As Associate Provost of Tufts University, Dr. Dawn Geronimo
Terkla oversees the Offices of Institutional Research & Evaluation
(OIR&E) and The Center for Enhancement of Learning &
Teaching (CELT), serves on the USAID funded EPT2 One Health
Workforce Project; provides guidance across the university on
issues relating to institutional research, outcomes assessment, and
evaluation; provides critical management information to senior
administrators; and serves on university-wide committees
(Academic Council, Administrative Council, Social Science IRB,
Tufts IT Steering Committee, Information Stewardship Subcommittee, Student Information Steering Committee, as well as,
several school-specific committees (A&S Outcomes Assessment
Committee, Engineering Educational Objectives and Outcomes Assessment Committee,
AS&E Admissions & Financial Aid Committee, TUSDM Outcomes Assessment
Committee, and TCSVM Outcomes Assessment Committee).
Dr. Terkla is the University Accreditation Liaison Officer to the New England
Association of Schools and Colleges (NEASC). In addition, she participates in schoollevel accreditations, providing support as needed.
She has held leadership positions in several organizations serving as President of both the North East Association for Institutional Research and the Association for Institutional Research, as well as the Chair of the US Department of Educational National Postsecondary Executive Committee (NPEC) Council on Postsecondary Education Statistics. In addition, she has served on the Higher Education Data Sharing Consortium Board of Directors, the UCLA/ACE Cooperative Institutional Research Program Advisory Committee, National Association of Independent Colleges and Universities Commission on Policy Analysis and currently, she is serving on the National Student Clearinghouse Advisory Committee.
Dr. Terkla earned a doctorate in higher education research from Harvard University, a
Masters of Public Policy from the University of California Berkeley, and a bachelors
degree from Ohio Wesleyan University where she majored in politics and government. In addition, she was awarded a management certificate from the Management Institute for Women in Higher Education.