Dr. Peggy Fitch
Title IX Coordinator & Equity Officer at Central College, Emerita Professor of Psychology
Dr. Pamela Steinke
Provost and Senior Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs, University of South Carolina, Upstate
After earning her Ph.D. in psychology from the University of California, Davis, in 1992, Steinke became a faculty member in psychology at Central College in Pella, Iowa. At Central, she earned tenure, served as department chair, chaired the assessment committee, directed an experiential learning program, and developed her scholarship on cognitive outcomes of service-learning.
Steinke served in faculty and administrative roles at North Carolina State University and Meredith College. Her most recent role prior to joining USC Upstate was dean of teaching and learning outcomes at University of St. Francis in Joliet, Ill.
Steinke has extensive experience in accreditation, assessment, and high-impact practices. She has published and presented on assessment and service-learning; has been involved in the development of the AAC&U problem-solving rubric; has developed the Problem-Solving Analysis Protocol (P-SAP) with a colleague; and has been a reviewer for Research and Practice in Assessment and the Michigan Journal of Community Service Learning.
She has also led institutions through the accreditation process, writing major sections of successful peer-reviewed reaccreditation reports, has served as a peer reviewer for both Higher Learning Commission (HLC) and SACSCOC, and has presented at both HLC and SACSCOC annual conferences.
Steinke earned her undergraduate degree in psychology and political science from the University of Michigan. She earned her master’s degree and later her doctorate in psychology from the University of California, Davis.