Douglas Eder, Ph.D.

Doug is Emeritus at SIUE and formerly served in higher academic administration at Arizona State University and the University of North Florida. Most recently he held the interim title of “Assessment Coach” at Purdue. Doug was first a “pure” faculty member in medical physiology and biophysics and came into assessment at its beginnings in the 1980s. At SIUE, he midwifed the nationally recognized Senior Assignment and has subsequently visited over 135 institutions of higher learning to assist with issues in assessment and re-accreditation. He served as Visiting Distinguished Scholar at Hamilton College, continues to work with institutions of higher learning, and presents and publishes in both his academic discipline and in assessment.