Ruth Oswald
UME Medical Education Assessment Specialist

Contact:
Office of Educational Affairs
12901 Bruce B. Downs Blvd, MDC 54
Tampa, FL 33612
813-974-3107
roswald@health.usf.edu

Education

M.A. - College of Education, College of Natural Sciences, University of South Florida

B.S. - College of Arts and Sciences, Florida State University

Positions/Academic Appointments

Currently at USF - Medical Education Assessment Specialist with the Office of Educational Affairs; Previously at USF – Computer-based Testing Specialist with the Institute for Instructional Research and Practice; Prior – educator in the Hillsborough County school system.

Honors/Awards

Quiet Quality award from USF; Master Teacher award from Hillsborough County.

Ruth Oswald has been in the educational field in one form or another for her entire professional life.  She worked 10 years as a 7th grade life science teacher in Hillsborough County and spent several years working with kindergarten students in the same elementary school that her daughter attended.  In 2005, she accepted a position at USF as a computer-based testing specialist where she worked on making the Florida State Teacher Certification Exams available on the computer.  Ruth currently works in the Office of Educational Affairs, coordinating the evaluations of courses and faculty, including preparing staff for the transition to new electronic evaluation platforms.