Meet Our Staff

Michele Gribbins, Ed.D.
Associate Provost for Institutional Research & Effectiveness

PAC 512/MS PAC 525
Email: mgribbin@uis.edu

As the Associate Provost for Institutional Research and Effectiveness, Dr. Gribbins oversees and coordinates UIS's institutional research and effectiveness activities. She also oversees our institutional accreditation with the Higher Learning Commission (HLC) and serves as the liaison to HLC and other external bodies.

Before joining the Provost's Leadership Team, she was the Director of the Center for Online Learning, Research, and Service (COLRS) at UIS where she partnered with deans, faculty, and staff to ensure the success of online learning at UIS. She had also taught in the Department of Management Information Systems at UIS, the Department of Business Administration at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (UIUC), and was a Computer Training Specialist in the Center for Business & Industry at Lake Land College in Mattoon, IL.

Dr. Gribbins researches various online learning topics including pedagogy, best practices, emerging technologies, and academic integrity. Her research has been published in the British Journal of Educational Technology, Online Learning Journal, Journal of Information Technology, Communications of the Association for Information Systems, Electronic Markets, and International Journal of Management Theory and Practices. She has co-authored two book chapters and has delivered more than sixty presentations at international, national, and regional conferences. She has held several leadership roles in UPCEA and served as the Treasurer of the Illinois Council on Continuing Higher Education for six years, receiving ICCHE's Past-Presidents' Award for Service. 

Dr. Gribbins has a Doctorate in Education in Instructional Systems Technology from Indiana University-Bloomington, a Master's in Business Adminstration from Eastern Illinois University, and a Bachelor's in Finance from Illinois State University. She also completed all the doctoral coursework required for a Ph.D. in Business Administration from UIUC. 

Carrie Allen, Ph.D.
Director of Institutional Effectiveness and Assessment

PAC 518/MS PAC 525
Email: callen7@uis.edu

In her role as Director of Institutional Effectiveness and Assessment, Dr. Carrie Allen supports faculty and the institution in all areas of learning outcomes assessment, accreditation, and program review. She works closely with academic departments and schools to develop student-centered and meaningful assessment plans, facilitates assessment-related workshops and seminars in collaboration with the Center for Faculty Excellence, and coordinates the IBHE program review process for all academic programs. She also works with faculty senate committees to build and maintain sustainable assessment processes for lower- and upper-division general education curricula. In addition to providing leadership for assessment efforts at UIS, she guides and supports the institution’s adherence to accreditation and compliance requirements.

Dr. Allen’s work is informed by her multiple work experiences in higher education, including in first-year student experience, institutional research, and DEI programming. As a graduate student at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, she served as a research analyst for the National Institute for Learning Outcomes Assessment (NILOA) and a research assistant for the Center for Innovation in Teaching and Learning. Prior to joining UIS in August 2023, Dr. Allen served as Director of Institutional Assessment at Mercyhurst University in Erie, Pennsylvania. She holds a Ph.D. and Ed.M. in Educational Organization and Leadership with a concentration in higher education from UIUC and a BA in English from Clarke University in Dubuque, Iowa.

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