Su Swarat joined Cal State Fullerton in 2014 and has served in multiple roles to lead institutional research and effectiveness, assessment, and planning for the university.

She provides leadership and oversees operations for institutional and programmatic assessment, quality assurance, institutional research, and analytical and educational research. In previous roles, Su has worked collaboratively with campus partners to establish an effective and sustainable campus-wide assessment process, and to facilitate a culture of assessment that supports teaching and learning. She also supported several Scholarship of Teaching and Learning (SoTL) initiatives and assessment-related accreditation requirements. Before CSUF, Su served in similar capacities leading student learning assessment, program evaluation, and SoTL research (particularly in the STEM fields) at the Southwest College of Naturopathic Medicine and Health Science and Northwestern University.

Su is also the university’s accreditation liaison officer. She holds a Ph.D. in learning sciences from Northwestern University, a master’s degree in biology from Purdue University, and a bachelor’s degree in biochemistry and molecular biology from Peking University.

A graduate of the WSCUC Assessment Leadership Academy, she actively pursues and regularly contributes to her research interest areas, which include assessment and evaluation, STEM education, student interest and motivation, and faculty development.

Evaluation Areas

Strategic Planning, Academic Planning, Assessment, Faculty Development