Dr. Mary Beth Reynolds holds a B.A. (University of Kentucky), an M.A. (Marshall University), and a Ph.D. (Ohio University) – all in the field of communication sciences and disorders, aka speech-language pathology. She joined the Marshall University faculty in 1996, holds the rank of Professor in the Department of Communication Disorders, and currently serves the university as Associate Provost and Associate Vice President for Assessment and Quality Initiatives. Dr. Reynolds served as a member of the Steering Committee for Marshall’s first Higher Learning Commission (HLC) Quality Initiative, working with Marshall’s faculty and administrators to test the Lumina Foundation’s Degree Qualifications Profile (DQP). She is currently working with Marshall colleagues on the university’s second HLC Quality Initiative, Building a Stronger and More Inclusive Marshall Community. Dr. Reynolds and her Marshall University colleagues have presented the outcomes of Marshall’s assessment initiatives at professional meetings of the American Association of Colleges and Universities (AAC&U), the Assessment Institute, and the Higher Learning Commission. Dr. Reynolds serves as a peer reviewer for the Higher Learning Commission and chairs the West Virginia Higher Education Policy Commission’s Assessment Council. She serves on Marshall’s Communication Disorders Advocacy Council, Marshall’s Women’s, Gender, and Sexuality Studies Advisory Board, and is a charter member and past president of Marshall’s chapter of the Honor Society Phi Kappa Phi. Dr. Reynolds has conducted research focusing on synthesized speech intelligibility and comprehension, the relationship between language and literacy, and language development in children from rural Appalachia. These studies have been published in the Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research, Augmentative and Alternative Communication, Journal of Applied Developmental Psychology, Perceptual and Motor Skills, and Contemporary Issues in Communication Science and Disorders.