Professional Biography of Robert Mundhenk, Ph.d.
Robert “Bob” Mundhenk, after completing his Ph.D. in English
drama and UCLA, began teaching English at Fordham University
but after six years moved to Northampton Community College in
Pennsylvania, where he was an English Professor, Dean of
Humanities and Social Sciences, Vice President for Academic
Affairs, and Director of Assessment. After twenty-seven years at
Northampton, he became Director of Assessment and Senior Scholar at the
American Association for Higher Education.
During his career, he has published many articles and monographs, most on
technical education and assessment; has served in many capacities, including
President, for the National Council on Occupational Education; has written for and
consulted with the American Association of Community Colleges, particularly on
federal legislation; and has been a consultant for both the Pennsylvania and United
States Departments of Education. A founding board member of ACBSP, he has
been very active in accreditation issues and has worked closely with the Middle
States Commission on Higher Education, the Higher Learning Commission of the
North Central Association, and the Western Association of Schools and Colleges.
Since AAHE’s closing, he has served as a consultant to the Higher Learning
Commission, the American Council on Education, the American Association of
Community Colleges, and NASPA, for which designed annual assessment
conferences. Since 2010, he has been a Visiting Scholar at the Higher Learning
Commission, managing the work of the Assessment Academy and other
assessment enterprises. He is also the co-founder of a new assessment association,
housed at the University of Kentucky, called the Association for the Assessment of
Learning in Higher Education.