As the Director of Academic Planning, Melanie Fox provides leadership, planning, coordination,
and development for institutional evaluation of programs and initiatives to further
the university's strategic objectives for improving teaching, learning, and administrative
processes. She assists faculty, staff, and administrators with assessment, reporting,
and utilizing results of assessment results for meaningful, data-informed decision-making.
She also leads the university in maintaining compliance with state laws and state
and regional accreditation policies with oversight of complex policy interpretation
and implementation. Melanie Fox's higher education experience spans over 20 years
of teaching and administration and she previously was a full-time instructor at Radford.
She has also worked as a senior technical editor in the area of advanced technology
research and development. She is currently a doctoral candidate in higher education
at the University of West Georgia where her research focuses on belonging and success
among first-generation college students. She also holds a master’s degree in English
from Iowa State University and undergraduate degrees in English and French from Indiana
University. Her goal is to engage administrators, faculty, and staff in initiating
and supporting communities of practice in planning and implementation, accreditation,
and organizational improvement.