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Assessment Recognition Program
Assessment Recognition Award for Faculty and Staff
The University of Texas at Arlington’s assessment recognition program acknowledges continuous improvement in academic programs, student support, and administrative support services. Each year since 2019, achievement in assessment at UTA is honored in three categories:
- Notable participation in the assessment process
- Outstanding uses of assessment results for improvement purposes
- Individual achievement in assessment (the Outstanding Assessment Practitioner award)
The Outstanding Assessment Practitioner Award is given to one UTA faculty member and one UTA staff member annually who has served as a leader and advocate for student learning outcomes assessment on campus. In each category, runners-up are also honored.
Outstanding Assessment Practitioners go above and beyond the Unit Effectiveness Process (UEP) assessment-related requirements of their job to continuously improve and promote teaching and learning via outcomes assessment and promulgate good practice within their program/department and broadly across programs and the institution.
Winners are nominated and selected by a panel of faculty and staff reviewers using an established criteria and rating rubric. Honorees in the Notable Participation and Outstanding Uses of Assessment Results for Improvement are selected based on a review of available data by IER staff.
2023 Assessment Recognition Awards
Heather Philip
Outstanding Assessment Practitioner—Faculty Winner
Dr. Philip is a Clinical Assistant Professor in the Department of Marketing, College of Business.
Tara Brown
Outstanding Assessment Practitioner—Faculty Runner Up
Dr. Brown is a Clinical Assistant Professor in the Department of Economics, College of Business.
Relius Johnson
Outstanding Assessment Practitioner—Staff Winner
Dr. Johnson is the director of New Maverick Orientation in the Division of Student Affairs.
James Umphres
Outstanding Assessment Practitioner—Staff Runner Up
Umphres is an Instructional Technology Specialist in the Department of Global Education Outreach.
2022 Assessment Recognition Awards
Andrew Clark
Outstanding Assessment Practitioner—Faculty Winner
Dr. Clark is a Professor in the Department of Communication, College of Liberal Arts.
Grace Esimai
Outstanding Assessment Practitioner—Faculty Runner Up
Dr. Esimai is a Clinical Professor in the Department of Information Systems and Operations Management, College of Business.
Brittany Usman
Outstanding Assessment Practitioner—Staff Winner
Ms. Usman is an Instructional Designer, UTA Global Education and Outreach.
Julie Gray
Outstanding Assessment Practitioner—Staff Runner Up
Dr. Gray is a Coordinator in an Adjunct Assistant Professor in the School of Social Work,
2021 Assessment Recognition Awards
Erika Pribanic-Smith
Outstanding Assessment Practitioner—Faculty Winner
Dr. Pribanic-Smith is an Associate Professor in the Department of Communication, College of Liberal Arts.
Timothy Ponce
Outstanding Assessment Practitioner—Faculty Runner Up
Dr. Ponce is an Assistant Professor in the Department of English, College of Liberal Arts.
Jennifer Luken-Sutton
Outstanding Assessment Practitioner—Staff Winner
Ms. Jennifer Luken-Sutton worked at TRiO Support Services and IDEA Grant Division of Student Success.
Relius Johnson
Outstanding Assessment Practitioner—Staff Runner Up
Dr. Johnson is the director of New Maverick Orientation in the Division of Student Affairs.