Assessment Advisory Committee

The primary function of the Assessment Advisory Committee is to aid in the continued development of a culture of assessment at Loyola Marymount University. The Committee will do this through two primary objectives. One objective is to advise the Assessment on campus-wide initiatives. The other objective is to promote good assessment practices through dialogue with members of the campus community.

2025 – 2026 Academic Year Membership

Committee Chair: Eileen Soto, M.A.Ed., Senior Director of Assessment and Accreditation Liaison Officer (ALO), Office of Institutional Effectiveness

Brandon Harris, Ed.D., Director of Assessment and Research 

Cathleen McGrath, Ph.D., Associate Professor of Management 

Claire Wigginton, M.A., Research Associate in Assessment, Office of Institutional Effectiveness

Franca DellOlio, Ed.D. Educational Leadership, Administration, and Policy, Associate Professor for Department of Educational Leadership and Administration 

Hugo Rodriguez, Accreditation Manager, College of Business Administration

Joshua Spizman, Ph.D., College of Business Administration: Associate Dean, Faculty and Academic Programs

Mairead Sullivan, MSW, Ph.D., Professor of Women's and Gender Studies and Director, University Core Curriculum

Michele Hammers, J.D., Ph.D., Professor of Communication Studies and Associate Dean, College of Communication and Fine Arts

Stuart Ching, Ph.D. English (Composition and Rhetoric), Professor of English and Associate Dean for Undergraduate Students at the College of Bellarmine College of Liberal Arts

Susan Gardner Archambault, Ed.D., Head of Reference and Instruction in the William H. Hannon Library at Loyola Marymount University

Suzanne Larson, Ph.D., Professor of Mathematics and Associate Dean, Seaver College of Science and Engineering

Weiko Lin, B.A in English for Creative Writing and Playwriting Track from UCLA & M.F.A in Film & TV from UCLA. Associate Professor and Graduate Director of Screenwriting for the School of Film & Television at LMU.