Dr. Jurkowski has worked in the area of assessment for most of her career. She has served on the Campus Wide Assessment Committee at SIUC for over a decade, and served as a Provost Faculty Fellow, exploring the issue of assessment from rubric to curricular innovation. Currently Dr. Jurkowski serves as the Chair of the Academic Affairs Committee within her College, and as a committee has been tasked with the review of assessment plans/reports and ensuring that the process moves from rubric and report to curricular innovation.