Mitchel Cottenoir

Dr. Mitchel Cottenoir is the Director of Assessment in the Office of Assessment and Accreditation at the University of North Carolina at Charlotte.  He provides leadership and support in the assessment of student learning improvement at the university.  Dr. Cottenoir collaborates with college assessment directors, faculty, and staff to utilize institutional and program assessment data to communicate their impact on student learning and improvement. 

Prior to joining UNC, he served as the Director of Institutional Effectiveness, SACSCOC Liaison, and the Director of the Center for Teaching and Learning at Wingate University and was an Associate Professor of Chemistry at South Plains College.  He holds a B.S. in biology, M.S. in chemistry, and an Ed.D. in higher education administration from Texas Tech University.