Meet the Climate Survey Team
The UMKC Climate Survey team consists of a full committee faculty and staff from throughout the university. The committee worked closely with Rankin Climate, who administered the survey.
Survey best practices revealed working with an independent, outside agency to conduct surveys on subject matter like campus climate were likely to yield higher response rates and provide more credible findings.
Principal Investigators
- Amy Prettejohn – Interim Director, Office of Institutional Research, UMKC
- Dan Merson – Executive Vice President, Rankin Climate
- Melody Bundy – Project Manager, Rankin Climate
Climate Survey Working Group
- Rebecca Diemer – Director of Academic Affairs Strategic Initiatives, Office of the Provost
- Matthew Edwards – Associate Professor, School of Humanities and Social Sciences
- Chante Evans – Senior Student Services Coordinator, Academic Support and Mentoring
- Megan Gonzalez – Associate Vice Chancellor, Human Resources
- Brett Gregory – Office Support Assistant IV, School of Law
- Scott Guerrero – Program Director and Project Operations, School of Medicine
- Alia Herrman – Director, Creative and Web Services of Strategic Communications, Marketing and Communications
- Ashley Hobbs – Clinical Assistant Professor, School of Dentistry
- Elle Jorgenson – Office Support Assistant IV, School of Medicine
- Andre Logan – Director of Strategic Initiatives, Office of the Chancellor
- Amy Prettejohn – Interim Director of Institutional Research, Institutional Research
- Jessie Riggs – Campus Facilities Manager, Campus Facilities
- Anthony Shiu – Associate Professor, School of Humanities and Social Sciences
- Stephan Young – Assistant Research Professor, Missouri Institute for Defense and Energy
Action Planning Group
Facilitators
- Tom Bachmann – Sr. HR Manager- Human Resources
- Rebecca Diemer – Director of Academic Affairs Strategic Initiatives- Office of the Provost
- Brian Frehner – Professor and Department Chair, History
- Andre Logan – Director of Strategic Initiatives, Office of the Chancellor
Working Group Members
- Doris Agwu – Assistant Dean, SOM
- Tamara Alvarado – Career and Professional Development Coach- Bloch
- David Babcock – Manager II, Business Administration- Student Union
- Amber Blair – Program Project Support Coordinator- SOM
- Amanda Campbell – Coordinator of Registration and Records, Law
- Amy Carlson – Sr. Associate Registrar
- Mark Daly – Director of International Affairs- International Affairs
- Matthew Edwards – Associate Professor, World Languages and Cultures
- Tanna Engle – Sr. Program Manager Student Support Supervisor- Campus Recreation
- Daniel Folk – Director of Career Services- Bloch
- Kathryn Grindstaff – Recruiting Manager- SSE
- Liz Hoffman-Shrout – Director II, Student Support Services- Campus Recreation
- Hannah Hohenstein-Flack – Sr. Executive Assistant- Dean HSS
- Jamie Hunt – Teaching Associate Professor and BHS Program Director- Nursing
- Jody Jeffries – Director of Student Union- Student Affairs
- Kimberly Johnson – Sr. Program Manager Student Support Services- MSA
- Makini King – Assistant Dean for Engagement and Wellbeing- SoD
- Laura King – Associate Registrar
- Alia Krzyzanowski – Sr. HR Consultant- Human Resources
- Jeina Kummer – Employer Relations Manager, Bloch
- Kimberly Kushner – IT Project Manager- Project Management
- Nathan Lonngren – Sr. Program Manager, Student Support Services- Campus Recreation
- Brad Martens – Director, Student Support Services- SESWPS
- Richard Martinez – Resident Hall Manager- Residence Life
- Wayne Nagy – Director of Undergraduate Advising- Roo Advising
- Zach Parker – Assistant Director, Student Support Services- Student Affairs
- Lauren Petrillo – Sr. Business Support Specialist, SSE
- Brianna Portmann – Curriculum and Academic Policy Specialist- General Education
- Polly Prendergast – Director, Berkley Child Development Center
- Tiffani Riggers-Piehl – Associate Professor, Educational Leadership, Policy
- Christi Roeder – Human Resources Specialist II- Title IX
- Amy Schaefer – CSM Project Manager, Facilities Management
