Faculty
and Staff
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The Center is fortunate to have personnel
working with the center with a vast array of skills and research
interests. Although primarily staffed with a full-time director
and Research Assistants, all faculty members of the Measurement
and Research Department are involved with various projects
undertaken by the center. Two members of the faculty are intricately
involved with center’s activities and are included in the
list below. If you would like more information on a specific
project, please contact either the Director or one of the team
members listed
on the project page.
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Director |
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Liliana Rodriguez- Campos, Ph.D.
lrodriguez@coedu.usf.edu
(813) 974-1163 |
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Liliana’s interests include collaborative evaluation, multi-cultural and international evaluation capacity building, metaevaluation, and project management. |
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Research
Assistants |
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Aarti Bellara
abellara@mail.usf.edu
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Aarti's interests include program evaluation, research methods, as well as reform in teacher education, preparation, and professional development programs. |
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Teresa Chavez
tmchavez@mail.usf.edu |
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Teresa's interests are in measurement, instrument design and
development, assessment, and data analysis. |
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Tom Lang
tlang@tempest.coedu.usf.edu |
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Tom’s interests include quantitative data analysis, integration
of technology in assessment and measurement, and SAS programming. |
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Corina Owens
cowens@coedu.usf.edu
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Corina's interests include research design and methods, program evaluation and applied statistics, as well as test development, specifically educational testing. |
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Bryce Pride
Pride@coedu.usf.edu |
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Bryce's interests include educational accountability, value-added modeling of school/teacher effects, collaborative evaluation, metaevaluation and Christian research. |
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Heather Scott
hscott@coedu.usf.edu |
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Heather's interests comprise instrument development, program evaluation, applied statistics, both quantitative and qualitative research design, and child development. |
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Faculty Advisors |
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Jeff D. Kromrey, Ph.D.
kromrey@tempest.coedu.usf.edu |
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Jeff's primary research interests are applied statistics
and data analysis. |
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John M. Ferron, Ph.D.
ferron@tempest.coedu.usf.edu |
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John's research interests include methods of analyzing data. |
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| Affiliate Faculty |
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Yi-Hsin Chen, Ph.D.,
YChen@coedu.usf.edu
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Yi-hsin's primary research interests are in the theories and applications of new cognitive-psychometric models that combine cognitive psychology with modern psychometrics. In addition, he is interested in the applications of advanced linear models in secondary data analysis. |
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Robert F. Dedrick, Ph.D.
dedrick@tempest.coedu.usf.edu
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Bob's research interests include the use of structural
equation modeling to examine measurement quality of psychological
instruments, the analysis of change using hierarchical linear modeling,
and mentoring in doctoral education. |
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Constance V. Hines, Ph.D.
hines@tempest.coedu.usf.edu
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Connie's research interests include the application of statistical
methods to educational data, the measurement of teacher behavior
and factors that mediate the effect of teacher behavior on student
achievement. |
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John Niles, Ph.D.
jniles@tempest.coedu.usf.edu |
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John's research interests include studies associated with the gender academic gap and at- risk populations. |
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