Kala Perkins-Holtsclaw, EdD, is now Vice Dean of Strategic Planning and Institutional Effectiveness and will oversee Strategic Planning, Institutional Effectiveness, Business Intelligence/Analytics and the Library. She will also continue to expand her role in accreditation activities and will be the SACSCOC Accreditation Liaison.
Dr. Perkins-Holtsclaw is currently Assistant Vice Provost, Strategic Planning & Institutional Effectiveness. She joined EVMS in 2021.
Dr. Perkins-Holtsclaw is an enthusiastic higher education administrator with expertise in strategic planning, continuous improvement, institutional effectiveness and accreditation. She is passionate about continuous improvement in higher education based on data-driven decision making.
She has served the higher education community for over 15 years in a combination of administrative and faculty roles. She has also served both nationally and internationally as an accreditation and continuous quality improvement consultant.
Dr. Perkins-Holtsclaw’s visionary and innovative institutional research practices were acknowledged in 2021 by being awarded the Southern Association for Institutional Research (SAIR) Most Innovative Practice Award. She was selected as a 2022 National Center for Educational Statistics (NCES) Data Institute fellow. She holds a Doctor of Education from East Tennessee State University, a Master of Education from King University in Bristol, Tenn., and a Master of Mathematics from the University of Wollongong, New South Wales, Australia.