Rolanda Anderson, PhD
Hello, my name is Dr. Rolanda Anderson, and I absolutely love being in the educational arena because it allows me to help others meet their goals.
I am founder of AJS Academic Research. I also work at Tougaloo College as the Director of Institutional Effectiveness and Research/SACSCOC, Liaison. I also employed at Grand Canyon University as a Dissertation Chair. By now, you are saying she really loves research; well, to be honest, I do, so I stay true to my interest to continuously enhance my skills and others along the way.
My skills
Experience
Director of Institutional Effectiveness and Research/Transformation Officer/Assessment and Research Associate
Tougaloo, MS
Director of Institutional Effectiveness and Research/Transformation Officer/Assessment and Research Associate July 2019 - Present
- Develop reports for external agencies and to internal departments for decision-makers.
- Highly collaborative with members to lead and manage project initiatives with strategic planning, and assessment planning processes within all departments, programs, and units at the institution to support continuous improvement by addressing diversity, inclusion, and equity (DEI) in decision-making.
- Key member assisting in site visits from SACSCOC VPs and SACSCOC evaluators.
- Support research assessment plan to enhance employee functions at the institution.
- Use SharePoint to upload On-Demand Videos on the college's intranet site to motivate and manage institutional research communication among coordinators.
- Ensuring that institutional employees conducting research use the appropriate tools to create plans to enhance student learning outcomes, student engagement, and faculty development, using performance measurement to continuously promote institutional effectiveness related to the mission of the divisions, departments, and mission of the institution.
- Systematic monitoring of factual information and management system for investigators to conduct research using human subjects IRB regulations, procedures, and compliance are conducted with ethics.
- Commitment in the cultivation of improving the performance of administrative and operational outcomes by using a net promoter score to measure services provided to customers.
- Host multiple meetings using technologies such as Zoom and Microsoft Teams focusing on procedures, policies, regulations, various metric surveys, and compliance data entry.
- Team with board members using Microsoft Teams to discuss the maintenance of information systems and current paradigms in protecting data storage using electronic data capture.
- Manage the Compliance Assist and Faculty Credential Database to maintain SACSCOC regional compliance.
- Monitor a data warehouse to remain aware of the daily facts metrics on the campus focusing on enrollment, retention, residential life, public safety, etc. to assist campus-wide committees with decision-making.
Dissertation Chair
Remote
Dissertation Chair Jul 2017 - Present
- Supporting students with collaborative problem-solving skills with student investigators in statistics, participant empathy and integrity, and reliability when report writing and gathering data to support research protocols.
- Show empathy to investigators when adaptability is needed in supervisory methods needs other mechanisms to ensure accuracy in the commitments used in social, and behavioral education.
- Extensive knowledge in research method designs and reporting primary and archival data, streamlining and supervising students through the prospectus, proposal, Institutional Review Board, and dissertation phases.
- Commitment to providing systematic programmatic research guidance and training to help students develop a problem statement based upon a need by engaging them in one-to-one sessions.
- Provide consultation to higher education learners regarding educational technology that supports the research topic and problem for data collection.
- Provide electronic data capture training within management systems to reduce the risk of human adverse events.
- Ensure the quantitative, qualitative, and mixed designs are aligned with the sampling method of the research study reports.
- Overseeing students with completing expedited and exempt IRB application documentation by adhering to ethical concerns and explaining IRB feedback and federal regulations related to human subjects IRB applications.
- Actively participate in IRB meetings to learn of any updates and create presentations to ensure investigators are aware of the changes.
- Manage IRB forms to ensure the Code of Federal Regulations CFR protocols of a human subject for data collection are adhered to.
- Attend meetings with IRB Administrators and IRB Policy committee members when changes occur with gaining permissions, storage, archival data, and social media sampling.
Delta Health Partners/Tougaloo College
Tougaloo, MS
Delta Health Partners/Tougaloo College Tougaloo, MS
Evaluator Aug 2004 - Present
- Evaluate and audit input, processes, and outcomes of data quarterly to assess research goals and outcomes relating to infant mortality and male engagement.
- Recommend appropriate functions in research activities to improve the quality and productivity of project services.
- Evaluate all partnerships (internal or external agencies) to ensure IRB compliance, determine effectiveness in facilitating research goals and objectives, identify challenges, and provide appropriate recommendations for improvement.
- Prepare and issue quarterly and annual reports to assess outcomes to continue federal research funding.
- Use information systems to manage IRB forms and ensure the Code of Federal Regulations CFR protocols are followed to eliminate policy issues.
- Provide staff training and meet with consultants to discuss federal assurances to eliminate the risk of adverse events for the protection of human subjects.
- Investigate field situations for challenges and opportunities to inform and improve project performance.
Statistical and Research Analyst
Tougaloo, MS
Tougaloo College Tougaloo, MS
Statistical and Research Analyst Oct 2016 - Jul 2017
- Conducted accreditation trainings with various academic and service departments to ensure compliance.
- Attend meetings to discuss regulations and compliance functions with the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools Commission on Colleges (SACSCOC) to learn about changes and maintain accreditation.
- Collaborated with multiple research investigators regarding the interpretation of the trend data for accreditation success.
- Analyzing, verifying, and manipulating short-term and long-range data analysis of data collection using statistical analysis software to monitor ongoing progress.
- Managed and organized quantitative research, qualitative research, and mixed paradigms data for written annual reporting to help departments with student and organizational success decision-making.
- Motivated and provided constructive feedback to investigators to ensure the accuracy of the Institutional Review Board, and IRB applications submissions for research conducted using human subjects.
Portfolio
Education
01.05.2010Jackson State University
Doctor of Philosophy Education Administration and Supervision01.05.2006Jackson State University
Master of Science Physics, Atmospheric Science01.05.2001Jackson State University
Bachelor of Science Biology
I look forward to hearing from you soon.