Biography

Dr. Denise Nadasen is the former Assistant Vice President for Institutional Data & Analytics at the Association of Public and Land-grant Universities. She currently teaches at the University of Maryland Global Campus and consults with higher education institutions to explore data strategies that enhance institutional analytic capacity and enable more effective use of data to guide strategic planning and student success. 

Dr. Nadasen has over 20 years of experience in higher education.  She was staff to the Board of Regents at the University System of Maryland before becoming the Director of Institutional Research at the University of Maryland, College Park. At UMCP, she worked with institutional data, focusing on delivering interactive tools to campus constituents and reporting on applications, enrollment, completions, and faculty data.  She later moved to the University of Maryland Global Campus as Associate Vice Provost for Institutional Research, where she provided leadership on academic research, predictive analytics, program review, enrollment management, student satisfaction, institutional reporting, and data infrastructure. As part of her role at UMUC, she collaborated with institutions nationally to develop student success metrics that better reflect the changing student population. Her dissertation examined student success in online learning and how different types of institutional innovations affect retention. In addition to a Doctorate of Management, she earned a Master’s degree in Measurement, Statistics, and Evaluation and a Bachelor’s degree in Computer and Information Science.  In addition to serving as a board member and mentor for several professional organizations, she also served as the Associate Editor for the Online Teaching & Learning Newsletter for AERA.