Office of Educational Innovation & Evaluation

Linking the College of Education to partners across the university, schools, and communities through development, research, and technical assistance.

Staff / Personnel
OEIE has a professional staff with expertise in evaluation design, strategic planning, project development, quantitative and qualitative methods, data analysis, survey design, and database development. Our multidisciplinary team includes professionals from education, curriculum and instruction, psychology, public policy, business and administration, adult education, sociology, mathematics, human development, journalism, and technology. OEIE staff includes evaluators and project specialists, along with an accomplished internal business and support staff. All evaluators are members of the American Evaluation Association.

Leadership
Linda P. Thurston, Ph.D., Directorlpt@ksu.edu785.532.5930
Jan Middendorf, M.A., Assistant Directorjmiddend@ksu.edu785.532.4716
 
Evaluators
Cindi Dunn, Ed.D.ckdunn@ksu.edu620.624.6313
Sheryl Hodge, Ph.D.shodge@ksu.edu785.532.7171
Jennifer McGee, M.A.jemcgee@ksu.edu785.532.2684
Cindy Shuman, Ph.D.cshuman@ksu.edu785.532.3463
Christa Smith, M.A.christas@ksu.edu785.532.5127
Valerie York, Ph.D.vpilling@ksu.edu785.532.5266
 
Office and Professional Staff
Mary Ubel, M.S.oeie@ksu.edu785.532.2982
Jamie Murdock, M.P.S.A.jmurdock@ksu.edu785.532.5489
Sarah Bradford, B.S.sbradfor@ksu.edu785.532.5677
Aaron Schroeder, B.S.aaron@ksu.edu785.532.5122
 
Research AssistantsUndergraduate785.532.5538
 Graduate785.532.1909

College of Education Kansas State University 2323 Anderson Avenue, Suite 220, Manhattan, Kansas 66502
Phone: (785) 532-5930 Fax: (785) 532-7185 E-mail: oeie@ksu.edu