{"id":49,"date":"2017-11-13T19:48:56","date_gmt":"2017-11-13T19:48:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/depts.washington.edu\/aromad\/wordpress\/?page_id=49"},"modified":"2026-04-22T02:26:12","modified_gmt":"2026-04-22T02:26:12","slug":"aromad","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"http:\/\/depts.washington.edu\/aromad\/","title":{"rendered":"Assessment and Research"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>FUNCTION: Assessment and Research at the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.washington.edu\/omad\/\">Office of Minority Affairs &amp; Diversity <\/a>(<span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">AROMAD<\/span>)\u00a0 provides data\/assessment services in relation to federal(NIH, NSF, US Dept. Ed&#8230;) , state, private,\u00a0 grant and gift proposals, annual performance reports within <a href=\"http:\/\/www.washington.edu\/omad\/\">OMAD<\/a> and select campus units. We also process and produce organized information to help staff\/faculty with better decision making in day-to-day operations, planning, and future policy formation and practice. All operations are aimed at maintaining and enhancing performance and opportunities for our underrepresented, low-income, first-generation and other underserved students.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>HISTORY: <\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>1) Assessment and Research at the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.washington.edu\/omad\/\">Office of Minority Affairs &amp; Diversity <\/a>(<span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">AROMAD<\/span>)\u00a0 was created and organized by Gene Kim, Arlyn Arquiza, and Candy Kamekona on 2014\/2015, when Gene was appointed as the first ever full-time Director of Assessment and Research in OMAD from his previous role of running the TRIO McNair Scholars Program and Early Identification Program.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">2) Change in philosophy and practice:<br \/>\n<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"list-style-type: none;\">\n<ul>\n<li style=\"list-style-type: none;\">\n<ul>\n<li><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong>The 3 primary goals of the team were: 1)To have all of OMAD recognize AROMAD as the assessment\/research\/data unit rather than scattered individuals in different programs doing things part-time at the spur of the moment; 2)To\u00a0 bring the new team out of the 1980s\/90s &#8220;point and click&#8221; technology and finally modernize and automate highly complex and high volume tasks via programming languages to enhance speed and accuracy; 3) Greater emphasis on automating the cleaning and storing of data to ensure more accurate and reliable scaling and analysis.<\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><br \/>\n<style>\na {<br \/>    text-decoration: none;<br \/>    color: #464feb;<br \/>}<br \/>tr th, tr td {<br \/>    border: 1px solid #e6e6e6;<br \/>}<br \/>tr th {<br \/>    background-color: #f5f5f5;<br \/>}<br \/><\/style>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"list-style-type: none;\">\n<ul>\n<li style=\"list-style-type: none;\">\n<ul>\n<li><strong><strong><strong>The new team was introduced to broader yet standardized\u00a0 vocabularies, concepts, and procedures\u00a0 for more consistent, reliable, speedy and accurate delivery of data\/assessment requests\/projects(ex. mutual respect, preparation, planning, standardization, interchangeable parts, uniform operational definitions, collective action).<\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong><strong><strong>\u00a0 <\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"list-style-type: none;\">\n<ul>\n<li style=\"list-style-type: none;\">\n<ul>\n<li><strong><strong><strong>Carefully structured project calendar and project planning meetings with specific deadlines and checkpoints were implemented to eliminate constant state of panic, chaos, confusion, and mismanagement of projects\/diffusion of responsibility after year 2015.<\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"list-style-type: none;\">\n<ul>\n<li style=\"list-style-type: none;\">\n<ul>\n<li><strong><strong><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong style=\"color: #333333;\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">To put above objectives in motion, <\/span><\/span><\/strong><strong style=\"color: #333333;\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Gene introduced<\/span><\/span><span style=\"color: #000000;\"> 3 programming languages<\/span>\u00a0(JUPYTER: <span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/julialang.org\/\">Julia<\/a><\/span>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.python.org\/doc\/essays\/blurb\/\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">Python<\/span><\/a>, and <span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.r-project.org\/about.html\">R<\/a><\/span>).\u00a0 These high level languages can be easily maintained\/sustained and enhanced with &#8220;<span style=\"color: #000000;\">interchangeable parts&#8221;<\/span><\/strong><strong style=\"color: #333333;\"><strong> which could be integrated in one algorithm and\/or be utilized as\u00a0 overlapping safeguards in case one programming language model or system\u00a0 breaks\/fails.\u00a0 The selection of these languages were based on Gene&#8217;s previous experiences in <span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">S-Plus<\/span> and &#8220;((((<span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">XLispStat))))&#8221;<\/span>\u00a0programming languages during his days at the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wisc.edu\/\">University of Wisconsin-Madison<\/a>.<\/strong><\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong><strong>3) The AROMAD became a constantly learning and flexible unit to deliberately and consciously approach problems with open mind and humility to provide the most efficient and effective problem solutions\u00a0 for our OMAD clients.\u00a0<\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Data Requests: <\/strong><strong>Data Requests are reserved for full time <b><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washington.edu\/omad\/\">Office of Minority Affairs &amp; Diversity<\/a> staff members only<\/b>.\u00a0<\/strong><strong>\u00a0 \u00a0<\/strong><strong>To request data, please email: <a href=\"mailto:genekim@uw.edu\">genekim@uw.edu<\/a> or <a href=\"mailto:aromad@uw.edu\">aromad@uw.edu<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<h1>Physical Location:<\/h1>\n<p><span style=\"color: #800080;\">Box 352803<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #800080;\">Mary Gates Hall 171C<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #800080;\">University of Washington<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #800080;\">Seattle, WA 98195-2803<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #800080;\">Phone: 206-221-2944<\/span><\/p>\n<h1>Team Members<\/h1>\n<p class=\"auto-style8\">Contact:\u00a0<a href=\"mailto:aromad@uw.edu\">aromad@uw.edu<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"auto-style8\"><a href=\"http:\/\/depts.washington.edu\/aromad\/gene\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-50 alignnone\" src=\"http:\/\/depts.washington.edu\/aromad\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/gene.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"145\" height=\"198\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/depts.washington.edu\/aromad\/wordpress\/gene-kim\/\"><br \/>\n<\/a><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/depts.washington.edu\/aromad\/gene\">Gene Kim, Ph.D.\/\uae40 \uc9c4<br \/>\n<\/a><\/strong>Director of Assessment and Research at OMAD<\/p>\n<p>Current Programming Languages: <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.python.org\/doc\/essays\/blurb\/\">Python<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.r-project.org\/about.html\">R<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/julialang.org\/\">Julia<\/a>, and <a href=\"https:\/\/aws.amazon.com\/what-is\/sql\/\">SQL<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/depts.washington.edu\/aromad\/data-workshops\/\"><strong>Data Workshops: http:\/\/depts.washington.edu\/aromad\/data-workshops\/<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"auto-style9\">Guest Faculty of Data Science (University of Washington Information School: When available)<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Adjunct Faculty of Assessment and Evaluation (University of Washington College of Education: When available)<\/p>\n<p class=\"auto-style8\"><strong>Education:<br \/>\n<\/strong>Postdoc 1999-2001, <a href=\"https:\/\/education.wisc.edu\/\">University of Wisconsin-Madison School of Education<\/a> (Automating cleaning, analyzing, and storing student data &amp; fiscal data via various programming languages)<br \/>\n<strong><br \/>\n<\/strong>Ph.D. Education 1999, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wisc.edu\/\">University of Wisconsin-Madison<\/a><\/p>\n<p>MS Counseling 1995, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wisc.edu\/\">University of Wisconsin-Madison<\/a><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><strong><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-166\" src=\"http:\/\/depts.washington.edu\/aromad\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/arlyn.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"161\" height=\"220\" srcset=\"http:\/\/depts.washington.edu\/aromad\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/arlyn.jpg 2016w, http:\/\/depts.washington.edu\/aromad\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/arlyn-220x300.jpg 220w, http:\/\/depts.washington.edu\/aromad\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/arlyn-768x1049.jpg 768w, http:\/\/depts.washington.edu\/aromad\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/arlyn-750x1025.jpg 750w, http:\/\/depts.washington.edu\/aromad\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/arlyn-375x512.jpg 375w, http:\/\/depts.washington.edu\/aromad\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/arlyn-1140x1557.jpg 1140w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 161px) 100vw, 161px\" \/><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Arlyn Arquiza<\/strong><br \/>\nSenior Computer Specialist (Senior OMAD Data Analyst)<\/p>\n<p><strong>Education:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>BS Computer Engineering, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pup.edu.ph\/\">Polytechnic University of the Philippines<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><strong><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-172\" src=\"http:\/\/depts.washington.edu\/aromad\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/Candy.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"203\" height=\"267\" srcset=\"http:\/\/depts.washington.edu\/aromad\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/Candy.jpg 1944w, http:\/\/depts.washington.edu\/aromad\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/Candy-228x300.jpg 228w, http:\/\/depts.washington.edu\/aromad\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/Candy-768x1009.jpg 768w, http:\/\/depts.washington.edu\/aromad\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/Candy-780x1024.jpg 780w, http:\/\/depts.washington.edu\/aromad\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/Candy-375x492.jpg 375w, http:\/\/depts.washington.edu\/aromad\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/Candy-750x985.jpg 750w, http:\/\/depts.washington.edu\/aromad\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/Candy-1140x1497.jpg 1140w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 203px) 100vw, 203px\" \/><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Candy Y. Kamekona<\/strong><br \/>\nData Analyst<\/p>\n<p><strong>Education:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>BA Psychology <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washington.edu\/\">University of Washington<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>FUNCTION: Assessment and Research at the Office of Minority Affairs &amp; Diversity (AROMAD)\u00a0 provides data\/assessment services in relation to federal(NIH, NSF, US Dept. Ed&#8230;) , state, private,\u00a0 grant and gift proposals, annual performance reports within OMAD and select campus units. 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