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Director of Institutional Research Dr. David Caruth, Ph.D. Email:dcaruth@udc.edu (202) 274-7164 |
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| Dr. David Caruth serves the University of the District of Columbia as the Director of Institutional Research, Assessment and Planning. Dr. Caruth comes to UDC from Denver, Colorado where he served as the Executive Director of the Center for Professional Development Solutions. He is also a former Director of State Regulatory Affairs, Programs & Policy for Lesley University, and was directly responsible for Lesley’s national state authorization and program approval efforts in 17 states including: Alaska, Colorado, Georgia, Idaho, Maine, Minnesota, Missouri, Montana, Nebraska, Nevada, New Mexico, Oregon, South Carolina, South Dakota, Utah, Washington, Wisconsin, and Wyoming. Dr. Caruth is an experienced college professor having taught at Regis University, the University of Wyoming, The Metropolitan State College of Denver, and Lesley University. As President of the Caruth-O’Leary Research Institute, he has secured hundreds of thousands in grant funds for clients and authored program evaluations That were received favorably by the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development for many years. Dr. Caruth holds a B.A. in Political Science from Arizona State University, a Masters degree in Public Administration and a Ph.D. in Adult Learning & Technology from the University of Wyoming | ||
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Gashaw Asfaw Mekonnen Email: gmekonnen@udc.edu 202-274-7099 |
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| Gashaw Mekkonnen serves as the Senior Operational Research Analyst for the Office of Institutional Research, Assessment and Planning. He received his B.A degree in Sociology and Social Administration in1990 and Masters of Science degree in Demography in 1996, both from Addis Ababa University, Ethiopia. He worked at various capacities for different Colleges and Universities. He was a lecturer and researcher in the Demographic Training and Research Center of Addis Ababa University from January 2001 to March 2005; and served as the coordinator of the Center for two years. He served as lecturer of sociology and also registrar at the Defense College of Health Sciences in Ethiopia nearly for 3 years (06/1998 to 12/2000). He worked for the Jimma Institute of Health Sciences (now named Jimma University) for more than eight years offering various courses and participating in many community based research undertakings. He carried out a number of quantitative and qualitative research projects, provided technical advisory/consultancy and training services to different stakeholders. Recently, He worked as part-time research assistant for the Office of Research and Evaluation at the City Colleges of Chicago, where he got great exposure to Institutional Research at Higher Learning Institutions. | ||
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Diane Dickerson-Hayes Email: dhayes@udc.edu 202-274-7120 |
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Diane Dickerson-Hayes has worked at the University of the District of Columbia in the Office of Institutional Research, |
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Latresa Stewart Email: lstewart@udc.edu 202-274-7168 |
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Latresa Stewart serves as Office Manager for the Office of Institutional Research, Assessment, and Planning. She manages the daily operations and is the first point of contact for internal and external constituents. Prior to working for the University of the District of Columbia, she was an Account Manager from 2004 to 2006 for the American Psychological Association Publications and Communications Department. She began her career at APA in 2003 in the Education Directorate as the administrative coordinator for The Center for Gifted Education Policy and The Other 3 Rs: Reasoning, Resilience, and Responsibility Initiative. She worked for Spherion from 2000 to 2003 as an Office Assistant. Ms. Stewart received her Bachelors Degree in Business Management from Hampton University in 2002. She plans to pursue a Masters in Accounting and Financial Management Spring 2007. |
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