Jane Zeff Named Director of Institutional Research and Assessment

Jane Zeff has been appointed director of the Office of Institutional Research and Assessment (formerly the Office of Planning, Research, and Evaluation). She is responsible for providing accurate, useful and timely information about the university to decision makers at all levels, and to provide leadership and support for research and assessment throughout the University.

She comes to the University from Montclair State University where she held the position of director of institutional research. Prior to that she was associate director, Office of Planning, Research, and Evaluation, at William Paterson University. Previous professional accomplishments include the positions of manager of information and research, Association of Junior Leagues, New York City, and visiting assistant professor of sociology at City College of New York.

Zeff has a distinguished record of community service as a member of the New Jersey State Library Trustee Association, 1991 to the present (president, 1995-1997), member of the Hoboken Public Library Board of Trustees, 1988 the present; Hoboken Friends of the Library Board of Trustees, and member of the Friends of the David and Lorraine Cheng Library Executive Committee, William Paterson University, 1999 to the present (founding chairperson, 1999-2002).

Zeff holds a bachelor of arts degree in sociology from Hunter College and a doctorate in sociology from the University of Massachusetts at Amherst.

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For Further Information, contact:

Mary Beth Zeman, Director, Public Relations 973-720-2966

2/27/04