The faculty listed below are considered to be the core faculty for the program.  Additional Penn State faculty will serve as guest lecturers as deemed appropriate by the course instructor.

John Cheslock, Director, Center for the Study of Higher Education, Associate Professor and Senior Research Associate, Penn State University

Adam E. Christensen, Director of Student Affairs Research and Assessment, Penn State University

Michael J. Dooris, Executive Director of the Office of Planning and Institutional Assessment, Penn State University

Heather A. Kelly, Director, Office of Institutional Research and Planning, University of Delaware

Frederick D. Loomis, Associate Professor and Program Coordinator, IR Certificate Program, Penn State University

Karen Paulson, Senior Associate, National Center for Higher Education Management Systems

Patrick T. Terenzini, Distinguished Professor Emeritus and Senior Scientist Emeritus, Penn State University

James F. Trainer, Associate Vice President and Executive Director, Office of Planning and Institutional Research, Villanova University

J. Fredericks Volkwein, IR Certificate Program Founding Director, Professor Emeritus, and Senior Scientist Emeritus, Penn State University

Nicholas D. Warcholak, Senior Planning and Research Associate, Office of Planning and Institutional Assessment, Penn State University

Ying Zhou, Associate Provost for Institutional Planning, Assessment and Research, East Carolina University