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APASC Staff

Academic Planning and Assessment Support Center Staff


Kerry Clifford
Academic Planning and Assessment Support Director

Assessment role: The Academic Planning and Assessment Support Director identifies long-term and short-term strategic plans to achieve the APASC mission, develops project plans to meet academic planning and assessment support needs across campus, manages the activities and provides guidance to the APASC staff, and advises academic and administrative leadership, including the Periodic Review Oversight Committee, on decision-making that impacts assessment and related academic program planning activities across the campus.


Jenny Xiang
Substantive Change & Graduate Assessment Coordinator

Assessment role: The Substantive Change & Graduate Assessment Coordinator supports faculty with their graduate-level assessment needs including Coordinating Committee on Graduate Affairs (CCGA) and WASC Senior College and University Commission (WSCUC) proposal preparation, annual assessment, and periodic review. The Substantive Change & Graduate Assessment Coordinator also manages the campus' accreditation needs related to substantive change.


Hannah Maulden
Undergraduate Assessment Coordinator

Assessment role: The Undergraduate Assessment Coordinator provides support and assessment expertise for annual program-level academic assessment, while also contributing to periodic program review, accreditation, assessment in relevant administrative areas, campus-level analysis of assessment results, and the integration of institutional data into academic planning. 


Lauren Stark
Undergraduate Assessment Coordinator

Assessment role: The Undergraduate Assessment Coordinator provides support and assessment expertise for annual program-level academic assessment, while also contributing to periodic program review, accreditation, assessment in relevant administrative areas, campus-level analysis of assessment results, and the integration of institutional data into academic planning. 


Jazmine Kenny
Medical Education Assessment & Evaluation Coordinator

Assessment role: The Medical Education Assessment & Evaluation Coordinator in collaboration with UC Merced Office of Medical Education provides assessment and evaluation expertise for the SJV PRIME+ BS to MD pathway and other pre-health pathway programs, monitors academic and program progress, and contributes evidence-based recommendations for ongoing program improvements.