July 8, 2024 

 

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Dr. Tod Treat, vice president of instruction, 509-682-6605, ttreat@wvc.edu  
Jennifer Korfiatis, WVC interim public information officer, 509-682-6650, jkorfiatis@wvc.edu 

 

Dr. Robin Angotti was named as the Wenatchee Valley College Director of Assessment, Strategic Planning, Institutional Research, and Effectiveness. Her first day was July 1.   

As the ASPIRE director, Angotti will serve as the accreditation officer and be responsible for providing leadership, data, and analysis necessary to support college planning and decision-making. She will lead strategic planning and accreditation efforts and be the liaison to the Northwest Commission on Colleges and Universities, through which WVC receives its accreditation.  

Before joining WVC, Angotti was a professor of mathematics in the University of Washington Bothell’s Engineering and Mathematics Department and affiliate faculty in the School of Educational Studies. She also served as the interim executive director of the Teaching and Learning Center and chair of the Faculty Senate for the tri-campus UW system.  

While working at the UW, Angotti was awarded a $660,000 Math 2.0: Teaching Math in a Technical World grant in conjunction with the NCESD in Wenatchee to conduct summer professional development for secondary math teachers to learn how to implement dynamic math software and web 2.0 tools in the classroom.  

“This experience, including the amazing community of collaborators I formed as well as the natural resources of eastern Washington, made me fall in love with the region and long to someday make it my permanent home,” Angotti said.  

After retiring from the University of Washington, she sought a position at a smaller college where she could use her experience with data, statistics, and equity to support faculty and administrators who were passionate about open access to higher education. “I found the best of both worlds at Wenatchee Valley College,” she said. “I not only get to use my background and knowledge of higher education to work with faculty and administrators who care about their students and community, but I also get to live permanently in one of the most beautiful places in the world.”  

Prior to her work at the University of Washington, Angotti was assistant professor of mathematics education in East Carolina University’s Department of Math, Science, and Technology Education, and she served as the assistant director for the Center for Science, Mathematics, and Technology Education.  

Angotti’s research interests have included the use of educational technology for mathematics education and statistics education and representation use in developmental algebra. Through these interests, she formed partnerships with local software companies such as Microsoft and Tableau. She leveraged those connections to facilitate professional development in technology use at universities around the world as well as to innovate her own teaching and research to focus on how people learn and use mathematics in everyday life, particularly in the use of data and statistics. She studied how people make sense of data and visual representations of data. She also used data to make a difference on issues of social justice both in research and teaching, such as the underrepresentation of women and people of color in STEM and to teach in the Honor’s College on the data visualizations of renowned sociologist W.E.B. DuBois. 

Her work has been published in three books and a variety of journals, including Mathematics Teacher, WERA Teacher Educational Journal, Journal of Sports Engineering and Technology, and others. 

She has a PhD in Mathematics Education from North Carolina State University, and a Master of Arts in Education and Bachelor of Science in Mathematics Education from East Carolina University.  

“Dr. Angotti’s extensive and renowned research, combined with her commitment to equity, makes her an excellent fit for this role,” said WVC President Dr. Faimous Harrison. “Her ability to make connections and develop partnerships with local and regional stakeholders and our own faculty, staff, and students will help our college make data-driven decisions to better serve our students and our community and meet our goal of becoming the higher education institution of choice.”  

 

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Wenatchee Valley College enriches North Central Washington by serving educational and cultural needs of communities and residents throughout the service area. The college is committed to diversity, equity and inclusion for all students and employees and provides high-quality transfer, liberal arts, professional/technical, basic skills and continuing education for students of diverse ethnic and economic backgrounds. Visit our website, wvc.edu. 

Wenatchee Valley College is committed to a policy of equal opportunity in employment and student enrollment. All programs are free from discrimination and harassment against any person because of race, creed, color, national or ethnic origin, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, the presence of any sensory, mental, or physical disability, or the use of a service animal by a person with a disability, age, parental status or families with children, marital status, religion, genetic information, honorably discharged veteran or military status or any other prohibited basis per RCW 49.60.030, 040 and other federal and state laws and regulations, or participation in the complaint process. 

The following persons have been designated to handle inquiries regarding the non-discrimination policies and Title IX compliance for both the Wenatchee and Omak campuses: 

To report discrimination or harassment: Title IX Coordinator, Mish ee twie, 1321A, (509) 682-6716, title9@wvc.edu. 

To request disability accommodations: Student Access Manager, Wenatchi Hall 2131, (509) 682-6854, TTY/TTD: dial 711, sas@wvc.edu.