 Dawn Geronimo Terkla is the Associate Provost of Institutional Research, Assessment, and Evaluation. Before coming to Tufts in 1985, Dawn held positions at Harvard University and the University of California at Berkeley. She has a doctorate in higher education research from Harvard University and her research interests include college-choice decisions, financial aid issues, and assessment. She is a past President of both North East Association of Institutional Research (NEAIR) and the Association of Institutional Research (AIR), and is a past chair of the Executive Committee of the National Postsecondary Education Cooperative (NPEC). Dawn is Tufts University’s Accreditation Liason Officer to the New England Association of Schools and Colleges (NEASC), and is currently serving as chair of the 2013 Accreditation Self-Study Steering Committee. |
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 Stephanie L. Topping is the Associate Director. Stephanie received her B.S. in Civil Engineering from Tufts University in May of 2001 and her M.S. in Civil Engineering from Tufts University in May of 2003. Before joining the staff at Tufts, Stephanie worked as a Senior Consultant at Navigant Consulting, Inc., a specialized independent consulting firm providing construction litigation consulting services to government agencies and legal counsel. |
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 Jessica Sharkness is the Associate Director. Jessica received her A.B. in psychology from Dartmouth College in 2003, her M.A. in Social Research Methodology from UCLA in 2007, and her Ph.D. in Higher Education from UCLA in 2012. Before joining the staff at Tufts, Jessica worked for the Cooperative Institutional Research Program and the Higher Education Research Institute at UCLA. |
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 Christina Butler is a Research Analyst. Christina received her B.A. in Computer Science from Clark University in 2006. She also received her M.B.A. from Clark and a Graduate Certificate in Higher Education Administration from Northeastern University. Before joining the staff at Tufts, Christina worked as an investment analyst at The Rankings Service, an independent financial research firm. |
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 Lauren M. Conoscenti is a Research Analyst. Lauren received her B.A. in Psychology from Princeton University in 2000 and her Ph.D. in Clinical Psychology from Harvard University in 2007. She completed a clinical internship at the Medical University of South Carolina. Before joining the staff at Tufts, Lauren worked as a Health Science Specialist at the Boston VA Research Institute and as a Teaching Fellow at Harvard University. |
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 Katia Miller is a Research Analyst. Katia received her B.A. in International Relations and Economics from the College of William and Mary in December 2007 and her M.S.W. in Global Social Work Practice from Boston College in 2011. Before joining the staff at Tufts, Katia interned with the World Health Organization in Amman, Jordan, and worked as a program evaluation consultant to Peace First, a national non-profit. |
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 Dana Weigel is a Research Analyst. She received her B.A. in International Studies and French from Ohio Northern University in 2007 and her M.A. in Higher Education Administration from Boston College in 2012. Before joining the staff at Tufts, Dana worked in the Provost’s Office at Boston College and in student affairs at Wentworth Institute of Technology. |
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 Lynne Freeman is the Institutional Research Coordinator. Lynne received her B.S. in Elementary Education from Skidmore College and her MBA from Northeastern University. Before joining the staff at Tufts, Lynne worked at Analog Devices, Inc. in new product development and marketing as a Project Manager. Lynne coordinates Tufts’ responses to IPEDS and other internal university requests, as well as external data requests. Lynne also manages the publication and distribution of the Tufts University Fact Book. |
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