AAEEBL is thrilled to have Gianina Taylor Baker, Assistant Director of the National Institute for Learning Outcomes Assessment (NILOA), kick off our 2018 Annual Meeting with an opening keynote.

At NILOA, Gianina assists with the development and maintenance of partnership networks under the Lumina Foundation for Education grant at NILOA. Her main research interests include student learning outcomes assessment at Minority Serving Institutions, access and equity issues for underrepresented administrators and students, and higher education policy. She holds a Ph.D. in Educational Organization & Leadership with a Higher Education concentration from the University of Illinois, a M.A. in Human Development Counseling from Saint Louis University, and a B.A. in Psychology from Illinois Wesleyan University.