Todd Bruce
Assistant Vice President for Institutional Effectiveness and Assessment
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Background
Once a middle school English language arts teacher, then a teacher education, now a higher education administrator overseeing continuous improvement, internal and external data reporting, and accreditation.
Areas of Expertise
- collaboration and communication across departments and divisions
- project management
- institutional and programmatic accreditation
- assessment of student learning
- academic program review
- strategic planning
- institutional research and effectiveness
- database management
- data visualization
- use of data for decision-making
- effective teaching strategies
- educational foundations
- teaching methods for literature and writing
- supervision and mentoring of student teachers
- managing high-stakes testing
Education & Awards
Ph.D., Clemson University (December 2011)Curriculum and Instruction, Secondary English
(includes 18 graduate hours in English, including writing pedagogy)
M.S., University of Tennessee (August 1998)
Curriculum and Instruction, Secondary English
B.A., University of Tennessee (May 1997)
English (concentration in literature with a minor in Secondary Education)
Education
Ph.D., Clemson University (December 2011)Curriculum and Instruction, Secondary English
(includes 18 graduate hours in English, including writing pedagogy)
M.S., University of Tennessee (August 1998)
Curriculum and Instruction, Secondary English
B.A., University of Tennessee (May 1997)
English (concentration in literature with a minor in Secondary Education)
Courses Taught
- Seminar on Academic Writing
- Life of the Mind (Introduction to Honors)
- Detective Fiction (linked pair with Chemistry of Poisons)
- Former Courses
- Rhetoric and Composition 1 and 2 (honors and standard)
- English Methods
- Content-Area Reading
- Human Growth and Development
- Performing Arts for Teachers (Drama Module)
- Principals of Learning and Diversity
Publications
Print PublicationsCindy Bonfini-Hotlosz, Ellen Keohane, Jim Burke, and R. Todd Bruce
“Anti-fragility and the Ignatian Pedagogical Framework”
Connections (November 18, 2020)
https://www.ajcunet.edu/november-2020-connections/2020/11/10/centreity-thematic
Robert Todd Bruce
“Assessment in the Core: Centering Student Learning”
New Directions in Teaching and Learning No. 155 (2018) (doi:10.1002/tl.20305)
Assessment in Action: Evidence-Based Discussions about Teaching, Learning, and Curriculum
Robert Todd Bruce and Beatrice Bailey
“Religious Issues in English Education: An Examination of the Field”
Religion and Education 41.3 (Fall 2014) (doi: 10.1080/15507394.2014.884893)
Web Publications
Book Reviews of YA Novels for ALAN Picks
August/September 2016: The Call by Peadar O’Guilan
http://www.alan-ya.org/alan-picks-augsep-2016/
August 2013: When We Wuz Famous by Greg Takoudes
http://www.alan-ya.org/publications/alan-picks/alan-picks-august-2013/
Robert Todd Bruce
Explore the Laureate Legacy: William Fletcher Russell (1946)
Biography for the Kappa Delta Pi website
http://www.kdp.org/meetourlaureates/laureates/williamrussell.php
Presentations
R. Todd Bruce, Katherine Feely, and Blake Yoho
“Optimizing impact: Harnessing Institutional Research Partnerships for Compelling Community Engagement Narratives”
GivePulse webinar
January 30, 2024
R. Todd Bruce, Katerina Chan, and John Sully
“Transforming the Campus Data Landscape with Edify” (partner spotlight)
EAB Connected24
January 21-23, 2024
Rebecca E. Drenovsky, Shurong Fang, Lisa Brown Cornelius, and R. Todd Bruce
“Holistic Student Interventions Support Success in STEM” (poster presentation)
American Association of Colleges & Universities
This Changes Everything
Fall 2020 Transforming STEM Higher Education Virtual Conference
November 5-7, 2020
Shurong Fang, James I. Watling, Rebecca Drenovsky, and R. Todd Bruce
“Summer and Academic Year STEM Programming Support Transition to College” (poster presentation)
American Association of Colleges & Universities
This Changes Everything
Fall 2020 Transforming STEM Higher Education Virtual Conference
November 5-7, 2020
Rebecca E. Drenovsky, Lisa Brown Cornelius, and R. Todd Bruce
“MIRRORS: Collaborating to Improve Retention of Underrepresented Groups in STEM” (Student Success Presentation)
Higher Learning Committion
Lead the Evolution
2020 Annual Conference (Chicago, IL)
April 17-21, 2020
Note: Presentation accepted but conference cancelled
Robert Todd Bruce
“How Auditing Data Quality Improves Decision-Making” (member-led panel discussion)
EAB Academic Performance Solutions
APS Summit 2018
November 15-16, 2018
Robert Todd Bruce and Beatrice Naff Bailey
“Do English Education Leaders Care About Religious Literacy and Respect for Religious Diversity? Should We?” (roundtable session)
Religion and Education SIG
American Educational Research Association
Non Satis Scire: To Know Is Not Enough
2012 Annual Meeting (Vancouver, BC, Canada)
April 13-17, 2012
Robert Todd Bruce
“Pre-Service Teachers’ Dispositions Toward Nonstandard English Usage” (chair of paper session)
American Association of Colleges for Teacher Education
Quality Matters: Our Commitment to All Learners
60th Annual Meeting and Exhibits (New Orleans, LA)
February 9, 2008
Margaret Joan Emery, Joanne Jumper and Robert Todd Bruce
“Transformational Teachers: Undergraduate Candidates Become Change Agents by Designing and Implementing Action Change Projects” (roundtable session)
American Association of Colleges for Teacher Education
Quality Matters: Our Commitment to All Learners
60th Annual Meeting and Exhibits (New Orleans, LA)
February 8, 2008
link
Robert Todd Bruce
“Pre-Service Teachers' Dispositions Toward Nonstandard Usage” (poster)
Clemson University College of Health, Education, and Human Development
Ninth Annual Faculty Forum (Clemson, SC)
April 27, 2007
Margaret Joan Emery, Joanne Jumper, and Todd Bruce
“Transformational Teacher Candidates Assessing Their Impact on Student Learning Through Action Research” (roundtable)
American Association of Colleges for Teacher Education
From Vision to Action
59th Annual Meeting & Exhibits (New York City, NY)
February 26, 2007
link
Todd Bruce
“Tracking: A View from the Inside”
University of Tennessee Teaching Intern Conference (Knoxville, TN)
Spring 1998
