Kimberly A. Kline, Ph.D. serves as Professor and former Chair of the Higher Education Administration Department at SUNY Buffalo State. Her research focuses on issues of social justice/agency in higher education, professional development, well-being and student learning outcomes assessment. In addition to her work at SUNY Buffalo State teaching assessment, Dr. Kline has held the following postions.
Fulbright Scholar, National University of Kyiv-Mohyla Academy, Національний університет Києво-Могилянська академія, Kyiv, Ukraine, November 2012 – May 2013
Director, Institutional Research and Planning, Associate Professor of Social Sciences, Hilbert College, Hamburg, NY, October 2005 – August 2007
Research Fellow, Center of Inquiry in the Liberal Arts, Wabash College. Crawfordsville, IN, July 2003 – October 2005
Research Associate, Office of the Vice Chancellor For Planning and Institutional Improvement, Indiana University-Purdue University, Indianapolis, IN, May 2000 – July 2001
Author, Assessing Student Learning in the Community and Two-Year College:Successful Strategies and Tools Developed by Practicioners in Academic and Student Affairs, 2013
Dr. VanDerLinden is a part-time Lecturer in the Higher Education Administration Department. She has held the following assessment positions.
Vice President of Assessment Programs, Campus Labs, Buffalo, NY (acq: ONE), June 2004 – June 2013
Director of Assessment, Evaluation, and Research, Student Development, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT, May 2003 – May 2004
Research and Planning Analyst, Research and Planning Office, College of DuPage, Glen Ellyn, IL, June 2002 – April 2003
Dr. McDonald is a part-time Lecturer in the Higher Education Administration Department. He has held the following assessment related positions.
Assistant Dean for Planning and Analytics (College of Arts and Sciences), University at Buffalo, NY, March 2017 - Present
Assistant Vice President of Institutional Research and Planning (IR&P), Medaille College, Buffalo, NY, February 2004 - March 2017
Research Support Specialist, UB Neighborhood & Family Development Project, University at Buffalo, Buffalo, NY, August 2014 - March 2017
