The Provost’s QEP Development & Planning Committee (DPC) works alongside the QEP leadership team to develop Georgia Tech’s next Quality Enhancement Plan. The DPC will ensure broad-based support of institutional constituencies and will focus on the improvement of specific student learning outcomes associated with the topic. In performing this effort, the DPC recognizes that the QEP reflects and affirms Georgia Tech’s commitment to enhance overall institutional quality and effectiveness by its focus on this topic, which has been identified by the Institute as important to improving student learning outcomes.
QEP Leadership
Kate Williams
QEP Faculty Co-Director / Senior Academic Professional, Center for Teaching and Learning
QEP Development & Planning Committee (Fall 2023 to Spring 2025)
The QEP Development & Planning Committee is comprised of representation from across the Georgia Tech Community:
- Roberta Berry, Associate Vice Provost for Undergraduate Education
- Rodrigo Borela Valente, Lecturer, School of Computing Instruction
- Sarah Brackmann, Director of Community-Based Learning
- Laura Carruth, Associate Vice Provost for Transformative Teaching and Learning; Executive Director, Center for Teaching and Learning
- Andrea Comsa, Director, Undergraduate Co-op and Internship Programs, GT Career Center
- Courtney Cullen, QEP Assessment Manager, Office of Academic Effectiveness
- Juana Cunningham, Senior Consultant, Georgia Tech Strategic Consulting/Liaison to the Institute Strategic Plan and Transformative Teaching and Learning
- Lauren Evans, Program and Operations Manager, Sr., Undergraduate Curriculum
- Jonathan Gaines, Associate Chair for Inclusive Excellence, School of Mechanical Engineering
- Steven Girardot, Vice Provost for Undergraduate Education
- Rudy Gleason, Professor, Department of Biomedical Engineering and School of Mechanical Engineering
- Rachael Greene, Assistant Director of Communications, Office of Undergraduate Education
- Amy Henry, Associate Vice Provost & Executive Director, Office of International Education
- Larry Jacobs, Sr. Vice Provost for Education & Learning
- Mary McDonald, Professor, College of Computing
- John Mark Page, Undergraduate Student, Electrical Engineering
- Mayuresh Patil, Professor of the Practice, College of Engineering
- Loraine Phillips, Associate Vice Provost for Academic Effectiveness
- Reta Pikowsky, Associate Vice Provost and Registrar, Enrollment Management
- Chris Reaves, Assistant Vice Provost for Undergraduate Education; Executive Director, Experiential and Engaged Learning
- Hunter Richardson, Vice President of Academic Affairs, Undergraduate SGA; Chair, OUE Student Advisory Board
- Carrie Shepler, Assistant Dean, College of Sciences
- Chad Slieper, QEP Faculty Co-Director
- Julie Sonnenberg-Klein, Executive Director, VIP Program
- John Stein, Associate Vice President for Student Life; Brandt-Fritz Dean of Students Chair
- Adam Steinberg, Professor, Daniel Guggenheim School of Aerospace Engineering; Vice Chair, IUCC/General Education Subcommittee
- Aselia Urmanbetova, Academic Professional, Ivan Allen College of Liberal Arts
- Jason Wang, Senior Director, Office of Institutional Research and Planning
- Kate Williams, QEP Faculty Co-Director
- Cara-Joy Wong (ex officio), Program and Portfolio Manager, Education and Learning (committee support)
- Sarah Wu (ex officio), Academic Assessment Manager, Academic Effectiveness (interim)
QEP Topic Selection Committee (Fall 2022 to Spring 2023)
The QEP Topic Selection Committee was charged with
- Identifying potential QEP Topics based on Georgia Tech’s Strategic Plan and the Transformative Teaching and Learning (TTL) Strategy
- Collecting existing data and input from campus stakeholders relevant to those topics
- Choosing a final topic based on the data and information collection to recommend for the QEP topic
QEP Topic Selection Committee Leadership:
- Co-chair: Larry Jacobs, Senior Vice Provost for Education and Learning, Office of the Provost
- Co-chair; Steven Girardot, Vice Provost for Undergraduate Education, Office of the Provost
QEP Topic Selection Committee Membership:
- Shatakshee Dhongde, Associate Dean for Academic Affairs and Associate Professor, School of Economics, Ivan Allen College of Liberal Arts
- Luoluo Hong, Vice President, Division of Student Engagement and Well-Being
- Javier Irizarry, Associate Dean and Professor, Building Construction, College of Design
- Aisha Johnson, Associate Deans for Academic Affairs & Outreach, Library
- David Joyner, Executive Director, Online Education & OMSCS, College of Computing
- Loraine Phillips, Associate Provost for Academic Effectiveness and Georgia Tech SACSCOC Liaison, Office of the Provost and Executive Vice President for Academic Affairs
- Hunter Richardson, Vice President for Academic Affairs, Undergraduate Student Government Association
- Carrie Shepler, Assistant Dean for Teaching Effectiveness and Principle Academic Professional, School of Chemistry and Biochemistry, College of Sciences
- Mitchell Walker, Associate Dean of Academic Affairs and Professor, School of Aerospace Engineering, College of Engineering
- Kate Williams, Assistant Director for TA Development, Center for Teaching and Learning
- Craig Womack, Associate Dean, Undergraduate Programs, Scheller College of Business
- Juana Cunningham (ex officio), Senior Consultant, Georgia Tech Strategic Consulting
- Cara-Joy Wong (ex officio), Program and Portfolio Manager, Office of the Senior Vice Provost for Education and Learning