UDAIR is composed of four units that work together to support MU’s data access, analytics, governance, and reporting needs. Each unit includes leadership that guides its strategy, services, and daily operations. For more information, check out our Organizational Chart.
Institutional Research (IR) provides trusted, official data and analytical insights that support compliance, accreditation, strategic planning, and institutional effectiveness across the four-campus University of Missouri System and its flagship campus, MU.
Daniel Jones-White, Ph.D.
The Director of UDAIR Institutional Research provides leadership and guidance for official institutional data, external reporting, and assessment at the MU campus. This role is responsible for coordinating system-level compliance and reporting across the four campuses of the UM System. The Director ensures the development of high-quality data foundations, drives process improvement, and delivers actionable analysis to senior leadership, including the President, Provost, and the Board of Curators.
Cori Miller
The Assistant Director is responsible for coordinating and submitting campus reputational surveys, overseeing faculty surveys and evaluations, and managing both operational and cyclical reporting. This role ensures accurate, timely data that supports institutional transparency, performance assessment, and strategic decision-making.
UDAIR Analytics delivers actionable insights to guide strategic decisions across UM System. We analyze key metrics on enrollment, student success, and instructional performance to track institutional progress. The team also partners with core business functions (Institutional Research, Enrollment Management, Undergraduate Studies, MU Finance, and Engineering) to provide targeted analytical support that drives planning and policy-making.
Misty Haskamp
The Senior Director of UDAIR Analytics leads analytics strategy and execution for UDAIR, ensuring robust, meaningful analysis that supports data-informed decision-making across the University of Missouri. She oversees advanced analytics practices, fosters cross-unit collaboration, and develops scalable analytic solutions that empower stakeholders with actionable insights to drive institutional effectiveness and strategic outcomes.
Liam Redinger
The Manager of Student Analytics supervises data analysts, directs cross-functional analyses, and builds strategic partnerships across university departments. This role connects student-focused stakeholders across campus with technical solutions to meet their operational and strategic needs.
The Office of the Chief Data Officer (CDO) serves as a catalyst for maximizing the value of institutional information by setting standards, disseminating knowledge, and providing expert guidance in service of the University of Missouri System and its four-campus community.
This page highlights the office’s public-facing data governance role; additional staff contribute to the broader CDO mission but are not listed here.
Samantha Xia
The Data Governance Manager leads university-wide efforts to strengthen data governance and responsible data use. This role supports governance committees, partners with departments to improve data governance practices, and advances data-related knowledge management to ensure institutional data is accurate, accessible, and effectively supports decision-making, compliance, and strategic goals.
Enterprise Data Services (EDS) manages the university’s data platform, integrations, pipelines, and technical infrastructure. The unit ensures reliable, secure, high-quality data that powers analytics and decision-making across the UM System.
Jeff Elliott
The Data Engineering team designs and manages data pipelines and storage architectures, integrating on-premises data warehouses (Informatica/Oracle) with cloud analytics platforms like Microsoft Fabric to ensure secure, reliable, and scalable data for enterprise integrations, analytics, reporting and insights.
Victoria Arnold
The Manager of Data Analytics Architecture leads the design and governance of analytic models, shared datasets, and scalable reporting structures. The role supports analysts across the UM System by ensuring consistent data definitions, reliable access, and a modern analytics environment aligned with enterprise data architecture standards.