Amanda Knerr

Amanda currently oversees assessment efforts for the Office of Residence Life at Penn State and has worked for the past decade to educate student affairs practitioners on the importance of assessment. Amanda also has worked collaboratively with both academic affairs and student affairs departments at multiple institutions to develop university-wide assessment projects. She has served on various university-wide assessment and data committees, including institutional research committees, student satisfaction committees, retention and enrollment management task forces, and more. Amanda is currently in her second term on the directorate for the American College Personnel Association’s Commission on Assessment and Evaluation. She has been an invited faculty member at the Summer Institute on First-Year Assessment and has presented at many local, regional, and national conferences, including ACPA’s Assessment Institute. Amanda has published articles in the Journal of College and University Student Housing, NASPA’s NetResults, ACPA’s Developments, and Assessment Update.