The Assessment Liaison Role
Each college, school, and branch campus has appointed at least one individual to serve as the internal Assessment Liaison. Assessment Liaisons are responsible for:- Providing Program Coordinators with feedback on their program's annual Assessment Plans and Reports.
- Helping programs meet minimum annual reporting requirements.
- Answering assessment-related questions from Program Coordinators and departments.
- Working with OIEE staff to schedule annual meetings/trainings for Program Coordinators related to the assessment and documentation processes.
- Completing an annual audit of Program Coordinators to ensure access to assessment forms is correctly reflected.
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Suggested Dates for Completing Feedback
2025-26 Assessment Plans - May 23, 2025
- Program Coordinators submit to Liaisons by April 4*
2024-25 Assessment Reports - November 14, 2025
- Program Coordinators submit to Liaisons by October 17*
Full list of due dates

*Unless otherwise decided by Liaison and as communicated to Program Coordinators
Resources
Updated May 2025 - Clarified information about direct/indirect measures and refined many of the boilerplate statements.
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July 2025: Designed as a supplement to the Liaison Manual, this resource includes boilerplate feedback addressing common themes in graduate-level assessment reporting.
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Instructions for generating a report that shows where program assessment forms are currently at in the workflow.
Instructions for generating a report that shows the current contents of a program assessment form.
Active Assessment Cycles & Due Dates by Workflow Step
Workflow Step | Role | AY24-25 Cycle Submit to next step by... | AY25-26 Cycle Submit to next step by... |
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1. Enter Plan | Program Coordinator | Apr 5, 2024 | Apr 4, 2025 |
2. Internal Feedback on Plan | College Liaison | May 24, 2024 | May 23, 2025 |
3. Draft Report | Program Coordinator | Oct 17, 2025* | Oct 16, 2026* |
4. Internal Feedback on Report | College Liaison | Nov 14, 2025 | Nov 13, 2026 |
5. Revise/Finalize Report | Program Coordinator | Dec 5, 2025 | Dec 4, 2026 |
6. Final Approval of Report | Final Approver (Dept) | Dec 19, 2025 | Dec 18, 2026 |
7. OIEE Comments | OIEE | Jan 30, 2026 | Jan 29, 2027 |
8. Acknowledge Final Comments | Program Coordinator | Feb 6, 2026 | Feb 5, 2027 |
*Programs in the College of Arts & Sciences have an October 1 due date for submitting forms from Step 3 to Step 4.
Current Academic College Assessment Liaisons
College/School/Branch Campus | Assessment Liaison |
---|---|
Agriculture & Life Sciences | Craig Coates, ccoates@tamu.edu |
Architecture | Katie Reed, katiereed@tamu.edu |
Arts & Sciences | Terri Pantuso, tpantuso@tamu.edu David Kessler (GR Programs), david.kessler@tamu.edu James Howell (UG Programs), jfhowell@tamu.edu |
Bush School of Government & Public Service | Wendi Kaspar, warant@tamu.edu |
Dentistry | Maya Thomas Fernandez, drmayathomasfernandez@tamu.edu |
Education & Human Development | Nahed Abdelrahman, nrahman@tamu.edu |
Engineering | Hamid Parsaei (UG Programs), hamid.parsaei@tamu.edu Duncan "Hank" Walker (GR Programs), d-walker@tamu.edu |
Marine Sciences and Maritime Studies | Donna Lang, langd@tamu.edu Phillip Presswood, presswood@tamu.edu Holly Richards, holly_richards@tamu.edu |
Mays Business School | Shannon Deer, sknight@tamu.edu Michael Alexander, malexander_67@tamu.edu 'Jon Jasperson, jon.jasperson@tamu.edu |
Medicine | Teresa Isbell, tisbell@tamu.edu |
Nursing | Lisa Haddad, lhaddad@tamu.edu Matthew Sorenson, msorenson@tamu.edu |
Performance, Visual & Fine Arts | Christine Bergeron, cbergeron@tamu.edu |
Pharmacy | Simi Gunaseelan, sgunaseelan@tamu.edu |
Public Health | Eric Wilson, eric.wilson@tamu.edu |
School of Law | David Dye, ddye@tamu.edu John Murphy, john.murphy@tamu.edu |
Veterinary Medicine & Biomedical Sciences | Ashley Seabury, agustafson@tamu.edu |
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