A9

Dr. Angela "Angel" Jowers serves as Assistant Professor and A9/Director of Institutional Effectiveness for the Air Force Global College. In this capacity, she spearheads strategic initiatives designed to elevate educational quality and optimize institutional performance. A distinguished practitioner-scholar with nearly two decades of experience, Dr. Jowers possesses deep expertise in accreditation processes, higher education administration, and assessment and evaluation practices. She leverages her experience and background to drive institutional excellence, ensuring that daily operations and strategic planning align seamlessly with both high academic standards and military educational requirements.

Lt Col Luke Dras is the Deputy Director, A9 Institutional Effectiveness at the Air Force Global College (AFGC). He earned a M.S. in Aeronautical Engineering from the Air Force Institute of Technology and a Ph.D. in Educational Inquiry, Measurement, and Evaluation from Brigham Young University. Lt Col Dras received his commission through AFROTC in 2006 and is a Developmental Engineer with experience developing and executing operational test and research projects across a variety of Air Force platforms including bomber, mobility, C2ISR, special operations, and training aircraft systems, as well as rocket and spacecraft propulsion. At AFGC, Lt Col Dras is responsible for the design, collection, and analysis of institutional metrics to assess the effectiveness of developing air-minded joint leaders across the Department of Defense. His unique expertise is key to enabling data-driven decision making and strategic oversight in the delivery of transformational online military education programs serving over 35,000 students across ten officer, enlisted, and civilian educational programs. Lt Col Dras’ research focuses on psychometrics, educational data simulation and construct modeling, differential item functioning on high stakes examinations, and computer adaptive testing.