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.

Dr. Emily Rumschlag Booms
Emily
A.
Rumschlag Booms
Associate Professor
Biology
College of Arts and Sciences
(773) 442-5725
Expertise
Microbiology
Courses Taught
Essential Skills for Biologists (BIO 150)
General Biology I (BIO 201)
General Microbiology (BIO 341)
Pathogenic Microbiology (BIO 342)
Emerging Infectious Diseases (BIO 345)
Advanced Immunology (BIO 475)
Advance Topics In Biology: Applied & Environmental Microbiology (BIO 485L)
Research Interests
Viral attachment and entry, Antiviral therapeutic development
Education

Bachelor’s Degree, Indiana University

Ph.D., University of Illinois, College of Medicine

Selected Publications

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.

Room BBH 352D
Northeastern Illinois University
5500 North St. Louis Avenue
Chicago, IL 60625
United States

(773) 442-5725
Office Hours
Please email e-booms@neiu.edu to arrange to meet or speak with Dr. Rumschlag Booms.
Main Campus
Dr. Senyung Lee
Senyung
Lee
Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages
College of Arts and Sciences
(773) 442-5880
Expertise
second language assessment, second language vocabulary acquisition
Courses Taught
TESL 301: The English Language for Teachers
TESL 343: Introduction to Language Assessment
TESL 402: Principles of Linguistics for Teachers
TESL 410: Techniques of Teaching English as a Second Language
TESL 414: Theories of Teaching English as a Second Language
TESL 447: Pragmatics
TESL 460: Second Language Acquisition
TESL 468: Principles of Language Assessment
Research Interests
second language assessment, second language vocabulary acquisition, scale validation
Education

Ph.D., Second Language Studies, Indiana University

M.A., Second Language Studies, Indiana University

B.S., Computer Science Education, Korea University

Selected Publications

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

Selected Performances

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.

Background

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.

Room LWH 3068
Northeastern Illinois University
5500 North St. Louis Avenue
Chicago, IL 60625-4699
United States

(773) 442-5880
Office Hours
Noon- 2 p.m. Tuesday and Thursday and by appointment.
Main Campus
Nate Mathews
Nate
Mathews
Associate Professor, Photography; Associate Chairperson
Art + Design
College of Arts and Sciences
Courses Taught
Studio Experiences in Photography
Photography I
Photography II
Digital Manipulation (Photoshop)
Photographic Lighting
Historic And Alternative Photographic Processes
Photography Seminar
Senior Seminar and Exhibition
Research Interests
Photography, Photogrammetry, Unmanned Arial Vehicles, 3D printing, slip casting, the Cold War, and Brutalist Architecture.
Education

Master of Fine Arts in Photography, Columbia College Chicago, Chicago, Illinois

Selected Exhibitions

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

Room FA 225 A/B/C
Northeastern Illinois University
5500 North St. Louis Avenue
Chicago, IL 60625
United States

Office Hours
Fall 2023
Tuesday and Thursday: 2:30-3:30 p.m.
Monday and Wednesday 3:00-4:00 p.m. (Zoom only)
and by appointment
Main Campus
Nadja Insel
Nadja
Insel
Ph.D.
Associate Professor, Undergraduate Advisor
Earth Science
College of Arts and Sciences
(773) 442-6058
Expertise
Tectonics, Climate, and Surface Processes
Courses Taught
ESCI-121: Introduction the Earth Science
ESCI-123: Environmental Geology
ESCI-207: Global Climate and Weather
ESCI-303: Environmental Geology in the Field
ESCI-307: Climate Change - Evidence, Causes and Effects
ESCI-326: Independent Study
ESCI-330: Structural Geology
ESCI-331: Geological Structures and Map Interpretation
ESCI-335A: Meteorology
ESCI-347: Climate Change: Past, Present, and Future
ESCI-350: Geotectonics
ESCI-355: Geophysics
ESCI-370: Interdisciplinary Seminar on Climate Change
ESCI-390: Field Geology
Research Interests
Interactions between tectonics, climate, and Earth surface processes
Education

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

Selected Publications

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 

Northeastern Illinois University
5500 North St. Louis Avenue
Chicago, IL 60625
United States

(773) 442-6058
Office Hours
TBA
Main Campus
Orin Harris
Orin
M.
Harris
Associate Professor
Physics
College of Arts and Sciences
(773) 442-5561
Expertise
High energy and astroparticle physics, data science.
Courses Taught
PHYS-103: Introduction to Astronomy
PHYS-305: Modern Physics I
PHYS-306: Modern Physics II
PHYS-307: Modern Physics Lab
PHYS-308: Mathematical Physics
PHYS-330: Experimental Methods
PHYS-331: Optics
PHYS-332: Electronics
PHYS-336: Quantum Mechanics
Research Interests
Particle physics, astroparticle physics, dark matter, cosmology, data science.
Selected Publications

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 

(773) 442-5561
Office Hours
TBA
Main Campus
Kenny Beyer
Kenny
Beyer
Assessment Coordinator and Data Analyst
College of Education
Expertise
Assessment Management Systems (Tk20 by Watermark), Learning Management Systems (Desire2Learn by Brightspace), Course Evaluation Systems (SmartEvals by Gap Technologies).

Using Excel features and functions to represent data in various ways based on the audience. Interpreting, and understanding various accrediting body requests and processes.
Education

Briar Cliff University

University of South Dakota

Background

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.

Office Hours
Vary
R. Shayne Cofer, Interim Associate Provost/University Contract Administrator
R. Shayne
Cofer
Interim Provost and Vice President for Academic Affairs
Academic Affairs
Other Academic Areas
(773) 442-5919
Expertise
Instrumental Music Education
Courses Taught
NEIU Wind Ensemble
Research Interests
K-12 instrumental music education and ensemble conducting
Education

Ph.D., University of Iowa, Music Education
M.M., University of Iowa, Music Education
B.M., University of Idaho, Music Education

Selected Publications

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

Background

Dr. Cofer served as chair of the music department from 2003-2016.

C 102
5500 North St. Louis Avenue
Chicago, IL 60625
United States

(773) 442-5919
Office Hours
By appointment only
Main Campus