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    Dr. Erica Eckert

    Erica Eckert, Ph.D.

    Higher Education Administration
    Assistant Professor
    Campus:
    Kent
    Contact Information
    Email:
    eeckert@kent.edu
    Phone:
    330-672-0570

    Biography

    Dr. Erica Eckert (she/hers) is assistant professor of Higher Education Administration in the College of Education, Health, and Human Services at Kent State University. Dr. Eckert has administrative experience with assessment, accreditation, program review, ERP systems, technology, survey development and data analysis, reporting, and academic and admissions operations.  She coordinates Kent State’s Institutional Research and Assessment certificate, and teaches courses on information technology, assessment, and business administration in higher education.

    Dr. Eckert’s research interests focus on how institutions and units within navigate systems and structures.  Her most recent research has focused on how administrators at Kent State University navigated the events leading up to and after May 4, 1970.  She also explores assessment and accreditation in higher education, student affairs graduate preparation, campus environments, and scholarship of teaching and learning.  Dr. Eckert is the co-author of Business Practices in Higher Education: A Guide for Today’s Administrators. 

    Dr. Eckert is a member of the Association for Institutional Research, OCPA (ACPA’s Ohio Chapter), the Society for College and University Planning, NASPA, and serves on the leadership team of the NASPA Assessment, Evaluation, and Research knowledge community.

    Education

    B.S.B.A., Accounting, The University of Akron,
    M.Ed., Higher Education Administration and Student Personnel, Kent State University, and
    Ph.D., Higher Education Administration, Kent State University

    Expertise

    Assessment in higher education
    Accreditation
    higher education technology
    Strategic Planning
    instrument design and testing
    academic operations

    Awards/Achievements

    • Kent State University Gold Teaching Recognition Award (Teaching Technology in Higher Education) (2023)
    • NASPA Region IV-East Effective Teaching Practices in HESA Programs - Teaching Brief (2022)
    • NASPA Technology Knowledge Community Innovation Award (2019)
    • APPA Center for Facilities Research Award (2012)

    Documents

    PDF icon E Eckert Vita 030323_0.pdf
    School of Foundations, Leadership and Administration
    College of Education, Health and Human Services

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