Denice Ward Hood

Denice Ward Hood is a Teaching Associate Professor in the Department of Education Policy, Organization & Leadership. She has over 25 years of experience conducting evaluations of educational programs. Prior to coming to the University of Illinois, Dr. Hood was a Sr. Management Research Analyst in the Office of University Evaluation at Arizona State University. She was Associate Professor in the Educational Psychology Department and Director of Research & Evaluation in the College of Education at Northern Arizona University. Dr. Hood teaches courses program evaluation, including the evaluation of higher education programs.

My research interests include two main areas: Teaching & learning in digital environments, specifically exploring individual differences in epistemological beliefs, learning styles, metacognition, self-regulated learning and presence (cognitive, social & teaching) as they relate to academic outcomes in higher education; Program evaluation, particularly culturally responsive program evaluation practices applied to post-secondary education programs.