AGLS COUNCIL 2023 – 2024



council year runs October 1 through September 30

President  (Jan 2023 – Sep 2025) 
Stephen Biscotte  (Education)
Assistant Provost for Undergraduate Education
Virginia Tech

President Elect  (Oct 2023 — Sep 2025)
Mary Francis ‘Mimi’ Pipino  (English)
Director, Ursuline Core Curriculum
Ursuline College

Secretary  (Oct 2021 – Sep 2024)
Christopher ‘Kit’ Murphy  (Biology)
Associate Provost for Curriculum and Liberal Learning
The College of New Jersey

Treasurer  (Oct 2022 – Sep 2025)
Victor Piercey  (Mathematics)
Director of Honors Program
Ferris State University

Past President  (Jan 2023 – Sep 2025)
Rebecca Kohn  (Biology)
Provost and Vice President for Academic Affairs
Elon University

Executive Director
Joyce Lucke
execdir@agls.org

Council Members-at-Large  (term Oct 2021 – Sep 2024)
Alex Otieno  (Sociology)
Interim Dean, College of Arts and Sciences
Arcadia University

Sarah Southwick  (English)
Manager of Assessment & Program Review
Yavapai Community College

Wynn Yarbrough  (English)
Director of General Education
The University of the District of Columbia

Council Members-at-Large (term Oct 2022 – Sep 2025)
Jodene DeKorte  (Mathematics & Education)
Academic Dean and Vice President of the School of Multidisciplinary and Professional Studies
Purdue Global

Karim Dharamsi  (Philosophy)
Vice Provost, Academics
Mount Royal University  (Canada)

Kevin Hermberg  (Philosophy)
Chair, General Education Curriculum
Dominican University New York

Council Members-at-Large  (term Oct 2023– Sep 2026)
John Regan  (American Literature)
Director of ePortfolio and Assessment
Boston University

McKenzie Huber  (Education)
Director of Core Education
Oregon State University

Rowanna Carpenter  (Public Administration)
Director of Assessment and Research
Portland State University

Ad Hoc Council Members

Editor of the AGLS Guide to Assessment and Program Review
David DiMattio  (Science)
Academic Dean of Science & Mathematics for Connecticut State Community Colleges
Connecticut State Community Colleges

Task Project Members
Susan Myers-Shirk  (History)
Director of General Education
Middle Tennessee State University

Bridget Trogden  (Engineering & Science Education)
Dean of Undergraduate Education and Academic Student Services
American University

Non-Profit Agent to State of Illinois
Tyann Cherry
Webster University

page updated November 20, 2023