Deb Teeter
University Director
339 Carruth-O'Leary Hall
Lawrence, KS 66044
785-864-4412
deb-teeter@ku.edu

Deb joined the office in 1972 and has been Director of OIRP since 1975. She has developed and implemented costing studies; conducted financial and salary studies; coordinated, developed, implemented, and analyzed surveys; prepared policy and position papers; built planning models; participated in a variety of data exchanges, designed institutional and departmental data profiles; and consulted with Board of Regents staff regarding studies on state financing, faculty activities, graduate student activities, program review, mission review, among others. She also has developed and presented workshops on TQM and consults on peer selection, comparative cost studies, and TQM. (Masters in Business Administration)

Ryan Cherland
Associate Director
339 Carruth-O'Leary Hall
Lawrence, KS 66044
785-864-4412
ryan-cherland@ku.edu

Ryan is the Associate Director of OIRP and Director of University Management Information. He has been with the Lawrence office since 1993. Previously, Ryan worked for four years in the institutional research office at the Medical Center. He developed and maintains the Departmental Executive Management Information System (DEMIS), and is continually exploring new ways of providing access to information through the Internet. He also has designed and executed computer-based analyses, such as peer selection and comparative cost studies. His principal professional areas include institutional and academic program management as well as workload analyses. (Ph.D. in Higher Education)

John is the Assistant Director and has been with OIRP since 1978. Prior to joining the office, he served in the Legislative Research Department of the Kansas Legislature. His primary area is finance, and includes cost analyses, economic impact studies, research funding, among others. He also has supported various planning initiatives and prepared policy and position papers. (M.A. in Political Science)

Gwen Bohling
Research Analyst
339 Carruth-O'Leary Hall
Lawrence, KS 66044
785-864-4412
gwen-bohling@ku.edu

Gwen joined OIRP as a Research Analyst in 2001. Previously she worked for three years as a developer/analyst in KU's Computing Services division. During the 1990s, Gwen served for five years as assistant and later associate director in the Office of Student Financial Aid, where her responsibilities included system testing and document handling. She has taught writing and English as a second language. She is responsible for conducting a variety of student analyses in OIRP. (M.A. in English)

Sandra Hannon
Principal Analyst
339 Carruth-O'Leary Hall
Lawrence, KS 66044
785-864-4412
sandra-hannon@ku.edu

Virginia is the Statistical and Information Officer, and has been with the office since 1974. Virginia's primary responsibility is to develop, analyze, and maintain federal surveys and major college guides, and disseminate university data and information. She coordinates the production of the University of Kansas Profiles, the Common Data Set, and she also responds to approximately fifty comprehensive surveys per year. (B.S.E. in Secondary Education)

Barbara Russell
Administrative Assistant
339 Carruth-O'Leary Hall
Lawrence, KS 66044
785-864-4412
russell@ku.edu

Barbara is the Administrative Assistant. She joined the office in 2005. She assists with the development and production of reports, maintains the office files and calendar, and assists the director and other staff as needed. Barbara is responsible for payroll and maintains the office financial accounts. She also coordinates and monitors the work of the student employees. (B.A. in History)

Ron Spangler
Senior Principal Analyst
339 Carruth-O'Leary Hall
Lawrence, KS 66044
785-864-4412
spangler@ku.edu

Ron returned to OIRP in 2005 after working on-site at Haskell Indian Nations University for two years to build their institutional research capacity. He moved to the Lawrence campus in 1991 after leading the Office of Institutional Research and Planning at the KU Medical Center. Ron has expertise in the organization of data for information systems and analysis. He also coordinates analysis of faculty, staff, and salary data to meet University needs for management information and participation in external studies. (M.S. in Psychology)

Carrie joined OIRP in 1985 and is the Assessment and Survey Coordinator. She coordinates the Assessment of General Education, which includes the recruitment of the faculty and students and data analysis. She also has expertise in the design, implementation, statistical interpretation, and analysis of surveys related to university academic programs and operations. She presents and discusses the research results with individual units on campus and provides appropriate follow-up analysis. (M.S.Ed. in Educational Psychology and Research)

JoAnn is a Senior Principal Analyst and has been with the office since 1987. Her expertise includes the design and execution of computer-based analyses to meet university information needs regarding degree completions, enrollment management, attendance patterns of entering freshmen, salary studies, graduate enrollment issues, and numerous ad-hoc requests for information. (Masters in Public Administration)

Ryan Cherland
Director
339 Carruth-O'Leary Hall
Lawrence, KS 66044
785-864-4412
ryan-cherland@ku.edu

Ryan is the Director of University Management Information. For more information, please look above.

Annamarie Hill
Data Administrator/Principal Analyst
339 Carruth-O'Leary Hall
Lawrence, KS 66044
785-864-4412
a-hill@ku.edu

Annamarie began working for the University of Kansas in June of 1988 as a programmer/analyst. Over the years she has provided programming and analytical support for the KU library systems, the Student Records system, and the original implementation of Ku's PeopleSoft HR/Payroll system. In her current position as a Data Analyst for University Management Information, she specializes in investigating the PeopleSoft HR/payroll and Student systems and develops extraction and reporting systems from the PeopleSoft databases. (M.L.S. in Library Services)

Brenda Gach
Senior Programmer Analyst
339 Carruth-O'Leary Hall
Lawrence, KS 66044
785-864-4412
brenda-tucker@ku.edu

Brenda joined OIRP as a Research Analyst in 2000. She has been employed at KU since 1996 starting as a student staff member in the office of Budget Management and Fiscal Affairs. In 1998, she accepted a professional position as Budget Analyst. In addition to budget experience, she brings many years of database development and fund accounting experience to OIRP. Her OIRP responsibilities include conducting salary and staff analyses and the development of KUBS, a web-based system to display and track budget information. (B.S. in Accounting)

Ray Helm
Research Analyst
339 Carruth-O'Leary Hall
Lawrence, KS 66044
785-864-4412
ray-helm@ku.edu

Ray joined the office as a Research Analyst in 2003. He previously worked as a programmer/analyst in Decision Support Services. His primary responsibilities are the administration of the Departmental Executive Management System (DEMIS), development and support of student records reporting databases, and the provision of analytical support for space management decision making. (B.S. in Natural Resources)