Institutional Research & Reporting 4400 University Drive, MSN 2F2, Fairfax, VA 22030-4444
Phone:(703)993-8824; Fax: (703)993-8835

Staff and Responsibilities

Dr. Kris M. Smith: Associate Provost for IRR

As the Associate Provost for IRR, Kris supervises the IRR team, provides leadership and oversight of database production, management, maintenance and systematic evaluation to support executive/administrative decisions related to institutional performance and effectiveness, efficient technology utilization, etc. Representing IRR on campus, making sure campus information requests needs are met in a timely manner, with the utmost accuracy.

Vacant: Associate Director

Is in charge of all aspects of institutional student data administration and reporting. Creates and maintains official census data files on students, degrees conferred, admissions, housing, course enrollment, etc. Is responsible for all student-related State and Federal reporting requirements. Duties also include retention and graduation tracking, historical enrollment tracking and reporting, and ad hoc data collection and analysis for internal and external customers based on official census data.

Dr. Olga Bain: Senior Research Associate

Creates (extracts) and maintains SAS and oracle based data files in the area of students, courses, and admissions, provides statistical programming in support of data analysis and reporting, fulfills mandated state and federal reporting requirements, assists in developing and testing of warehoused data, prepares and presents data using various technical skills, and helps ensure the accuracy and integrity of data used for reporting, planning and institutional effectiveness activities.

Dr. Jang Wan Ko: Senior Research Associate

Jang’s responsibilities include working with Human Resource Office, Space Management Office and Provost Office in faculty and space data collection and validation, extracting data from operational systems for reporting purposes, analyzing data to support academic and administrative program initiatives, and responding to internal and external requests for institutional data in faculty, staff and space utilization areas. Jang is also responsible for coordinating the collection of information for and publication of the university Factbook.

Samantha L Mccullough: Administrative Assistant

Samantha's responsibilities including assisting with the distribution of student ratings and faculty evaluations, assisting with data entry, maintaining office filing system, maintaining IRR's Request Log, assisting the Director of Institutional Research and Reporting with administrative functions.

Robert McDonnell: Course Rating Specialist

Robert’s primary responsibility is to facilitate a timely and efficient procedure for distributing, collecting, data entry, and processing of the student ratings of instructor surveys each term. He is also the office's newsletter editor.

Helen Wu: Webmaster and IR Analyst

Helen is in charge of developing, updating and maintaining the office's Oracle databases, various web applications with particular emphasis on dynamic data querying and providing timely and accurate online access to institutional publications, reports and resources.

Kathryn Zora: Institutional Research Analyst

Is responsible for internal/external surveys/reports and data requests related to the areas of student, degree and admissions.