Program Review Committee
Westmont College is committed to achieving academic excellence in higher education and has instituted a rigorous and on-going program review of its academic departments and auxiliary programs. To achieve that end, the College has:
- Required regular annual assessment reports from each area with 6 year comprehensive reviews
- Created a Dean of Curriculum & Educational Effectiveness position to oversee and encourage the process
- Created a Program Review Committee of Faculty and Administrators which meets regularly
- Placed Program Review at the highest level of Strategic Planning
Current Members for the 2011-12 Academic Year:
Dr. Tatiana Nazarenko – Dean of Curriculum and Educational Effectiveness (elected chair)
Dr. Nazarenko joined Westmont College as Dean of Curriculum and Educational Effectiveness in 2010. She chairs the Program Review and General Education Committees and works with all academic and co-curriculum departments on issues pertaining to curriculum development, outcome-based learning, and student-centered teaching, and assessment. She also serves on the Academic Senate, AS Review Committee, AS Resource Committee, and the College's Strategic Planning Committee.
Dr. Ray Rosentrater – Professor of Mathematics (Natural and Behavioral Sciences)
Elected to a term ending in Spring 2013. Dr. Rosentrater has been a Westmont faculty member in the Mathematics/Computer Science department since 1980. He served as Associate Dean for Curriculum from 2002 to 2010 during which time he served as chair of the General Education Committee and the Academic Senate.
Dr. Alister Chapman - Associte Professor of History (Social Sciences), on sabbatical until Spring 2012
Elected to a term ending in Spring 2012. Dr. Alister Chapman came to Westmont in 2004. He teaches courses in modern European history and the World History survey (HIS-010). Dr. Chapman was born in London and received all his formal education in England. He did his PhD in modern British history at the University of Cambridge. He received Westmont's Teacher of the Year Award in the Social Sciences in 2008.
Dr. Dinora Cardoso - Professor of Spanish (Humanities)
Elected to a term ending in Spring 2014. Dr. Dinora Cardoso joined the Modern Languages Faculty in 2008. She teaches a variety of Spanish language courses (SP001, SP003, SP004), Survey of Latin American Literature (SP103, SP104), Latin American Women Novelists (SP195, seminar), and The Magical World of Gabriel García Márquez (SP195, seminar). In addition, Dr. Cardoso has led international programs in Spain, Mexico, and Argentina.
Dr. Bill Wright – Associate Provost and Director of Institutional Research, WASC ALO
Bill Wright has served Westmont College in a number of capacities including Professor of Psychology and Registrar since 1980. Along with serving on the President's Executive Team he also directs Westmont's Off-Campus Programs. He has served as Westmont's WASC Association Liaison Officer since the Fall of 2006.
Tim Wilson – Associate Dean of Students
Tim Wilson has been with Westmont since 1980. Because of the nature of Westmont’s large residential campus and the integration of student life in the curriculum, his involvement is quite instrumental in the Program Review Committee.
Debra Quast – Library Director
Debra Quast joined Westmont College as Director of Library and Information services in July 2009 and oversees all aspects of library resources, programming and services in support of the academic programs, faculty teaching, and student learning. She serves on the Program Review, General Education, Academic Resources, and Computer Technology Advisory Committees and participates on the College’s Strategic Planning group. Debra’s areas of interest include student engagement in higher education, information literacy across the curriculum, and library assessment.
Barbara Kennedy - Senior Administrative Assistant to Provost (recording secretary)
Barb Kennedy has worked in the Provost's Office since 2005. She has served both the Program Review Committee and the previous WASC Steering Committee in an adminisrative capacity.