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Bob Gonyea is associate director of the National Survey of Student Engagement where he coordinates research and reporting. Since 1999 Bob has been an integral contributor to NSSE’s development and success, such as the continuous improvement and testing of survey questions, design of reports and tools for institutional assessment, and the creation of the Beginning College Survey of Student Engagement (BCSSE) to assess precollege preparation and engagement. Bob has also taught Survey Research Methodology at the IU School of Education.
Bob spent the early part of his career in student affairs administration where he gained insights about positive student development and effective campus environments. His current research interests include the assessment of college and university quality, writing as a form of engagement in learning, high-impact practices for undergraduate learners, and survey design. Bob’s work has appeared in the Higher Education Handbook for Theory and Research, Research in Higher Education, Journal of Higher Education, Journal of College Student Development, Research & Practice in Assessment, Research in the Teaching of English, Journal of Online Education, Journal of Student Affairs Research and Practice, Journal of College and University Student Housing, Learning Communities Research and Practice, College & Research Libraries, Change: The Magazine of Higher Learning, Liberal Education, New Directions for Institutional Research, New Directions for Teaching and Learning, Innovative Higher Education, and other higher education publications.
Bob’s Ed.D. is from Indiana University in higher education and student affairs, with a minor in educational inquiry. He also has degrees from Michigan State University and Monroe County Community College (Monroe, Michigan).