Associate Dean, Quality and Accreditation

Position Summary

The Associate Dean, Quality and Accreditation provides strategic leadership for accreditation, institutional assessment, and continuous quality improvement (CQI) across the Ohio University Heritage College of Osteopathic Medicine (OU HCOM).

Position Responsibilities

Accreditation Leadership & Compliance

• Lead institutional accreditation activities for OU HCOM, including self-study development, ongoing reporting, site visit preparation, and coordination for programmatic and institutional accreditors.
• Serve as the College's primary representative to national, state, and university level accreditation and institutional effectiveness bodies.

Institutional Assessment & Continuous Quality Improvement

• Lead college level institutional assessment and evaluation activities aligned with institutional effectiveness and quality improvement frameworks.

Data, Analytics, & Reporting

• Advance data integrity, governance, and compliance to support accurate internal reporting and external regulatory submissions.

Scholarship, Consultation, & Capacity Building

• Conduct institutional assessment and educational research using qualitative and quantitative methods, including survey design, data analysis, and reporting.

Leadership & Supervision

• Lead, supervise, and mentor professional staff and student employees within the Office of Institutional Assessment and Accreditation.