College Names Margaret Geehan of Petersburgh as Dean of Institutional Assessment

September 10, 2015

Hudson Valley Community College has announced that Petersburgh resident Dr. Margaret Geehan has been named to the new position of dean of institutional assessment.

She has served as dean of the School of Liberal Arts and Science and the School of Health Science at the college for more than seven years.

In her new role, she will oversee the implementation of recommendations recently provided by the Middle States Commission on Higher Education, which granted the college a full 10-year reaccreditation earlier this year. Geehan also will oversee other ongoing institutional assessment activities.

Geehan, a 2013 recipient of the SUNY Chancellor's Award for Excellence in Professional Service, has been at the college since 1997, beginning as an adjunct instructor in the English department, and later as assistant to the vice president for academic affairs.

She holds a Ph.D. in curriculum and instruction and a master's degree in English, both from the University at Albany. She has a bachelor's in French language and culture from SUNY New Paltz and an associate's degree in fashion merchandising from the Fashion Institute of Technology.