About Working Groups
The Self-Study process is organized by Working Groups. Working Groups are organized by the seven MSCHE Standards of Accreditation and are each comprised of ten members of the Queens College community.
Working groups are led by two co-Chairs, one faculty member and one staff member.
The Working Groups are tasked with identifying and analyzing evidence, drafting the Self-Study and assembling the Evidence Inventory. The full text of the charge is available below.
Working Group Meeting Dates
The following dates are reserved for Working Group Meetings. Department Chairs and Administrative Unit Heads are kindly requested to avoid scheduling meetings during free hour on these days.
Spring 2024
Wednesday, February 14
Wednesday, March 13
Wednesday, April 10
Fall 2024
Wednesday, September 18
Wednesday, October 23
Wednesday, November 20
Working Group Members
Standard I: Mission and Goals
Faculty co-Chair: Leslee Grey, Associate Professor, Secondary Education and Youth Services
Staff co-Chair: Daniel Weinstein, Dean, School of Mathematics and Natural Sciences
Gary Aguayo, SEEK Program
Maria DeLongoria, Academic Affairs
Andrea Efthymiou, English
Sara Kahan, Institutional Advancement
Taruna Sadhoo, Honors and Scholarships
Anthony Tamburri, Calandra Institute
Leila Walker, Library
Scott Wilson, Mathematics
Standard II: Ethics and Integrity
Faculty co-Chair: Julie George, Associate Professor, Political Science
Staff co-Chair: Sean Pierce, Interim Assistant Vice President for Student Affairs
Emanuel Avila, Judicial Affairs
Joseph Cohen, Sociology
Omar Cortez, Newman Center
Aggrey Dechinea, Human Resources
Kate Menken, Linguistics and Communication Disorders
Justin Storbeck, Psychology
Simone Yearwood, School of Arts and Humanities
Standard III: Design and Delivery of the Student Learning Experience
Faculty co-Chair: Elizabeth Ijalba, Associate Professor, Linguistics and Communication Disorders
Staff co-Chair: Rebecca De Jesus, Associate Director, Academic Advising
Lindsey Albracht, English
Cristina Di Meo, Experiential Education
Allan Edmond, Learning Commons
Heather Horton, Art
John LaBarbera, Admissions
Soniya Munshi, Center for Excellence in Teaching, Learning and Leadership
Patrick O’Connell, QC Global
Marcella Ossa Parra, Elementary and Early Childhood Education
Joe Sanchez, Library and Information Studies
Standard IV: Support of the Student Experience
Faculty co-Chair: Susan Davis, Professor, Music Education
Staff co-Chair: Ivan-Scott Lee, Program Director, Accelerate Complete Engage
Jose Betances, Information Technology
JC Carlson, Student Development & Leadership
Catherine Connolly, Academic Advising
Marci Goodman, College Now
Megan Paslawski, English
Alexander Reichl, Political Science
Kristine Rosales, Sociology
Eric Urevich, Child Development Center
Christopher Wagner, Elementary and Early Childhood Education
Standard V: Educational Effectiveness Assessment
Faculty co-Chair: Chris Williams, Lecturer, English
Staff co-Chair: Bobbie Kabuto, Dean, School of Education
Katherine Antonova, History
Bradley Bergey, Secondary Education and Youth Services
Erica Doran, Psychology
Amy Lui, School of Education
Mitchell Proux, Linguistics and Communication Disorders
Donna Smith, Learning Commons
Danne Woo, Art
Standard VI: Planning, Resources, and Institutional Improvement
Faculty co-Chair: Susan Rotenberg, Professor, Chemistry and Biochemistry
Staff co-Chair: Mary Ann Watch, Budget Manager, Academic Affairs
Christopher Coleman, School of Arts and Humanities
Markus Erndl, Information Technology
Denese Gordon, Buildings and Grounds
Veronica Hinton, Psychology
Linda Jackson, Art
Zeco Krcic, Facilities, Planning, and Operations
Nalini Pitrelli, Finance and Business Affairs
David Weiner, Queens College Foundation Board
Jian Xiao, Accounting
Standard VII: Governance, Leadership, and Administration
Faculty co-Chair: Concettina Pagano, Lecturer, Psychology
Staff co-Chair: Sayashmini Madhow, Assistant to the Associate Provost, Academic Affairs
Facia Class, Distinguished Community Member
Natanya Duncan, History
Kevin Ferguson, English
Emily Jennings, Admissions
Dwayne D. Jones, Sr., Student Affairs
Tom Lee, Music
Joan Nix, Economics
Kate Pechenkina, School of Social Sciences
Additional Contributors
Operational Excellence Team
Evelyn Alvarenga, Information Technology
Erika Angelone, Office of the President
Lizandra Friedland, Institutional Effectiveness
Troy Hahn, Information Technology
Zhili Liang, Institutional Effectiveness
Roxan Mahoutchi, Information Technology
James Mellone, Library
Robin Naughton, Library
Adrian Partridge, Communications and Marketing
Executive Steering Committee
Christopher Hanusa, Faculty Liaison for Evaluation and Assessment
Nathalia Holtzman, Associate Provost for Innovation and Student Success
Patricia Price, Interim Provost and Senior Vice President for Academic Affairs
Self-Study Steering Committee
The Steering Committee is comprised of the Executive Steering Committee and the fourteen co-Chairs of the Working Groups. This team is tasked with ensuring communication through the working groups to make sure that the Self Study process stays focused, on task, and on schedule.
Charge to All Working Groups
In preparation for institutional reaccreditation, Queens College will produce a comprehensive Self-Study. This work will unfold over a two-year period, beginning in February of 2024 and culminating with the peer evaluator team visit in the Spring of 2026. By accepting the role of a Working Group member or Co-Chair, you are (ideally) committing to participate over the entire two-year period. The MSCHE peer evaluator team will rely on the Self-Study our Evidence Inventory to evaluate how well Queens College meets each Standard of Accreditation.
The Self-Study Report is created through a process organized by Working Groups. Working Groups are organized by the seven MSCHE Standards of Accreditation and are each comprised of ten members of the Queens College community: two Co-Chairs and eight members. Faculty, staff, students, and other QC stakeholders will all participate in the Self-Study process.
The Working Groups are tasked with identifying and analyzing evidence, drafting a chapter of the Self-Study, and assembling the Evidence Inventory. Each Working Group will review college documents to determine the ways and extent to which Queens College meets their assigned Standard of Accreditation. Working Groups will meet three times per semester in Spring 2024, Fall 2024, and Spring 2025, and will be responsible for supplying drafts of their Self-Study Chapter to the Steering Committee Co-Chairs once per semester.
Each working group will have two Co-Chairs: one faculty member and one staff member. Co-chairs will be responsible for:
- Coordinating the work of their Working Group;
- Submitting drafts of chapters on schedule;
- Communicating across the working groups as representatives to the Steering Committee, which will meet three times per semester; and
- Representing their group to the campus community.
The Working Group should appoint a member to fulfill each of the following tasks:
- Archivist: organizes and manages the documents and evidence collected by the Working Group to help identify gaps in the Evidence Inventory;
- Writer: gathers Working Group narrative contributions into one cohesive document with an editorial format that is consistent with the provided Style Requirements; and
- Analyst: uses the provided Evidence Expectations by Standard Guidelines to ensure the work, findings, and recommendations of the Working Group meet the guidelines used by a Middle States peer evaluator.
All other members of the Working Group are expected to actively contribute to the drafting of the Self-Study Chapter.