Natasha Jankowski Dr. Natasha Jankowski is Director of the National Institute for Learning Outcomes Assessment and Research Assistant Professor in the Department of Education Policy, Organization and Leadership at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign. She has presented at numerous national and international conferences and institutional events, and written various reports and papers for NILOA. She is co-author with her NILOA colleagues of the 2015 book, Using Evidence of Student Learning to Improve Higher Education,and co-author of the forthcoming book Degrees that Matter. Her main research interests include assessment and evaluation, organizational evidence use, organizational digital narratives, and evidence-based storytelling. She holds a PhD in Higher Education from the University of Illinois, an MA in Higher Education Administration from Kent State University and a BA in philosophy from Illinois State University.