Jillian Kinzie, Ph.D.

Jillian Kinzie conducts research and leads project activities on effective use of student engagement data to improve educational quality and serves as senior scholar on the National Institute for Learning Outcomes Assessment (NILOA) project, an initiative to study assessment in higher education and assist institutions and others in adopting promising practices in the assessment of college student learning outcomes. She served on the faculty of Indiana University and coordinated the University’s master’s program in higher education and student affairs, and worked as a researcher and administrator in academic and student affairs at Miami University and Case Western Reserve University.

Jillian is co-author of Student Success in College: Creating Conditions that Matter (Jossey-Bass, 2005/2010); and One Size Does Not Fit All: Traditional and Innovative Models of Student Affairs Practice (Routledge, 2008/2014).