Our Team
As part of the Office of the Provost and Executive Vice President, the Office of Institutional Research, Planning and Effectiveness provides vision and leadership to the reporting, institutional research, assessment, strategic planning and accreditation activities of the institution.
We are the official reporting source for CSU and maintain data records as well as complete mandated reporting requirements. As a service office, we strive to provide faculty and staff with the information they need to make the best decisions for the university.
Contact us (IR_help@colostate.edu) with questions about the data our office publishes or to discuss what other data / reports may be possible, this includes faculty seeking institutional data for research.
Analysts
These are the staff who put the story and context to the data.
Tyson Koss, M.B.A.
Institutional Research Analyst
Contact Tyson regarding
- SCAIT Questions
- External Surveys like US News and World Report or the Common Dataset
- Fact Publications
Email: tyson.koss@colostate.edu
Lee Tyson, M.A.
Senior Research Analyst
Contact Lee regarding ad hoc requests (special data requests that aren’t included in the IR Interactive Reports)
Email: lee.tyson@colostate.edu
Data Scientists & Architects
This team designs the back-end data structure.
Nicole Ross, Ph.D.
Associate Director and Data Scientist
Contact Nicole regarding questions about the IR Interactive Reports
Tae Yamaki, M.C.I.S
Senior IT Developer and BI Data Architect
Contact Tae for technical questions about IR’s Database or Power BI
Email: tae.yamaki@colostate.edu
BI Report Developers
This group develops IR Interactive Reports.
Alex Diaz-Clark, M.C.I.S
IT Developer
Contact Alex regarding technical questions about Power BI
Ali Zineddin, M.C.I.S
IT Developer
Contact Ali regarding technical questions about Power BI
Email: ali.zineddin@colostate.edu
Swethan Palusa
Student IT Developer
Leadership
Laura Jensen, Ph.D.
Vice Provost for Planning and Effectiveness
Contact Laura about
- Program Review
- Accreditation
Email: laura.jensen@colostate.edu
Heather Novak, Ph.D.
Director of Institutional Research
Contact Heather about
- budget
- staffing questions, or
- mandated reporting.
Email: heather.novak@colostate.edu
Stephanie Foster, Ph.D.
Director of Assessment
Contact Stephanie about
- Educational assessment and program evaluation
- Undergraduate learning outcomes assessment
- AUCC/General Education
- Integrative learning and high impact practices
Admin Support
Lindsey Laverentz
Executive Assistant
Contact Lindsey for scheduling meetings Heather Novak and Laura Jensen