data-Driven Modeling of Electron Recoil Nucleation in PICO C3F8 Bubble Chambers, Phys. Rev. D 100 082006 (2019).
C. Amole et al. [PICO]: Dark Matter Search Results from the PICO-2L C3F8 Bubble Chamber,
Phys. Rev. Lett. 114 (2015) 231302.
C. Amole et al. [PICO]: Dark Matter Search Results from the PICO-60 C3F8 Bubble Chamber,
Phys. Rev. Lett. 118, 251301 (2017).
C. Amole et al. [PICO]: Improved Dark Matter Search Results from PICO-2L Run-2,
Phys. Rev. D 93, 061101(R) (2016)
C. Amole et al. [PICO]: Dark Matter Search Results from the PICO-60 CF3I Bubble Chamber,
Phys. Rev. D 93, 052014 (2016)
G. Aad et al [ATLAS]: Search for pair produced long-lived neutral particles decaying in the ATLAS hadronic calorimeter in pp collisions at ps=8 TeV, Phys.Lett. B743 (2015) 15-34

Using Excel features and functions to represent data in various ways based on the audience. Interpreting, and understanding various accrediting body requests and processes.
Briar Cliff University
University of South Dakota
I have been a higher education professional since 2004 working primarily on the technological side of education administering learning management systems.
Starting on February 18 2019, I started as the Assessment Coordinator and Data Analyst for the Goodwin College of Education. Some of these responsibilities include coordinating our various assessment activities, remaining current on accreditation requirements, updating and maintaining the GCOE quality assurance and assessment system, interfacing with programs engaged in assessment work and supporting the Teacher Performance Assessment (edTPA) portfolio process.

Ph.D., University of Iowa, Music Education
M.M., University of Iowa, Music Education
B.M., University of Idaho, Music Education
His work has been published in:
The Southeastern Journal of Music Education
The Journal of Research in Music Education
MENC's publication Teaching Music
Band and Orchestra Magazine
Triad: The Ohio Music Educator's Journal
Illinois Music Educator's Journal
Dr. Cofer served as chair of the music department from 2003-2016.
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