Meet the spirited team committed to make a difference in Education

Timothy S. Brophy is Director of Institutional Assessment at the University of Florida and Professor of Music Education. He has published over 50 articles and book chapters, is sole author of three books, editor of nine books, and is a founding editor of the open-access online Journal of Assessment in Higher Education.  He serves as an assessment expert for the New York State Arts Blue Ribbon Commission and served as an assessment developer for the International Baccalaureate in the Hague, Netherlands.

At the University of Florida, Dr. Brophy developed, implements, and sustains the University of Florida’s Assessment System and serves as Chair of the Academic Assessment Committee. He is responsible for all matters related to the university’s accreditation with the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools Commission on Colleges (SACSCOC), and established, maintains, and refines the university’s institutional effectiveness and assessment processes. He served on the SACSCOC Board of Trustees from 2011-2017 and is the University of Florida’s SACSCOC liaison. He currently serves as a chair for SACSCOC on-site and off-site review committees.

PhD in Biometrical Genetics from Cairo University, Egypt.

Professor of Biostatistics, RAK Medical & Health Sciences University.

As a teacher and researcher around 27 years of experience in training, teaching and research [published more than 27 papers (Education, Biology, Statistics, Genetics)].

One of the founding members of the Institutional Effectiveness, Quality Assurance & Accreditation office at RAK Medical & Health Sciences University.

Played a leading role in developing policies and guidelines of RAKMHSU for Licensure and Accreditation by CAA, UAE.

Member of RAKMHSU advisory Board.

Member of the Executive Council, Research and Ethics Committee and Chair of Assessment Committee at RAKMHSU.

Member of Network for Quality Assurance Agencies in Higher Education (ANQAAHE).

Responsible about University evaluation process on Academic and Non-academic levels and report to the President.

Orienting the faculty and students and coordinate with the Commission for Academic Accreditation (CAA), UAE for the quality implementation of CAA’s Standards.

Active member in evaluation of short and long-term University strategic plans.

Key member of institutional review and cross institutional review.

Monitoring and evaluating the academic integrity at RAKMHSU.

Setting standardized procedures for course and program development in line with CAA standards.

Evaluating program outcomes and effectiveness annually.

Providing guidance to Master students in Pharmacy and Nursing Colleges for statistical part in Dissertation.

Coordinator of RAKMHSU Data to Center of Higher Education Data and Statistics (CHEDS) at Ministry of Education, UAE.

Coordinator of RAKMHSU Data to Federal Human Resources Authority, UAE.

RAKMHSU coordinator to CAA Team and ERT visits to RAKMHSU.

RAKMHSU coordinator to Qualifications Framework Authority (QF Emirates), UAE.

Consultant to different educational institutions within UAE.

A staunch supporter of quality education with a strong commitment to academic
excellence and unwavering dedication to the success of students, Prof. Abhilasha
Singh is a Provost/Vice President of Academic Affairs and Professor of
Organizational Behaviour at the American University in the Emirates, Dubai, UAE.
Throughout her distinguished career, she was engaged in a series of academic
administrative positions at various institutions, providing strategic directives at a
senior leadership role and ensuring its implementation with determination, while
working closely with the University President and senior administrative colleagues. In addition to advising the Board on strategic directives and liaising effectively between the President and the members of the Board as General Secretary of the BoardofTrustees at American University in the Emirates, she was actively engaged in monitoring compliance with prescribed standards and mandating administrative
requirements, for operational excellence both as the Vice President for Research
and Advancement and as Dean for College of Education. She also had served as
President and CEO of the College of Fashion and Design, accredited by the UAE
Ministry of Education, while concurrently serving as strategic advisor (honorary
position) to the President of American University in the Emirates, Dubai.
Passionate about excellence in higher education, she has been actively engaged inthe quality frameworks and assessment processes, while closing the quality loop
through identifying the potential gaps and redesigning the processes.
Author of more than thirty papers, articles, and case studies, based upon extensive grant-funded research, published in national and international journals, she is a
dedicated, accomplished, and progressive leader, with a history of providing
educational, research, and organizational direction for academic institutions.
Apart from holding a Doctorate, she is a Certified Practitioner of MBTI, EQ-i/ EQ
360, Balance Scorecard and SHRM. Her credentials also include an executive certificate program in Talent Analytics from MIT

Mr. Akhil Pruthi is Deputy Director – Strategic Initiatives at Alliance University and works with the Office of the Vice-Chancellor. He has a deep interest in institutional research and higher education strategy to solve key issues including improving the quality of higher education, internationalization, branding, and perception in the World University Rankings. He brings in-depth understanding and insights on policies and practices to facilitate collaborative partnerships supporting mobility, research, and teaching.

He has previously worked with O.P Jindal Global University where he led initiatives for the Office of Rankings, Benchmarking, and Institutional Transformation (ORBIT). He holds an MBA from the Chinese University of Hong Kong (CUHK) and Indian School of Business (ISB) in Entrepreneurship and Marketing, and an MS from the University of Southern California (USC) in Electrical Engineering.

Prof Pete Boyd is an education consultant and research mentor working with educators and practitioner researchers in schools, colleges and universities to support the development of research-informed practice. He is emeritus professor in education at the University of Cumbria and visiting professor in academic development at Newman University.

For twelve years Pete was a teacher and head of department in secondary schools in the north of England and for three years worked in residential adventure education and field-study for primary and secondary school students. He became a teacher educator based in higher education and his primary field is teacher education, including initial education for beginning teachers as well as advanced professional education and professional development for experienced teachers.

As a teacher educator Pete contributed to teaching and learning development, including design and validation of an innovative part-time foundation degree programme for teaching assistants and a fully online part-time masters level

programme for experienced teachers. He moved into academic development and led a programme for new academics on teaching, learning and assessment in higher education. His research at this time related to this academic development role and focused on academic induction and on assessment and feedback in higher education. Pete was the lead author of UK national guidelines for academic induction of new teacher educators based in higher education. The ‘Becoming Teacher Educator’ guidelines were published by the Higher Education Academy and won the BERA / Sage practitioner research prize in 2009.

Dr. Moore is currently the Assistant Chief Academic Officer at the University of the District of Columbia (UDC). He also serves as Certificate faculty in Temple University’s Teaching in Higher Education Certificate program, teaching faculty for USC’s Equity, and a workshop facilitator for the Online Learning Consortium. He is also frequently an invited speaker and consultant on inclusion, leadership, and faculty development and teaching and learning related topics.  He has a Doctorate in Urban Education from Temple University and a Masters of Arts from The Ohio State University in Higher Education Administration. His dissertation investigated how exemplary college faculty employ Universal Design for Learning principles in their teaching practices.
Carl has been teaching for over 14 years. Along his path, he has served as maintained appointments across the faculty classification gamete serving in Instructional, Adjunct, and Tenure-Track faculty roles. He has also created and instructed a variety of courses in education at The Ohio State University, Temple University, Cabrini College, and Arcadia University in both face-to-face and online formats. For the past several years Carl has dedicated his career to advancing the field of faculty development. He has done so by serving as a Department Chair at UDC, Assistant Director of the Teaching and Learning Center at Temple University, and Co-Chair of the POD Network Conference.  Alongside his career in academic affairs, Carl has also served in a number of student services leadership roles charged with enhancing student success. These roles entailed work in advising, retention, multicultural affairs, and TRIO programs. As a self-described “techie” and advocate for mission alignment the sum of Carl’s passions lie leveraging technology to enhance student outcomes at the course and institutional levels.