Heather Boyd

Heather Boyd is a seasoned professional with extensive experience in research development and program evaluation. Currently serving as the Research Development Program Director at the University of Notre Dame since May 2010, Boyd focuses on enhancing teaching and research initiatives through collaboration and evidence-based practices. Prior to this role, Boyd was an Assistant Professor and Program Evaluation Specialist at Virginia Tech, where program improvement was achieved through developing evaluation capacities for faculty and staff. Boyd also worked at the University of Wisconsin-Extension as a Program Evaluation Specialist and at CUNA Mutual Group as a Marketing Analyst. Boyd holds a Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.) in Mass Communications from the University of Wisconsin-Madison and a Bachelor of Science in Agricultural Economics from the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign.