Staff and Office Contact Information

Chris Riley, J.D.
Chris Riley, J.D., serves as the Assistant Provost for Institutional Effectiveness and Accreditation Liaison. He is responsible for coordinating assessments across campus and SACSCOC accreditation. He also oversees the gathering and dissemination of institutional research for the University. Chris also serves as an Assistant Professor in Political Science and adjunct faculty for the ACU Master’s in Higher Education. Chris can be reached at chris.riley@acu.edu.

Lisa McCarty
Lisa is the Assistant Director for the Office of Institutional Effectiveness and the Institutional Researcher for the university. She is responsible for coordination of all requests for information from off-campus entities and external reporting to the U.S. Department of Education, Independent Colleges and Universities of Texas, and Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board, plus others. Lisa also provides official information for on-campus use such as Retention and Graduation rates, and summary views of data. Lisa assists with coordination of on-campus, campus-wide surveys that are conducted on a regular basis. Lisa can be reached at mccartyl@acu.edu.

Sheila Hilton
Sheila is the Administrative Assistant to the Office of Institutional Effectiveness. Sheila can be reached at hiltons@acu.edu.

Office of Institutional Effectiveness
ACU Box 29105
Abilene, TX 79699-9105
Phone: 325-674-2918
Fax: 325-674-6026