Director of Institutional Effectiveness and Accreditation Search

Dr. Lewis Brogdon is an effective teacher, experienced administrator, and public intellectual. Over his sixteen-year career in higher education, he has taught at two Historic Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs), directed two Black Studies programs, and worked in recruitment and admissions. He also worked as a senior-level administrator at an HBCU as it navigated its reaffirmation process. Brogdon has spent the last six years focusing on assessment and accreditation. Brogdon currently serves as Dean of Institutional Effectiveness at Bluefield University in Virginia and oversees planning, assessment, and compliance. The University is accredited by the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools’ Commission on Colleges (SACSCOC) and has programs with external accreditation such as the Commission on Collegiate Nursing Education (CCNE), Council for the Accreditation of Educator Preparation (CAEP), and Council for Accreditation of Counseling and Related Educational Programs (CACREP).  

He is also a sought-out national speaker who has attended high profile meetings and spoken in venues such as the White House, the National Press Club, the South African Embassy, the National Newspaper Publisher Association annual conference in Washington D.C., Black Politics Today, Empower21 Global Congress in Jerusalem, major denominational conferences, and podcasts. During the turbulent summer of 2020, he spoke in churches, colleges, universities, businesses, and nonprofit organizations as they wrestled with the protests that engulfed the nation because of the tragic deaths of Ahmaud Arbery, Breonna Taylor, and George Floyd. In his role as Executive Director of the Institute for Black Church Studies and Associate Professor at the Baptist Seminary of Kentucky in Louisville, he provides antiracist training for leaders in White churches, professional development courses for leaders in Black churches, and teaches courses in African American theology and history, including a course on the life and theology of Martin Luther King, Jr. He has authored five books and over thirty articles on African American political, religious, and historical issues.

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Rachel Smith completed her B.A. in Linguistics and Sociology at William & Mary. After working as an automotive journalist for about two-and-a-half years, she began a Master of Theological Studies degree at Regent University, which initiated her experience in higher education. Her accreditation experience began by completing annual reports for the Association of Theological Schools, which accredits the Regent University School of Divinity. Later, she was hired as the Assistant Director of Assessment and Compliance (ADAC) to help complete the university’s 10-year Compliance Certification Report for the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools Commission on Colleges (SACSCOC). She was involved in writing, editing, and finalizing evidence for the narratives, as well as preparing for the site visit. As the ADAC, she also managed approximately one half of the institution’s academic and non-academic assessments. Additionally, she partnered with the graduate schools to review and edit specialized accreditation reports and prepare for site visits, as needed.

To further her knowledge in higher education and accreditation, Rachel began the Ph.D. in Educational Policy, Planning and Leadership at the William & Mary School of Education in Fall 2020. In Summer 2021, Rachel became a Fellow for the Council of Higher Education Accreditation (CHEA), a position that inaugurated the CHEA Fellowship Program. Rachel also began consulting with institutions in the Hampton Roads, Virginia area that were completing specialized accreditation reports and Fifth-Year Interim Reports for SACSCOC.

Rachel expects to graduate from the William & Mary School of Education in Spring 2024.

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Known for his expertise in Higher Education Institutional Effectiveness, Bill Brown has been instrumental in achieving/surpassing strategic goals for student success, environment, infrastructure, partnerships, assessment and strategic planning. As a leader of Institutional Planning, Research, Effectiveness, Accreditation, and Assessment since 1993, he has been a vital member of each institution’s academic and administrative leadership team.

Bill’s record of achievements is long and impressive. Most notably, his efforts have supported significant gains in academic, business, and financial performance of each institution. A few of his signature accomplishments include:

• Bill led a team in creating and implementing the first strategic enrollment plan at Great Basin College.
• As Accreditation Liaison Officer, he led 3 successful complex reaccreditations.
• At Aims Community College in Colorado, he was the driving force behind an environmental scan that produced data-rich findings to steer strategic planning.
• He and his team captured the largest grant in the history of Central Arizona College.

Prior to his 30-year career in higher education, Bill worked in aerospace and served in the US Army for 6 years. Just as important as his professional skills are Bill’s strengths in engaging people, building alliances, exploring and developing new ideas, asking the right questions, overcoming obstacles, and creating strong new opportunities. He is also an experienced public speaker before academic, corporate, economic development, government, and association audiences. Bill holds a doctorate from Grand Canyon University and an MBA and BSBA degree from Chapman University. Bill’s family includes a wife of 41 years and two German shepherds.

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Shane Schellpfeffer, EdD, is currently the Associate Director of Assessment at Kansas State University. He began as the Associate Director at K-State in May 2021. Prior to arriving at K-State, he was the Coordinator of Education and Evaluation and then Director of Evaluation and Assessment at a medical school. In addition, Shane has experience in student affairs assessment while working in a Dean of Students Office and as a residence hall director. He has approximately 10 years of experience in higher education related to assessment and evaluation, as well as accreditation experience with both the HLC and LCME. Shane earned a bachelor’s degree in mathematics from Augustana College (SD), a master’s degree in education from Texas Christian University, a doctorate in educational administration from the University of South Dakota, and is currently a doctoral candidate at the University of North Dakota in the Educational Foundations and Research program. He has presented results of his research at both national and international conferences. His areas of interest in scholarship and research include learning analytics, predictive analytics as it applies to assessment, IPEDS datasets, and curricular analytics. 

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