General Education Assessment Fellowship Program

The Provost's Office and the GEOC established the General Education Assessment Fellowship Program, a 12-month fellowship for General Education instructors, which is dedicated to supporting assessment of the General Education Program through instructor outreach and engagement. 

The Fellowship Program includes Area Fellows and Lead Fellows. Fellows are responsible for a range of activities and submit a biannual report of their activities to the GEOC co-chairs. They also serve on the GEOC Assessment Subcommittee along with WSU's Director of Assessment and additional current and GEOC members. The Assessment Subcommittee coordinates the Gen Ed Program's assessment processes in coordination with the broader GEOC and partners across campus.

WSU Gen Ed Assessment Fellowship Application for AY23-24

Area Fellows

Area fellows serve as liaisons to faculty, staff, and students affiliated with a single Gen Ed designation, and coordinate with the GEOC Assessment Subcommittee to identify and create opportunities for Gen Ed stakeholder engagement. Those opportunities may include activities such as garnering stakeholder participation in focus groups or rubric redesign; reviewing or piloting rubrics or assessment processes; and engaging instructors in reflective conversations about assessment results. Area fellows also coordinate with the lead fellows to ensure all relevant timelines are met and may be asked to give occasional presentations to the full GEOC.

All fellows must agree to serve on the GEOC Assessment Subcommittee, which meets biweekly in Fall and Winter semesters and infrequently during the summer. (The subcommittee reports to and seeks approval of major actions from the full GEOC.) The subcommittee is the group that coordinates the activities of area fellows and the lead fellows. ($500 award)

2023-2024 Area Fellows

• Civic Literacy: Danika Hickling (Criminology and Criminal Justice/CLAS)
• Natural Scientific Inquiry: Matthew Gonderinger (Physics and Astronomy/CLAS)
• Diversity, Equity & Inclusion and Social Inquiry: Beth Fowler (Honors College)
• Quantitative Experience: Lenuel Hernandez (Math Literacy Services/Academic Success Center)

2022-2023 Area Fellows

• Diversity, Equity & Inclusion and Social Inquiry: Beth Fowler (Honors College)
• Quantitative Experience: Lenuel Hernandez (Math Literacy Services/Academic Success Center)

2021-2022 Area Fellows

• Basic Composition:  Amy Ann Latawiec (English/CLAS)
• Intermediate Composition:  Nicole Varty (English/CLAS)
• Oral Communication:  Colleen Ezzedine (Communication/CFPCA)

2020-2021 Area Fellows

• Natural Scientific Inquiry:  Dan Kashian (Biology/CLAS)
• Civic Literacy:  Jeff Grynaviski (Political Science/CLAS)
• Wayne Experience:  Erin Wiseman (CFPCA)
• Cultural Inquiry:  Jaime Goodrich (English/CLAS)

2019-2020 Area Fellows

• Natural Scientific Inquiry:  Dan Kashian (Biology/CLAS)
• Civic Literacy:  Jeff Grynaviski (Political Science/CLAS)
• Wayne Experience:  Erin Wiseman (CFPCA)

Lead Fellows

Lead Fellows are responsible for collaboratively managing the Gen Ed assessment process across Gen Ed designations as well as for participating in Assessment Subcommittee discussions and projects.

Each lead fellow has primary responsibility for one of three functions:

1. Reporting: In order to act on Gen Ed assessment results, stakeholders must have access to the results. The Reporting fellow therefore works with the Assessment Subcommittee, Institutional Research, Canvas Administration, and departments and programs to disseminate Gen Ed assessment results according to GEOC policy and guidance. In addition, the Reporting fellow solicits and cleans course and instructor lists from the Office of the Registrar each semester and delivers them to Canvas Administration in a timely way so that they can add the Gen Ed rubrics to appropriate courses prior to the start of each semester. The Reporting fellow also prepares periodic reports of and messaging through gened@wayne.edu related to instructor participation and other data as needed to support other fellows' and the subcommittee's work, possibly including presentations to the full GEOC. ($4500 award)
2. Action Planning: The Action Planning fellow develops materials for and actively engages instructors in reflection on Gen Ed assessment results and ways to improve teaching and learning in the Gen Ed program. This work may include development of online resources, live workshops, instructor focus groups, individual or departmental consultations, surveys, or other strategies to encourage action planning at the course and program levels, as well as messaging to relevant stakeholders through gened@wayne.edu and occasional presentations to the full GEOC. ($6000 award)

2023-2024 Lead Fellows

• Reporting: Jennifer Wareham (Criminal Justice/CLAS)
• Reporting shadow: Beth Fowler (Honors College)

2022-2023 Lead Fellows

• Improvement:  Jennifer Hart (History/CLAS)
• Reporting:  Jennifer Wareham (Criminal Justice/CLAS)

2021-2022 Lead Fellows

• Communication:  Jeff Pruchnic (English/CLAS)
• Planning:  Jennifer Hart (History/CLAS)
• Reporting:  Jennifer Wareham (Criminal Justice/CLAS)

2020-2021 Lead Fellows

• Communication:  Jeff Pruchnic (English/CLAS)
• Planning:  Jennifer Hart (History/CLAS)
• Reporting:  Jennifer Wareham (Criminal Justice/CLAS)

2019-2020 Lead Fellows

• Communication:  Jeff Pruchnic (English/CLAS)
• Planning:  Jennifer Hart (History/CLAS)
• Reporting:  Jennifer Wareham (Criminal Justice/CLAS)