Elise Demeter

Dr. Elise Demeter is the Director of Academic Research and Assessment in the Office of Assessment and Accreditation and an associate member of the Graduate Faculty at UNC Charlotte. She provides leadership in quantitative and qualitative research studies related to student learning, engagement, and success in higher education, as well as expertise in program evaluation. She is also responsible for disseminating data through multiple mediums to increase access to and use of it. In addition, Dr. Demeter collaborates with faculty and staff across the institution to develop student learning outcomes and to design meaningful and sustainable course- and program-level assessment practices, with a particular emphasis on using data to improve student learning. Dr. Demeter teaches graduate and undergraduate students how to talk about their research to broad audiences through workshops and guest lecture series.  Current projects include implementing and evaluating interventions for improving ethical authorship practices (Co-I, NSF-sponsored grant with the Graduate School), leading an undergraduate student success intervention to improve students’ understanding of financial aid and academic planning (Funds to Finish^(TM) project), and evaluating the success of undergraduates in math courses in the UNC System (UNC System-sponsored, Math Pathways).

Prior to joining UNC Charlotte in 2016, Dr. Demeter served as a Postdoctoral Associate in the Center for Cognitive Neuroscience at Duke University, where she designed and conducted human-subjects research on cognition and motivation using neuroimaging and behavioral methods. She has extensive experience mentoring undergraduates & graduate students in research and enjoys teaching psychology and neuroscience courses. She holds a B.S. in biology (Duke) and a Ph.D. in neuroscience from the University of Michigan.