Teri Lyn Thill is a relative newcomer to both the University of Wisconsin - La Crosse and higher education as a whole. She joined the Provost's Office in November of 2004 as Director of Institutional Research. She holds an AM in Social Service Administration with a certificate in Health Administration and Policy from the University of Chicago and a BA in Government from Cornell University. 

As Director of Institutional Research, Thill serves the UW-L community by providing data and analysis to support decision-making, and coordinating the completion of several large multi-area, nationally published surveys, including the US News and World Report annual surveys and the Princeton Review Common Data Set. Thill is also a resource for faculty, staff and students looking to conduct research using University data.

Thill is primarily interested in improving the availability of and communication regarding campus data and analysis and in increasing understanding of appropriate data interpretation.