Who We Are
Welcome to the Office of Institutional Effectiveness!
Clemson’s Office of Institutional Effectiveness plays a vital role in advancing the University’s mission by supporting a culture of evidence-based decision-making, accountability, and continuous improvement. We are committed to enhancing institution quality, impact, and effectiveness by:
- Expanding institutional impact through robust assessment and accountability practices that drive innovation and improvement
- Delivering timely, rigorous, and actionable data analyses to support academic and operational decision-making
- Communicating and supporting accreditation standards and resources to ensure ongoing institutional integrity and impact
- Providing strategic leadership in accreditation, assessment, and institutional accountability

Mission
The Office of Institutional Effectiveness provides expertise, services, processes, data, tools, and analytical support aligned to support the University’s mission to educate students, advance and disseminate knowledge, and address the real-world challenges of our times through engagement, scholarship, and innovation.
Vision
To cultivate a resilient and responsive institutional culture rooted in accountability, adaptability, and continuous improvement—ensuring Clemson remains at the frontier of higher education in making a transformative difference in the lives of our students, scholarly and creative disciplines, and the communities that we serve.
Our Team
Jeremy King, Ph.D.
Associate Provost for Institutional Effectiveness
jking2@clemson.edu
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Institutional Effectiveness
Institutional Effectiveness
Rob Essaf
Senior Director of Institutional Effectiveness
ressaf@clemson.edu
864-656-1078Matt Chambers, Ph.D.
Executive Director of Visual Analytics
chambe5@clemson.eduCasey Kornegay
Senior Compliance Officer
cskorne@clemson.eduJanet Lee
Program, Planning and Accreditation Analytics Manager
jlee6@clemson.edu
864-656-2804Briana Peele
Project Manager
bkloc@clemson.edu
864-656-8092Bart Swecker, Ph.D.
Senior Institutional Analytics Manager
bswecke@clemson.eduScott Wardlaw
Director, Enterprise Data Architecture
danielw@clemson.eduBen Wiles, Ph.D.
Chief Student Success and Empowerment Officer
bwiles@clemson.edu
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Institutional Assessment
Institutional Assessment
Radek Ostrowski
Director of Assessment
rostrow@clemson.eduJohn Cooper
Assessment and Accreditation Manager
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Office of Institutional Research
Office of Institutional Research
Juan Xu, Ph.D.
Director of Institutional Research
jxu2@clemson.edu
864-656-0585Jennifer Fox
Assistant Director of Institutional Research
jfox9@clemson.edu
864-656-0583Nancy James
Institutional Data Coordinator
ntjames@clemson.edu
864-656-0584Rick Loveday
Senior Research Analyst
rloveda@clemson.edu
864-656-0542Joe McLaughlin
Research Associate
jwm@clemson.edu
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Quality Enhancement Plan
Quality Enhancement Plan (QEP)
Abby Baker, Ph.D.
Director of Quality Enhancement Plan
bakera@clemson.edu
864-656-1410Arthur Alvarez
Associate Director of QEP
aalvar@clemson.edu
864-656-1416
Visit Us
Office of Institutional Effectiveness
155 Old Greenville Hwy, Suite 105
Clemson, SC 29631
