Josie is an experimental social psychologist, having earned her master’s degree and PhD from the College of William and Mary in Virginia and Virginia Commonwealth University respectively. She has served on the faculty and in administration at both small private and large public universities and has extensive experience in grant management and institutional effectiveness. As Associate Vice President of Institutional Effectiveness and Data Analytics at Southern California University of Health Sciences (SCUHS), Josie oversees academic computing, institutional research and reporting, assessment and program review, faculty development, accreditation and compliance, and curriculum management. Josie serves as a team chair for the Peer Corps of the Higher Learning Commission and as the Accreditation Liaison Officer for SCUHS. She also serves as President of the Association for the Assessment of Learning in Higher Education (AALHE).