Jeanie Sumner Downs
Partner in Publishing Dean, Institutional Effectiveness and Assessment
Corpus Christi, Texas Area
Jean Downs is as Instructional Designer and Assessment Specialist for Partner in Publishing, where she supports publishers to create effective and personalized Open Educational Resources (OER) and textbooks for institutions of higher education. Prior to this position, she served as Dean of Institutional Effectiveness and Assessment at Del Mar College in Corpus Christi, Texas. She has coordinated academic and co-curricular learning outcomes assessment, program review, and assessment reporting for five years within the mission of the community college. Jean has experience with accreditation requirements and reporting through her positions at higher education institutions accredited by the Higher Learning Commission (HLC) and the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools Commission on Colleges (SACSCOC). She is a PhD candidate in Education at Capella University, enrolled in the Instructional Design for Online Learning specialty. Within AALHE, she is an active member of the Member Services Committee and a co-editor for Emerging Dialogues.